Evertons Genealogical Helper

I have subscribed to Everton's forever and find it a valuable resource that I read and reread and keep on my bookshelf. Try one issue and you'll keep getting it. (Ignore that other review they should delete it. How can you review something you haven't seen yet?)

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Down Beat

The current title of this magazine says it all: Jazz, Blues, and Beyond. The arrival of DownBeat at your door or magazine store will be a welcome event each month. DownBeat has been the standard magazine for articles on jazz musicians and record reviews for decades. In recent years, it has expanded to cover blues, rock, third stream, world beat, Brazilian popular music, and much more. MEGA-TONS of records, cassettes, and CDs have been sold based on the in depth reviews of the DownBeat critics. Magazines have come and gone and DB continues to get the best critics to write hip and incisive articles on musicians, jazz festivals, notable events, deaths, equipment, and musical transcriptions of great solos. Reader's letters to the editor, "Chords and Dischords" is a lively feature that never fails to ruffle some feathers.

A major feature has always been the "BlindFold Test" wherein a musician is played a range of individual music tracks by major artists and is asked to comment on the merits of the track and give it a rating, based on one to five stars. Miles Davis gave one memorable blindfold contest that is talked about to this day. His comments on Eric Dolphy and Cecil Taylor (two of my favorites by the way) were a real hoot; and then he moved in their direction later in his musical life. In the November 2005 issue, Ravi Coltrane, John's son, was tested on tracks by Gene Ammons, Michael Brecker, and Harry Connick Jr, among others.

Another major feature is the coveted and highly competitive DownBeat Jazz Award, a twice a year event, awarded to jazz artists in categories of major jazz instruments and functions (arranger, composer, musician of the year, and various musical groupings), and probably best of all, the DownBeat Hall of Fame. One award comes from the International Critics and, six month's later, the other DownBeat Jazz Awards are based on a "Reader's Poll" from a mail-in form. Upsets have abounded over the years, such as Sonny Rollins upset of John Coltrane on Tenor Sax, shortly before Mr Coltrane's untimely death, and recently Wynton Marsalis being upset on trumpet by Dave Douglas in the Critics Poll. If you like jazz, DownBeat is essential reading to keep your finger on the pulse of modern jazz, blues, and beyond. Five HUGE Stars!!

For current reviews of CD's and concerts as well as historical reviews of past releases Down beat cannot be beat. The articles are always interesting and the magazine blends the right mix of current and vintage musical information that makes every issue worth having. The Blindfold Test feature where some artist listens to a few recordings and tries to identify and offer commentary on the players is really cool. Especially when you can read what Charles Mingus has to say about other artists of his day as in the most recent issue. I look forward to every issue of Down Beat and recommend it to anyone who enjoys jazz.

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The main bulk of Down Beat is reviews of albums that are coming out the jazz world. Quite easily, the best parts are the special sections, and interviews they have with artists.

Actually reading what the artists themselves have to say is very cool, especially to kids like me. :-)

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Downbeat was a requested gift for Christmas last year and the gift was renewed this year. I personally have no opinion of it, but the person requesting it, absolutely loves it.

Thank you,

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Terrific magazine. Great way to keep up with current trends in jazz. Been reading this magazine since 1964. Use it quite a bit to discover new music to listen to.

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Garden Gate

This magazine contains in-depth plant information & garden design ideas with no ads. Great deal for the price!

Garden Gate Magazine is a publication for gardeners of all stripesa magazine with nice photography, gardening and craft instructions, and general tips to make your garden and general landscaping look better then ever. Amatuers and experienced gardeners alike will find many useful tips and bits of advice on decoration, plant care, and more.

I'm not big on outdoor creations, but I agree that a wellmanicured landscape and a nice garden area is not only easy on the eyes, it can also add a sense of peacefulness by its mere presence. Who doesn't enjoy walking into a beautiful garden area? Even if you have little interest in gardening, horticulture, or anything related, there is much to be said for a nice, green/flowery yard and Garden Gate Magazine is very useful to help you achieve exactly that, with projects and advice for individuals at different skill levels.

I have been reading Garden Gate Magazine for only a short time but I have found much useful information in this publication. The lists and the step by step instructions are among my favorites and I like that the magazine is not geared only toward those with the extragreen thumbs. I am not very skilled in a garden so I need a publication that respects my limited abilities. Garden Gate Magazine has plenty to offer an inexperienced person like myself and at the same time, it has plenty of great ideas that involve more extensive building and planting, making the magazine useful for the more experienced individual. Garden Gate Magazine leaves no person behind, and that is one of the publication's many appeals.

