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Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with graphical depictions of child sex, like Gender Queer: A ...
Many of the seminaries listed in this section are affiliated with or have students and faculty from more than one denomination or tradition. The seminaries are listed under the denomination with which they are predominantly associated if there is one.
Two writers from that "school" that have published after the 1950s are without a doubt already inside the canon of Brazilian literature: Clarice Lispector, whose existentialist novels and short stories are filled with stream-of-consciousness and epiphanies, and João Guimarães Rosa, whose experimental language has changed the face of Brazilian ...
At least 37 people are killed and more than 3,400 others injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria.; Severe flooding in central Europe leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged.
Caning is a widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore.It can be divided into several contexts: judicial, prison, reformatory, military, school and domestic. These practices of caning as punishment were introduced during the period of British colonial rule in Singapo
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because the majority are from the United States , the country of origin is only listed for those outside the U.S.
International schools in Singapore; School Country Campus(es) Level Examination(s) Enrollment Established Australian International School Singapore (AISS) Australia: Lorong Chuan: Preschool - Secondary (Grade 12) IGCSE, HSC, IB Diploma Programme: 2,300: 1993 Canadian International School (Singapore) (CISS) Canada International: Jurong West ...
Children's literature in Singapore has gained momentum in recent years due to increased interest in the genre generated by the First Time Writers and Illustrators Initiative which discovered acclaimed writers such as Adeline Foo (The Diary of Amos Lee), Jin Pyn (The Elephant and the Tree), Don Bosco (Thor the Greatest), Hidayah Amin (The Mango Tree), Edmund Lim (Where's Grandma) and Emily Lim ...