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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia); Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, subject to the local bishop. [1]
Within an English-language book, the table of contents usually appears after the title page, copyright notices, and, in technical journals, the abstract; and before any lists of tables or figures, the foreword, and the preface. Printed tables of contents indicate page numbers where each part starts, while digital ones offer links to go to each ...
The List of Books. New York, NY: Harmony Books. pp. 160. ISBN 978-0517540176. OCLC 6649494. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written; Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
An example of a class of books banned in Australia that "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence". [20] [21] American Psycho: Bret Easton Ellis: 1991 1991 1992 (ages 18+) *Unknown* (younger than 18) Novel Sale and purchase was banned in the Australian State of Queensland. Now available in public libraries and for sale to ...
The final component of a typical LCC call-number is the publication year, in full. [11] Library collections can add modifiers to distinguish specific volumes, such as "Copy 1." [1] LCC should not be confused with Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCN), which are assigned to all books (and authors) and defines online catalog entries.
Books portal; England portal; This category is for books written by English authors. Books written in the English language by authors from other countries should not be categorized here, but instead in the corresponding country category.
In the English language, indexes have been referred to as early as 1593, as can be seen from lines in Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander of that year: Therefore, even as an index to a book So to his mind was young Leander's look. A similar reference to indexes is in Shakespeare's lines from Troilus and Cressida (I.3.344), written nine years ...
One day, Toma meets a young English girl named Index, a nun from Necessarius, a secret magic branch of the Church of England, whose mind had been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum – 103,000 forbidden magical books the Church stored in secret locations. His encounter with her leads him to meet others from the secret worlds of ...