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| Publisher: National Geographic Society
Category: Magazine
List Price: $47.40
Buy New: $34.00
You Save: $13.40 (28%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 46
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B00005NIOH
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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 Cheaper price for this magazine April 4, 2007
42 out of 44 found this review helpful
$15 for a year's subscription at the national geographic mag site. Go there and buy it. One star for Amazon trying to get you to shell out the extra dough.
-Karl
 Still Relevant After All These Years March 17, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
How relevant can a magazine actually remain in the age of the Internet?
National Geographic shows each month that old-fashioned reporting - along with the new and emerging technologies - can make a magazine as vital and informative as ever
Granted, it has had problems - several years ago, it was revealed by a reader that published photographs were actually staged, with the tip-off coming from a small part of several photos and a major story on an archeological find in China proved to be false. But the publication quickly addressed these issues with its readership and did not do a typical media shuffle to deflect criticism somewhere else.
The magazine has reshuffled its layout and features & gives a nice range of articles concerning issues from around the world and beyond. And the rich photographs are worth the price of the magazine. By guiding the reader to additional information, whether on the NG website or cable channel, there shows an important embracing of a holistic approach to presenting information.
National Geographic is a great magazine that has taken strides throughout its existence to remain fresh and relevant, while tackling oftentimes highly controversial issues like global warming and pollution. It is a monthly treasure of information.
Fantastic! March 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I remember having NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC as a kid and being mostly impressed with the pictures. Now, ordering it myself years later, I know that my memory served me correctly - oh those pictures! Whether they are pictures of the human heart or unearthly undersea worms in Hawaii (February issue) or elephant herds or cosmic stars (March issue) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC's pictures are absolutely outstanding.
And the maps! I LOVED those maps as a kid! Note, I haven't received a fold out map yet, so I am eagerly awaiting my first one. (I am debating whether I should decorate my walls with them). But even those within the magazine itself are fantastic: They are clear, and give a wealth of information. The January issue had a clear map on the Amazon, which included areas of forest, areas of deforestation, areas of urbanization, forest fires, roads, protected areas and areas with indigenous communities.
Now as a adult, I actually read the articles, and not just flip through the pictures and gaze at the maps. Other reviewers are correct, the articles have a 'chatty tone' and are definitely for laypeople, but this isn't a bad thing. In fact, I find it refreshing after spending all my time at work now and at formerly at school reading jargon.
After all, who is an expert on the human heart, the Amazon, elephant herds, undersea worms, cosmic stars, Nigerian oil, and hummingbirds all at once? And these are simply some of the stories covered in the January, February and March 2007 issues! NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC introduces a whole host of subjects in an intelligent, thoughtful fashion: its not meant to be a Ph.D dissertation on these subjects. It enlightens us to the amazing things (both wonderful and horrible) going on in our world. If we want to delve further, we can always pick up a scholarly journal or a Ph.D thesis....
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amazon is awful January 16, 2007
9 out of 20 found this review helpful
I ordered National Geographic and Smisthsonian for myself and 7 other people for christmas gift....NOT ONE PERSON WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE ARE TO RECEIVE THESE MAGAZINES.....I HAVE 8 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA THAT I SENT GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS. AMAZON WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY...PASSES IT ON TO THEIR MAGAZINE SERVICE WHO ALSO WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. AMAZON SAID I COULD HAVE PRINTED A CARD AND MAILED IT MYSELF....WHAT HAPPENED TO INTERNET CONVIENECE. ICOMPLAINED TO AMAZON AND ALL I GOT WAS SOMEONE IN THE PHILLIPINES WHO WAS WORTHLESS.
Complain about the efficiency January 12, 2007
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
Actually I have not received this magazine yet. Could you please help me to check it? Thanks.
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