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An Anthropologist on Mars

ISBN 0679767177 (0-679-76717-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
by Oliver W. Sacks

ISBN 0679756973 (0-679-75697-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Detailed and fascinating portraits of seven neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.
"Among doctors who write with acuity and grace, Sacks ( The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat) takes a higher place with each successive book.... enlarges our view of the nature of human experience." --Publisher's Weekly
"... Dr. Sacks's best book to date." --The New York Time Book Review [via]
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Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract
by Marta Russell

ISBN 1567511066 (1-56751-106-6)
Softcover, Common Courage Press

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A WARNING FROM AN UPPITY CRIP. Marta Russell exposes the neoliberal drive to shrink social services with the Reinventing Government mantra. "We are dangerously close to a Jerry Lewis democracy where middlemen beggars and corporate CEOs getting huge paychecks may replace entitlements with charity," reveals Russell in her devastating analysis of the "reform" of the social safety net. [via]
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The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde

ISBN 1879960737 (1-879960-73-7)
Softcover, Aunt Lute Books

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Cockeyed: A Memoir
by Ryan Knighton

ISBN 1586483293 (1-58648-329-3)
Hardcover, Public Affairs

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Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness And Disability
by Robert McRuer, Michael Berube

ISBN 0814757138 (0-8147-5713-8)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr

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Crip Theory attends to the contemporary cultures of disability and queerness that are coming out all over. Both disability studies and queer theory are centrally concerned with how bodies, pleasures, and identities are represented as normal or as abject, but Crip Theory is the first book to analyze thoroughly the ways in which these interdisciplinary fields inform each other.
Drawing on feminist theory, African American and Latino/a cultural theories, composition studies, film and television studies, and theories of globalization and counter-globalization, Robert McRuer articulates the central concerns of crip theory and considers how such a critical perspective might impact cultural and historical inquiry in the humanities. Crip Theory puts forward readings of the Sharon Kowalski story, the performance art of Bob Flanagan, and the journals of Gary Fisher, as well as critiques of the domesticated queerness and disability marketed by the Millennium March, or Bravo TVs Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. McRuer examines how dominant and marginal bodily and sexual identities are composed, and considers the vibrant ways that disability and queerness unsettle and re-write those identities in order to insist that another world is possible.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon

ISBN 1400032717 (1-4000-3271-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books

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Mark Haddon's bitterly funny first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Christopher John Francis Boone is a 15-year-old boy, mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behaviour of his elders and peers.
Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbour's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves--against the objection of his father and neighbours--to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result--quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number--is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Haddon's novel is a startling performance. This is the sort of book that could turn condescending, or exploitative, or overly sentimental, or grossly tasteless very easily, but Haddon navigates those dangers with a sureness of touch that is extremely rare among first-time novelists. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is original, clever, and genuinely moving: this one is a must-read. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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Desiring Disability: Queer Theory Meets Disability Studies
by Annemarie Mol

ISBN 0822365510 (0-8223-6551-0)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr

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The Difference That Disability Makes
by Rod Michalko

ISBN 1566399343 (1-56639-934-3)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Jeremy Leggatt

ISBN 0375701214 (0-375-70121-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books

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In December of 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, 43 year old editor in chief of Elle magazine in France, suffered a stroke which severely damaged his brain stem. After several weeks in a coma, he woke to find that he was one of the rare victims of a condition called "locked-in syndrome" or LIS, which had left his mind functioning but his body almost completely paralyzed. In a perverse sense he actually got fairly lucky because, unlike most victims, he was still able to move one eyelid. This allowed him to work out, with a speech therapist, a system of communication which entailed winking as someone slowly read through the alphabet. By using this code, he could painstakingly spell out words, sentences, paragraphs and, finally, this memoir. The title of the book refers to the metaphors he uses to describe his situation. The physical paralysis leaves him feeling as if he was trapped within a diving bell, as if there is constant pressure pinning his body into immobility. However, at the same time, his mind remains as free as a butterfly and it's flights are as random. In fact, he calls the chapters of this book his "bedridden travel notes" and, indeed, they eloquently relate his journey through memory. [via]
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Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey Into The Community And Culture Of High-Functioning Autism And Asperger's Syndrome
by Valerie Paradiz

