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IRIDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
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A lifestyle magazine for Costco members
DEPARTMENTS
7 Front End
By Ginnie Roeglin and
David W. Fuller
8 Dialogue
Letters from our readers
11 Fresh Views
Brain food for
the entrepreneur
13 Consumer Connection
By David Horowitz
15 Financial Connection
By Suze Orman
16 Debate
Should photo ID be
required for voting?
70 Member Connection
Odds and ends from
Costco members
MOST OF OUR FAVORITE
stories have happy endings.
The tale behind Costco’s book
department success is no exception. Read on to discover how
four dedicated bibliophiles helped turn a modest book division
into an industry powerhouse. BY PAT VOLCHOK
21 We are the world
Now any size business can go global.
BY PAUL LIMA
INSIDE COSTCO
52 Holiday Gift Guide
Twenty pages of ideas and
inspiration to help get you
into the gift-giving spirit.
57 Good things come in
Web packages
Costco Travel offers
vacation-package
booking, online.
BY T. FOSTER JONES
60 Payroll made easy
Intuit offers payroll services for Costco members.
60 Great deals
Find savings on tickets, gift
cards and more at Costco.
63 Borghese rocks!
Mineral-based
cosmetics are rocking
the world of beauty.
B Y STEPHANIE E. PONDER
6 5 H oliday spirit
i s in the in the cards
Th e Photo Center”s card
se rvice gets a makeover,
w ith larger sizes and new
de signs. Plus, an online
Ph oto Center Buyer’s Pick.
BYDAVID DAVID WIGHT
67 Aguideto guideto costco.com
He re are some tips to
gu ide you through
Co stco”s Web site.
EVERETT COLLEC TION
BY STEVE FISHER STEVE FISHER
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68 S pecial Events
69 C ostco Services Update
50 Someone’s in the kitchen
with Ina
The Barefoot Contessa offers up
a few holiday recipe ideas.
BY TIM TALEVICH
22 Peer plus prime
Loans for the rest of us, eBay style.
BY ANDREW ALLENTUCK
54 The south rises
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BY ANNETTE ALVAREZ-PETERS
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31 Book Pick: The Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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33 Jeff Kinney and Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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41 Yo-Yo Ma: Nobody doesn’t like cello The Hulk,
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43 Lou Ferrigno: The Hulk speaks!
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33 Gooseberry Patch
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35 Tony Tallarico draws Kidsbooks
39 Our cover artist, Robert Sabuda,
is popping up all over
45 DVD box sets: Exclusive Costco compilation s
47 Previews of coming DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
70 Member Connection: That’s entertainment!
COVER: POP-OP BOOK: © 2008 ROBERT SABUDA (
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