As part of the Russian Library project, Columbia University Press will publish 100 Russian books translated into English. The project is designed for several years, the first to have been published the works of Andrei Sinyavsky, Sasha Sokolov, Ilya Zdanevich and Andrei Platonov, reports “Voice of America”. While there were ...
Americans frequently petition to ban and withdraw books from libraries, schools and bookstores. The reasons for such bans are different: anti-family or immoral plot, scenes of cruelty, violence, propaganda of homosexuality, racial discrimination and many others, writes Blueridgenow. In connection with the week ...
The US election season is now in full swing. Learn what's new and important about the United States, country politics, culture, and discussion topics with these smart books. 1. Making Our Democracy Work by Stephen Brayer Stephen Brayer's book explores the role of ...
Audiobooks are an excellent way to learn to understand English by ear, expand your vocabulary and feel the melody of the language. And, of course, at the same time, enjoy that very book for which you always didn’t have enough time, writes Bright Side. We offer you 23 sites where you can freely download audiobooks in English. Serious books...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law prohibiting the recognition of the main sacred texts of Christians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists as extremist. The law applies to full texts and quotations from the Bible, the Koran, Tanakh and Ganjur. In August 2015, the court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk recognized the book "Supplication (dua) to God: its purpose and place in Islam" as extremist. ...
Amazon has opened its first offline bookstore, Amazon Books, at the University Village mall in Seattle, Washington. “Amazon Books is a physical expansion of Amazon. We used our twenty years of online bookselling experience to create a store that combines the benefits of online and offline book purchases. ”
The Customs Service of Ukraine has published a list of 38 books published in Russia that are prohibited from import to Ukraine. Among the banned publications are books by far-right philosopher Alexander Dugin, known for his support of the Novorossiya project, television and radio host Sergei Dorenko, writer Eduard Limonov, presidential adviser...
Amid the nationwide Jewish Book Week, Israel's Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev said she would try to amend the Book Law passed in the Knesset under the previous government. Regev said that she wants to change the current situation, in which ...
The official app stores AppStore (for the iOS platform) and Google Play (Android) have removed extremist content, Roskomnadzor said in a tweet. Previously, the department turned to resources with relevant requirements. Google Play and Apps.zoom.com were blacklisted in Russia. Claims...
The archive of the world famous writers of the Strugatsky brothers was taken from Donetsk to Russia and is currently located in Rostov. Vladislav Rusanov, deputy chairman of the Union of Writers of the self-proclaimed DPR, announced this on Saturday. “On the night of May 15-16, the archive crossed...