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Istanbul: memories of a city
By Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely. 2005
Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways of…
Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination. This is a supremely moving account of one man's love affair with the city that has always been his home. 2005.Invisible: my journey through vision and hearing loss
By Ruth Silver. 2012
Ruth Silver was a silent, frightened child with undiagnosed vision loss, which she later learned was retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a…
progressive eye disease. Even after losing her hearing, she refused to surrender to the darkness and silence. Ruth founded the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons in Milwaukee, a nonprofit agency dedicated to helping others living with the double disability of deaf-blindness. Includes sex and violence. c2012.Invisible: a memoir
By Hugues De Montalembert. 2010
Blinded in an attack in his New York home in 1978, de Montalembert, then a filmmaker and painter, was violently…
forced out of his intensely visual world. In this raw memoir, he navigates the environs of Manhattan and, not much later, Bali and Greenland, with new confidence and ability. He's also painfully honest about the affects of his blindness, refusing the comfort of standard tropes about spirituality but finding wonder in the kindness of absolute strangers and isolation from those closest to him. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.In the key of genius: the extraordinary life of Derek Paravicini
By Adam Ockelford. 2008
Music professor Ockelford, who specializes in working with children with disabilities, offers a biography of British pianist Derek Paravicini. Discusses…
Paravicini--who was born prematurely, autistic, and blind--teaching himself to play the keyboard at age two and developing his musical talents, first at home and then in public. 2008.Ice!
By Tristan Jones. 1978
The author tells of his 2-year cruise around Iceland, into the Arctic Ocean east of Greenland. He travelled in a…
36-foot ketch with only his dog for companionship. Strong language. 1978.Helen Keller: a determined life (Snapshots Ser.)
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2004
A biography of Helen Keller, "America's First Lady of Courage", and the people and places that figured prominently in her…
life. Includes many well-known facts about Keller's life, and reveals the struggle, sadness, and success Keller experienced over the years. Contains a detailed time line, a useful index, and a list of places to visit. Grades 3-6. 2004.Britain: the essential guide to customs & culture (Culture smart!)
By Paul Norbury. 2016
Cool Britannia is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game - in fashion, popular…
music, art and entertainment, science and technology, new inventions, and in the rediscovered skills and excellence in engineering that make it Germany's leading trading partner in Europe. As a family of nations, the British are inventive, reflective, good humored, funny, focused, and tenacious. Today's multicultural Britain is managing the challenges of integrating minorities in a way that remains true to its fundamental values and beliefs as a fair and open society, one that continues to see itself as a model for others to follow. This concise guide will help you navigate through the culturally rich island of Britain. 2016.Germany: the essential guide to customs & culture (Culture smart!)
By Barry Tomalin. 2016
Examines the vast changes that have lead to Germany's new world confidence; explains how German traditional values and working methods…
are adapting to take advantage of international opportunities and global society while maintaining the commitment to quality, organization, and time that marks out German business life; shows how the traditional differences between Germany's regions are lessening, enabling society to come together and better absorb new immigrants, and above all how Germans are losing the fear and guilt associated with their twentieth-century wars and finding a new voice on the international stage. 2016.Have dog, will travel: a poet's journey with an exceptional labrador
By Stephen Kuusisto. 2018
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide…
dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind-but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of 38, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind. 2018.French revolutions: cycling the Tour de France
By Tim Moore. 2009
A gruelling cycling event featuring some of the world's greatest athletes, the Tour de France was clearly not meant for…
the likes of Moore. Pedalling off weeks before the actual race begins, Moore nonetheless tackles the course with what might be called a foolish determination - and recounts his hilarious exploits along the way. 2009.Going blind: a memoir
By Mara Faulkner. 2009
A Benedictine nun reminisces about her father’s gradual loss of sight from retinitis pigmentosa and the effects his condition had…
on her Irish American family. She interweaves her recollections of growing up in North Dakota with meditations on the metaphorical meaning of blindness in our culture. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2009.I am potential: eight lessons on living, loving, and reaching your dreams
By Patrick Henry Hughes, Patrick John Hughes, Bryant A Stamford. 2008
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled, but he…
was also blessed with exceptional musical talent, able to play the piano at the age of two. Now, at age nineteen, he is a nationally known pianist, singer, and trumpeter who has performed at the Kennedy Center. But he's best known for playing in the University of Louisville marching band, while his devoted father pushes him in formation in his wheelchair. With determined optimism and courage, Hughes has made "I am potential" his mantra and defied the impossible at every turn. 2008.Friendships in the dark: a blind woman's story of the people and pets who light up her world
By Phyllis Campbell. 1996
Totally blind since birth, the author tells of growing up on a small Virginia farm and going away to a…
residential school with her older sister (who is also blind) and becoming a church organist. She describes in loving detail the animals and other friends she meets along the way. c1996.Germany (Countries of the world)
By Richard Lord. 1999
Introduces the geography, history, government, and culture of reunified Germany. Includes the country's past and present relationships with the United…
States. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999. (Countries of the world)Her heart can see: the life and hymns of Fanny J. Crosby (Library Of Religious Biography (lrb) Ser.)
By Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer. 2005
A biography of Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the most prolific of all American hymn writers. Having lost her sight in…
infancy through a doctor's negligence, Fanny went on to compose more than 9,000 hymns, as well as various other songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions. c2005.Helen Keller: humanitarian (Great achievers)
By Lois Nicholson. 1996
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen months as a result of illness. Covers her birth…
in 1880 through her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career. Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. Junior and Senior High. c1996.Hooked: Fly-fishing through Russia
By Fen Montaigne. 1998
Fen Montaigne, an American journalist, and ex-Moscow correspondent, decided to fly-fish right across Russia. His voyage (which is more of…
a direction than a road) in search of fish such as lenok, grayling, steelhead and the legendary taimen, takes him from infamous gulags set in the stark beauty of the Solovetsky Islands, to the deserted gold mines at Kolyma, where starving inmates literally walked on gold, and the pristine waters of tundra rivers. Strong language. 1998.Helen Keller (Scholastic biography)
By Margaret Davidson. 1969
This is a biography about the life 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 honours. Grades P-2. 1969.Dawdling by the Danube: with journeys in Bavaria and Poland
By Edward Enfield. 2008
Edward Enfield chronicles his adventures bike-riding through Europe for his voracious and curious fans. Here he takes a jaunt -…
for the first time - through Germany. With his characteristic wit and charm, Enfield describes the glorious German landscape in evocative prose. 2008.European detours: a travel guide to unusual sights
By Nino Lo Bello. 1981