Written thirty years later but set in the same world as "The Space Merchants", this is not a direct sequel, and is more centefired on an exploration of addiction than of advertising.

ReviewThe tag-line that hooked me was "Mad Men in Space". Seeing as how the book predates the TV series by over half a century (and even precedes the shows 1960's setting by almost a decade)I was intrigued, and not disappointed. 
Satirizing rampant advertizing and an overwhelming corporate culture more effectively then one could do in a current-day setting, Pohl & Kornbluth cement themselves not only as Sci-Fi visionaries but as social ones as well.

One of Cain's lesser works, unless you're a fan of child abuse, statutory rape and several varieties of incest.

An older section of the city than Rittenhouse Square, and a more commercial one, so the contrasts between this volume and the one on the other southern space set aside in Penn's green country towne are interesting.

An excellent collection of photos documenting Rittenhouse Square. A few fewer photos of dead railroad executives and a few more of the square itself would have made for a lighter read.

An excellent collection of well-documented anecdotes about some of the seamier events in the long history of the city of brotherly love. Well worth a read for an fans of local history, particularly those with an interest in theatre and entertainment. 

Short, cute, but abruptly ended.

Look past the leftist politics and there are enjoyable stories here.

UTTERLY Horrible. This 'book' is riddled with unsupported allegations, insulting insinuations and rampant bias. What is labeled as a book about private police forces instead giving nothing but 100 pages of syrupy propaganda for the workers the police were tasked with serving. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. And if anyone can recommend an actual history book on the subject I'd appreciate it.

An uneven collection. Early on it brought to mind an Americanized Arsine Lupin, but the comparison didn't hold. Too many of the stories were abruptly ended or merely uninteresting. More valuable as a window into a forgotten age than as literature.

Everything you want and expect from Cussler: High Seas high adventure with a sprinkling of historical mystery bookending the story.

An excellent continuation of the tale but nigh on incomprehensible if you haven't read the entire series in order.

A narrowly focused history book reviewing the circumstances under which dozens of rich American girls married into English nobility in the late Victorian era. Informative for the amateur historian, entertaining for the novice anglophile, but infuriating for all readers due to an extremely poor, choppy layout. Every few pages the narrative flow is interrupted with a one or two page inset of unrelated text, causing the reader to constantly flip back and forth. I can only imagine how much more of a problem this is in an electronic format which doesn't allow for swift or easy flipping and without at least the visual cues of the pages to differentiate between main text and sidebar. 

Fascinating collection of newspaper columns from the 1930's.

A pair of classic mysteries from time gone by - a time of unbranded beer, switchboard operators, and on-street parking in Manhattan.

Read aloud to the boys in the car - Just as good as when I was a boy.

Bad Artwork and ridiculous stories.

A thorough account of historic document theft and forgery in Texas during the 70's and 80's.
Only for the true history buff.

One of Cain's lesser known novels, but worth seeking out by all his fans. All the classic elements are present: lone anti-hero, female temptress, forbidden love.

A thematic collection of articles originally published in The New Yorker covering people and places along New York's river-fronts.