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Banned Books


2008 Holiday Catalog

Banned Books

People try to ban books under the oddest pretexts — complaints ranging from "references to stuffing and snapping bras," being "happily nonphallocentric" or "presenting homosexuality in a non-judgmental context" (yup!). Our section below includes all books banned and challenged between 2004 and 2005, as well as the fifty most frequently banned books of the 1990s. For some of the stories behind this year's banned and challenged books please visit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) website.

 


Children's Young Adult

The Catcher in the Rye
by J D Salinger
Publisher Comments
Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more)
Your Price $3.50
Used - Mass Market

Sale Books

Rainbow Boys Rainbow Boys
by Alex Sanchez
Publisher Comments
Jason Carrillo is a jock with a steady girlfriend, but he can't stop dreaming about sex...with other guys. Kyle Meeks doesn't look gay, but he is. And he hopes he never has to tell anyone -- especially his parents. Nelson Glassman is "out" to the entire... (read more)
Your Price $8.99
(New - Trade Paper)

Used Books

The Color Purple The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Publisher Comments
Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters — one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South — who sustain their... (read more)
Your Price $14.00
(Used - Trade Paper)

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher Comments
Slaughterhous-Five is one of  the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the  infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's  odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey  of our own fractured lives as... (read more)
Your Price $2.95
Used - Mass Market

Ethnic Studies

Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Days
by Luis Rodriguez
Publisher Comments
This award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member is now updated with a new Introduction and reading group guide.... (read more)
Your Price $6.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Biology

The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston
Publisher Comments
"Popular science writing at its best and the years most infectious page-turner" (People), this two-million-copy bestseller is "a top-drawer horror story...the best literary roller coaster of the fall" (Newsweek).... (read more)
Your Price $3.95
Used - Mass Market

Literature

Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Publisher Comments
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the... (read more)
Your Price $3.50
Used - Mass Market

Featured Titles

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Publisher Comments
Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in... (read more)
Your Price $6.95
Used - Trade Paper

Children's

James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
Publisher Comments
Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little — in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of... (read more)
Your Price $4.50
Used - Trade Paper

Pacific Northwest

Ricochet River
by Robin Cody
Publisher Comments
Set in a fictional Oregon town in the late 1960s, Cody's superlative coming-of-age novel is the story of Wade, Lorna and Jesse — teenagers preparing to break out of their small-town lives. Wade is the local sports hero. Jesse is his friend, a... (read more)
List Price $14.95
Your Price $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Horror

American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
Publisher Comments
Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). In... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

Mythology

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure
Publisher Comments
From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty, ' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story,... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

Bestsellers

Thursday November 20, 2008
The Catcher in the Rye
  1. The Catcher in the Rye
    by J D Salinger
  2. Slaughterhouse-Five
    by Kurt Vonnegut
  3. Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Days
    by Luis Rodriguez
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee
  5. The Hot Zone
    by Richard Preston
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