Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Books for the Aduly Blind
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Untold Story of the Talking Book
Author: Matthew RuberyPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674974530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A history of audiobooks, from entertainment & rehabilitation for blinded World War I soldiers to a twenty-first-century competitive industry. Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out of that familiar account are nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Recounting the fascinating history of audio-recorded literature, Matthew Rubery traces the path of innovation from Edison’s recitation of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for his tinfoil phonograph in 1877, to the first novel-length talking books made for blinded World War I veterans, to today’s billion-dollar audiobook industry. The Untold Story of the Talking Book focuses on the social impact of audiobooks, not just the technological history, in telling a story of surprising and impassioned conflicts: from controversies over which books the Library of Congress selected to become talking books—yes to Kipling, no to Flaubert—to debates about what defines a reader. Delving into the vexed relationship between spoken and printed texts, Rubery argues that storytelling can be just as engaging with the ears as with the eyes, and that audiobooks deserve to be taken seriously. They are not mere derivatives of printed books but their own form of entertainment. We have come a long way from the era of sound recorded on wax cylinders, when people imagined one day hearing entire novels on mini-phonographs tucked inside their hats. Rubery tells the untold story of this incredible evolution and, in doing so, breaks from convention by treating audiobooks as a distinctively modern art form that has profoundly influenced the way we read. Praise for The Untold Story of the Talking Book “If audiobooks are relatively new to your world, you might wonder where they came from and where they’re going. And for general fans of the intersection of culture and technology, The Untold Story of the Talking Book is a fascinating read.” —Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times “[Rubery] explores 150 years of the audio format with an imminently accessible style, touching upon a wide range of interconnected topics . . . Through careful investigation of the co-development of formats within the publishing industry, Rubery shines a light on overlooked pioneers of audio . . . Rubery’s work succeeds in providing evidence to ‘move beyond the reductive debate’ on whether audiobooks really count as reading, and establishes the format’s rightful place in the literary family.” —Mary Burkey, Booklist (starred review)
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
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Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 3208
Book Description
... Special Reference Library of Books Relating to the Blind
Author: Perkins School for the Blind. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Talking Books for Quadriplegics and the Hear Blind
Author: United States. Congress. House. House AdministrationPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Special Reference Library of Books Relating to the Blind
Author: Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Military Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1942
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1752
Book Description
Legislative Branch Appropriation Bill, 1942
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2250
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