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Baby Signs Rev Edition
Baby Signs Rev Edition
by Linda Acredolo
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The bestselling parenting guide featured on "Oprah" and "Dateline" is revised and updated with new signs For every parent or caregiver who has struggled unsuccessfully to decode baby grunts and grabs, resulting in tearful frustration for both adult and... (read more)

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Signing for Kids Old Edition
Signing for Kids Old Edition
by Mickey Flodin
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The bestselling Parents' Choice Award Winner-now expanded with a new section on computer and technology terms. Fully illustrated in a large format with clear, easy-to-read instructions, Signing for Kids features the clearest instructions and easiest-to... (read more)

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Joy of Signing 2ND Edition
Joy of Signing 2ND Edition
by Lottie L Riekehof
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This popular dictionary of approximately 1,500 known signs makes them easier to remember. Sentences present signs in proper context. Appendix gives information about the most effective way to add signs to spoken English.... (read more)

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Sign Language for Everyone a Basic Cours
Sign Language for Everyone a Basic Cours
by Cathy Rice
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Sign Language for Everyone is authored by Cathy Rice, who along with her late husband, Bill, founded the Bill Rice Ranch, the largest missionary enterprise dedicated to reaching the deaf for Christ. An extension of their ministry, this book covers... (read more)

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The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the Original Deaf-Blind Girl
The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the Original Deaf-Blind Girl
by Elisabeth Gitter
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In 1837, Samuel Gridley Howe set about rescuing Laura Bridgman, a deaf-blind seven-year-old, from the "darkness and silence of the tomb." Bridgman learned to finger-spell, to read raised letters, to write legibly and even eloquently, and became a living... (read more)

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Cockeyed (06 Edition)
Cockeyed (06 Edition)
by Ryan Knighton
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On his 18th birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a congenital, progressive disease marked by night-blindness, tunnel vision and, eventually, total blindness. In this penetrating, nervy memoir, which ricochets between... (read more)

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A Word in the Hand: Book One, an Introduction to Sign Language (Sign Language Materials)
A Word in the Hand: Book One, an Introduction to Sign Language (Sign Language Materials)
by Jane Kitterman
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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)

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Deaf Like Me (85 Edition)
Deaf Like Me (85 Edition)
by Thomas S. Spradley
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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)

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Ace's Exambusters More Sign Language: A Whole Course in a Box (Ace's Exambusters)
Ace's Exambusters More Sign Language: A Whole Course in a Box (Ace's Exambusters)
by Elizabeth Burchard
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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)

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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller
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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)

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The American Sign Language Handshape Flash Cards
The American Sign Language Handshape Flash Cards
by Richard A. Tennant
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Now, the format for the bestselling American Sign Language (ASL) dictionary has been adapted into easy-to-use flash cards! The two American Sign Language Handshape Flash Cards sets feature illustrations of 500 of the most commonly used ASL signs. Each... (read more)

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Complete Idiots Guide To Learning Sign Languag
Complete Idiots Guide To Learning Sign Languag
by Susan Shelly
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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)

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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind
by Margalit Fox
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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)

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Signed English Starter
Signed English Starter
by Harry Bornstein
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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)

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Essential ASL: The Fun, Fast, and Simple Way to Learn American Sign Language
Essential ASL: The Fun, Fast, and Simple Way to Learn American Sign Language
by Martin Sternberg
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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)

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Inside Deaf Culture: ,
Inside Deaf Culture: ,
by Carol Padden
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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)

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I See a Voice: Deafness, Language and the Senses--A Philosophical History
I See a Voice: Deafness, Language and the Senses--A Philosophical History
by Jonathan Ree
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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)

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Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog
Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog
by Paul W Ogden
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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)

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Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller
Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller
by Kim E Nielsen
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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)

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Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture
Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture
by Carol Padden
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those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.... (read more)

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