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A Journey Into the Deaf-World by Harlan Lane Publisher Comments In this comprehensive and engrossing study, three distinguished scholars of Deaf cultureone hearing, one deaf, and one coda (child of deaf adults)offer clear, penetrating insights into the existence and makeup of the deaf world, the community... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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American Sign Language Demystified [With DVD] (Demystified) by Kristin Mulrooney Publisher Comments Decode ASL with guidance from a Gallaudet University professor and a helpful DVD. Great as a supplement to a high-school or college. course or for self-study, American Sign Language. Demystified walks you step-by-step through the fundamentals. of this... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture by Carol Padden Publisher Comments "Through the use of folklore, apocryphal stories, poetry, jokes, and discussion of split factions and advocacy organizations, Padden and Humphries gracefully explain how deaf culture works, what it means to its members, how they define themselves within... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cockeyed (06 Edition) by Ryan Knighton Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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American Sign Language: A Teacher's Resorce Text on Grammar and Culture (Green Book Series) by Charlot Baker Shenk Publisher Comments Best known as the Green Books, the American Sign Language books provide teachers and students of American Sign Language (ASL) with the complete means for learning about the culture, community, and the native language of Deaf people. A group of 15 ASL... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $25.00 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 Kellers account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Kellers story has become a symbol of hope for... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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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: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Inside Deaf Culture by Carol A Padden Publisher Comments In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people's search for a... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Song Without Words (Merloyd Lawrence Book) by Gerald Shea Publisher Comments Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly 30 million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Gerald Sheas witty and candid memoir of how he compensated—through sheer determination and an... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Seeing Voices a Journey Into the World by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments The bestselling author and "one of the greatest clinical writers of the twentieth century" (New York Times) explores the world of deafness and ponders the nature of human communication.... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people's search for a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.50 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: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she, along with other historians and biographers, had failed Anne Sullivan Macy. While Macy is remembered primarily as Helen Kellers teacher and mythologized as a... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Invisible: A Memoir by Hugues De Montalembert Publisher Comments andlt;Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence, leading to a profound meditation on what it means to see and be seenandlt;BRandgt;andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;"You live in a city... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Chris Gets Ear Tubes by Betty Pace Publisher Comments Describes the experience of a young boy whose chronic ear infections are affecting his hearing, until he goes into the hospital for a simple operation.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $2.75 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: $2.25 Used - Hardcover
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Keyboarding Skills for Children with Disabilities by Jacqueline Stokes Synopsis In this easy-to-read book, parents and professionals will discover the important role each plays in helping infants with hearing loss acquire communication skills. Included are details on technology, a balanced discussion of communication options, and... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson Publisher Comments Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My First Book of Sign by Pamela J Baker Publisher Comments Pictures of children demonstrate the forming in sign language of 150 basic alphabetically arranged words, accompanied by illustrations of the words themselves. Includes a discussion of fingerspelling and general rules for signing.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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