Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Censorship in France from 1715 to 1750: Voltaire's opposition Censorship in France from 1715 to 1750: Voltaire's opposition Albert Bachman xiv, 206 p. 19 cm OL15985163W
Hombres buenos Hombres buenos Arturo Pérez-Reverte "La heroica aventura de quienes se atrevieron a cambiar el mundo con libros "En tiempos de oscuridad siempre hubo hombres buenos que lucharon por traer las luces y el progreso. Y otros que procuraron… OL17092460W
Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, qui supprime un ouvrage ayant pour titre, Essai sur la constituti… Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, qui supprime un ouvrage ayant pour titre, Essai sur la constituti… France. Conseil d'Etat Forbids the printing of the named work, and orders that the 911 copies seized at Besanc ʹon be pulped. OL17624395W
Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, du 4 septembre 1784 Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, du 4 septembre 1784 France. Conseil d'Etat As a punishment for selling prohibited books, Victor Desenne and Franc ʹois Jobart, booksellers in Paris, are divested of their permission to sell books. OL17748825W
Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, qui interdit un imprimeur & deux libraires Arre t du Conseil d'E tat du roi, qui interdit un imprimeur & deux libraires France. Conseil d'Etat Divests the permission to print and sell books from Claude Lequatre, printer in Montargis, and Edme-Jean Le Jay and Robert-Andre Hardouin, booksellers in Paris. OL17749022W
Graphic Novels Graphic Novels Ashley Rae Harris Looks at the history of graphic novels and comic books, exploring how graphic novels evolved from comics, how themes and content have changed over time, and the use of educational graphic novels in s… OL17880230W
Banned books Banned books Marcia Amidon Lu˜sted Discusses the history of book banning and looks at the different reasons why books are challenged. OL17914253W
Ban this book Ban this book Alan Gratz "A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy … OL19668385W
Books under fire Books under fire Pat R. Scales Many things have changed since ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) was founded in 1967, but not everything: the most beloved and popular children's books are still among the most challenged, … OL19987687W
The Ulysses trials The Ulysses trials Joseph M. Hassett "The publishers of Ulysses by James Joyce were brought to trial and convicted of obscenity in the USA in 1921. The immortal prose, ultimately recognized as the greatest English language novel of the … OL20052853W
Pelarangan buku di Indonesia Pelarangan buku di Indonesia Iwan Awaluddin Yusuf Banning of books in Indonesia during the political reform era. OL22381498W
Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress Sijie Dai At the height of Mao's infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the … OL24844604W
Ulysses Ulysses James Joyce Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now kno… OL86318W