Showing posts with label free magazine subscriptions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free magazine subscriptions. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Montana : the Magazine of Western History
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Audrey
The only thing wrong with Audrey Magazine is the short articles and other how to do sections. It does not go into great details. Other than that it is cool.This magazine does a good job highlighting up and coming Asian Americans in the mainstream US media. At the same time, it has a semi-grassroots feel, but with mainstream issues still in mind. It will only get better as it gets more advertisers.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Maine Antique Digest
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Good Old Days
Everything from family memories of growing up during the great depression to a young man's memories of his first car during the 1940's are told by the people themselves. There is something to love here for just about everyone in the family. Whether it's a young girl's remembrance of mornings in the kitchen baking with Grandma (which includes a recipe), or a young soldier's tale of being shot down over the Netherlands and aided to freedom with the help of the daring Dutch underground, you'll be transported to better times.
If you are nostalgic at all, you'll enjoy this greatly as I do. There are always photos or illustrations to accompany the warm and funny memories of those who lived through these times. From home remedies to stories of the big band era, you really will enjoy every article. The glossy cover always has a nostalgic picture and the inside, quite appropriately, is on black and white paper. Film and music stars from these times are fondly remembered as well.
You won't be disappointed in this magazine. The short and enjoyable stories will leave a warm feeling in your heart. It will, however, make you a bit sad that these days are gone forever. I have a couple of very good copies of Modern Screen with Deanna Durbin on the cover from the 1940's I have collected and Good Old Days sits quite nicely between them. I even discovered a new source for collecting old time radio shows in the magazine's advertisements I intend to check out.
All in all, a real bargain and one magazine that's nice to have around the house.As a member of a couple of writing workshops, of which, at 54, I am considered the baby of the group, I am privileged to hear stories of "The Good Old Days" on a weekly basis. They write of making do during the depression, of the war(some going back as far as WWI), of growing up facing prejudices, of the simple but enjoyable ways of making their own fun(no xbox, TV or Computer needed), their schooling, but most of all the very fond memories of the era. I attend every week, and I follow these true life stories, that are poignant, funny,important, and sometimes sad. The generation we call "Seniors", is truly the greatest generation, and the stories they write should be considered treasures, and should be passed down from generation to generation, so they just don't fade away into oblivion.
"The Good Old Days" is a magazine, that holds tons of articles, poems and essays for every generation to treasure.
Most seem to be of the 1930 's and 1940's, but you will also find some dating back and ahead another decade or so.They are real stories of real people who have interesting and nostalgic tales to.First loves(back when courting was still a most wonderful custom), Family Outings(they actually went places and did things like picnics, hay rides, etc),a soldier's story,Big Band era music and dancing,childhood memories of playing or working in the kitchen with mom, fun on the farm, attending Community happenings, small town, and city ways, Uniting as neighbors(now there's a good idea!) are all part of this excellent view of the past. And so much more.
You'll also find among the pages, little quizzes, to keep you thinking, photographs of days gone by,a classified section where people can list old items that are wanted. The ads, which don't over power the essays are all geared toward the senior.Music from the era, a miniature Ford Model A,Ma and Pa Kettle video collections, etc.
The Magazine isn't anything fancy and doesn't need to be. The cover always has some Rockwellesque sort of picture, the pages are like those of a newspaper in black and white(only magazine size). The subscription offer here is an excellent value, as you can pour over the stories for hours.
I looked for this to be available on audio, but could not find it. This seems like a periodical that begs to be on cassette.
"The Good Old Days" is a favorite in my workshops, and get passed around. For seniors, it is a most enjoyable and nostalgic read. One that sparks memories and encourages new stories. For the rest of us, an educational and a precious look at History preserved in the form of some great Senior Moments.
Enjoy the read....Laurie
also recommended:The Writer Within You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing in Your Retirement YearsMy parents were born around 1930 and this magazine is their favorite reading. All these years I've never seen them so eager for a piece of mail to arrive. Both my mom and dad told me that this is the first and only magazine they've ever read cover to cover (and I mean every inch).
Typically the issues contain old photos that readers send in showing how things were for everyday people. Along with those pictures are stories/anecdotes. In the stories the folks mention a lot of old-timey stuff that the reader may not have thought of in years. Also included are old advertisements, costs of goods, songs, recipes, and miscellaneous household tips.
This makes a fantastic gift subscription.
