Forum: The Reading Room

Folks, I am looking for vintage life mags i could subscribe to right now. I do get America in WWII which has some retro items, but not much. Are...

Got my catalog in the mail today and even before I knew it was a recreation, I went to check out and see which image they were doing :) They have...

I will publish here some magasines that I own from the 1930's to the 1950's. Some of them are call 'La revue Populaire' Le Samedi and much more. I...

This could be a truey awesome book! I am excited and really need to have this. But we will have to wait until Dezember... ...

I have long been a fan of the classic Penguin Books (and the Pelican branch), which began publishing in 1935. I'm a particular fan of the classic...

Hello all, I am not sure if this is in the correct section, as it is not strictly print, so I apologize in advance, and Bartender, please move to...

Although I've been working on PCs since I bought my first production unit in 1987 and have worked on computers ever since I would never consider...

So who is a subscriber of "The Chap"?

Maybe everyone here already knows about "Free & Easy" but i just saw my first copy... and bought it. It's a Japanese men's classic-style...

Recently, I found two popular cookbooks from the earlier years. "Cooking for two" which was published the earliest 1909 clear to 1950's (in which my...

Anyone else read(ing) this time-travel novel? I finished it a while back, and I quite liked it. Some new twists on the old theme of time travel, with...

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! The latest post on my blog is about my favourite book - the Master and Margarita - with a little vintage fashion...

Ever wanted to have acess to a library of over 180 copies of YANK Magazines? Or complete sets of Newspapers for the entire war? Or how about all of...

This is probably going to sound really creepy and pathetic, but I'm going to throw it out there just because if you don't do it now, I know at least...

I thought everyone would maybe like to talk about the pulps after reading this great article from io9... ...

My good friend Absolutely*Kate has a killer little story theater where the latest Noir is always playing. It is home to Noir writers from around the...

Now available, the first issue of an exciting new high-quality magazine for enthusiasts of 20th Century pop culture -- published by Bob Birchard and...

I have no idea where this sort of a thread will go, so I picked this one. I'm happy to see it moved to the right place. Okay...so here's the sitch....

As a book dealer and collector I've come across my share of rare books over the years -- perhaps not ultra-rare like a Gutenberg Bible but...

I hope to read this one eventually. The story of an ill-fated sight-seeing flight during WWII. Mitchell Zuckoff - "Lost in Shangri-La" Judging...

WishbookWeb is the brainchild of two catalog preservation enthusiasts, one known appropriately as "Wishbook". Wishbook set up a freely-viewable site...

I have read material from the following for many years. Each time it carries a new understanding, I feel further enlightened and blessed. Kahlil...

A taste of Laugharne through the words of Dylan Thomas... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLHvPMoKgKA Come and visit us!!...

The old rule is you should write about what you know. However, with the advent of the internet and access to videos and photos, in addition to...

The dreaded "Block" has consumed me once again. :mad: I'm VERY tired of staring at the screen/paper in front of me & finding no words. Working on...