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     • Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.
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   What is a banned book?

   • Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.

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   Are books banned every day?

   • Books are banned every day. Do you know some of the most famous examples of books that have been censored? Do you know why they've been challenged or banned. This list highlights some of the most famous books that have been been banned, censored or challenged. Take a look! Lombardi, Esther. "Controversial and Banned Books."

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   Are books banned in the United States?

   • Many countries throughout the world have their own methods of restricting access to books, although the prohibitions vary strikingly from one country to another. [citation needed] Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States.

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   Why was the book 'censored' banned?

   • Banned. The book explores the unfulfilled promise of constitutional democracy, and another historian suggests that it may have been banned because the topic deals with the Chinese dynastic cycle. Censored due to inciting secession. Taken out of libraries because of the Hong Kong national security law.

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   When was the first book banned in Australia?

   • First edition published as a novel, second edition banned by the military censor in Australia under regulations of the War Precautions Act 1914. Banned in Australia from 1932 to 1937.

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   When did obscene books get banned?

   • Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene", "filthy", or "inappropriate" material. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents. The first book banned in the New World.

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3. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe 'dangerous' books too powerful to read - BBC

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   When books are banned, or attempts are made to ban, the argument is the same there as elsewhere: that it is to protect ordinary people, who are seemingly too feeble-minded to judge for...

   • The library of forbidden books

     From 1976 until his death in 2013, Georg P Salzmann...

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6. www.thoughtco.com › controversial-and-banned-booksControversial and Banned Books — Why They Were Banned

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   • Author: Esther Lombardi

   • "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. Published in 1884, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain has been banned on social grounds. Concord Public Library called the book "trash suitable only for the slums," when it first banned the novel in 1885.
   • "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" is an important work from World War II. It chronicles the experiences of a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank, as she lives under Nazi occupation.
   • "The Arabian Nights" W.W. Norton & Co. "The Arabian Nights" is a collection of tales, which has been banned by Arab governments. Various editions of "The Arabian Nights" were also banned by the U.S. government under the Comstock Law of 1873.
   • "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening" (1899), is the famous tale of Edna Pontellier, who leaves her family, commits adultery, and begins to rediscover her true self — as an artist.

7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe library of forbidden books - BBC

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   Jan 17, 2019 · From 1976 until his death in 2013, Georg P Salzmann collected about 12,000 books that had been banned – and burnt – by the Nazis for being ‘un-German’.

8. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersHere are the 100 most banned and challenged books of the decade

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   • “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie.
   • “Captain Underpants” (series) by Dav Pilkey.
   • “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher.
   • “Looking for Alaska” by John Green.

9. www.penguin.co.uk › articles › 2022A surprising list of recently banned books - Penguin Books UK

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   May 23, 2022 · A surprising list of recently banned books. As long as books have existed, there have been people trying to stop other people from reading them. And with book bans on the rise, it's as true today as ever. Matt Blake 24 May 2022. Controversial: books that have been banned over the years. Image: Flynn Shore/Penguin.

10. www.britannica.com › story › 7-banned-books-through-time11 Banned Books Through Time | Britannica

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    One Book Called “Ulysses” in 1933 lifted the ban. The United Kingdom similarly banned the novel until the mid-1930s for its explicit sexuality and graphic depiction of bodily functions. Australia, however, enforced the novel’s suppression on-and-off from its publication until the mid-1950s.