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American Sign Language Dictionary-Flexi
American Sign Language Dictionary-Flexi
by Martin L Sternberg
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Completely updated and revised, this easy to use abridged version of the American... (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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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 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)

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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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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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Song Without Words (Merloyd Lawrence Book)
Song Without Words (Merloyd Lawrence Book)
by Gerald Shea
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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)

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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 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)

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Clerc: The Story of His Early Years
Clerc: The Story of His Early Years
by Cathryn Carroll
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A fictionalized autobiography in which the voice of Laurent Clerc describes his boyhood in France as a deaf student and his development of his own progressive methods to teach the deaf.... (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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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)

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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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"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)

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A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America
A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America
by John Vick Van Cleve
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Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the nineteenth century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the... (read more)

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Invisible: A Memoir
Invisible: A Memoir
by Hugues De Montalembert
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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 seen “You live in a city like New York. You read the papers. You look at the television. But you... (read more)

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Signing Everyday Phrases
Signing Everyday Phrases
by Mickey Flodin
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Fully illustrated and completely revised and updated with 32 pages of all-new signs for the digital age. The most convenient and concise way for learning commonly used phrases in sign language. Perfect for anyone-both deaf and hearing-from teachers and... (read more)

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Chris Gets Ear Tubes
Chris Gets Ear Tubes
by Betty Pace
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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)

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Helen Keller (Women Who Dare)
Helen Keller (Women Who Dare)
by Aimee Hess
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Illuminates the fascinating and inspiring life of Keller, with 42 exceptional color and black-white-images.... (read more)

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Keyboarding Skills for Children with Disabilities
Keyboarding Skills for Children with Disabilities
by Jacqueline Stokes
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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)

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Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
by Robert Kurson
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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)

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The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community
The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community
by Harlan L Lane
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A look at the gulf that separates the deaf minority from the hearing world, this book sheds light on the mistreatment of the deaf community by a hearing establishment that resists understanding and awareness. Critically acclaimed as a breakthrough when... (read more)

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Alpha Teach Yourself American Sign Language in 24 Hours (Alpha Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)
Alpha Teach Yourself American Sign Language in 24 Hours (Alpha Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)
by Trudy Suggs
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A guide to the fourth most-commonly used language in the U.S. From the Alpha Teach Yourself series comes this self-paced, step-by-step approach to learning ASL. It teaches readers the unique syntax and grammar, the signs themselves, and the just-as... (read more)

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