Garden Gate Magazine spells everything out nicely and includes plenty of diagrams so that even an outdoor klutz like myself can figure out what each thing means and what to do. The magazine has a good deal of information, too, and some might find it surprising that a publication with only 50 pages can include so much in so little space. Take a look at the Departments, "In Every Issue", and features listed above. When was the last time you saw a table of contents like that in a fifty-page magazine? There is a reason Garden Gate Magazine is able to pack in so much in so little room and the reason is there are no advertisements!! This is such a refreshing change from other magazines and it makes a big difference when you are trying to follow instructions. There is nothing to distract and the articles are not very long, making this the perfect reading option for those with shorter attention spans.

When a magazine is free from advertisements, it is often high in price and Garden Gate Magazine is no exception. The magazine is published only six times per year and each issue carries a high cover price around five dollars. To make matters worse, you don't get much of a cut in price when you subscribe. Buy all six issues at your local newsstand and it will cost you $30. Subscribe for a year, and it will cost you $24. This is a savings, yes, but it isn't nearly the level of subscription savings so common with other magazines. A twoyear deal makes the savings better (presently 2 years are offered for $38, cutting the cover price by 37 percent), but the cost per issue is still quite high and it is the direct result of publishing adfree.

If you can get past the cost, however, you will find that Garden Gate Magazine is a very good magazine with much to offer everyone who loves a nice landscape. As I said, I'm not even much into this type of work and I don't landscape as a hobby, yet I still like reading this magazine. If a publication can pique the interest of someone who doesn't even have a true interest in the subject, it must be doing something right and Garden Gate Magazine is definitely a periodical that is doing almost everything correctly.

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What a terrific magazine! It grabs ones attention from begining to end! Everything and more that you wanted to know about gardening.

It is not just for the professional but for the lazy gardener as well!

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This is a relaxing journal to read -not complex, easy to enjoy, but not a fantastically helpful horticultural experience.

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Great source of info for plants, containers and a hundred other things. One of the best magazines on market. Would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes to work with plants.

La Settimana Enigmistica

The magazine itself is the classic Italian puzzle magazine, but the delivery to the U.S. is unreliable--it runs routinely 2 weeks behind, and can go as much as a month before two or three issues show up together.

I got hooked on this magazine while living in Italy I'd buy it every week without fail! Good crosswords, comics and brainteasers will keep you occupied and will help you if you're brushing up on your italian.(However, you should have a pretty good grasp of the language before attempting any of the puzzles)

For Italian language teachers I'd get a subscription for the class if I were you!

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This is a wonderful Italian Magazine, filled with Crossword Puzzles and other fun puzzles. It arrives weekly so you always have a new one to enjoy A+++++++

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La Settimana Enigmistica has to be the world's best puzzle magazine. When I lived in Rome, I bought it every week at the local kiosk. It is full not only of crosswords, but also of intricate puzzles, such as anagrams, monoverbs, changes of vowels or consonants, cryptograms, and other brain teasers--all in Italian. It also has cartoons. The puzzles begin easy, and become harder later in the book.

My favorites are the rebuses, fascinating picture puzzles that depict one thing and, when solved, state something completely different. For instance, a dog barking (latra), the letters GI, two beavers (castori), the letters ADA, and blackberries on a bush (more) translate to "La Tragica Storia d'Amore"--or The Tragic Story of Love. The editors give you the numbers of letters in each word as an aid (e.g., in this puzzle, 2, 7, 6, 1, 5). At any rate, they are great fun.

La Settimana Enigmistica--The Weekly Puzzler--is wildly popular in Italy among all sorts of people. For instance, one cannot get on a bus or a train without seeing business men, college students, well-dressed women, and just plain folks, pencil in hand, working out the puzzles. You will see copies of the magazine on the front seats of taxis; the drivers solve the puzzles between fares. If you are on a long train ride, La Settimana Enigmistica represents a good conversation opener. Someone is always on hand to give you a hint, for instance, about la parola giusta that will help solve the puzzle.

For anyone who wants to achieve proficiency in Italian, La Settimana Enigmistica is just the thing. But beware, it is addictive!

If only it weren't so expensive! (Fortunately I have a large stash left over from the 1980's and 1990's, which ease any enigmistic cravings I might still have.)

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My wufe has bought this magazine for manu years, but since we do not live in Italy rnd its import has stopped we have now, witj Amazon's help, succesfully made a run around the end to my wife's contetment.

Vanity Fair July 2007 Africa Issue, Bono/Queen Rania Cover

Bono is doing a great job bringing Africa into the spotlight. This is one of his latest attempts to draw more attention to the neediest continent on the planet. All in all it was a well done issue. As for this particular cover, I got it mainly in hopes of getting his autograph someday :)

Product was received in very good condition. Thank you for mailing the product in a timely manner! Product is exactly what I expected.

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Phoenix Home & Garden

I have subscribed to 'Phoenix Home & Garden' for many years, and I look forward to every issue. There are loads of useful articles about living in Arizona (or any desert environment) including realty, water conservation, and, of course, design. The magazine has great examples of outstanding Southwest architecture and design in every issue, though I wish they would talk more about sub-$1,000,000 homes. All in all, the text and articles are well done, consistently informative, and beautifully illustrated with outstanding color photographs.

