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Everyday, we read books. Instruction books, books for our own pleasure, books for school work. Books printed in ink on paper. Books like the very book you’re reading were printed using a giant, efficient, mechanical printer. While we owe technology for that high-tech printer, the concept of word processing today is all based off Johann Gutenberg’s genius idea of movable type. During the Renaissance, most books were hand-copied and took years just to complete a single book. Later, block printing…

I’m going to talk about books. Banned and Challenged books. These are all books that have been banned or Challenged to be banned by schools and libraries across the country. These books have been accused of Ruining younger audiences minds with unsavory ideas and bad language. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. frequent use of a bad term for African-Americans, and the bad view of the pre war South. William Shakespeare. He’s got suicide, and homicide in his plays. How about Romeo and…

myself to follow in regards to my reading. When I read, I will make sure I slow down enough to fully absorb all the details the author has put in the book. I often become so caught up in the plot that I end up skimming the pages just to find the resolution. To fix this I can take small breaks while reading to force myself to slow down and review the book. Writing- I would like to be able to better form smoother paragraphs…

Censorship is when books, movies, news, etc. are suppressed or prohibited because they are seen as inappropriate or a public threat. Books, movies, news, etc. are censored because of religious and political objection. Many books are censored in America, but the first book to ever be censored goes by the title New English Canaan. New English Canaan was originally published in 1637 by Thomas Morton. This book had been banned because they had sympathy towards the native americans, they admired…

All of Nicholas sparks’s books have made really good movies. I think it's normal for just about every girl to like at least one of Nicholas Spark’s books that has been turned into a movie because he has so many great books and movies. Almost every girl I know has heard of or seen at least one of his books/movies. Some of his most known books/movies are, “A Walk To Remember,” “The Notebook,” “The Last Song,” “The Best Of Me,” and “Dear John.” He has so many more books out as well that will…

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 shares educated insight on the amount of censorship and political correctness in our modern society. Bradbury seems to promote anti-censorship in society throughout the novel; Bradbury explains the many reasons why books have been outlawed in the future. Though the reasoning for this prohibition on literature is never completely revealed, it is said that the amount of offense taken by minority groups helped lead to the eventual ban on all literature. Though many…

A quick book to read, and worth the time it takes to learn the simple but direct lessons Donald Trump and Meredith McIver included in this little gem. Just because the chapters are short, does not mean they don't contain some valuable advice. Some of it seems to be common sense to many people, but then we must remember that sometimes common sense is not as common as we would like. A short reminder of certain principles or strategies for success can be motivating and the prompting needed to get…

Do you know any books banned in your district? The book “The Call of The Wild” should be banned because, it teaches us about history, it can be embarrassing to your district, finally the people (the book is most commonly read in middle school) are mature enough to read the book. First, History. The book teaches you about the gold rush in alaska. “A hundred,” was the reply “wouldn’t take a soul less, so help me.” This shows how hard the times were then, trying to bargain for the dog. It…

the pages wondering when this torture would be over. The idea of being curled up in front of a fire with a good book sipping coco always sounded inviting but I had never found a book that could hold my attention. I had always found myself walking up and down the aisles of quite bookstores loving the idea of all the books with their crisp pages not yet read. I usually would choose a book at a bookstore that looked very interesting take it home read a few chapters and then lay it aside. It was not…

There are four basic steps for collection developers to consider in order to build an efficiently and effectively collection for a library service area, whether it is public, special, or academic. In building this collection, there are five basic questions to answer as the collection developers begin his or her library community analysis. Step one is defining the border of the community library service areas, by zip codes utilization to determine the beginning of the library community. If the…