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    by Julie Dobrow ...
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    First Published in 1990. Although commercially available in the United States for more than a decade, videocassette recorder (VCR) sales continue to rise. This volume contains some of writing about video. Although several of the chapters continue to address the very important questions raised in the previous two generations of VCR research, the authors here have sought to explore how the VCR fits ... Read more

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    After Emily

    Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America's Greatest Poet

    by Julie Dobrow ...
    Narrated by Andrea Gallo ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 8 min

    The untold story of the mother and daughter who opened the door to Emily Dickinson's poetry. Emily Dickinson may be the most widely read and beloved of all American poets, but the story behind her work's initial, posthumous publication in 1890 and the mother-and-daughter team most responsible for her enduring legacy are barely known. After Emily recounts the extraordinary lives of Mabel Loomis ... Read more

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  • Playing Indian

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  • Spreadable Media

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  • The Digital Divide

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    This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social- media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators, with an all-new introduction by Bauerlein.Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful ... Read more

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