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When a freak accident involving an infallible gambler, a truck full of chickens, and a gas pump leaves easygoing Iple deaf, he decides to travel to Antarctica. While wandering the tundra trying to reconstruct his hearing and memory, he makes a startling discovery below a sheet of ice. There he finds Isabella, a dinosaur and the last DNA repository of a wealth of human and prehuman knowledge. What follows is a mesmerizing detour into our species' fear and wonder at the nature of prediction in this comic yet harrowing novella in Soft Skull's ShortLit series.

The text focuses on educational perspectives, psychosocial precepts, communication modes, vocational opportunities, support services, and recent technological advances. Further, it provides the reader with insights into one of the fastest growing populations today - the deafened adult. Throughout its chapters, myths surrounding deafness are dispelled and are replaced with contemporary ideas. The broad scope of subject matter presented allows for flexibility and provides fresh material for new approaches to basic courses within the field of education.

Presents visual and interactive tools for learning ASL. Each program features over 2,600 signs with video demonstrations and illustrations, written descriptions of how the sign is created, finger spelling, games and quizzes, search capabilities in five languages and an online connection. Based on Martin Sternberg's book.

April Taylor, her parents dead, estranged from her older sister, and alone after the death of the uncle with whom she had been living, is taken in by a kind elderly woman and her deaf granddaughter, and through their friendship and love learns to trust herself--a quality that comes in handy when danger appears on the doorstep.

Lance Allred, a nearly seven-foot-tall basketball player who signed on as a rookie with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008, shares the story of his life, telling how he overcame the challenges of obsessive-compulsive disorder, deafness, injury, and a childhood spent in a polygamist commune in Montana, to realize his dream of playing in the NBA.

Chronicles nearly 200 years of deaf history in America, and contains over 200 photographs and information from the archives of Gallaudet University.

Provides a brief introduction to Helen Keller, her accomplishments, and her impact on American history.

Explores the achievements of Helen Keller.