{"product_id":"banned-books-isbn-9780744056280","title":"Banned Books","description":"\u003cb\u003eImmerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCensorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is deemed \"acceptable\" in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanned Books\u003c\/i\u003e explores why some of the world’s most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read – whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or simply being deemed unfit for young readers. 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