ISBN 184310802X (1-84310-802-X)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub

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Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body
by Lennard J. Davis

ISBN 1859840078 (1-85984-007-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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Exile and Pride
by Eli Clare

ISBN 0896086054 (0-89608-605-4)
Softcover, South End Pr

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At long last, an essay on the politics and poetics of queer disability. Eli Clare, a poet with cerebral palsy, movingly describes her attempt to climb Mount Adams--not, she points out, as a "supercrip," like the boy without hands who bats .486 on his Little League team, but just as an impaired person who loves to hike: a story about ableism rather than disability. Avoiding easy answers and journalistic sunshine, she recounts the story of the fight for disabled access, touching on the history of the freak show. She tracks the origins of her own tenacity and self-knowledge to her rural Oregon upbringing and the conflicting personality of her father--who sexually abused her, but also taught her how to frame a house, how to use a chainsaw. "I think of the words crip, queer, freak, redneck," Clare remarks. "None of these are easy words. They mark the jagged edge between self-hatred and pride, the chasm between how the dominant culture views marginalized peoples and how we view ourselves, the razor between finding home, finding our bodies, and living in exile, living on the metaphoric mountain." --Regina Marler [via]
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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
by Rosemarie Garland Thomson

ISBN 0231105177 (0-231-10517-7)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr

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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes

ISBN 015603008X (0-15-603008-X)
Softcover, Harcourt

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Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, Flowers for Algernon. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation Charly (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical.
Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving:

I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time.
I dint know mice were so smart.

Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate...
Flowers for Algernon is a timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact. --David Langford [via]
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Flying Without Wings: Personal Reflections on Being Disabled
by Arnold R. Beisser

ISBN 0385247702 (0-385-24770-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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Flying Without Wings: Personal Reflections on Loss, Disability, and Healing
by Arnold R. Beisser

ISBN 055334868X (0-553-34868-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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Freak the Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick

ISBN 0439771293 (0-439-77129-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks

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Two boys a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. (Made into the film, The Mighty.) * \u201cA wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.\u201d School Library Journal, starred review \u201cCompelling&written with energy and&humor.\u201d The Bulletin for the Center of Children\u2019s Books
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by W.R. Philbrick

ISBN 0439286069 (0-439-28606-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks

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Imprinting Our Image: An International Anthology by Women With Disabilities
by Diane Lynn Driedger, Susan Gray, Susan G. Dueck

ISBN 0921881223 (0-921881-22-3)
Softcover, Gynergy Books/Ragweed Pr

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Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States
by James W. Trent

ISBN 0520203577 (0-520-20357-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr

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Izzy, Willy-nilly
by Cynthia Voigt

ISBN 1416903399 (1-4169-0339-9)
Softcover, Simon Pulse

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One moment can change a life forever.
Fifteen-year-old Izzy has it all -- a loving family, terrific friends, a place on the cheerleading squad. But her comfortable world crumbles when a date with a senior ends in a car crash and she loses her right leg.
Suddenly nothing is the same. The simplest tasks become enormous challenges. Her friends don't seem to know how to act around her. Her family is supportive, but they don't really want to deal with how much she's hurting.
Then Rosamunde extends a prickly offer of friendship. Rosamunde definitely isn't the kind of girl Izzy would have been friends with in her old life. But Rosamunde may be the only person who can help Izzy face her new one. [via]
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Oliver Sacks

ISBN 1555042651 (1-55504-265-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer

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The Me in the Mirror
by Connie Panzarino

ISBN 1878067451 (1-878067-45-1)
Softcover, Seal Pr

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Writer, activist and artist Connie Panzarino was born in 1947 with the rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III, formerly called Amytonia Congenita. Throughout a childhood filled with both pain and joy, she strove to define herself: "I knew I was different. Now I had a name for the difference, like being Italian or Jewish. I was an Amytonia. I didn't understand if that meant that I would never walk, or if all it meant was lack of muscle tone. I didn't know that most children with this disease die before they're five years old." In this deeply moving and eloquent memoir, Connie Panzarino describes her decades of struggle and triumph, her relationships with family members and long-time lover Ron Kovic (author of Born on the Fourth of July), her eventual turn to lesbianism, and her years of pioneering work in the disability rights movement. Filled with spirit, passion and defiance, The Me In The Mirror tells the story of a remarkable life. [via]
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards

