Courrier International - Without Hors Series

This newspaper does not have journalists write articles in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a weekly collection of articles, editorials, and cartoons from newspapers and magazines from all over the world, thereby affording you the oportunity to read what the world reads, often translated from languages chances are you don't yourself speak.

If you want your french language skills to help you get a better feel of what the rest of the world is thinking or feels are the important issues of the time, then this is your best bet.

Orion

I have only recently picked up a copy of one installment of this magazine and I was instantly captivated. The writing is refreshing. I am not generally a fan of magazines, but this one offers the peace of a collection of short stories. Touching emphasis is placed on the depth and elegance of the writing rather than sensationalist reporting. The editors clearly care as much about the message each issue sends as the authors of the pieces presented therein. The layout provides the respect to the articles and photography that they deserve. This magazine is an inspirationto travel, to write, to learn and to live.

I also have only read one volume, but the ideas therein are so societally under-represented. The articles are controversial, sometimes satirical, and very educational. Orion is a welcome addition to any deep-thinker's coffee table.

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Cancelled after receiving and reading one edition. Drivel. It reminded me of sitting around the dinner table with university faculty. Lots of "deep" thoughts, lots of "if only everyone else were this smart" if not explicitly, then implied. Self-satisfaction and oozing intellectual arrogance give a tone that I do not care for. This periodical takes itself way to seriously. Upside? I did receive a refund for the remainder of my subscription. So give it a try and see if it is for you.

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Penthouse Letters (1-year)

Penthouse has always been better than playboy when it comes to erotic pictures and stories. This magazine is always full of entertaining stories and letters from readers that are supposed to be fact based exploits,maybe 50/50 in reality. The pictures are very explicit and erotic. Great entertainment for adults only.

This is the one publication I just can't wait to recieve each month and the only one that gets read cover-to-cover! I love the stories even if a few of them seem to stretch the imagination just a little. The up-side is... it fuels the imagination and provides lots and lots of ideas to try for yourself!

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Stories better then nudity

Most of the magazines out there are all about nudity. This one is great because it is more about the stimulations of the mind.

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Was extremely pleased with the quick start-up response on this new magazine subscription. I have already received the first two issues of this monthly in less than 2 months. Very impressed.

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I never though this would happen to me......

I love this magazine. Not only because of the slick layouts, the great eye-candy, and willingness of the publisher to use models who don't have fake breasts, but for another reason entirely: I've had one of my experiences/stories published in this magazine a few years ago. I added enough tidbits about me and my sweetie to give my friends (who know both me and my GF) proof that I actually submitted the material.

I am sure that many of the stories are bogus, but not all of them are. I guess in some way that is journalistic integrity.

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Austin Business Journal - Print + Online

Purchased to keep up with more indepth local business information. Our local paper is pretty much new york times and ap rewrites. Ordering it here was actually easier than dealing with publisher and the price is the same.

Leonardo

If you are not familiar with this journal and its purposes, I would recommend reading Art and Electronic Media (Themes & Movements) first. I first discovered the journal when I read this book. It will give you an excellent idea of what you can expect. A one-year subscription includes six issues. Five cover the visual arts. The sixth issue is a copy of the annual journal, Leonardo Music Journal, which, as you can see, can also be subscribed to on its own. LMJ includes a CD with over an hour's worth of examples of the types of musics discussed in the journal articles.

This journal does not lend itself to passive enjoyment as the articles are of professional grade. I have a BA in studio art and was able to follow most of what I read, but not all of it due to the technical subject matter. More accessible magazines might be Scientific American or Popular Science (1-year), depending on what you are looking for. Of course, only Leonardo specializes in art, music, science, and technology, the other magazines mentioned being much more general. If you are working with experiments similar to those covered in the journal, and certainly if you would consider the artists and musicians peers, this is the journal for you!

As you would imagine, the journal covers electronic arts, computer arts, fractals, nanotechnology, and the like. But it also covers issues of biology and neuroscience. Further, some art relates to land art and environmentalism. Other topics include communication, communication systems, and human perception. Finally, there are also some issues of textiles and fashion covered. The music issue covers contemporary composers and their experiments. This includes electronic instruments that they may build themselves with photos of the finished products as well as detailed schematics. As mentioned earlier, there is a CD included of music and experiments done by the composers on the machines covered in the journal.

