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Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books which have been banned by some organization at some place and time.
Various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. The Bible, Talmud and the Qur'an have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned in various cities and countries. In Medieval Europe the Catholic Church created a program that lasted until 1948 to deal with dissenting printed opinion; it was called the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Over the years many books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You, which was banned in Russia for being anti-establishment.
Books that deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to censorship. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook, E for Ecstasy, and Hit Man.
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RT: @ConTchr DDT banning was the beginning of the Left's Green Fascism movement because of the book of junk science by R Carlson. #tcot
PCBCPastor (Dennis Thurman) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:37:09 -0000
RT: @ConTchr DDT banning was the beginning of the Left's Green Fascism movement because of the book of junk science by R Carlson. #tcot
DDT banning was the beginning of the Left's Green Fascism movement because of the book of junk science by R Carlson. #tcot
ConTchr (VictoriaM) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:02:02 -0000
DDT banning was the beginning of the Left's Green Fascism movement because of the book of junk science by R Carlson. #tcot
Those militant first amendment, anti-book banning/burning views? Yeah, I may have to rethink those: http://is.gd/5cF5K
Jason_Albert (Jason Albert) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:14:45 -0000
Those militant first amendment, anti-book banning/burning views? Yeah, I may have to rethink those: http://is.gd/5cF5K
RT @RayBeckerman: Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
leesean (leesean hepnova) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:51:31 -0000
RT @RayBeckerman: Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
RT @RayBeckerman Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
chesham1 (Henricus Peters) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:40:55 -0000
RT @RayBeckerman Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
RT @RayBeckerman: Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
almeyda64 (Annie Almeyda) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:37:54 -0000
RT @RayBeckerman: Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. http://rly.cc/0h212
ALA: Banned Books Week - Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
Meta Description: [ Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. ]
ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 - A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Meta Description: [ The 10 most challenged books of this period: Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz, Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, ... ]
Alibris - Banned Books - Alibris' section of books that have been banned, challenged, or expurgated, and the often humorous reasons why.
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American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression - News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
Autodafe.org - Autodafe.org provides writings of authors giving their perspectives of the social or political situations, analyses and thoughts on literary creativity, and the examples of censoring currently practiced in the world.
Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair - A satirical plea to ban Shakespeare and the Bible on the same basis that other books have been banned.
Meta Description: [ An open letter to the censors. ]
Banned Books - A bookstore and resource for information about censorship and book banning.
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Banned Books On-Line - Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
Banned Books: A Pathfinder - An librarians' finding guide for information on banned books and censorship.
Banned Books: the Virtual Display - Loyola University Chicago Libraries' information page about book banning in the U.S. and abroad, with a section on electronic documents.
Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship - This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided?
Meta Description: [ Banning Books from the Classroom: How to Handle Cries for Censorship ]
Censored - Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
Censored: Wielding the Red Pen - This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
Censorship and Book Burning - Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
Censorship Pages - Anti-censorship site with a look at banned books.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to The Censorship Pages. Here you will find information about the freedom of speech and of the press in reference to the written word. These pages provide the resources needed to explore how, and why censorship happens not only in the United States, but all around the world. I hope these ... ]
Free Expression Network - Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
Meta Description: [ The Free Expression Clearinghouse, a guide to First Amendment and Free SpeechIssues on the Web. ]
Free Expression Policy Project - A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
Freedom to Read.ca - Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
Meta Description: [ Freedom to Read encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. ]
kidSPEAK - Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights and helps produce an illiterate society.
Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up - This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
Meta Description: [ J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter children’s book series topped the most frequently banned books last year. The sorcerer may head up the list again, for the second year in a row, if the shift in censorship cases continues to focus on books abo... ]
Mark Twain on Book Banning - Twain's responses to the banning of his books, from letters and interviews.
Meta Description: [ Mark Twain's responses to the banning of his books, from Huckleberry Finn to Eve's Diary, expressed in private and public letters and interviews, show that he usually appreciated the controversies surrounding his books. ]
Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s - A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
Parents Against Bad Books In Schools - Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
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Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois - Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
The File Room - Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries - Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
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