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Pop Culture Russia! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

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Literacy in Africa: A Partnership Model. Books for Africa Operations Handbook

St. Paul, Minn.: Books for Africa (2005), 16 pp.
"Books for Africa recycles books from the American schools and book distribution systems to African schools, libraries and non-governmental organizations. The books are donated, the labour is largely voluntary, and the only major costs are those of transportation. The other major necessity is a dist ... more
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Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order

Jean K. Chalaby (ed.)
London et al.: Tauris (2005), viii, 264 pp.
"This book is the first to offer a global perspective on the unique contemporary media phenomenon of transnational television channels. It is also the first to compare their impact in different regions of the globe. Revealing great richness and diversity across some of the world’s main geocultural ... more