![]() ![]() ![]() More: Federal district judge orders Llano County to return banned books to its libraries The lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal, political and cultural battle over what books children should have access to in public and school libraries, especially content that touches on race, LGBTQ+ issues and sexuality. Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham convened the Commissioners Court on Thursday to hear public testimony on whether to close the public library system amid an ongoing federal lawsuit against the county over it removing 17 books from its public libraries.Ī federal district judge in Austin issued a preliminary injunction in the case at the end of March, ordering the county to replace the books it had removed from libraries and prohibiting officials from taking away any other books while the court case is pending. ![]() Llano County’s three public libraries will remain open despite an ongoing push by some residents to close the facilities if certain books they claim are sexually explicit remain available for check out, county officials decided. ![]() Watch Video: Texas school district to review ban of Anne Frank novel, other books ![]()
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Other: Dear Babysitter and Merry Christmas, Babysitterīooks with a significantly different title from the US version are bolded.The Kids in Miss Colman's Class: #1-4, #6 US published as #5 in the UK.Main Series Collections: #1-19, comprising books #1-57.#100-105 (Original artwork - half body shot of book's narrator).#1-99 (Original artwork, brick background).#1-3 (US Cover artwork, original cover design).The following books were published in the UK between 19. 4 Differences between the US and UK books. ![]() ![]() OL2716158W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.12 Pages 250 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0575084359 Urn:lcp:exquisitecorpse00brit:epub:797d4ede-70c9-47c1-b3dd-3ef0cd59df4e Extramarc Princeton University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier exquisitecorpse00brit Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t48p6t58k Isbn 0684822547ĩ780684822549 Lccn 96002455 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition ![]() ![]() Brite See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 34.19 Paperback 15.64 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good Unavailable Good - Acceptable Unavailable New 15. 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Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:05:37 Boxid IA1949704 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() No attempt is made to create suspense with the many turns of fortune that befell his family: ‘My brother perished on the scaffold,’ we are told almost at once ‘my two sisters departed their painful lives after many years spent languishing in prison, and my two uncles didn’t leave enough to pay for the four planks of their coffins.’ But if such forewarnings draw our attention to the great political upheaval that would shape Chateaubriand’s life, this wry mannerism cannot be entirely attributed to the French Revolution. ‘President Le Pelletier de Rosambo, who later died with such courage, was, when I arrived in Paris, a model of frivolity.’ And again: ‘The Bishop of Dol was … a friend of my family and a prelate of quite moderate political views who, on his knees, crucifix in hand, was shot with his brother.’ Again and again, in this first volume of Memoirs from beyond the Grave, a character is introduced only for their death to be immediately announced. 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Nick was schooled in England and has a BA in Fine Art (painting). ![]() ![]() Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to lose his dream forever. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. ![]() The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. ![]() Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped ($18.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. True first USA edition, first impression with full number line. ![]() Jacket by Mattie Edkins / Shutterstock (illustrator). ![]() |