Reader's Digest October 2017 | Page 3

Contents OCTOBER 2017 58 Cover Story WHY IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR WORD POWER 118 Photographs from Apollo missions over the years. Proof that reading boosts your brain. B R A N D O N S P E C K TO R 66 LOGOPHILE HEAVEN! PAT R I C I E F E XOVÁ 124 SOUP UP YOUR RECALL 132 Become a super memorizer, now. MY FOREVER DIWALI Childhood memories to light up every heart. S H U B H R A G U P TA 90 NEW WAYS TO BEAT BREAST CANCER TRAVELLING IN DRACULA COUNTRY Follow the route that led to Jonathan Harker’s adventures. A N D R E A AU L E V I T T 86 Fiction PANDAL FOOD Celebrating the triumph of good over evil? SA M I T B A S U RD’s 89 favourite words and phrases. B R A N D O N S P E C K TO R 76 MOON SHOTS LU K E S P E N C E R 140 Bonus Read NEXT STOP SCHOOL A bus driver and his precious cargo. C R A I G DAV I D S O N Breakthroughs that defeat this disease. L I SA F I T T E R M A N & G AG A N D H I L LO N 100 THE SAGA OF THE ‘HAUNTED’ PRESS CLUB A father-daughter duo turn ghostbusters. SA N A L E DA M A R U KU 108 THE JACARANDA TREE A lost memento from long ago. H E E R A N AWA Z 112 Drama in Real Life SINKING CAR RESCUE P. The vehicle disappeared but help was at hand. H E L E N S I G N Y READER’S DIGEST | | 112 OCTOBER 2017 | 3