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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction.

In 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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Alan, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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