Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...

If you live in eastern Volusia County, you may have recently received a phone book. For some of us, it may have been a pleasant (or unwanted) surprise and a nostalgic reminder of those pre-digital ...

Why aren’t there “phone books” (directories) for cell phone numbers? Finding your name and number in the phone book once meant that you had officially made it in the world. You see that in the film ...

It sounds like a punchline, but Ammon Shea has written a history of the phone book. What makes it more interesting than reading the actual phone book is the fact that Shea loves nothing more than a ...

Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. Inside Frank Sinatra’s palm-size, ...

Although I adore the advancements that technology has brought to communication, I sometimes miss being able to lay hands on a phone number all by myself. Back in my day (am I too young to say that?) a ...