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What Your Library Card Is Actually Worth

A free piece of plastic replaces an audiobook subscription, a streaming service, and most of your book budget. Most people never set theirs up.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Why an e-reader beats the tablet you already own

E Ink, a month between charges, and no notifications. Plus the two situations where a tablet still wins, and what to check before you buy.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Catch Small Stream Trout Without Spooking Them

Wild trout in a creek you can jump across will see you before you see them. Fix your approach first, then worry about the fly.

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Audiobooks That Actually Work in the Car

A 25-minute commute each way is roughly 200 hours a year. That's twenty books, if you pick ones built for a windshield.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What a central bank digital currency would actually change

Holding caps, intermediated wallets, offline mode. The proposals are public documents, and most of the argument happens without reading them.

GuideFitnessMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

The other ingredients line is the one worth reading

Magnesium stearate isn't your problem. A capsule that says 1,000 mg and delivers 250 mg of what you paid for is.

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GuideBooksSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

What to Read Aloud to Your Kids, Age by Age

A working list of read-aloud books from board books to Tolkien, with the mature content flagged and the ones that flop marked.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Six meals you should know by heart, and how to get there

Recipes are fine. But a man who can feed four people on a Tuesday without reading anything has something better than a recipe.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

What a proprietary blend on the label is actually hiding

Turn the tub around, spend ninety seconds on the back panel, and you'll know whether the thing in your hand is worth the money.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Start Here If You Think You Hate Poetry

Eight books, a three-minute nightly habit, and the reason the stuff they assigned you in tenth grade never had a chance.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Reading Sign Is a Clock, Not a Map

Most hunters can find deer sign. Far fewer can tell you when it was made, which is the only part that puts an animal in front of you.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Reading After Sixty Without Fighting the Page

Better light, bigger type, the right device, and seven books that pay back a lifetime of reading rather than wasting what's left of it.

GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

War Memoirs From the Men Who Were Actually There

Ten first-person accounts of combat that beat any history book, plus honest warnings about which ones will knock the wind out of you.

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Thrillers That Cost You Sleep and Not Your Conscience

Nine books that grab you on page one, with nothing in them you'd hide from your kids, plus honest flags on the ones that need them.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Books5 min

Books for Teenage Girls With Heroines Worth Copying

Books6 min

Biographies Good Enough to Keep You Up Past Midnight

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to Finish a Book Again

You don't need more discipline. You need a shorter book, a worse chair for your phone, and permission to quit the ones that bore you.

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The Westerns Worth Reading When It Gets Dark at Five

Nine frontier novels that actually hold up, what's in them, and which ones you can hand to a twelve-year-old.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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