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The ideal getaway for me includes a boat, an exotic locale filled with mystery and intrigue, and a book—also full of mystery and intrigue. So I was in heaven last fall when I found myself aboard an Exodus Adventure Travels cruise, reading Agatha Christie’s iconic whodunit Death on the Nile while watching the scenery of Upper Egypt drift by as I floated down the world’s longest river. Even better than a traditional guidebook, Christie’s classic allowed me to immerse myself in Egypt in a vivid way. I would read a few chapters, then literally step into the same geography that influenced the author. The experience created a 360-degree layering of sounds, sights and smells that brought the book to life while creating new memories that were entirely my own stories to tell. It turns out travel based on books like this is a growing trend. “We have undoubtedly seen a shift away from passive sightseeing toward more meaningful, narrative-led travel,” notes Johnny Prince, co-founder and CEO o...

If you love your Kindle, chances are that you really love your Kindle. You can carry a whole library of books with you (especially handy if you’re traveling), and the ease of finding a book and having it at your fingertips in just a few minutes helps you read more. My Kindle sits beside my bed, mingling with a pile of hardcovers because I love books in all forms. Especially free ones! Every month, I download free books from Amazon Prime First Reads , and thanks to that, I have a pretty good collection of novels I might not have found otherwise. So when I learned that my trusty sidekick might be headed to that great tech graveyard in the sky , I worried that I might lose everything. I still haven’t read a lot of the books in my ever-growing Kindle library. I wouldn’t lose them … would I? Well, bookworms, it’s time to find out. Read on to learn what’s going on with Kindles, whether yours is affected, when things will change and what to do about it. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  R...

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were married for 73 years, but they were far from affectionate, at least when they had an audience. The pair rarely held hands in public. They didn’t even kiss in public on their wedding day! Yet the love story between the late queen and her Prince Charming was a fairy-tale one, outlasting the marriages of three of their children. So what gives? Why didn’t they loosen up and show some public displays of affection? It turns out there’s a very valid reason, according to a new book by royal author Ian Lloyd. Ahead, I dig into the story and talk to Maria Coole, a Daily Mail reporter and the editor of The Royal List newsletter, about the couple’s enduring relationship . Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more royals, humor, travel, tech and fun facts all week long. Why didn’t Elizabeth and Philip ever hold hands? They simply would never have considered it. It was a very different time, and according to Lloyd’s new...