21Winning series Conceived as a way to bring even greater quality and value to its members, Costco’s Kirkland Signature private-label brand has grown into an internationally recognized range of products that has more than lived up to its credo of “as good as or better than the national brand.”

INSIDE COSTCO

55 See me, hear me Breakthroughs in contact-lens and hearing-aid technologies make seeing and hearing well easier than ever.

BY DAVID WIGHT

56 Buying Smart: Blueberries Blueberries contain more disease-fighting antioxidants than any other fruit. Plus, at Costco, they’re HUGE and they taste great.

BY PAT VOLCHOK

59 Get ready to retire

Plan for your golden years while you’re still in the black to keep you from seeing red after retirement. BY T. FOSTER JONES

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68 What’s New at Costco 70 Member Services Update 71 Specialty Services

71 Special Events

IRIDIO PHOTOGRAPHY

31 Shadows and whispers

Readers are taken on an emotional journey in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s masterpiece, The Shadow of the Wind.

BY JENNIFER PIRTLE

SPECIAL SECTION: FOR YOUR HEALTH Information to help you stay healthy on the inside and on the outside.

³³^Put ^it ⁱⁿ ^your ^ear⁴⁵^Eye ^healthWith more titles, formats and narrators 47 Arthritis update than ever, audio books can bring your 49 Fiber facts favorite genre to life. 49 Buyer’s Pick: Neutrogena BY JONATHAN LOWE 51 Sun-care tips

34 Ghost in the machine

51 Yoga and cancer

Those who can, do. Those who can’t, hire ghostwriters. Ghostwriters put their art to use for those who have the will, but not the skill.

BY EVA SHAW

ONLINE EDITION BONUS MATERIAL

DEPARTMENTS

5 Editorials 15 Tech Q&A

By Ginnie Roeglin and David W. Fuller iPods, plasma and LCDs. 7 _DialogueBy Marc Saltzman

Letters from our readers 39 Costco Travel ⁹^Fresh ^Views^Disney ^revamps ^Pirates ^ofBrain food for the entrepreneur ^the ^Caribbean.

¹¹^Consumer ^Connection⁴¹^Creative ^Cooking_By _David _HorowitzIt’s time for picnics.

¹²^Debate⁷²^Member ^ConnectionShould cell-phone use be allowed ^Odds ^and ^ends ^from ^Costcoin airplanes? ^members

Bonus Dialogue pages More letters from readers. Member profile Crafting with the stars at Hollywood’s La Knitterie Parisienne. Cover-story extras Recent articles about Kirkland Signature products from the archives. More Creative Cooking Summer vegetable recipes from Alpine. Book Previews and Book Look Father’s Day titles; Costco signings for June; an autographed-book giveaway. Serving up success Business success tips from Chicken Soup series entrepreneur Jack Canfield.