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

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   Books carry knowledge, and knowledge is power, which makes books a threat to authorities – governments and self-appointed leaders alike – who want to have a monopoly on knowledge and to...

   • Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book? - BBC

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3. www.bbc.com › culture › articleMein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book? - BBC

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   Jan 12, 2016 · Whispering in a hushed room of the Bavarian State Library, rare books expert Stephan Kellner describes how the Nazis turned a rambling, largely unreadable screed – part memoir, part propaganda –...

4. site.nyit.edu › news › featuresDangerous Books. Who Decides? And Should They?

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   Oct 24, 2023 · In his course Dangerous Books, Professor Michael Schiavi, Ph.D., tackles book banning. Students will learn why books are censored and be asked to think about the assumptions that have caused them, as well as the effects these books might have if readers are permitted to discover them.

5. www.newsweek.com › scientists-reveal-spot-toxicScientists reveal how to spot toxic "poison books" - Newsweek

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   May 1, 2024 · Toxic books are in the news after four arsenic-laced volumes were quarantined from the shelves of France's national library. But how dangerous are these books? And how can you spot them?

6. www.stbenedicts.org.uk › st-benedicts-librarianDangerous Books - St Benedicts

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   The reasons they have been considered dangerous are wide ranging and sometimes surprising, from the books political and social messages, the inclusion of violence or sexual content, to anti-religious messages or the inclusion of profanity.

7. yalebooksblog.co.uk › 2013/10/05 › dangerous-booksDangerous Books Around the World - Yale University Press ...

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   Oct 5, 2013 · So how have ‘good books’ come under fire throughout history? The answer, Sutherland reveals, depends on the country. Each society has had a unique way of waging ‘war’ against literature; here is a quick overview of literary censorship in France, America and Britain over the years.

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   Is publish or burn a dangerous book?

   • According to the producer of Publish or Burn, which was first broadcast in January 2015, it remains a dangerous text. “The history of Hitler is a history of underestimating him; and people have underestimated this book,” says John Murphy, whose grandfather translated the first unabridged English language version in 1936.

   Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book? - BBC

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   Is Mein Kampf the world's most dangerous book?

   • Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book? Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf fell out of copyright in Germany at the end of 2015. What will happen now that authorities can no longer control its publication?

   Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book? - BBC

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   Are emerald green books dangerous?

   • If a toddler or pet were to put an emerald green book in their mouth, then that could be really dangerous. "For books that contain lead and chromium, so far we are not detecting any transfer of those heavy metals onto the skin when the book is touched. So, it's OK to handle those books without gloves.

   Scientists reveal how to spot toxic "poison books" - Newsweek

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   Do books carry knowledge?

   • Books carry knowledge. They are pollinators of our minds, spreading self-replicating ideas through space and time. We forget what a miracle it is that marks on a page or screen can enable communication from one brain to another on the far side of the globe, or the other end of the century. More like this: - The radical books rewriting sex

   The 'dangerous' books too powerful to read - BBC

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   Should Books be banned?

   • 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 themselves, from exposure to corrupting ideas. In Britain, book banning has often been a tool against perceived sexual obscenity.

   The 'dangerous' books too powerful to read - BBC

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   Is Mein Kampf A Dangerous Book in the wrong hands?

   • “It’s a dangerous book in the wrong hands.” Mein Kampf: Publish or Burn? was first broadcast on Radio 4 in January 2015. This story originally ran on BBC Culture in January 2015. It has been updated for the copyright expiration at the end of 2015.

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9. www.independent.co.uk › news › world'Mein Kampf' reissued: Is Adolf Hitler's book too dangerous ...

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   Feb 25, 2015 · “This book is too dangerous for the general public,” library historian Florian Sepp warned as he carefully laid a first edition of “Mein Kampf” — Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto of...