December 2009
21 posts
Banned books lesson stirs controversy →
A West Linn middle school teacher recently found that out the hard way, as a language arts presentation dealing with banned book led to a series of parent …
Censorship 'relaxed' at book expo →
Gulf Times
By Anwar Elshamy The 20th Doha International Book Fair which opens on Wednesday has “more relaxed censorship rules” as the number of books banned from the …
Learn The Exact And Previously Secret Strategies... →
COM, December 26, 2009 ) Indianapolis, IN - For the first time, Thick Black Theory, a book banned in 1911 in China has been translated into English. …
Censorship: The Banning of Books →
In the early days of the printing press, books were banned for their ideas, generally political or religious. The reading audience was smaller… many persons …
Addicted to Sex and God-Killing →
Films and Books Magazine
1962-bubble-gum popping, underage Lolita shocks the world in Kubrick’s early masterpiece (and the book was banned for years as well! …
On Kazakh worldview →
The Day Weekly Digest
In the interview the author of the banned book Az i Ya spoke about his viewpoint on the “Eurasian theory,” censorship, Kazakh literature, and…
School Librarian Takes Heat for Using Profanity in... →
School Library Journal
… includes lessons on freedom of speech, constitutional rights, and banned books. … then reading a so-called banned book from their school…
Zionist groups want racist religious book banned →
The petitioners claim the book ‘The King’s Torah’ proliferates racism and discrimination, and ask the court to confiscate all copies published. …
Layla of Arabia →
Books banned in her native Saudi Arabia helped provide her with some answers. Al-Neehum, a Libyan exile and critic of Arab culture, was adopted to be …
CNN Airs Documentary about Changes in... →
CNN Airs Documentary about Changes in Post - Communist Bulgaria : CNN Airs Documentary about Changes in Post - Communist Bulgaria
One of them, Dr. Zhelio Zhelev, prominent…
Animal farm →
They are the ones who celebrate Banned Book Week! But their newest idea smacks of something Orwellian—something I learned from a teensy novel housed within …
Maddie showdown →
Sorry … Jaimee Grubbs in US television interview
Kate and Gerry McCann flew to Portugal yesterday for the start of a £1million libel action against Goncalo Amaral who…
Contrarians and heretics →
By JUDITH CURTIS-MARDON I collect bookmarks, and one of my favorites says “Celebrate the Freedom to Read: Read a banned book!” I have a stash of bookmarks …
UF library embraces lesbian-themed children's... →
So begins “Heather Has Two Mommies,” a children’s book about a girl named Heather; … to The American Library Association, is the most banned book of 2009. …
West Linn teacher's censorship lesson crosses... →
School board members said they supported the banned book program, … The banned book curriculum, which the district has taught for 10 years, …
Newsmaker of the Year '09: Angela Merkel →
The family had two cars—unheard of in a place where people could wait decades for one—and their library was stocked with Western books, banned to most East …
SIS book banned for confusing Muslim women →
The book was banned on the grounds that it was inclined towards confusing the Muslim community, particularly women, and an attempt to interpret statements …
Literary Calendar →
December’s book is “A Contract with God” by Will Eisner. Call 253-272-8801. Banned Book Club: 7 pm Dec. 15, Tempest Lounge, 913 Martin Luther King Way, …
Anti-gay right advances new smear that DOE... →
Senior High School English class (1986) because of sexual references and profanity in the book. Banned from a required sophomore English reading list at the …
Woman Wants Sex Book Banned from Pataskala Library →
An area woman wants the Pataskala [OH] Public Library to toss out a book she considers obscene. The book in question is Eric Marlowe Garrison’s “Mastering …
Woman wants sex book banned from Pataskala library →
BY CHAD KLIMACK • Advocate Reporter • December 3, 2009 PATASKALA — An area woman wants the Pataskala Public Library to toss out a book she considers …