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The doctor will not see you now

By Jane Poulson. 2002

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Autobiography of Dr. Jane Poulson, the first blind person in Canada to become a practising doctor. Poulson suffered from diabetes…

and because of the disease, lost her sight and then experienced severe heart problems. Nonetheless she was an extremely accomplished doctor, published widely in leading medical journals, and showed great courage and endurance to all who knew her. She wrote this book during the last two years of her life. 2002.

The grande dames of the Cariboo: discovering Vivien Cowan and Sonia Cornwall and their intriguing friendship with A.Y. Jackson and Joe Plaskett

By Julie Fowler. 2013

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Biography, Fine arts biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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The author began a quest to find out more about an artist from the Cariboo named Sonia Cornwall (1919-2006). Through…

interviews, letters, original artworks, articles, exhibition catalogues, imaginings of conversations and occurrences, along with her own reflections on the experience, she pieced together a story of pioneering, love and the pursuit of art. But in searching for Sonia, the author found an unanticipated new friend in Sonia's mother, Vivien Cowan (1893-1990), who became a larger part of the story than she could possibly have imagined. 2013.

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson: an introduction

By Anne Newlands. 1995

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Arts and entertainment, Fine arts biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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Provides an overview of the lives of the members of the Group of Seven and their work. c1995.

The great Nadar: the man behind the camera

By Adam Begley. 2017

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Biography, Fine arts biography
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The first great portrait photographer, a pioneering balloonist, the first person to take an aerial photograph, and the prime mover…

behind the first airmail service, Nadar was one of the original celebrity artist-entrepreneurs. A kind of 19th-century Andy Warhol, he knew everyone worth knowing and photographed them all, conferring on posterity psychologically compelling portraits of Manet, Sarah Bernhardt, Delacroix, Daumier and countless others - a priceless panorama of Parisian celebrity. 2017.

The education of Laura Bridgman: first deaf and blind person to learn language

By Ernest Freeberg. 2001

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Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
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Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind…

at the age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. 2001.

The blind mechanic: the amazing story of Eric Davidson, survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion

By Marilyn Elliott, Janet Kitz. 2018

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Award winning non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the Halifax Explosion struck, killing almost 2,000 people and seriously injuring thousands…

of others. Eric lost both eyes-a tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked, and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. Once the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Eric Davidson was, until his death, a much-admired figure in Halifax. Written by his daughter Marilyn, this book gives new insights into the story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and contains never-before-seen documents and photographs. Winner of the 2019 The Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction). 2018.

The blind Victorian: Henry Fawcett and British liberalism

By Lawrence Goldman. 1989

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
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Henry Fawcett, a promising academic, was blinded in a shooting accident at the age of 25. This did not hinder…

him from consolidating his position at the confluence of so many streams of British culture and politics. 1989.

Suzanne Valadon, ou, La recherche de la vérité

By Jeanne Champion. 1984

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Arts and entertainment, Biography, Fine arts biography, Historical biography, Women biography
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Nom: Valadon. Prénom: Marie-Clémentine dite "Suzanne." Peintre, née le 23 septembre 1865. Fils: Utrillo (peintre). Amants: Toulouse-Lautrec, Erik Satie, Utter. Qui était donc cette Suzanne Valadon? 1984.

Tandems africains: du Sahara au Kilimandjaro guidés par des non-voyants

By Diego Audemard. 2007

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Biography, Adventurers and explorers, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Travel and geography, Travelogues
Human-narrated audio

C'est en tandems que Jean-Christophe Perrot et Diego Audemard ont choisi de réaliser leur projet "Raconte-moi la Terre" découvrir l'Afrique,…

pendant toute une année, guidés par des personnes non et mal- voyantes. Avec leurs 27 copilotes, ils ont pédalé sur 13 500 kilomètres à travers douze pays, gravi à pied quatre sommets de plus de 4 000 mètres d'altitude, et réalisé qu'au-delà du défi physique, ils vivaient un véritable partage des sens. Le témoignage d'une expérience authentique, menée pour le plaisir de voir avec d'autres yeux. Une aventure où il faut être deux pour avancer, un aveugle et un voyant, un autochtone et un étranger. 2007.

