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American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Dictionaryby Martin L. A. SternbergISBN 0060140976 (0-06-014097-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Dictionary'Book summary:Appearing first in 1981, this dictionary remains the largest and most comprehensive book of sign language ever published. Now, completely revised and expanded, American Sign Language features:
- More than 7,000 sign entries, plus cross-references
- More than 12,000 illustrations
- 2,000 more signs than any other ASL dictionary, including dozens of signs that have only recently come into usage
- Arranged alphabetically to enhance usability
Other features include a pronunciation guide for English language glosses and a foreword to the original edition by the late Mary E. Switzer, United States Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation.
American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most frequently used language in the United States after English and Spanish. ASL has its own distinct grammar and syntax. The entries appearing herein represents signs, not words, and the illustrations of the hand, arm, and facial expressions will aid the reader in forming the signs.
This book is indispensable to deaf people and their relatives, friends, and associated. Social workers, otologists, hearing and speech therapists, audiologists, and rehabilitation workers have long considered this book a major addition to their libraries. [via]
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American Sign Language Concise Dictionaryby Martin L. A. SternbergISBN 0062740105 (0-06-274010-5)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Sign Language Concise Dictionary'Book summary:Introducing the first revised edition to the original and most extensive pocket-size American Sign Language dictionary ever published. Included are more than 2,500 of the most widely used words, phrases and idioms in the language, with easy-to-follow illustrations of the hand, arm and facial movements that express each one.
Completely updated and modernized, this monumental work introduces 500 new signs that have recently been added to the evolving American Sign Language lexicon.
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At Home among Strangers: Exploring the Deaf Community in the United Statesby Jerome D. ScheinISBN 1563681412 (1-56368-141-2)
Softcover, Gallaudet Univ Pr
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Between, Georgiaby Joshilyn JacksonISBN 1585478660 (1-58547-866-0)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Between, Georgia'Book summary:Nonny Frett understands the meaning of the phrase "in
between a rock and a hard place" better than any woman
alive. She's got two mothers, "one deaf-blind and the
other four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got two
men: a husband who's easing out the back door; and a
best friend, who's laying siege to her heart in her front
yard. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her
and raised her right; and the Crabtrees, who won't forget
how they were done wrong. Now, in Between,
Georgia, a feud that began the night Nonny was born
is escalating and threatening to expose family secrets.
Ironically, it might be just what the town needs...if only
Nonny weren't stuck in between. [via] 
The Deaf Can Speakby Pauline ShawISBN 0571134246 (0-571-13424-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Deaf Culture Our Way: Anecdotes from the Deaf Communityby Roy K. Holcomb, Tom Holcomb, Sam HolcombISBN 0915035170 (0-915035-17-0)
Softcover, DawnSignPress
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Deaf in America: Voices from a Cultureby Carol Padden, Tom HumphriesISBN 0674194241 (0-674-19424-1)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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Deaf Like Meby Thomas S. Spradley, James P. SpradleyISBN 0930323114 (0-930323-11-4)
Softcover, Gallaudet University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deaf Like Me'Book summary: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 a teenager reflects upon being deaf, her education, her struggle to communicate, and the discovery that she was the focus of her father's and uncle's book. At once moving and inspiring, Deaf Like Me is must reading for every parent, relative, and friend of deaf children everywhere. [via]
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Deafeningby Frances ItaniISBN 080214165X (0-8021-4165-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyardby Nora E. Groce, John W. WhitingISBN 067427041X (0-674-27041-X)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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For Hearing People Onlyby Matthew S. Moore, Linda LevitanISBN 0963401637 (0-9634016-3-7)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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For Hearing People Only: Answers to Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the Deaf Realityby Matthew S. Moore, Linda LevitanISBN 0963401602 (0-9634016-0-2)
Hardcover, Deaf Life Press
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For Hearing People Only: Answers to the Most Commonly Asked Questions About the Deaf Communityby Matthew S. Moore, Linda LevitanISBN 0963401610 (0-9634016-1-0)
Softcover, M S M Productions Ltd
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For the Sake of Elenaby Elizabeth GeorgeISBN 1560544457 (1-56054-445-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign Against Sign Language, 1847-1920by Douglas C. BayntonISBN 0226039641 (0-226-03964-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Helen Kellerby Margaret Davidson, Wendy WatsonISBN 0590424041 (0-590-42404-1)
Hardcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Helen Keller'Book summary:The bestselling biography of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honors. [via]
I See a Voice: Deafness, Language and the Senses--A Philosophical Historyby Jonathan ReeISBN 0805062556 (0-8050-6255-6)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf Worldby Ruth SidranskyISBN 1563682877 (1-56368-287-7)
Softcover, Gallaudet University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf World'Book summary:At last, Ruth Sidranksys groundbreaking book In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World is back in print. Her account of growing up as the hearing daughter of deaf Jewish parents in the Bronx and Brooklyn during the 1930s and1940s reveals the challenges deaf people faced during the Depression and afterward.[via]
Inside her familys apartment, Sidransky knew a warm, secure place. She recalls her earliest memories of seeing words fall from her parents hands. She remembers her father entertaining the family endlessly with his stories, and her mothers story of tying a red ribbon to herself and her infant daughter to know when she needed anything in the night.
