Monday, October 12, 2009

eBook of the Month


In recognition of Banned Books Week, OCLC NetLibrary and HarperCollins publishers are pleased to announce that Burn This Book will be available October 1-31, 2009 with free, unlimited access through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. You can access this book through Blazer Library by going to the Library Database page and clicking on NetLibrary. You can also click here on Burn This Book to view the ebook.

Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny.

Both provocative and timely, Burn This Book includes a sterling list of award-winning writers and is sure to ignite spirited dialogue on the issues of censorship and freedom of speech. HarperCollins Publishers has also created a dedicated Web site to raise awareness of literary censorship. Additional resources including marketing and publicity materials and a virtual petition against censorship are available at:
http://harperstudioekit.com/books/burnthisbook/book.php

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