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Your grandparents will love this magazine! I bought this subscription two years ago for my Dad (as a gift from my daughter) and I will continue to renew this magazine as it makes for very meaningful conversations. Grandparents enjoy reflecting on the past and sharing their memories with those they love, especially grandchildren. The magazine stays on the coffee table which also allows for other family members and neighbors to enjoy as well. What an excellent conversation starter.I subscribed to this magazine for at least 15 years and agree with all the good things other reviewers have to say. Unfortunately, with the retirement of the long-time editor, a major format change was implemented. One of these included dropping a regular favorite, "Wanted," in which readers sent in requests for long lost poems, songs, sayings, friends, collectibles, and "card showers," which brought happiness I am sure to thousands of people over the years. The audience now, judging from many of the articles, is aimed at people born in the 1950's and 1960's. Even the ad inserts are targeted, based on the photos, at people in their 20's and 30's.I decided to cancel my subscription and, because I was really unhappy, accept the published guarantee, which reads, "If at any time you're not completely satisfied with Good Old Days magazine, you can cancel your subscription and receive a full and immediate refund of the entire subscription price. No questions asked." This guarantee has appeared in the magazine for years and is still on page 6 of the March/April 2013 issue.
I had renewed for several years for $27.97 before knowing about the format change. I cancelled online and got an immediate email giving my refund as $9.33. I called Customer Service and was told that a full refund had to be requested at the time of cancellation because, "We don't offer it--you have to ask." Of course, there is no place on the Web site to do ask. The lady I spoke to was quite snippy and sort of implied that I was an unpleasant person for expecting them to actually do what the guarantee said. I still do not know whether Good Old Days will live up to the promise because after she said, "You mean you really want the full refund?" and I replied "yes," she said have a nice day and hung up.
It is sad to see something that was great fall down. I will be replacing this with Reminisce.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Vogue Australia
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Modified Mustang & Fords
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Bon Appetit (1-year auto-renewal)
I only came to this magazine after Barbara Fairchild, so I can't speak to what it was like before her but, after her it has gotten, well, bad. And I want to love it, the photography is delicious, but did we really need Gwenyth Paltrow on the cover if we are not being instructed on how to cook her? And there wasn't anything in the thanksgiving issue I wanted to try outhow is that even possible? Don't waste your money on this, unless you have bucketloads of it and want something other than copies of Boring Rich People Money Digest to adorn your teak cofee table. I mean don't even get this for your maid.
The website, fortunately, still has an archive of recipes, you know, to COOK, which is what I assume most people subscribing to this kind of publication want to do.Bon Appetit won't replace Gourmet in anyone's life, but it does have interesting articles about places and restaurants. Total issues are devoted to themes, such as London or Mexico and those are interesting. My favorite feature is always the recipes from restaurants requested from readers. I have learned some very good recipes this way! As for the recipes themselves, they are written in a straightforward manner. The directions are written in plain English without complications. The pictures and drawings enhance the instructions. All that said, this is not a magazine for someone looking for complicated recipes. But, if you want a magazine that is pleasant to flip through and read, this is for you.
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I decided to renew my subscription for Bon Appetit via Amazon because it was cheaper than a regular renewal. I was concerned that the subscription would be entered as a renewal because it doesn't ask for an account number for your subscription. You have to enter the name and address exactly like the magazine mailing label you've been receiving. I checked on it 2 weeks later and the renewal had gone through. Very easy to do and it worked well.Read Best Reviews of Bon Appetit (1-year auto-renewal) Here
Enticing pictures and recipes............inspires one to cook more healthy vegetables and and fish....interesting articles about foodOne of the best foodie booksGreat recipes, easy to follow directions, albeit some times the ingredients are not available but substitutes are almost always suggested and that makes it easier to do.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
National Geographic
Articles involve history, culture, sociology, biology, architecture, archaeology, and physical science in addition to the trademark item, geography. Recent issues have included articles on archaeology of the Indus Valley, earthquakes in Turkey, Samoan culture, jellyfish, and dinosaurs. National Geographic has a knack for combining the timely with the timeless to make each issue interesting from a current events perspective (recent articles on the Golan Heights and touring London show this) as well as being worthy of retaining for future reference by combining history and other details.
Coupled with the articles, National Geographic has fantastic photography. In the June issue, there is a 'family photo' that was taken at the annual photographic seminar in Washington, D.C., in which more than half of the regular contributors to the magazine were present and photographed around the great seal of National Geographic. According the caption:
'The 47 men and women shown have collectively logged some 700 years taking pictures for this magazine alone. They've photographed roughly 715 articles, and at a current average of 29,000 frames shot per story, that works out to about 20.7 million images.'
