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50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read »
Posted by: bizexpert 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Family
The following books are excellent examples of great literature that has become banned or challenged in an attempt to shield the public from what some ...
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'Santas' and 'Elves' Distribute Anti-Jewish Comic To Children »
Posted by: Spadecaller 2 months ago in Religion
Aimed at children, nationally distributed Christian comic book called a "Training Manual" For "The Next Pogrom Against Jews” is an internationally circulated anti-Semitic comic book ...
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Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster. Book Review »
Posted by: yana55 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
For aficionados of lesbian literature, Jeannette Howard Foster is beloved, as the author of the 1956 book, Sex Variant Women in Literature. In this wonderful ...
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100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download »
Posted by: bizexpert 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
Reading a book is fun, but when you forgot it at home, are bored at work or are just curious to get a sneak peek ...
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Grapes of Wrath Still Relevant At 70 »
Posted by: Mikunited 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Grapes of Wrath, published exactly 70 years ago, can be seen as a prophetic novel, rooted in the tragedies of the Great Depression, but ...
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Anon, The Myth Behind The Legend »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Family
Few literary puzzles have inspired such universal apathy as the question: "Who was Anon?" Books of quotations are cluttered with sayings attributed to Anon, and ...
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Support Teen Literature Day April 16 2009 »
Posted by: jwag57 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Young Adult Library Services Association (Yalsa) is celebrating its Support Teen Literature Day, tomorrow, Thursday April 16, 2009. To help Support Teen Literature, here ...
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Good Before, Better Now »
Posted by: lovemorgul 4 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
In the high-tech industry, you live for the day when your product name becomes a verb. “I Googled him.” “She’s been Photo- shopped.”
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Thomas Paine's AGE OF REASON in modern english »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 7 months ago in Religion
AGE OF REASON by Thomas Paine
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TO MY FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
I put the following work under your protection. It contains ...Read (950) | Share | Discuss (14) | Read Full Story at positivedeism.com
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Two-thirds lie about reading a book »
Posted by: Progressive 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Bible, War and Peace, 1984, and Ulysses are some of the classics people say they've read but actually haven't, a new British ...
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: Jacque Attali: 'Israel is not the Jewish people' »
Posted by: Sasha56 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Every so often, an article or interview comes along in the European Press that hits like a ton of bricks. Jacque Attali is most likely ...
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How do you value a historical email? »
Posted by: myfairlady 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Last year a single letter written by Albert Einstein changed hands for over $400,000. But could a printout of an email or an electronic ...
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The Origins of Fascism »
Posted by: populist 1 week, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
What we are fighting against is the corroded, diseased vestige of reactionary ideas of two centuries ago, ideas which have brought untold death, destruction, and ...
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Colm Toíbín says the only thing he likes about writing is the money »
Posted by: idyll 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
"Oh there's no pleasure. Except that I don't have to work for anyone who bullies me," he said in response to Hyland's ...
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Books Gone Wild: The Digital Age Reshapes Literature »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 5 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Here's a literary parable for the 21st century. Lisa Genova, 38, was a health-care-industry consultant in Belmont, Mass., who wanted to be a novelist ...
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