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200 14$aThe pleasures of reading in an age of distraction$b[electronic resource] /$fAlan Jacobs
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (171 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction; AN ESSAY ON SOURCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
330   $aIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own b
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606   $aStudy skills
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