Outside the apartment, the cacophonous hearing world greeted Sidranskys family with stark stares of curiosity as though they were freaks. Always upbeat, her proud father still found it hard to earn a living. When Sidransky started school, she was placed in a class for special needs children until the principal realized that she could hear and speak.
Sidransky portrays her family with deep affection and honesty, and her frank account provides a living narrative of the Deaf experience in pre- and post-World War II America. In Silence has become an invaluable chronicle of a special time and place that will affect all who read it for years to come.More editions of In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf World:
- In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World: ISBN 0312045891 (0-312-04589-1)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press - In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf World: ISBN 0345374258 (0-345-37425-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group - In Silence: Growing up Hearing in a Deaf World: ISBN 1563682877 (1-56368-287-7)
Softcover, Gallaudet University Press
- In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World: ISBN 0312045891 (0-312-04589-1)
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A Journey into the Deaf-Worldby Harlan Lane, Ben Bahan, Robert Hoffmeister, Corona MachemerISBN 0915035634 (0-915035-63-4)
Softcover, DawnSignPress
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey into the Deaf-World'Book summary:[via]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 whose natural languageAmerican Sign Language in the United Statesis manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into sharp focus, the authors take us on a fascinating journey to discover what deaf culture is; the benefits of signed language and deaf culture for deaf children and hearing people; how deaf children are now educated and how they could be; how deaf people integrate into the larger society; the nature of American Sign Language; how technology helps (and hurts) deaf people; what can be learned from deaf societies in other lands; the future of the deaf world. Combining thought-provoking intellectual perspectives with enlightening first-hand accounts of life in the deaf world, this landmark volume is vital for professionals working in fields involving deaf people and for those with an interest in deaf studies.More editions of A Journey into the Deaf-World:
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The Joy of Signing: The New Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabetby Lottie L. RiekehofISBN 0882435183 (0-88243-518-3)
Hardcover, Gospel Pub. House
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The Joy of Signing, Grades K-12by Lottie L. RiekehofISBN 0882435205 (0-88243-520-5)
Hardcover, Gospel Publishing House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy of Signing, Grades K-12'Book summary:Teaches sign language in senteces rather than individual words. Includes graphic drawings, index, and sadditional learning tools. [via]
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Listeningby Hannah MerkerISBN 0060925922 (0-06-092592-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Listening: Way of Hearing in a Silent Worldby Hannah Merker, Henry KisorISBN 0870744488 (0-87074-448-8)
Softcover, Texas A & M Univ Pr
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A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Familyby Lou Ann WalkerISBN 0060914254 (0-06-091425-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Communityby Harlan L. LaneISBN 1581210094 (1-58121-009-4)
Softcover, Dawn Sign Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community'Book summary: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 it was first published in 1992, this new edition includes information on the science and ethics of childhood cochlear implants. An indictment of the ways in which experts in the scientific, medical, and educational establishment purport to serve the deaf, this book describes how they, in fact, do them great harm.[via]More editions of The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community:
- The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community: ISBN 067973614X (0-679-73614-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group - The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community: ISBN 0679404627 (0-679-40462-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community: ISBN 1581210094 (1-58121-009-4)
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- The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community: ISBN 067973614X (0-679-73614-X)
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Miracle Workerby William GibsonISBN 0553247786 (0-553-24778-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Miracle Worker'Book summary:Drama / 7m, 7f / Unit set Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water". "Interesting, absorbing and moving." - New York Post [via]
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- Miracle Worker: ISBN 0573612382 (0-573-61238-2)
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited - Miracle Worker: ISBN 0613610407 (0-613-61040-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Miracle Worker: ISBN 0553247786 (0-553-24778-6)
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- Miracle Worker: ISBN 0573612382 (0-573-61238-2)
Mother Father Deaf: Living Between Sound and Silenceby Paul PrestonISBN 0674587480 (0-674-58748-0)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mother Father Deaf: Living Between Sound and Silence'Book summary:"Mother father deaf" is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two cultures, the Hearing and the Deaf, forever balancing the worlds of sound and silence. Paul Preston, one of these children, takes us to the place where Deaf and Hearing cultures meet, where families like his own embody the conflicts and resolutions of two often opposing world views. Based on 150 interviews with adult hearing children of deaf parents throughout the United States, Mother Father Deaf examines the process of assimilation and cultural affiliation among a population whose lives incorporate the paradox of being culturally "Deaf" yet functionally hearing. It is rich in anecdote and analysis, remarkable for its insights into a family life normally closed to outsiders.