Authors and photographers for National Geographic are perhaps one of the most diverse lots of people working for any periodical. From urban to rural, civilised to exotic to remote and desolate locations; from peaceful and happy events to battlefield and disaster situations; from home life to professional life to religious life and beyond, these women and men have covered almost every aspect of the world (and beyond!). Photographic and journalistic excellence is a hallmark of this magazine, and it shows in every issue.
But the maps! What about the maps? Oh, yes, this is perhaps the distinguishing feature of National Geographic, something that is also well-known from school days. Teachers always loved to put National Geographic maps up on the walls, and issues continue to include the most up-to-date maps of countries, physical features, even the moon, planets, and star systems.
The National Geographic Society was founded in 1888 as a nonprofit scientific and educational organization, and has in that time supported more than 6500 explorations and research projects. They have also included in more recent times to support students with scholarships. For instance, since 1993 they have given a scholarship each year to a British student in conjunction with the British Cartographic Society, in recognition of the outstanding mapmaking student in the UK. This will help continue the tradition on National Geographic.GREAT MAGAZINE BUT ...
I can not stress to you enough not to buy this on Amazon through Synapse Services, Inc. You will not get your magazine, you will not receive a refund, and you will waste your time and money! Flush your money, it's more effictive way to get rid of it.
I purchased NG for my father in June 6th 2010 as a renewal to his subscription which was expiring on Feburary 2011. I just got a last chance renewal from NG, they say my subscription is expiring? It should be good till Feburary 2012! They said they did receive an order from Synapse on June 10th but then it was canceled by Synapse in July?
NG was nice enough to give me Synapse's phone number 877-813-0320. Be sure to press 0 and go for the agent, even though it won't help you, the supervisor can't help you either!
I just got off a long phone call with Synapse Services, Inc. they canceled the subscription for no reason on their end. They never fullfilled the request? They say they refunded, but there is no refund, Amazon still has it listed active? I just wanted the magazine, they had already received payment why did they cancel it? They can't tell me? I have never been so disatisfied with a company in my life. I will be contacting Amazon, contacting the Credit Card company for payment with no service, BBB for failure to produce service, etc. I will also issue a invoice to them for my wasted time!
Basically what this company does is when they receive the actual payment from Amazon they then call up NG and cancel your subscription so they don't have to pay NG and they keep the money. Wow; what a great money making business!!!I bought National Geographics for my elderly father over 3 months ago. To this day no magazines have arrived. Tired of waiting and after a phone call from him, I barred the wait to talked to someone in NG. They told me that going through Amazon takes at least 3 months!!! and that they have shiped my order two day ago and it will take 2 weeks in transport. If I go directly through them it takes 1 months.I will no longer subscribe to National Geographic. This year we started getting unsolicited junk from either National Geographic or their "partner" companies masquerading as National Geographic and then billing us for the DVDs, maps, etc. I expressed my concerns in a letter to National Geographic about the problem and they did not bother to contact me. Of course now they are sending these bogus bills to their "collection department." No more National Geographic magazine EVER!As others have stated, probably not a great idea to order Nat Geo through Amazon. I placed my order in June and received a cancellation e-mail from them today. If Amazon can't fill the subscriptions at this price, they shouldn't be offering it. Great magazine, just don't order it here.
Friday, January 31, 2014
National Geographic Traveler
Why only four stars and not five? The magazine doesn't wow me very often and I have found that most of the articles focus on white bread middle to upper class Americans. I am not the sort of traveler who is going to be staying in $350 a night room when I go to Bali. The do have budget conscious or "nitty gritty" tours/hotels/destinations etc but there are fewer of those than luxury tours/hotels/destinations.
They also occasionally focus on trips that are a bit too exotic and remote. What are the odds that I will decide to scale K2, Kayak 28 days in the Arctic Circle or run a marathon in the Sahara Desert? The articles are okay to read but not in depth enough to be educational nor practical enough to go to. They do nothing but peak your curiosity a tad and then you move on.
So for me the magazine is only a 4 out of five stars. Will I renew my subscription, yes. Its a good magazine, but if your looking for something with just as good destinations, articles and photos with a bit less posh and unattainable, scope out the aptly names Budget Travel. If you have the money to burn when you travel and enjoy reading about other peoples extreme adventures this magazine will be perfect.I dropped my subscription to National Geographic Traveler after two years. The only really good thing about the magazine was the photography of the places covered--what you would expect from a National Geographic magazine. The articles and reviews in the magazines were generally useless for me as a middle-class traveler. I travel quite a bit overseas, but cannot afford most of the places NG Traveler covers. If you can afford the $300-$500 rooms at the places NG Traveler recommends, then subscribe. But if you are the average traveler on a budget, skip this magazine.
