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The CIA book club : the secret mission to win the Cold War with forbidden literature / by English, Charlie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For almost five decades after the Second World War, the Iron Curtain divided Europe, standing as the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. With the risk of nuclear annihilation too high for physical combat, conflict was reserved for the psychological sphere. No one understood this battle of hearts, minds, and intellects more clearly than Bucharest-born George Minden, the head of a covert intelligence operation known as the "CIA books program." This initiative aimed to win the Cold War with literature: to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc and inspire revolt by offering different visions of thought and culture to the people. From its Manhattan headquarters, Minden's global CIA "book club" would infiltrate millions of banned titles into the Eastern Bloc, written by a vast and eclectic list of authors. Volumes were smuggled on trucks and aboard yachts, dropped from balloons, and hidden in the luggage of hundreds of thousands of individual travelers. Once inside Soviet bloc, each book would circulate secretly among dozens of like-minded readers, quietly turning them into dissidents. Soon, underground print shops began to reproduce the books, too. By the late 1980s, illicit literature in Poland was so pervasive that the system of communist censorship broke down, and the Iron Curtain soon followed. Former head of international news at the Guardian, Charlie English is the first to uncover this true story of Cold War spy craft, smuggling and secret printing operations, highlighting the work of a handful of extraordinary people who risked their lives to stand up to the intellectual strait-jacket Stalin created. People like Miroslaw Chojecki, an underground Polish publisher who endured beatings, force-feeding and exile in service of this mission and Minden, the CIA's mastermind, who didn't waver in his belief that truth, culture, and diversity of thought could help free the "captive nations" of Eastern Europe. This is a story about the power of the printed word as a means of resistance and liberation. Books, it shows, can set you free"--
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Books and reading; Cold War; Information warfare; Information warfare; Publishers and publishing;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The book of languages : talk your way around the world / by Webb, Mick.;
Text, maps and illustrations explore where languages came from and show where they are spoken today.LSC
Subjects: Language and languages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Minecraft ideas book : create the real world in Minecraft / by McBrien, Thomas.; Mojang AB (Firm);
Time travel -- Awesome earth -- Go explore -- Build your world -- Meet the builders.Discover more than 70 mind-blowing build ideas -- plus tips, tricks, and hacks from expert Minecraft builders in this official Minecraft book.
Subjects: Minecraft (video game); Adventure video games;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Lost Island : a Gideon Crew novel / by Preston, Douglas J.; Child, Lincoln.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Book of Kells; Book thefts; Islands;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The book of negroes / by Hill, Lawrence,1957-;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Slavery; Enslaved persons; African American loyalists; African American loyalists; Antislavery movements;
© c2007., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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One, two, buckle my shoe / by Billin-Frye, Paige.;
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Subjects: Nursery rhymes.; Counting books.;
© c2010., Child's World,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This book just stole my cat! / by Byrne, Richard,1963-;
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Subjects: Cats; Books;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The big book of Halloween fun / by Johns, Susie;
Subjects: Halloween decorations; Handicraft;
© 2005., Barron's,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gobble gobble moooooo tractor book / by Alborough, Jez.;
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Subjects: Domestic animals; Tractors; Animal sounds;
© 2010., HarperCollins Children's Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kate Aitken's Canadian cook book / by Aitken, Kate May (Scott),1891-1971;
Subjects: Cookery, Canadian;
© c2004., Whitecap,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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