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My Religionby Helen KellerISBN 0515035556 (0-515-03555-6)
Hardcover, Pyramid Books
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A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in Americaby John V. Van Cleve, Barry A. CrouchISBN 0930323491 (0-930323-49-1)
Softcover, Gallaudet University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America'Book summary: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 perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of Deaf Americans. [via]
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The Raging Quietby Sherryl JordanISBN 0689870043 (0-689-87004-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Raging Quiet'Book summary:New Zealand author Sherryl Jordan has crafted a riveting story, reminiscent of the work of Thomas Hardy, that's shimmering with the romanticism of a fairy tale but told with the vivid detail and suspense of a modern novel. In an ancient time, a newlywed girl is taken to a seaside thatched cottage by her much older husband. His drunken lovemaking repels her, but Marnie must endure because he is the lord's middle son and she has married him to save her family from starvation. When he is killed in a fall, she feels more release than grief, in spite of the village rumors that she caused his death with a witch's curse. Suspicions grow when she befriends an outcast, a "mad" boy called Raver whose rages and yammerings look to villagers like the work of the devil. But Marnie realizes that the boy is deaf, and his bursts of anger come from his inability to communicate. With the help of the kindly and wise village priest, she begins to invent a sign language for him. A tender love grows between them in the cottage, but Marnie still fears the marriage bed. Meanwhile, the scandalized villagers spy on the "witch," and at last force her to endure the bloodcurdling ordeal of trial by hot iron. Readers will gobble up this entrancing story, and may want to move on to Cynthia Voigt's Jackaroo, Michael Cadnum's In a Dark Wood, and perhaps Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. (Ages 12 to 15) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpretersby Anna Midness, Thomas K. Holcomb, Daniel Langholtz, Priscilla P. Meyers, Sharon Neumann SolowISBN 1877864730 (1-877864-73-0)
Softcover, Intercultural Press, Incorporated
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- Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters: ISBN 1931930260 (1-931930-26-0)
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- Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters: ISBN 1931930260 (1-931930-26-0)
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Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faithsby Elaine Costello, Lois A. LehmanISBN 0553342444 (0-553-34244-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths'Book summary:Since the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American Sign Language (ASL) carries on that tradition. Like any living language, it continues to grow and change to meet the communication needs of an ever more diverse religious population. This comprehensive guide, newly revised, updated, and expanded, gives you all the vocabulary you need to communicate effectively in any religious setting.
From Alleluia to Zizith, more than 750 signs and their specific meanings
Large, clear, upper-torso illustrations that show the corresponding movements of hands, body, and face
Easy-to-follow instructions to help you master the art of expressing signs
A complete index for quick access to any sign
With an essential section of religious name signs, the addition of signs for the Muslim faith, and an expanded selection of favorite verses, prayers, and blessings, this book is an indispensable resource for signers of all denominations. Written with expertise by an educator and author associated with the field of deafness for more than thirty years, it makes communicating by ASL in a religious setting simple and easy, no matter your level of experience. [via]More editions of Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths:
Safe As Housesby Alex JeffersISBN 0854492534 (0-85449-253-4)
Softcover, Heretic Books
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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deafby Oliver SacksISBN 0060973471 (0-06-097347-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf'Book summary:Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect--a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work." [via]
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- Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf: ISBN 0375704078 (0-375-70407-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf: ISBN 0330320904 (0-330-32090-4)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan - Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf: ISBN 0520060830 (0-520-06083-0)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr - Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf: ISBN 0060973471 (0-06-097347-1)
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- Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf: ISBN 0375704078 (0-375-70407-8)
Sign Language and the Deaf Community: Essays in Honor of William Stokoeby Charlotte BakerISBN 0913072362 (0-913072-36-2)
Softcover, Natl Assn of the Deaf
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Signing: How to Speak with Your Handsby Elaine CostelloISBN 0553014587 (0-553-01458-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Signs of Languageby Edward S. Klima, Ursula BellugiISBN 0674807960 (0-674-80796-0)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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Singing Handsby Delia RayISBN 0618657622 (0-618-65762-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
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The Story Of My Lifeby Helen KellerISBN 1416500324 (1-4165-0032-4)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story Of My Life'Book summary:Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote The Story of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.
