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Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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This revealing documentary includes Ginsberg's last television interview, extraordinary footage of his final days, and interviews with his family, fellow poets Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, and Philip Glass, and his lifelong partner Peter Orlovsky.
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Farah Nayeri addresses the difficult questions plaguing the art world, from the bad habits of Old Masters, to the current grappling with identity politics.
For centuries, art censorship has been a top-down phenomenon-kings, popes, and one-party states decided what was considered obscene, blasphemous, or politically deviant in art.
Today, censorship can also happen from the bottom-up, thanks to calls to action from organizers and social media campaigns....
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Library wars volume 12
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
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Library Forces member Iku Kasahara has plans to go out for tea with her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, but just figuring out what to wear puts her in a tailspin. When an urgent call comes in about an author seeking protection from the government, Iku realizes that the fight against censorship never takes a break!
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Library wars volume 13
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Media Betterment Committee has silenced a famous writer, and Library Forces member Iku Kasahara and her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, must fight to protect his right to speak...and live!...
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Library wars volume 10
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!
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Library wars volume 11
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
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When several ranking officers are injured in a fierce skirmish, a rift develops in the Library Forces management causing Iku to question her place in the military group, and Iku's relationship with Dojo grows more intimate.
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Library wars volume 8
Pub. Date
2012
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1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore, but now that she's a recruit, her dream job is more like a nightmare.
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Library wars volume 15
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The war between the Library Forces and the government's censorship committee heats up! Iku Kasahara, once a lowly Library Forces recruit, is now a high-profile militia member, undercover and...
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Library wars volume 9
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"There's a groper in the library and Library Force members Iku and Shibazaki are sent in as bait! Iku's undercover outfit makes her vulnerable-- will she be able to defend herself if the pervert targets her? Later, Library Force members are required to take a test that involves reading stories to a group of rambunctious schoolkids. Coming from a big, unruly family, Iku definitely has the upper hand!"--Publisher's web site.
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Library wars volume 3
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
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192 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books. The perpetrators are two young boys protesting the banning of their favorite books. But while Iku wants to reach out to the next generation of book lovers, Dojo insists that they can't play favorites. Will Dojo's prickly insistence on sticking to the rules ruin their budding friendship?
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Library wars volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
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1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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Iku is about to face her most difficult challenge--her parents are coming to visit the library where she works! When she joined the Library Forces, she told her parents that she was just going to be a librarian. Can her parents ever accept that she's a library warrior?
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Library wars volume 7
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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"Hikaru's big brother is working for the enemy, and he wants to reunited with Hikaru. Meanwhile, someone is posting negative reviews on the library's website, and Kasahara intends to find out who. Later, personal issues are set aside when the Library Forces find out about a book burning on their home turf!" -- p. [4] of cover.
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"Xiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation, an iconoclastic and completely contemporary voice. Her vivid, poignant memoir, Nine Continents is the story of a curious mind coming of age in an inhospitable country, and her determination to seek a life beyond the limits of its borders. Xiaolu Guo has traveled further than most to become who she needed to be. Now, as she experiences the birth of her daughter in a London...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations, some color ; 27 cm
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"Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining and strikingly progressive era, when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies. Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none other: you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about "immoral" movies....
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Library wars volume 14
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Library Forces have decided that a censored author, Toma, must defect. But as he and the LF attempt to leave the courthouse, the roads are blocked by Media Betterment Committee troops! Library...
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Library wars volume 6
Pub. Date
[2011]
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1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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"It's Valentine's Day, and Iku's hopes are dashed when Dojo, the guy she's been crushing on--and who's her Library Force superior!--receives an elegant box of chocolates from another woman. Romantic intrigue strikes the whole team as Shibazaki meets a would-be suitor and confides in Iku about her tortured love life. And it seems that Hikaru is being followed by someone from his past"--P. [4] of cover.
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Library wars volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves---the Library Forces! Iku and Commander Inamine are abducted by Bakushu-kai terrorists, who demand sensitive material from the library's protected collection in return for the hostage! Dojo is worried about Iku,...
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Library wars volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Physical Desc
166 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
"In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves---the Library Forces! Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore when she was younger....
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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176 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 x 20 cm
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"A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone. We recognize Rod Serling as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the 'Angry Young Man' of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had...
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