Taking hold: my journey into blindness

By Sally Hobart Alexander. 2002

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
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The author recounts how she gradually lost her sight from retinal hemorrhages, and describes her experiences in a training program for blind adults. Junior High. 2002.

Talk to the hand

By Nicole Dryburgh. 2010

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of…

movement, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, loss of hearing, more radiotherapy, and more surgery. Nicole also has raised thousands of pounds for charity, passed GCSE English after just 6 months' study, gone abseiling, visited New York, had meetings with royalty and government ministers, been the subject of a BBC TV documentary, won numerous national and local awards, and worked for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "Talk to the Hand" is a continuation of Nicole's very full life story, and includes her tips for overcoming setbacks and crises. 2010.

Simple things: the story of a friendship

By Karen Lavut. 1999

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Biography, Fine arts biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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Karen Lavut recounts her friendship with painter Christiane Pflug who killed herself at Easter, 1972. She celebrates the joy and…

memories left by her lost friend, and laments the fact that she chose to leave life so early on. 1999.

Something wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway revolution

By Todd S Purdum. 2018

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Biography, Fine arts biography
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Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they…

pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. 2018.

Stormy weather: F.H. Varley, a biography

By Maria Tippett. 1998

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Biography, Fine arts biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

This biography of the Group of Seven painter, Fred Varley, examines both his personal and professional lives. The effects of…

his drinking and womanizing on his family and his work are closely examined.

Stars come out within

By Jean Little. 1990

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Biography, Literature biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Renowned author Jean Little describes her childhood with a visual impairment, the early death of her father, the shock of…

losing her remaining sight to glaucoma, and her battle with depression. A talking computer and her guide dog, Zephyr, brought her independence and freedom. Sequel to "Little by Little".

Someone with me: the autobiography of William Kurelek

By William Kurelek. 1980

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Arts and entertainment, Biography, Fine arts biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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The inspiring odyssey of a boy from an impoverished prairie farm who became one of Canada's greatest artists. This is…

a story of triumph over loneliness and mental anguish, of a lifelong spiritual quest. 1980.

Sound-shadows of the New World (Continents of exile. #5.)

By Ved Mehta. 1986

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

In 1949, 15-year-old Ved went to America to attend the Arkansas School for the Blind. In the three years there…

he fell afoul of two members of staff: the PE teacher who believed only the combative could survive in a sighted world and an Evangelical Baptist musician who told him he was damned because he was a Hindu. Girls too were a problem... but he learnt to get around Little Rock himself by perceiving objects and terrain by means of "sound-shadows". Sequel to "The ledge between the streams" (DC28718). 1986. (Continents of exile ; 5).

Slackjaw: You Better Start Learning Braille Now

By Jim Knipfel. 1999

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
Human-narrated audio

At age twelve, Knipfel's uncle told him he "better start learning braille," but it was years before he knew he…

had retinitis pigmentosa. Then a brain lesion began causing erratic behaviour. With humour and honesty, Knipfel recalls his reluctance to accept his condition and how he has coped. Strong language. 1999.

Sight unseen

By Georgina Kleege. 1999

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Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Blindness and visual impairment
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Kleege was diagnosed with macular degeneration at the age of eleven and learned coping mechanisms. In eight essays she describes…

her experiences as well as the cultural aspects of blindness in language, film, and literature. As an author and professor, Kleege outlines the reading process and her delight in learning braille later in life. 1999.

Second sight: the true story of Britain's most remarkable medium

By Sharon Neill. 2007

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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
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Born prematurely and blinded by the oxygen in her incubator, it was clear that Sharon Neill would lead anything but…

a conventional life. In her autobiography, Sharon describes her journey to become one of the most revered mediums in the psychic world. 2007.

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