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The list of confiscated books should not be confused with books on the "List of Media Harmful to Young Persons" (colloquially known as the "Index"). Books indexed by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons are subject to strict restrictions and may only be offered and sold to adults. [133]
Since 1990, the Office of Intellectual Freedom has maintained a list of books that have been banned or censored in the United States. [137] This is an incomplete list of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that have been challenged or censored in the United States.
Book burning has historically been performed in times of conflict, for example Nazi book burnings, US Library of Congress, Arian books, Jewish Manuscripts in 1244, and the burning of Christian texts, just to name a few. [17] In the United States, book burning is another right that is protected by the first amendment as a freedom of expression. [18]
The most commonly banned books in America include children’s books, te en books, and titles written for adults that address topics like race, mental health, LGBTQ issues, politics, and/or ...
This form of censorship has a long history and is practiced in many societies and by many religions. Examples include the Galileo affair, Edict of Compiègne, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (list of prohibited books) and the condemnation of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Images of the ...
Book burning is the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context. The burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. [ 1 ]
Illinois, which already has relatively loose restrictions on felons, has a well-organized movement of people dedicated to using these legal steps to give felons a so-called second chance.
The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books. The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats.