Elmore Leonard: Mystery Solved
Crime-novel fans, take note: the author of such classics as Get Shorty and Out of Sight tells how he gets ideas

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Meet a couple who retired at 60, sold their house and belongings, and have been globetrotting and volunteering for nine years

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Multimedia Special: 1968
2009 National Magazine Award Winner
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