Presents summaries, censorship histories, and further reading lists for over one hundred books that have been legally banned or otherwise censored at some point in history on social grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.
Presents summaries, censorship histories, and further reading lists for over one hundred books that have been legally banned or otherwise censored at some point in history on religious grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.
Contains a series of alphabetically arranged essays that describe over one hundred books that have been banned for erotic content, each providing a summary of the text, a censorship history, and a list of resources for further study.
Profiles the life of nineteenth-century author Mark Twain, and discusses the controversy over two of his best-known novels--"Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.".
Examines one hundred twenty books that have been banned throughout history on the basis of political, religious, sexual, and social grounds; and provides a summary of each book along with the controversy surrounding it.
Arthur and his friends can hardly wait for the latest Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club book to arrive at the library, but when they find the popular series has been banned, they decide they have to take action to get their books back.
