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Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK. The judge ordered the remaining print run to be destroyed. The ban was lifted in the Appeal Court in July 1992 but the book remains out of print. The Anarchist Cookbook: William Powell: 1971 *Unknown* *Unknown* Instructional
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
The title page of Everybody's Enquire Within. Everybody's Enquire Within is a lavishly illustrated book of miscellaneous knowledge first issued in weekly instalments in Britain from 1937 to 1938. It was edited by Charles Ray and published by the Amalgamated Press Ltd. [1] It is not to be confused with the book Enquire Within Upon Everything ...
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009. Its topics relating to things such as witchcraft have generated controversy. The second oldest works featured on the list were written by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is often challenged for its language and discussion of racism.
Book censorship is a method of censorship which has been employed in China since the start of the Qin dynasty (221 to 206 BC). [6] Both domestic and foreign books which do not meet the central government's requirement will be censored and forbidden to be published.
List of book-burning incidents. Nazi book burnings. Burning of books and burying of scholars. Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England. Index Librorum Prohibitorum. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States.
Don Cornell 's 1954 song "Hold My Hand" was banned from airplay due to religious references. [5] Bob Dylan 's song "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" was banned in 1962, as it included the phrase, "God-almighty world". [5] Satire was another possible reason for banning: in 1953, ten of the twelve tracks on humorist Tom Lehrer 's album Songs by Tom ...
Right in the midst of Banned Books Week, which concluded on Saturday, a children's novel about a Chinese-immigrant experience entered the center of controversy in a small New York school district ...