ISBN 159413197X (1-59413-197-X)
Softcover, Large Print Pr

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On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret.But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. [via]
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Missing Pieces: A Chronicle of Living With a Disability
by Irving Kenneth Zola

ISBN 0877223114 (0-87722-311-4)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr

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The personal odyssey of a man with a disability, Irving Zola tells--and analyzes--what it is like to have a disability in a world that values vigor and health. First published in 1981, a founding book in the fields of health and disability studies, "Missing Pieces is a modern classic on the personal and cultural trials and triumphs of the disabled. This edition has a new foreword by acclaimed essayist Nancy Mairs. [via]
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No Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
by Joseph P. Shapiro

ISBN 0812924126 (0-8129-2412-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century. [via]
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck

ISBN 1555047807 (1-55504-780-7)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Ribald men yearn for land of their own. [via]
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving, Diane Podnar

ISBN 1560774142 (1-56077-414-2)
Softcover, Center for Learning

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Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger's Syndrome
by Liane Holliday Willey

ISBN 1853027499 (1-85302-749-9)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub

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Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture
by Shelley Tremain

ISBN 0889612188 (0-88961-218-8)
Softcover, Womens Pr

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Pushing the Limits is a path-breaking multi-media anthology of fiction, personal narrative, poetry, song, and artwork by disabled dykes. Taking cultural space for their language and art, Anne-Marie Alonzo, Sherree Clark, Laura Hershey, Audre Lorde, Mary Frances Platt, Sherry Shute, Shahnaz Stri, Frances Yip Hoi, and others, challenge exclusionary notions about who counts as a dyke, and subvert pervasive stereotypes about disabled people. In doing so, these writers and artists enrich queer communities, and contribute to the efforts of anti-ablest and other disability activists.
Finally, an autonomous, self-contained collection of cultural work by disabled dykes, Pushing the Limits is compelling, provocative, and affirming. [via]
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The Ragged Edge: The Disability Experience from the Pages of the First Fifteen Years of the Disability Rag
by Barrett Shaw

ISBN 0962706450 (0-9627064-5-0)
Softcover, Advocado Pr

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Essay Anthology. What this book attempts to capture and convey is simply the experience of being a person with a disability in America today. From the introduction: It is hard to unravel the tangled, knotted ball of the disability experience - isolation and differentness versus a common identity; images of weakness, vulnerability, enforced childishness... This book attempts to weave a rough but strong cloth from these gnarled strands, to give the feel of the disability experience. [via]
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Restricted Access
by Susan Raffo, Victoria A. Brownworth

ISBN 158005028X (1-58005-028-X)
Softcover, Seal Pr

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Steinbeck Novels and Stories 1932-1937
by John Steinbeck, Robert Demott, Elaine A. Steinbeck

ISBN 1883011019 (1-883011-01-9)
Hardcover, Library of America

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For the first time in one volume, the early California writings of one of America's greatest novelists have been collected, including the seminal works, Tortilla Flat and Of Mice and Men, tracing his early growth and evolution. 20,000 first printing. [via]
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The Story Of My Life
by Helen Keller

ISBN 1416500324 (1-4165-0032-4)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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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
by Dorothy Herrmann, Roger Shattuck, Helen Keller, John Albert Macy, Annie Sullivan

ISBN 0393057445 (0-393-05744-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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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 Edition
by Helen Keller, James Berger

ISBN 0679642870 (0-679-64287-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group

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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]
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Structure of Aikido Kenjutsu & Taijutsu
by Gaku Homma

