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Banned Books: The Freedom Writers Diary ~ by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
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To read banned books . that is our challenge. Saturday, August 16, 2008. The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. Connie Heerman, a 27-year veteran teacher of Perry Township in Indiana, has been suspended for a year and a half for using. The Freedom Writers Diary. In her classroom. So what kind of book IS. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo. So what do you think? Was she really suspended for insubordination? If you've read the book,...
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Banned Books: The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
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To read banned books . that is our challenge. Sunday, August 17, 2008. The Freedom Writers Diary. By The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. I read The Freedom Writers Diary. Last fall. In light of the current controversy. About the book, I'm cross-posting the review. I posted on my book blog in October. Published in 1999. 292 pages. I had heard good things about and planned to view the movie version of this book before I even knew that it was based on a book. It was when I discovered (through BookGal.
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Dangerous Pages: The Interesting Internet...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011. It turns out that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet is more than just porn and Facebook: there is some good reading out there. On Freethought Today. It's old but I keep coming back to it. It is an excerpt from an acceptance speech by neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky. For the Emperor Has No Clothes Award. In the speech, Sapolsky makes some fascinating suggestions about the origin of religion:. You could say, "It's just by chance.". Let me give you one example of this.
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Dangerous Pages: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" To Be Releasd in Iran
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Sunday, February 26, 2012. Me Talk Pretty One Day" To Be Releasd in Iran. Considering the fundamentalist attitude toward homosexuality (and some of the other books that are banned in Iran. It seems unlikely that Sedaris' frank discussion of homosexuality will be a big hit. But I would love to have a copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Challenged Books in the USA. Books Banned By Governments. View my complete profile. Stuck In A Book. Not The Booker Prize Shortlist 2016.
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Dangerous Pages: Potholer54
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012. My favorite Youtuber in all his snarky, smart-assed glory. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Challenged Books in the USA. Books Banned By Governments. I am a book addict. The habit started with the company I kept in my youth. I hung out with all kinds of shady characters and they got me hooked on the stuff. Since then, my life has been a shameless flight from one literary high to another. View my complete profile. Stuck In A Book. Not The Booker Prize Shortlist 2016.
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Dangerous Pages: Candide by Voltaire
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011. By the end of February 1759, the Grand Council of Geneva. And the administrators of Paris had banned Candide. Candide nevertheless succeeded in selling twenty thousand to thirty thousand copies by the end of the year in over twenty editions, making it a best seller. The Duke de La Vallière speculated near the end of January 1759 that Candide might have been the fastest-selling book ever. In 1762, Candide was listed in the. The Roman Catholic Church's list of prohibited books.
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eclectic / eccentric: Book Review: Women
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Books, education, cooking, kids, and life. About / Review Policy. Author: Annie Leibovitz (photography) and Susan Sontag (essay). Published: 2000 Pages: 250. Women is a collection of photographs depicting the diversity of women and designed to challenge the traditional views of female beauty and advance the more contemporary ideology of woman as equal. Descriptions of the images would just not be adequate, so if you are interested in seeing some of the pictures, go here. If I've missed yours, let me know!