There are numerous calls for papers throughout the journal. This is where it can be interactive and encourage networking with like-minded artists and musicians. As a matter of fact, I would say that this is its purpose. This journal is *not* infotainment! Especially with the music issue, if you are not working on the types of projects discussed, much of it can go over your head. But if this is your scene, this journal is an excellent resource. Beyond the main articles, there are also book reviews and information about ongoing projects and what academic institutions are sponsoring them.

This journal could also be helpful to historians, philosophers, or other professionals who are interested in the topics covered. If you can handle the high level of technical discussion, this journal can be a great entryway to a new world or can keep you up on the topics of your interest. Still, primarily, it is a journal of newness and capturing said newness as it unfolds. So, a pre-existing sophistication is all but required to continue to understand the diverse topics covered. In some cases, additional reading may be necessary. Of course, due to the diversity of the material covered, there is likely to be an occasional article that is simply inaccessible due to its esoteric nature. But, still, for the right persons, almost all of the material is perfectly accessible and thoroughly enjoyable!

Zoobooks

We first ran across a Zoobook magazine in the gift shop section at Smoky Mountains National Park. I bought one for my then six year old younger son. He became so involved in it, and so excited, that when we got home I immediately subscribed, and the subscription continued for quite a few years.

Now he is out of college and working full time...and still has ALL his Zoobooks in a case, sealed up, in my house. That says something, I think, with all the books and magazines my kids were given over the years.

I do NOT know how the current issues are, but am subscribing for my 6 yr old and 4 yr old grandsons, the sons of my elder son. The older boy is currently REALLY into dinosaurs, and I recall with my son's subscription, there were quite a few that covered dinosaurs, as well as current animals, birds and so on.

I know the price is high compared to many other children's magazines out there, but I think it is worth it IF they are what they were approximately 20 years ago! At that time they were head and shoulders in quality above every other childrens' magazine about nature, animals, and so on, or at least until the child is old enough to read the adult version of National Geographic magazine!

Very highly recommended!

As to the price, I just received our renewal notice, and the Amazon price is identical for 1 year, minus the poster and stickers.

To the product, I grew up with ZooBooks and absolutely loved them (still trying to find my three 2 in. binders full in my parents garage); so as soon as my son started reading, we signed him up. Nearing his first year of subscription he loves them just as much as I did.

Now, having read and enjoyed them for years as a child, and now looking at them again as an adult, I must say, I am not sure the quality is now what it was 20 years ago. Until I find my back issues, I can not say for sure, but they do not seem to have as many pages these days. Also, I am pretty sure that 1 year equaled 12 issues, but it seems that the entire magazine industry is going to fewer issues per year to save.

All and all however, this is still a wonderful product for any inquisitive child and I happily give it 5 stars!

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Our seven year old loves these magazines, and gets very excited whenever a new one arrives. We started getting them for him when he was only 5, and while he enjoyed them then, he really didn't get engrossed with them until he was 6. They have a lot of detailed information about whatever animal they are featuring, with gorgeous illustrations and photographs. They do include often include pictures of the animals as predator or prey, so if you have a child who is really sensitive to wildlife deaths, take that into account when deciding if this is right for you. (Our son isn't bothered by it, but one of his friends sometimes gets a little upset when looking through the magazines at our house.) These are definitely aimed at a slightly older child, so if you have a younger child, look at Zootles instead.

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We bought a year subscription (10 issues) through Groupon for $10. I've seen them come through a few times now so if you want to order this great magazine but the price is keeping you from doing it look around. There are deals out there if you are patient!

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No the price at Amazon is the same as at the Zoobooks site, $29.95. It's true you don't get the poster and stickers but I like the convenience of ordering via Amazon and renewals are a snap.

My nephew, who is ten, loves these magazines and that's a good enough recommendation for me.

