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Book banning in the United States (2021–present) Starting in 2021, there have been a considerable number of books banned or challenged in parts of the United States. Most of the targeted books have to do with race, gender, and sexuality. Unlike most book challenges in the past, whereby parents or other stakeholders in the community would ...
Z-Library and its activities are illegal in many jurisdictions. While website seizures reduced the accessibility of the content, [ 16 ] it remains available on the dark web . [ 17 ] The legal status of the project, as well as its potential impact on the publishing industry and authors' rights, is a matter of ongoing debate.
The library was a marvel in its extensive collection of fifty-five thousand books, available to all students and researchers, in the languages of Arabic, English, and Pashto. In addition, its Persian collection was unparalleled – including an extremely rare 12th-century manuscript of Firdawsi's epic masterpiece The Book of Kings .
On July 12, 2007, the government of Malaysia announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "confusion and anxiety among the Muslims" as the cause. [154] Fifty Shades Trilogy: E L James: 2011–12 Novel The entire trilogy was banned in Malaysia from 2015 for containing "sadistic" material and "threat to morality". [155] The Mask of Sanity (2017 ...
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Cebu City Public Library and Information Center traces its roots from the Cebu Branch Library of the Philippine Library and Museum, now the National Library of the Philippines. It was organized and opened to the public on April 13, 1919, by Mr. Guillermo Restun, the Chief Librarian from the Ilo-ilo Branch. The province of Cebu took charge of ...
Book censorship is the act of some authority taking measures to suppress ideas and information within a book. Censorship is "the regulation of free speech and other forms of entrenched authority". [1] Censors typically identify as either a concerned parent, community members who react to a text without reading, or local or national ...
The proposals — which analysts say could cost up to $1.7 trillion — range from cutting taxes to boosting housing construction to putting a federal ban on price gouging.