But treating it as book of history invites trouble. For millions of Christians and Jews, the Bible is a book of faith. They indeed represent an important part of human heritage. O for objectification: When a woman allows men to use herįor believers and non-believers alike, the stories of the Bible are highly enjoyable, as they always have been for thousands of years.Women in 19th-century novels: Rebellious wives had to die!.Why Marx attacked rival socialists as ‘reactionary’ and ‘utopian’?.Building Utopia: The most important pre-Marx socialists.The Communist Manifesto in 35 historical photos.When “flower children” spurred kids to abandon childhood.In Britain ‘it is good to kill an admiral from time to time’.Why Voltaire mocked Canada as ‘a few acres of snow’?.Voltaire’s radical views on race and slavery.The Sorrows of Young Werther: These passages inspired suicide.Roald Dahl’s The Witches: The paragraphs critics called sexist.

A Wrinkle in Time: Is it blasphemous or too Christian?.

The Jihadi Manifesto: Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones.

A Farewell to Arms: All the dirty words you won’t find in the novel.Ars amatoria: Controversial advice on sex and date rape from Rome.Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Why was it banned?.A Light in the Attic: Controversial poems.Code Noir: Read the ‘humane’ laws written to protect slaves.The Metamorphosis: The final scene is more disturbing than the first.Portnoy’s Complaint: A guide to the filthiest and funniest Jewish novel.Why Italy banned Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms?.What does the Communist Manifesto actually say?.The Little Red Schoolbook: The challenging passages on education.Story of O: The sadomasochistic passages.

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