What is "black book"

Black book \Black" book`\ (bl[a^]k" b[oo^]k`).

1. One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

2. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.

3. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.

4. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III.
   --Bouvier.
   --Wharton.

5. A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies.

6. Any book which treats of necromancy.

7. A book containing a black list.

8. A book kept by a single man, containing a list of women whom he calls occasionally for a social date; -- usually used in the phrase little black book. [jocose]

n. 1 Any of several books or documents of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; so called either from the colour of the binding, or from the character of the contents. 2 # A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. 3 # A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII, to hasten their dissolution. 4 # A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edward III. 5 # A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. 6 # Any book dealing with necromancy.

n. a list of people who are out of favor [syn: blacklist, shitlist]

The Black Book: The Ruthless Murder of Jews by German-Fascist Invaders Throughout the Temporarily-Occupied Regions of the Soviet Union and in the German Nazi Death Camps established on occupied Polish soil during the War 1941–1945 alternatively The Black Book of the Holocaust, or simply The Black Book, (, Chornaya Kniga; , Dos shvartse bukh) was a result of the collaborative effort by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) and members of the American Jewish community to document the anti-Jewish crimes of the Holocaust and the participation of Jews in the fighting and the resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.

Black Book, Black book or Blackbook may refer to:

"Black Book" is the nickname frequently used to refer to a list of people who are unwelcome in casinos. The name comes from the fact that the people listed in the "book" are essentially " blacklisted". The term can refer either to such a list officially maintained by a particular Gaming Control Board, or to the Griffin Book, whose information is shared among casinos.

In the former case, people listed are generally suspected of having, or known to have, ties to organized crime. Casinos are obliged by regulations to exclude all such people from entry, and can be subject to sanctions from the Gaming Control Board for failure to do so.

In the Griffin Book, published by Griffin Investigations, listed individuals are generally suspected of being, or known to be, either advantage players or outright cheaters at the casino games themselves. Thus, casinos find it in their own economic best interest to exclude such individuals. Those listed may be anyone perceived as a threat to the casino's profits, including those that use legal means such as card counters, and illegal means such as people who mark cards, those who try to cheat slot machines or anyone else considered a threat to a casino, including players that the casinos believe are winning too much or too often. The book keeps pictures either obtained from a photo of the individual when detained or simply questioned and released or from surveillance photos. At least one successful defamation lawsuit has been brought as a result of the Griffin Book.

Black Book is a Dutch-language 2006 thriller novel by Laurens Abbink Spaink. It is the novelization of the Dutch film Black Book (2006). It tells the story of a young Jewish woman, Rachel Stein, and her struggle for survival during and after the Second World War. The book has a photo section, and an afterword by Paul Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman.

Black Book is a reputable auto guide specializing in wholesale values. They started in 1955 with three Georgia businessman pooling notes on local auto auctions. The magazine is headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Black Book, also known as Black Book Market Research, is a Tampa, Florida technology and services market research and opinion research company. The company provides competitive intelligence, market research, opinion mining and related consulting services for brand, product and service awareness tracking. The company also provides private polling services for media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report and the The Wall Street Journal.

The company is privately owned by Douglas Brown, who also serves as the group's CEO.

Black Book is a 2006 Dutch World War II thriller film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, and Neta Gilboa. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during World War II after tragedy befalls her in an encounter with the Nazis. The film had its world premiere on 1 September 2006 at the Venice Film Festival and its public release on 14 September 2006 in the Netherlands. It is Verhoeven's first film made in the Netherlands since The Fourth Man, made in 1983 before moving to the United States.

The press in the Netherlands was positive; with three Golden Calves Black Book was the film which won the most awards at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2006. The international press responded positively as well, especially to the performance of Van Houten. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and was the Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007, but was not nominated.

At the time of release, it was the most expensive Dutch film ever made, and also the Netherlands' most commercially successful, with that country's highest box office gross of 2006. In 2008, the Dutch public voted it the best Dutch film ever.

The album Black Book is the soundtrack of the film Black Book (2006). The album was supposed to be released on 29 September 2006 by Warner, but this was rescheduled. The first release was on 2 October 2006 by Milan Records.

The album contains 23 tracks. The first four tracks, songs from the 1930s and 1940s, are sung by actress Carice van Houten. In the film Black Book she plays Rachel Stein, a singer from Berlin. The first of these four songs is in English and the other three are in German. The other 19 tracks on the album are written by Anne Dudley. The music is arranged and conducted by Anne Dudley. The album is produced by Roger Dudley.

Black Book is an unofficial designation of optical disc (OD) formats that defy official standards for CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs. Most formats considered Black Book are formats used for video games or Digital Rights Management.

Black Book disc examples:

• The audio side of a DualDisc (the video side is a standard DVD)
• CD-based
  • NEC PC Engine (CD-ROM²)
  • Sega Saturn
  • Sega Dreamcast ( GD-ROM)
• DVD-based
  • The DVD-Video format itself is sometimes regarded as "black book" since it has no official rainbow book, despite being more standardized than other so-called "black book" formats.
  • Nintendo GameCube Game Disc ( Nintendo GameCube)
  • Wii Optical Disc ( Wii)
  • Xbox
  • Xbox 360
• Blu-ray-based
  • Wii U Optical Disc ( Wii U)

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