Travel & Experiences
Periodicals--newsletters and quarterlies--published by genealogical and historical societies and family associations are so valuable to the family history researcher they are worth all the effort it takes to locate them.
Aug. 7, 1987
California
Hundreds of magazines and other publications will no longer be available in the Santa Clarita Valley’s three libraries unless businesses and community groups sponsor them, according to organizers of a subscription drive.
Dec. 22, 1993
Jacket Copy
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May 11, 2008
Books
Regular readers of this column know that I spend much of my time cultivating a lucrative career as a writer of villanelles, sestinas and other obscure poetic forms.
May 20, 1996
The cover story on the May issue of Life magazine self-promotes as cleverly and shamelessly as a used-car dealership.
April 21, 1988
World & Nation
When Jacek Purat came to the United States from Poland in 1981, he was amazed by the amount of information he found about the environment--books, journals and magazines--all available to the average citizen.
June 20, 1991
Technology Blog
Oct. 27, 2008
Archives
For those with more than a passing interest in Latin America, a guide to the political players--something to reach for while seeking enlightenment, for instance, in the pages of that region’s newspapers and periodicals--is blessedly handy, if not downright indispensable.
Aug. 3, 1986
If you wanted to know how seriously to take perestroika in the Soviet Union, you should watch the fate of the so-called “informal groups” that have come into prominence recently in many large cities.
Dec. 11, 1987
Amid the clutter of books and papers in his modest Echo Park home, the man who was once kicked out of the Communist Party because he is gay speaks with confidence about his latest struggle.
Oct. 30, 1988