ISBN 1883319552 (1-883319-55-2)
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In this remarkable interpretation of the foundation of Aikido technique, Gaku Homma focuses on the relationship between Japanese swordsmanship and open-hand movement, uniting historical tradition with the contemporary development of the art of Aikido. Although the study of Kenjutsu and Aikido have long been associated, this is the first book in which actual Aikido techniques are related to sequences used with the sword. Sixteen hundred frame-by-frame photos mirror the movement shared by both arts. [via]
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Stuck in Neutral
by Terry Trueman

ISBN 0064472132 (0-06-447213-2)
Softcover, Avon Tempest

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Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel loves the taste of smoked oysters and his mother's gentle hugs. Unfortunately, it's impossible for Shawn to feed himself or to hug his mom back. Shawn has cerebral palsy, a condition he has had since birth that has robbed him of all muscle control. He can't walk, talk, or even focus his eyes on his own. But despite all these handicaps, despite the frustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn is still happy to be alive: "Somehow all the things I think about and remember turn to joy... favorite movies... pinecones... chocolate pudding... the scent of Comet in a stainless steel sink.... Life can be great, even for me. Even for me." That is why he panics when he begins to suspect that his father is thinking of killing him. Shawn knows that his father is trying to be kind; he imagines that his son's life is an endless torment. His dad has no idea of the rich life that Shawn lives inside his head. And Shawn, helpless and mute, has no way of telling him.
Stuck in Neutral is a truly unique journey into the mind of a truly unique character. Shawn McDaniel, who is literally trapped in his own body, will serve as a powerful metaphor for teens who feel cornered by circumstances or their own physical shortcomings. Terry Trueman's first-person portrayal of Shawn is made all the more poignant by the fact that Trueman's own son, Henry, also suffers from cerebral palsy. This is an original and moving debut. (Ages 11 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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This Alien Shore
by C. S. Friedman

ISBN 0886777992 (0-88677-799-2)
Softcover, Daw Books

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Through the Eyes of Aliens: A Book About Autistic People
by Jasmine Lee O'Neill

ISBN 1853027103 (1-85302-710-3)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub

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Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life
by Harriet McBryde Johnson

ISBN 0312425716 (0-312-42571-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live With Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness
by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverburg, Fran Odette

ISBN 1573441767 (1-57344-176-7)
Softcover, Cleis Pr

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Vintage Sacks
by Oliver W. Sacks

ISBN 1400033977 (1-4000-3397-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.

It is Dr. Sackss gift that he has found a way to enlarge our experience and understanding of what the human is. The Wall Street Journal

Dubbed the poet laureate of medicine by The New York Times, Oliver Sacks is a practicing neurologist and a mesmerizing storyteller. His empathetic accounts of his patientss livesand wrily observed narratives of his ownconvey both the extreme borderlands of human experience and the miracles of ordinary seeing, speaking, hearing, thinking, and feeling.

Vintage Sacks includes the introduction and case study Rose R. from Awakenings (the book that inspired the Oscar-nominated movie), as well as A Deaf World from Seeing Voices; The Visions of Hildegard from Migraine; excerpts from Island Hopping and Pingelap from The Island of the Colorblind; A Surgeons Life from An Anthropologist on Mars; and two chapters from Sackss acclaimed memoir Uncle Tungsten. [via]
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We Are All Welcome Here
by Elizabeth Berg

ISBN 140006161X (1-4000-6161-X)
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With the Power of Each Breath: A Disabled Womens Anthology
by Susan Browne, Debra Connors, Susan E. Browne, Nanci Stern

ISBN 0939416069 (0-939416-06-9)
Softcover, Cleis Pr

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Women's Studies, Health, Disability [via]
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Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon
by Jean-Dominique Bauby

ISBN 2221081722 (2-221-08172-2)
Hardcover, R. Laffont

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avec couverture illustrée d' un dessin en couleurs. [via]
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly : A Memoir of Life in Death
by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Jeremy Leggatt

ISBN 0375401156 (0-375-40115-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group

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El Curioso Incidente Del Perro A Medianoche
by Mark Haddon

ISBN 8478889108 (84-7888-910-8)
Softcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions

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2005 SALAMANDRA Spanish Edition SOFTCOVER [via]
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Oracion Por Owen / A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving

ISBN 8472231267 (84-7223-126-7)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano

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