STERN MAGAZIN

A new addition to the library’s foreign language collection, Stern Magazin, is Germany’s most popular weekly news magazine.  Each issue is filled with news articles, photos, and features on sports, technology, business, entertainment, and German society.  A review in Magazines for Libraries 2002 (ed. Cheryl LaGuardia) states that, “Although it is available on the web, the print version may be more desirable because of the photos and advertising, which gives the reader a real sense of German trends.”   The magazine sells over a million copies a week and is a recommended source for learning more about the state of German affairs.

Even if you don’t read German, the magazine is worth a look.  The photography is very good and the advertisements amusing.  Only trouble is, it may make you wish you did read German.

These two new German language magazines, along with DER SPIEGEL, which has been in the library’s collection for many years, should cover most of the current events about which you’d like to read.

To strengthen the international news sources in our collection, this small part of THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS was added.  THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE is printed in London and will give our readers a glimpse of what’s happening in England as well as the British view of events in other parts of the world. 

A recent issue contained an article about author Robert Graves and his most notorious “muse”.  Another talked about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the thousands who fled New Orleans—asking “Where are they now?”  One entitled “Sunset Strip” documented the changes that have occurred on London’s Kings Road to transform it from a mecca of fashion and glamour to a “bland landscape of big chains.”  Most articles are accompanied by excellent photos.  If you are looking for something, in English, with a more cosmopolitan viewpoint, THE SUNDAY TIMES is for you.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

Published by the American Chemical Society, this title is described by Cheryl LaGuardia , in Magazines for Libraries, as being “the essential journal for the chemical educator from high school teachers to research professors.”  The articles focus on laboratory examples and teaching techniques for communicating chemical concepts.

Each month there are book and media reviews and with the April issue comes a Buyer’s Guide featuring the most comprehensive and up-to-date listings of textbooks, software, lab manuals, etc.  It should be a useful tool.

 
BELIEVER

This new magazine is published ten times a year—monthly, except for January and July.  It is mainly about literature, focusing on writers and books that the editors like.  Book reviews are, they say, not necessarily timely and are sometime very long.  Each issue also contains interviews with authors.

The distinctive cover features illustrations done by Charles Burns and most of the other portraits and line drawings are by Tony Millionaire.  Scattered through are other illustrations and cartoons, with Michael Kupperman’s  Four-Color Comics appearing in many issues. 

This intellectual, yet playful, magazine is a
bit different right down to the paper it’s printed on and the fact that it contains no advertising.  Come in and take a look

EL PAIS—WEEKLY EDITION

This latest addition to our Spanish language collection is the Sunday edition of the most widely circulated newspaper in Spain.  According to the Wikipedia, it  was first published in 1976, during the early stages of the Spanish transition to democracy, using the French Le Monde as its model. 

Articles in this very attractive magazine cover such subject areas as politics and government, business and finance, art and culture, social and economic affairs, science and technology, media and communication, as well as sports.  A recent issue contains recipes for cooking and an illustrated article on the latest trends in fashion. 

SOUTHERN CULTURES

This new quarterly magazine in our collection is published by the Center for the Study of the American South.  Their web-site describes Southern Cultures as being “required reading for Southerners or anyone interested in what makes the South the South.” It  not only contains interesting and well-written articles, but also features photographs and poetry.  To show its diversity, a recent issue has articles on:  the problem of identifying those who died in the Civil War, (including photos), promoting the Gothic South (with wonderfully ghoulish illustrations), a photo essay on keepers of the Southern byways, a jazz funeral, remembering Harry Golden, and book reviews.

This magazine is so Southern you can almost hear that captivating drawl as you read.  Come by, take a look, and see if you agree.