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In 1964, Pan Books published a novelisation of the film by author John Burke, described as "based on the original screenplay by Alun Owen". The book was priced at two shillings and sixpence and contained an 8-page section of photographs from the film. It is the first book in the English language to have the word 'grotty' in print. [73] [74]
Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material on the grounds that it is objectionable according to the standards applied by the censor. [ 1] The first instance of book censorship in what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day Quincy ...
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.
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. [251] The Anarchist Cookbook: William Powell: 1971 *Unknown* *Unknown* Instructional
Book burning. 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.
The ban was lifted in February 2018 [90] but remains on the List of Media Harmful to Young People. [91] Dead Rising 2: Banned by the district court of Bautzen in 2011 for violating German Criminal Code section 131 (depictions of violence). [92] [93] The ban was lifted in February 2018 but remains on the List of Media Harmful to Young People. [94]
Z-Library (abbreviated as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a mirror of Library Genesis, but has expanded dramatically. [ 7][ 8]
Part of the Register's Iowa's Book Ban Battle series. For more than 15 years, Shannon Dykstra has been assigning juniors in his advanced American literature class at Mason City Community School ...