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Seeing Voices (89 Edition) by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments "This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought--. Sacks (is) one of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review" Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Publisher Comments An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Keller’s story has become a symbol of... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Essential ASL: The Fun, Fast, and Simple Way to Learn American Sign Language by Martin Sternberg Publisher Comments ABO 1 (a bout'), "prep." (Revolving about.) The left hand is held at chest height, all fingers extended and touching the thumb, and all pointing to the right. The right index finger circles about the left fingers several times. ACCEPT (a k se pt... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson Staff Pick Crashing Through is the remarkable story of Mike May, one of only a handful of people to gain sight after being blinded in an accident at age three. Robert Kurson (of Shadow Divers fame) does a wonderful job depicting both May's extraordinary life up... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The American Sign Language Phrase Book by Lou Fant Publisher Comments This is the reference guide to everyday expressions in American Sign Language, providing the quickest way to converse with people who are deaf or hearing impaired. Now updated and expanded, this bestselling manual is clearly illustrated with thousands of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Sign Language Concise Dictionary: Revised Edition by Martin Sternberg Publisher Comments Here is a completely updated, concise edition of the book Los Angeles Times called the "most clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published". Featuring new signs and illustrations, this reference now presents more than 2,500 of the most... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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A Word in the Hand: Book One, an Introduction to Sign Language (Sign Language Materials) by Jane Kitterman Publisher Comments Basic primers from which to learn Signed English. Book One contains 15 lessons and nearly 500 illustrations. Book Two contains 10 lessons with over 300 illustrations. All lessons provide vocabulary, illustrations, review, exercises, and assignments that... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Deaf Like Me (85 Edition) by Thomas S. Spradley Publisher Comments Deaf Like Me is the moving account of parents coming to terms with their baby girl's profound deafness. The love, hope, and anxieties of all hearing parents of deaf children are expressed here with power and simplicity. In the epilogue, Lynn Spradley as... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ace's Exambusters More Sign Language: A Whole Course in a Box (Ace's Exambusters) by Elizabeth Burchard Synopsis EXAMBUSTERS PRINTED STUDY CARDS: Written by college professors and professional interpreters, this package presents Part Two of a three-part series of photo Sign Language study cards. Over 190 signs which focus on numbers, education, and much more. Learn... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Boxed Non-Book
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Complete Idiots Guide To Learning Sign Languag by Susan Shelly Publisher Comments You're no idiot, of course. You studied a foreign language, you can give good hand signals to a driver parallel parking, and you know when your boss is in a bad mood based on body language. But when it comes to using sign language, you feel like you're... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind by Margalit Fox Publisher Comments Imagine a village where everyone "speaks" sign language. Just such a village -- an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness -- is at the heart of Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind. There, an... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Signed English Starter by Harry Bornstein Publisher Comments The Signed English Starter is the first book to use when learning Signed English. It contains 940 basic signs presented topically, a method especially suited to beginning signers. The organization of the volume makes it easier for students to learn. It... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Spiral
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Inside Deaf Culture: , by Carol Padden Publisher Comments In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in Americareveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culturerelates Deaf people's search for a voice... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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I See a Voice: Deafness, Language and the Senses--A Philosophical History by Jonathan Ree Publisher Comments A groundbreaking study of deafness, by a philosopher who combines the scientific erudition of Oliver Sacks with the historical flair of Simon Schama. There is nothing more personal than the human voice, traditionally considered the expression of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog by Paul W Ogden Synopsis Paul Ogden, a deaf college professor, and his wife Anne, who is hard of hearing, discovered their ears in Chelsea, a beautiful, gentle Belgian sheepdog. Instead of herding sheep, like her ancestors, Chelsea works as a signal dog, helping the Ogdens live... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Hardcover
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Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller by Kim E Nielsen Publisher Comments The first biography to unearth the fascinating relationship between Anne Sullivan Macy and Helen Keller After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she, along with other biographers, had shortchanged Anne Sullivan... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture by Carol Padden Publisher Comments those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Simple Signs by Cindy Wheeler Publisher Comments With pictures, clearly drawn diagrams and uncomplicated hints, Simple Signs introduces children from ages 1 to 6 to 28 signs for words from his or he everyday life. Signs that have communication skills and are lots of fun to do! This softcover edition... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Deafness and Its Implication on Psychosocial Development by Moges Abey Publisher Comments Our abilities to hear and respond to various sounds in our surrounding have impacts virtually on every aspect of our lives. The level of the severity of the loss of the sense of hearing and the time of onset of the problem are very important issues... (read more) List Price $81.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Helen Keller (Women Who Dare) by Aimee Hess Publisher Comments Illuminates the fascinating and inspiring life of Keller, with 42 exceptional color and black-white-images.... (read more) List Price $12.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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