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49 Sting sings With a new album of winter- themed music, the frontman of The Police shows another side of his musical persona. BY WILL FIFIELD
51 Asner speaks Up The “great grouch” Ed Asner
brings his special blend of
grump-with-a-heart-of-gold to
Pixar and Disney’s Up.
BY J. RENTILLY
53 DVD buyers’ picks Check out the DVD and Blu-ray
films available this month.
55 The family that plays together...
Active video games are bringing
families together in a brand-new way.
BY SCOTT STEINBERG
57 Video-game roundup A corral-full of video games
available for the holidays.
BY STEVEN L. KENT
59 You got game? Where? A game room can be the new
family entertainment hub.
BY DAN DALEY
On the up
and Up
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40 Costco Exclusive! Hope and belief
For Connection readers, Mitch
Albom writes about the journey
behind his new book, Have a
Little Faith.
BY MITCH ALBOM
43 Book Pick: The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver’s latest novel
explores the often enormous
chasm between perception
and truth.
BY VALERIE RYAN
45 Splendiferous! Author Jane O’Connor
expounds (a fancy word for
“talks about”) on her wildly
successful series, Fancy Nancy.
BY J. RENTILLY
47 Book buyers’ picks Costco book buyers recommend their favorites.
Albom writes about the journey
INSIDE COS TCO
79 Rent a car through Costco Travel; save money and stress. BY T. FOSTER JONES
80 Holiday cards and New card designs and gift items are at Costco’s Photo Centers, just in time for the holidays. BY DAVID WIGHT
80 Tax forms made e Costco Check Printing has great
prices on all the forms businesses
need to make tax time go
smoothly.
BY DAVID WIGHT
81 Medicare Part D Costco and Aetna team up to
offer members a Medicare Part D
prescription drug plan.
BY DAVID WIGHT
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Costco.com New products and features make
online exploration even more fun.
Execs give advice, magazines
rate Costco products and a new
Costco opens in Melbourne.
You’d have to be a little nutty
not to appreciate the quality and
value of these little gems.
BY PAT VOLCHOK
A follow-up to our July cover story
shows there’s no shortage of
good-hearted Costco members.
ALSO:
90 Special Events
Sting sings
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and Star Trek soars
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Splendiferous!
Fancy Nancy
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