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This is a great magazine for the dreaming traveler. Unless you have quite a bit of money, this may be as close as you get to some of these places, but que sera, sera. The photos are of National Geographics usual great quality, and every now and then you'll find something close enough to home to actually see.This is a better than average travel magazine. Good mix of practical type stuff, budget travel ideas, and sort of 'dream trips.' I've read Frommer's Budget Travel in the past, and I like this one somewhat better than that. It is way better than the prestige publications like Travel + Leisure or Conde Nast Traveler, which cater seemingly only to the super rich.It took less than a month for our order to be processed. Wow, what speed! So far, my husband and I are very impressed with the magazine. This magazine seems to offer something for everyone from both budget and interest perspectives. (Not just a travel magazine for the rich.) The photos are, of course, absolutely fabulous too.Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Bass Player
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Alternative Medicine
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Seattle
They also featured the "Salish Lodge and Spa" at which you might find me drinking tea with my parents on a lazy afternoon or having dinner when I'm feeling like splurging on a gourmet dinner. They have redecorated, however they still have a wonderful fireplace upstairs. I spent the first night of my honeymoon at the Salish Lodge and I can't wait to stay there again. They have deep baths and the entire experience of staying there is just luxurious. Anyway, this magazine tells you where to go and gives you ideas for luxurious getaways now and then. Oh and don't forget Rosario. When my aunt took us away for the weekend, we had our toes painted while sitting out in the sun.
If you are thinking of visiting Seattle, this is a good magazine to keep handy so you can find out about treasures like the Elliot Bay Book Company or Pike Place Market. The Dining Guide will lad you to places you only thought appeared in dreams. If you are in Seattle, go to Palisade. There is an amazing view, gourmet food to die for and even a fish pond with a cute bridge you can walk over. We love this place for family parties. Ray's boathouse has an upstairs café we love and then there is the Metropolitan Grill where you will taste steaks that have been grilled over mesquite coals. If you want to go all out and enjoy a nine-course feast, try The HerbFarm that is now located in Woodinville. Chef Jerry Traunfeld also makes amazing Lavender cookies and the recipe is in his HerbFarm cookbook.
This magazine inspires thoughts of staying at the Edgewater hotel and watching ferries sail by on lazy rainy days. You will always find intriguing features, talk about the town and a section on enjoying the good life of food and entertainment.
~The Rebecca ReviewIf you enjoy Seattle, you'll love this magazine.
It covers the latest news in food, art, culture, and much more.In February I wrote a review that I had been waiting for more than a month at that point for my subscription to start. It actually came out to 3 months between my credit card being charged and the receipt of my issue. But that was only the start of the waiting.
The magazine never arrives before the first of the month. It never arrives without me first seeing on the newsstands days before hand. It's now September 18 and I've yet to receive my September issue. I emailed their customer service a couple months when it was late in arriving. I was told they had shipping problems. They seem to have shipping problems every month.
I won't be renewing this subscription.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Ifr - Instrument Flight Rating
Each issue has a general theme, often related to the season. For example, a recent issue explored zero-zero (no visibility, ceiling) takeoffs, as would be observed if a field were socked in with a 50' thick layer at ground-level. It's perfectly legal for part 91 (general aviation) flying, but often neglected as an option. Included in the article are legal considerations and ways of mitigating risk.
The monthly columns are also fun. Two of my favorites:
IFR quiz -related to the primary topic of that issue, the quiz involves a combination of interpreting ATC regulations, navigation, chart symbiology and the realities of IFR flying. These are invaluable because you learn about the *intent* behind the presentation.
On the Air -the aviator's equivalent of bloopers.Great pulp. Get a better price by joining AOPA. $24 for 12 issues.
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This monthly magazine has many real world tips and articles on flying IFR safely written by people who fly and know the systems, procedures and methods. I have been a sbiscriber for years and as long as I'm flying, I'll keep reading IFR.This magazine is ford those who have (or are close to getting ) their instrument rating. It features very practical discussions about how to operate in the system. It is easy to find books that explain the rules or AIM but this goes behind the scenes to explain how controllers look at situations and how they can (and sometimes can not) help. The editor is Paul Berge an ex controller and CFII who has a dry wit and is fairly quick to be critical or complimentary to ATC and the FAA as appropriate. He does a great job of explaining how "the other side" thinks and how to get the most out of the system.
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