Dave in TX

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Scotland Magazine (1-year auto-renewal)

This is a great magazine, I've bought it in bookstores like Barnes and Noble and Borders, and just started my subscription, but I did not buy it off here, as I've seen so many customers order subscriptions that they never receive. My advice to anyone wanting to subscribe, go to the nearest Borders bookstore, pick up a copy, and fill out the subscription card that is included in every issue of every magazine published. It's much faster, and more reliable than Amazon.

My wife's family is from Glasgow and last year after her trip to Scotland with our son for two weeks, I decided to give her a subscription to Scotland Magazine for Christmas. So far We've enjoyed the many articles, stories and series in Scotland Magazine. The mix of culture, history, lifestyle and Scottish destinations are very good. We also enjoy the monthly stories of famous Scots who are in the Entertainment industry.

The overall production and layout shows excellent attention to detail and presents information in a very high quality manner. When the renewal notice arrived this year I asked my wife if she enjoyed the magazine and would like renew her subscription, to which she replied a resounding, yes. I myself, a Non-Scot, have found the magazine to be a great source of reading enjoyment, so much so, that We're planning a trip to Scotland next year.

To anyone interested in visiting Scotland, I would strongly recommend a subscription to Scotland Magazine. Scotland Magazine is a keeper.

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This is a beautiful magazine that I have subscribed to for years. I renewed my subscription through Amazon the last time and what a convenience that is. I don't have to worry about when my subscription is due, everything is taken care of for me.

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Blood-Horse

"The Blood-Horse" covers more international racing news than its weekly rival, "Thoroughbred Times," but usually only the group 1 races in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and Dubai. There would be no South American coverage at all if trainer Ron McAnally didn't take the occasional trip down south and skim off the cream of the crop, e.g. Candy Ride and Pasaena, and return triumphant to California.

The 'stakes winners' section in "The Blood Horse" is much more readable than the stakes results in "Thoroughbred Times." All of the graded stakes are covered in depth. The stakes conditions are listed, along with the order of finish. There are several paragraphs on the winner and (usually) his/her breeding background, a complete race record of the winner, a four-generation pedigree, the sire's racing and breeding statistics, and the dam's racing, breeding, and sales statistics. This is a very satisfying ten or so pages for those of us that like to pore over Thoroughbred genealogies. Non-graded stakes are covered in less detail.

Steve Haskin, one of the best writers in the Thoroughbred business has a weekly column, usually on New York stakes results, although in my most current issue his byline is attached to "This Businessman is Special," an article on trainer Todd Pletcher who "recently shattered Syl Veitch's all-time record for victories at a Saratoga meeting." Haskin also does a long-running series on the Kentucky Derby contenders each spring.

(Speaking of Todd Pletcher, why do so many good Thoroughbred trainers seem to have prematurely white hair? Does it come from all those photo finishes, or from all of those promising young horses who never do anything on the track?)

Along with the lead article on Pletcher, the 09/13/2003 issue of this magazine has features on the installation of slot machines at Louisiana Downs, news and analysis of several Fall yearling sales, "Triple Crown Showdown"--a look back at the Marlboro Cup that pitted Seattle Slew against Affirmed, and an article on leading owner Michael Gill. Shorter 'dispatches' cover such topics as the California recall election (evidently Governor Gray Davis has vetoed several bills of interest to Thoroughbred owners), and the recently released book, "Why America Slept" that ties a deceased Saudi Thoroughbred owner with the 9/11 terrorists.

Here is a sampling of some of the standard lists/departments in each issue of "The Blood-Horse:" "Healthwatch;" "Leading Sires of 2003;" "Leading Freshman Sires;" "Stud News;" "What's Going on Here" and "Final Turn" (editorials); "Sales Results;" and "Newcomers."

This weekly magazine is printed on slick paper and the photos (even the ones in the advertisements) are gorgeous. Subscribers also get lots of extra reading material, including special Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup issues, the yearly Stallion Registry, and "Stakes Conditions."

