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The History Connection - Bookmarks
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Manufacturer: Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 6
Label: Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
Magazine Type: Trade magazine
Manufacturer: Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
Number Of Issues: 6
Publisher: Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
Studio: Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
Subscription Length: 365
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Summary: First Issue of Bookmarks magazine
Comment: Am so pleased with Bookmarks Magazine. I've read it from cover to cover & have a list of "Want to Read" books that were reviewed.
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Summary: Book Reviews
Comment: I just received my first issue recently and I was a bit disappointed because it didn't have any interesting books. I'm hoping the next issue is better.
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Summary: Book Junkie
Comment: If you are an obsessive reader like me, this magazine was meant for you! I orginally got my subscription as a birthday gift and have renewed it several times. I can't imagine being without this magazine, the reviews are great and I have found several books that I never would have known about on my own.
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Summary: BOOKMARKS CHECKS OUT BRUCE WATSON
Comment: BOOKMARKS deserves some credit for its review of Bruce Watson's 2007 book on Sacco and Vanzetti. Here is what Bookmarks reports:
"Even after 80 years, claims Bruce Watson, the prejudice and injustice that sentenced Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti to death "haunt American history." Though he presents no new evidence, Watson uses extensive research to offer a judicious and compelling description of the trial and its far-reaching aftermath. Only the Wall Street Journal, which nevertheless described Watson's narrative as "vivid" and "smoothly written," complained that he distorted or ignored facts to suit his "liberal conscience"; other critics considered Sacco and Vanzetti an honest account that neither romanticizes nor vilifies the duo. Watson clearly sympathizes with his subjects, and one gets the feeling that he believes in their innocence. Still, he doesn't dismiss the questions raised by the evidence."
It is true that Mr. Watson presents no new evidence. (What Mr. Watson wrote to me about new findings I will not cite.) Mr. Watson recycles David E. Kaiser's charge of inadequate ballistics studies and prosecution presentation of false exhibits. To appreciate Professor Kaiser's boldness, readers need to see the statement Dr. James E. Starrs published in the JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES (April 1986, p. 650): "The Young and Kaiser book, although the latest on the subject, is crippled by its failure to take into full account the findings of the 1983 Select Committee, of which this author informed Professor Kaiser well in advance of his book's publication." Mr. Watson chose not to cite Professor Starrs' 1986 publication. Mr. Watson's account of "Vanzetti's gun" on p. 141 is quite remarkable. If BOOKMARKS looks a second time at p. 141, it may wish to modify its claim that Mr. Watson's book presents "a judicious and compelling description of the trial." Perhaps it is "compelling" for Mr. Watson to note (p. 185) that "Katzmann whirled on one heel."
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Summary: My favorite resource for English book reviews!
Comment: I run an English bookshop in Germany and I subscribed the magazine about two years ago. And I can tell you: It is my best resource for English book reviews!
I am able to get a glimpse of the new books and so far, every book that I selected and purchased because of a recommendation in this magazine turned out the be a huge hit in my shop! Moreover, they have a really nice customer service - which is very important if you are sitting in another country and issues vanish somewhere over the Atlantic. So go ahead and subscribe it - it is really worth it!
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Editorial Reviews:
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A Library Journal "Best New Magazine" of 2002. Author Kurt Vonnegut raves, "Nowhere else have I found such thoughtful and literate reportage on the state of the American soul." Bookmarks is a colorful, smart, decidedly unstuffy guide to the best in new and classic books.
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