The bad news about 'Phoenix Home & Garden' is similar to that for 'Architectural Digest': too many ads. The magazine is simply gargantuan and an enormous percentage of it is taken up with advertising, some of which is only tangentially related to the focus of the magazine. While the content of the magazine is quite good, it is very annoying turning through page after page of ads to finally reach the next article. This unfortunate trend makes the magazine much less reader-friendly, and is responsible for the reduction to three stars in my rating.

Phoenix Home and Garden is easily one of the best "home and garden" type magazines currently available. I highly recommend it to anyone with a flair (or even a modicum of interest) for design and a desire to live comfortably in a low maintenance home situated in ANY desert environment. They've left nothing out!

A typical issue might include several dynamic design solutions, i.e. for custom lighting, creative storage, etc.

In depth interviews with architects and designers who bring decades of experience to the table and offer hot new ideas for age old problems. Feature stories showcasing creative renovations or simple design solutions that bring life back to tired, sun baked Arizona homes are always full of wonderful surprises that range from easy do at home to the more difficult and challanging projects for professionals.

There are still more interviews with interesting people "in the news" and terrific stories about some of AZ's more facinating historical personages and locales. You'll find a variety of miscellaneous interest stories about upcoming exciting events to attend in Arizona. In fact, the last several pages of the magazine are dedicated to hundreds of listings (and contact information) for places to go, things to do, and people to see, including (but not limited to) benifits and fund raisers, wine tastings, and tours. There are pages upon pages of listings for the various theatre groups, opera performances, symphony and ballet performances, as well as numerous listings directed towards childrens performing arts. I particularly appreciate the listings for the exhibits and shows at the many museums and cultural arts centers. There are listings for special events, fairs, dance and music concerts and cultural festivals, including the much anticipated Sadona Jazz Festival (a personal favorite)! The featured artists and magnificant art exhibitions at the numerous gallerys and museums are also listed, sometimes with showcase insets to wet your appetite.

Awards cerimonies, marketplaces, planetarium shows, expos, golf tours, the list goes on and on.

Of course no desert home and garden publication would be complete without the requisite articles about the use of outdoor architure to capture and frame the scenic desert mountains, or the fabulous landscaping ideas that include low maintainence gardening tips (that everyone can appreciate). Even several of AZ's garden societies are listed with their contact information.

I always look forward to trying any of the dozens of recipes from some of Arizona's popular restaurants and world famous chefs. Hundreds of restaurants are listed by catagory, i.e. international, continental, french, italian, mexican, southwestern, asian, etc. You will also find a few schedules for cooking classes hosted by some of AZ's most prestigeous culinary schools and/or chefs.

Special editions, including the popular Physicians issue, are practical and extremely handy to have as convenient reference guides.

All in all, this is THE magazine!

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We purchased Phoenix Home & Garden as a gift for our daughter last Christmas. Our daughter is a designer in the Phoenix area, loves the publication and uses it frequently in her work. The last purchase was a renewal for Christmas 2008.

The only problem was a coordination issue between Amazon and the publisher. After renewing I received an email stating the subscription order had been received and the first issue should be received in October. The original subscription did not expire until January. I had to make a couple call to find out the transaction would have been handled as a renewal in spite of what the email said. I think such information should be made available at the time of renewal.

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Nice magazine. A little to early to see what future magazines are going to be like. But so far, so good.

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I am restoring a 1928 Spanish Revival home in San Antonio, Texas. This magazine often features the classic adobe style and a modern interpretation of this style, but I can often find great sources for materials to be used in my house, including light fixtures, doors, windows, etc... In the end, my house will not look like these homes, but I am continuing to purchase this magazine for the rich network of sources and ideas on its pages. Highly recommended.

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TV y Novelas

Keeps me in touch with my country. Love the fashion articles and beauty advice, and of course the movie reviews.

We went together and got this for our friend. She LOVES her Novelas and talks about them all of the time. We could not

find this in the stores. The Price was right and we got a GIFT card to go with it at check out. That was very nice.

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I really havent read much but i like the oictures and also i havent recciv

ed my magazines so i am nig able to say much

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Seems like a long time but the subscription has not started...wondering if there is a problem. 4 more words required??

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Let me clarify: I am not a Spanish language speaker. Yet, suddenly I started receiving TvyNovelas magazine without making a subscription. Even worse, soon followed unsolicited subscriptions to Spanish Cosmopolitan and Vanidades. I discourage you to make a subscription, this magazine (or any of the others) is not worth your time their spamming practices are unacceptable.

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Wyoming Wildlife (1-year auto-renewal)

I was so pleased with the quality of the writing and the photography. The articles are in-depth, but written for the interested general public, not scientists. From the letters to the editor, they obviously have some long-term devotees.

Wyoming Wildlife contains excellent photography and the articles are interesting and well written. It is a great value at such a low price.

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