For living in a state where finding someone who enjoys horse racing as much as I do is about as easy as trying to find a needle in a haystack. This magazine has helped me stay in touch with racing around the country. It tells me the results of each weeks races, and makes it easy to follow a horse and trainer. I have attempted to read The Thoroughbred Times on a few occassions, and perhaps its just the size of the magazine which has kept me from ever fully reading an issue. However, every issue of The Blood-Horse I can get my hands on, I have read cover to cover.

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The Blood Horse is an absolute must for race horse fans. The coverage of all major stake and prep races is beyond compare. The photography is wonderful! I especially like the coverage of all the breeders cup and triple crown races. The extras included with the subscription are a plus, such as the book of sires that is published once a year with stud fees and progency. Every issue has a feature articule that covers a different aspect of racing. The best $90 you will ever spend on a magazine subscription. A must if you own or are thinking of owning a race horse.

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While this is one of only a few periodicals on thoroughbreds still being published, it is a quality product in its own right.

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If you have any interest at all about Thoroughbred racing & breeding, this weekly magazine is for you.

The Blood-Horse has an excellent layout, beginning with several pages of photos and general interest items that are in a newspaper-styled format. The magazine then drives into several weekly features, including sire listings for the year and an editorial, along with a lengthy story that covers one segment of the industry.

The recaps from tracks are extensive, with an emphasis on the breeding angle. The last-page editorial is hit-and-miss, but more times than not interesting.

Magazine subscribers are also updated through a daily, on-line service. There are several additional magazines/books that come with the subscription.

With Thoroughbred coverage almost non-existent in other sports publications, The Blood-Horse is a fantastic source from gate-to-wire.

Cooking Light (1-year auto-renewal)

Cooking Light used to be one of my favorite magazines because it had genuinely light recipes that were both healthful and tasty. Over the years the recipes somehow got more and more fattening and the articles more boring, but I still always found recipes I liked in every issue. I never liked the "lifestyle" articles as they took up the entire first half of the magazine and were a complete bore, in my opinion. But still, it was one of my favorite magazines.

I had let my subscription lapse for several months when I got an invitation from Amazon for a $5.00 rate for one year. It was too good to pass up so I went for it. Well, when I got my first issue it became immediately apparent to me that this was not the same magazine that I had known and loved for so long. I then learned that the entire editorial staff was fired last year and a new one put in its place. That, plus the entire format of the magazine had been completely overhauled.

Don't get me wrong Some of the changes are positive and I think CL can theoretically benefit from some sort of redesign. I like the new color photo with each recipe, plus the type fonts and layout are in general more up to date and pleasant to look at. In addition, the "lifestyle and fitness" section that ate up the entire first half of the magazine is gone and the recipes are more spread out amongst more concise, "bullet point" style one page articles. That to me is both good and bad The layout is better and the boring stuff is gone from the first half of the magazine, but the information in the new "sound byte" articles is not really that interesting nor informative and at times even the longer articles are just ho-hum. Plus, gone are the letters to the editor and some of the reader input articles that were a part of the old format.

On top of that, the recipes themselves show no sign of getting any lighter. In fact they seem to be getting heavier and heavier That is, more calories and fat in every serving than ever before. And the types of recipes are heavily weighted towards comfort foods, the kinds of which are impossible to get down to anything below 20 grams of fat per serving. 20 grams of fat per serving, people!!! Is this light cooking? I don't think so! At least if you're going to make a magazine about light cooking, give people what you say you're giving them. I can find 20 gram of fat recipes in any cooking magazine. Why do I need this one? I'm not asking for ridiculously low counts, but something hovering about 10 grams of fat would be fine. What made Cooking Light a great magazine is that it was different from all the rest. Now it is just more of the same. Ho hum, I can get that anywhere.

The irony of it is that the other day I found the November issue of CL in my doctor's office. Inside was a "sound byte" article encouraging us to "make peace with those few extra pounds". I guess this is some sort of propaganda to justify the higher fat and calorie counts in their supposedly "light" recipes. And the truly ironic part is that if I make those recipes I surely WILL have to make peace with a few extra pounds, LOL!