As a young girl Keller was obstinate, prone to fits of violence, and seething with rage at her inability to express herself. But at the age of 7 this wild child was transformed when, at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Sullivan became her teacher, an event she declares "the most important day I remember in all my life." (Sullivan herself had once been blind, but partially recovered her sight after a series of operations.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.
In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller's joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature:
Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....
The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring a flower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes our own. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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- The Story Of My Life: ISBN 1417698667 (1-4176-9866-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0393325687 (0-393-32568-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Story of My Life: ISBN 0451524470 (0-451-52447-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Story of My Life: ISBN 0451528255 (0-451-52825-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0486292495 (0-486-29249-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Story of My Life: ISBN 0553213873 (0-553-21387-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0899665098 (0-89966-509-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0440982960 (0-440-98296-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Story of My Life: ISBN 0451522451 (0-451-52245-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0590339842 (0-590-33984-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0590443534 (0-590-44353-4)
Softcover, Scholastic - The Story of My Life: Library Edition: ISBN 0804900701 (0-8049-0070-1)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0816728895 (0-8167-2889-5)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0883011409 (0-88301-140-9)
Softcover, Ags Pub - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 0893753688 (0-89375-368-8)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - Story of My Life: ISBN 0385044534 (0-385-04453-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Story of My Life: Library Edition: ISBN 0606239979 (0-606-23997-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Story of My Life: Library Edition: ISBN 0816728887 (0-8167-2888-7)
Hardcover, Watermill Pr - The Story Of My Life: ISBN 1416500324 (1-4165-0032-4)
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- The Story Of My Life: ISBN 1417698667 (1-4176-9866-7)
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The Story Of My Lifeby Dorothy Herrmann, Roger Shattuck, Helen Keller, John Albert Macy, Annie SullivanISBN 0393057445 (0-393-05744-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story Of My Life'Book summary:Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote The Story of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.
As a young girl Keller was obstinate, prone to fits of violence, and seething with rage at her inability to express herself. But at the age of 7 this wild child was transformed when, at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Sullivan became her teacher, an event she declares "the most important day I remember in all my life." (Sullivan herself had once been blind, but partially recovered her sight after a series of operations.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.
In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller's joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature:
Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....
The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring a flower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes our own. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Story of My Life: The Restored Editionby Helen Keller, James BergerISBN 0812968867 (0-8129-6886-7)
Softcover, Random House, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition'Book summary:THE 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The Story of My Life, a remarkable account of overcoming the debilitating challenges of being both deaf and blind, has become an international classic, making Helen Keller one of the most well-known, inspirational figures in history. Originally published in 1903, Kellers fascinating memoir narrates the events of her life up to her third year at Radcliffe College.
Helen Kellers story of struggle and achievement is one of unquenchable hope. From tales of her difficult early days, to details of her relationship with her beloved teacher Anne Sullivan, to her impressions of academic life, Kellers honest, straightforward writing lends insight into an amazing mind. Like the original, this centenary edition of The Story of My Life includes letters Keller wrote to friends throughout her childhood and adolescence that chronicle her intellectual and sensory progression, as well as assistant John Macys commentary on her interpretations of her surroundings.
In addition to reprinting Kellers long-lost original work, this edition contains excerpts from her little-known, deeply personal memoir The World We Live In, which give readers a detailed look into an otherwise unimaginable existence, as well as an excerpt from Out of the Dark, a political commentary Keller wrote during her years as a socialist.
Deftly edited and prefaced by scholar James Berger, this comprehensive anniversary edition celebrates a century of readers enthrallment with one of the most powerful figures in history. [via]More editions of The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition:
Talk Talkby T. Coraghessan BoyleISBN 0143112155 (0-14-311215-5)
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Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf Worldby Leah Hager CohenISBN 0679761659 (0-679-76165-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Train Go Sorry: Inside a School for the Deafby Leah Hager CohenISBN 0395636256 (0-395-63625-6)
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When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deadby Harlan LaneISBN 0679720235 (0-679-72023-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The World I Live Inby Helen Keller, Roger ShattuckISBN 1590170679 (1-59017-067-9)
Softcover, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
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