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Language
English
Description
Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. And Guy Montag knew what he had to do ...
5) Censorship
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
3 volumes (lxxxiii, 905 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
When the principal at Lupton Academy posts a "prohibited media" hit list, Clara Evans is horrified. Titles like "Their eyes were watching God" and "The perks of being a wallflower" have been pulled from the library and aren't allowed on the school's premises. Students caught with the contraband will be punished. Clara starts an UnLib-- an underground library-- in her locker. When one of the books she loves most is connected to a tragedy she never...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the long, contested history of a powerful idea, beginning with its origins in the intellectual ferment of classical Athens, where it enabled the development of the world's first democracy. Through captivating stories of defenders of free speech throughout history, from the eighth century 'Abbāsid caliph Abū Ja'far al-Manṣūr to the anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells, Mchangama reveals how the free exchange...
Publisher
DocuRama
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Revealed is how this groundbreaking comedy television program became a hot bed of controversy, igniting laughter and social consciousness across a nation. Tells the story of censorship struggles. On CBS from 1967 until it was cancelled in 1969, the beloved hosts pioneered a turning point in American television history.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Language
English
Description
Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say ... HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on ... books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library....
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