2008 Hero of the Year
From Reader's Digest By a wide margin, readers chose Moezeldin Elmostafa of Durham, North Carolina, as the As we reported in November, the cabdriver picked up two young men in Durham on March 14, 2006, and drove them to the Duke University ... [... more]
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The New Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of ...
 A Listomaniacs Dream: Wallechinsky, Wallace and Wallace are THE listophiles supreme! For more years than I care to remember the Book of Lists and it's sequels have been giving us information that's presented with panache' and just the right amount of [... more]
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At Alberta
Body of Text is a collection of concrete poems made by marrying poetry with body-based performance art and documentary photography. Dressed in a full black body-suit, Michael V. Smith is photographed by David Ellingsen in hundreds of poses which resemble [... more]
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Waters Dark and Deep: How One Family Overcame Hurricane ...
IWaters Dark and Deep/Iis the untold story of the rescue and reunification of one family, including the six-year-old boy thatITime Magazine/Inamed a 2005 Local Hero of the Year. It's a story of love, friendship, survival against terrible odds, and the [... more]
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Everyday Heroes: The Lawyer
From Reader's Digest In a typical year, attorney Michael Taub helps some 80 veterans navigate the legal system to get the benefits they deserve. He took a huge pay cut to work at the Homeless Advocacy Project in Philadelphia, but from the start ... [... more]
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
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Lay Your Own Extraordinary Hardwood Floor
It's hard to beat the natural beauty, warmth and durability of a hardwood floor. A well-laid floor will last for a century or more and can be rejuvenated by resanding and finishing to look brand new. A real wood floor isn't cheap, but neither is ... [... more]
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Most Valuable Player
By W. Hodding Carter From Reader's Digest Greg Gadson, a lieutenant colonel in the Army's Warrior Transition Brigade, is a natural leader-the kind of guy you'd be looking for on the battlefield. He's also the kind of guy Mike Sullivan, wide ... [... more]
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Hero on the Iowa River
By Jason Daley From Reader's Digest The red Volkswagen Passat was almost submerged, just part of the rear window visible above the surface of the frigid Iowa River. That bright, sinking speck was the first thing that caught Steve McGuire's eye as ... [... more]
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Vote for Your 2008 Hero of the Year
Read the full story: Man Saves Co-Workers in Excavation Tunnel I'm dead, thought Hoip "Ali" Swaby. Moments before, a whoosh of air and a hail of rocks had brought a roar of water into the excavation tunnel where Swaby and two fellow sandhogs [... more]
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Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands: Going Wild
Chosen as Canada's Environment Hero of the Year for 2005 by Reader's Digest, Brian Keating continues to inspire children and adults alike, now with book five in the exciting Going Wild series. Even reluctant readers will happily join Keating on some of [... more]
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Waters Dark and Deep: One New Orleans Family's Rescue ...
Waters Dark and Deep is the untold story of the rescue and reunification of one family, including the six-year-old boy that Time Magazine named a 2005 Local Hero of the Year. It's a story of love, friendship, survival against terrible odds, and the human [... more]
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