All right, so mayhaps not a grain, more like an entire salt shaker. _____ From: A. J. Nolte [mailto:a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:16 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare A huge "Dan Brown's historical research was crap" type grain of salt? "The church made up the cannon of scripture at Constantine's instruction during the council of Nicea." Errant nonsense...but I digress. ----- Original Message ----- From: Francesca <mailto:poetprodigy7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Marinaro To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:15 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare A few years ago, the Pope didn't exactly ban the DaVinci code, but he strongly urged the Catholic community not to read it, or at the very least, to take it with a grane of salt. _____ From: Patti Johnson [mailto:pat1206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:28 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare I read a couple years a go the book Peyton Place. That was written in the fifties and banned. I read it and thought, it wouldn't be banned today. Patti Throw all your worries on Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5-7, Good News for Modern Man, Today's English Version ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy <mailto:cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s. To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut was banned by my school district when I was in high school way back in the early 1970s. That one went to federal court and it made national headlines back then. Judy s. > -----Original Message----- > From: susan l. gerhart [mailto:slger123@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:17 PM > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] banned books on bookshare > > > Hi, all you story-tellers. as a relatively new kid on the visually impaired > block, I get a kick out of the discussions. and love the dectalk > entertainment. > > > My local AAUW book club is doing banned books in september. I found a list > of > ALA "most challenged" books but I'm not sure these qualified as "banned". > where can I find a good list of books that were banned bit time,and a good > story behind the banning? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.