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October 1, 2009

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October eBook of the Month: Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word

Edited by Toni Morrison
HarperCollins Publishers, 2009

In recognition of Banned Books Week, OCLC NetLibrary and HarperCollins Publishers are pleased to announce that Burn This Book will be available as the October eBook of the Month.

Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny.

The October eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of HarperCollins Publishers. This ebook will be available with free, unlimited access October 1-31, 2009. You can go the Library's NetLibrary web site to read this book online. (If the link doesn't work, please use the refresh button to reload the page.)

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