By the way, what's up with people rating the magazine without even having read it yet? I don't get that. If you haven't read it yet, you can't critique it. And by the way, Amazon was very clear that it could take up to 10 weeks or so to receive your first issue. Duh, that is only par for the course with magazines in general in my experience.

I have been a huge fan of COOKING LIGHT magazine for the past few years. I started reading it when I would visit my folks over the holidays. I borrowed a copy of one of my mom's CL issues and loved the results I got when I tried the Korean Bolgoi (grilled strips of beef in a sweet, salty marinade). I was immediately hooked on the magazine. I eventually started receiving a subscription to COOKING LIGHT. I have been a subscriber to both BON APPETIT and GOURMET magazines, let me just say that I think COOKING LIGHT is vastly superior to those magazines (although I do like reading them) because the recipes are not so high end (i.e expensive) and involves expensive, hard to find ingredients. I also enjoy the health tips and articles the magazine provides. I have tried a lot of recipes from COOKING LIGHT and they are all delicious as well as healthy. This magazine is not just about eating healthy but staying healthy too.

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I've been receiving Cooking Light Magazine for about 8 years now. It was my Bible. I cook from scratch A LOT and everyone knew that every single, solitary recipe I made came from Cooking Light...until now. Over the course of the last year the magazine took a turn for the worse when it comes to providing good, solid, HEALTHY recipes! Healthy, Light...that is the point of the magazine, isn't it? I can find recipes in every other cookbook out there that have dinners with 15+ grams of fat for one small serving! For instance, in the most recent Dec 2010 edition there is a Truffled Wild Mushroom lasagna. Sounds delish, right? Well, why wouldn't it be when one small serving has 424 calorie and 18g of fat!

And in an effort to include different types of foods, there is often page after page of obsecure recipes that ask for items that are very expensive and hard to find (and I live in Chicago next to the country's largest Whole Foods!)

If you are interested in 'cooking light' may I suggest the magazine 'Healthy Cooking'. I've only received 2 magazines so far but seriously folded over nearly every page in the magazines indicating the recipes I want to try!

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Just a warning to would be subscribers to Cooking Light Magazine. Cooking Light (1-year)

We have subscribed to Cooking Light for several years and have always renewed our subscription by mail paying by check. So it was with some surprise when we received from Cooking Light what was titled an "Automatic Renewal Program" notice. It stated that our subscription that was scheduled to expire in four months would be automatically renewed in six weeks with a charge to our credit card unless we took our time to telephone them and cancel before that date. When we telephoned Cooking Light they informed me that since they did not have a credit card on file they would have simply automatically renewed the subscription anyway as described in the letter and "billed me accordingly" and I would be liable for the bill, if we had not telephoned to cancel the automatic renewal.

We not only cancelled the automatic renewal but were upset enough about their business practices to cancel the remaining 4 months on our subscription. (The phone call and cancellation took place on the date of this review and our subscription was paid up through the March issue) We were informed that since they had already "labeled the February issue" they would only refund one issue and we should expect a check for $2.00 in the mail. Note our experience in relationship to the statement above about Amazon's cancellation policy for this magazine which says a full refund will be made for "unshipped issues." Simply not true.

In any event, buyers should be very cautious about giving a magazine their credit card for payment as it will likely lead to automatic renewals in the future, and, in the unfortunate case of Cooking Light Magazine, they will obligate you for automatic renewals in the future even if they do not have your credit card on file.

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I subscribed to Cooking Light for almost ten years, and thought the magazine was fantastic. I loved that the recipes were healthy and delicious at the same time, and I would try at least two or three dishes from every issue. Every single recipe I tried turned out great. I even bought gift subscriptions for friends and family.

Then everything changed. Cooking Light became far more of a lifestyle magazine and far less of a cooking magazine. I tolerated this up to a point, until I realized there were fewer recipes that appealed to me in each issue, and the ones I did make were disappointing at best. The complete design overhaul was the last straw half the time, I can't tell the recipes from the ads anymore!

When my subscription ran out a couple of months ago, I didn't even consider renewing it. If Cooking Light ever returns to what it used to be, I'll be among the first to sign up. Until then, I'll spend my money on magazines that actually focus on food.

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