LEADER 02382nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910825464603321 005 20240516052436.0 010 $a0-19-983167-X 010 $a1-283-09817-2 010 $a9786613098177 010 $a0-19-983038-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000073367 035 $a(EBL)689295 035 $a(OCoLC)721195519 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12222189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10486382 035 $a(PQKB)11098909 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC689295 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL689295 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10467534 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309817 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000073367 100 $a20100816d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe pleasures of reading in an age of distraction /$fAlan Jacobs 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-974749-0 320 $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 606 $aReading 606 $aSelf-culture 606 $aStudy skills 615 0$aReading. 615 0$aSelf-culture. 615 0$aStudy skills. 676 $a028/.8 700 $aJacobs$b Alan$f1958-$01242253 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825464603321 996 $aThe pleasures of reading in an age of distraction$94001461 997 $aUNINA