Title search results
Showing 161 - 180 of 47048 items
Beyond the zonules of Zinn: a fantastic journey through your brain
By David Bainbridge. 2008
A geographical tour of the nervous system, presenting a history of neuroscience and a look at the anatomy of the…
brain: the Zonules of Zinn, for example, are small fibres attached to the lens of the eye that adjust it for seeing at different distances. Discusses the history and function of each area, such as the locus coeruleus, or sky-blue place, involved in alertness and stress. Also includes short discussions of nervous system disorders like multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. 2008.Blind man's buff
By H. Garland Minton. 1974
Late one evening in February 1966, the author was drinking a cup of tea in Waterloo Station. Suddenly, everything around…
him was enveloped in a veil of mist and, within minutes, he was blind. This is an account of that experience and of his efforts to come to terms with the catastrophe. 1974.Autism and Asperger syndrome
By Uta Frith. 1991
Uta Frith provides the first-ever translation into English of Asperger's paper and has brought together a variety of fascinating phenomenological…
and narrative accounts, of the syndrome and its varied presentations, accounts which are by no means entirely negative, for they show how much adaptation and learning and personal development is possible if there is a sensitive understanding of the precise problems involved. 1991.And the journey begins
By Cyril Axelrod. 2005
Born deaf and Jewish yet became a Catholic priest; could not walk until he was three yet his work has…
spanned five continents; could not speak until he was nine yet has knowledge of fifteen languages; grew up under apartheid but did pioneering multiracial work; lost his sight but never lost his vision; is now both deaf and blind but that is no barrier to his faith or work. This is a remarkable autobiography of a deaf-blind priest, who was brought up in the Orthodox Jewish faith. 2005.And there was light: The Autobiography Of A Blind Hero In The French Resistance
By Jacques Lusseyran. 1964
With the help of his friends he found that the "cure" for blindness was to "immerse oneself in a life…
that is as real and difficult as the lives of others". With the war Jacques, aged sixteen, decided to organize his school friends into resistance and was eventually betrayed to the Germans, interrogated by the Gestapo and incarcerated for fifteen months in Buchenwald. 1964. Uniform title: Et la lumière fut.After Emma
By Sheila Hocken. 1988
Sheila Hocken's clan of chocolate Labradors began with Emma, a guide dog during the author's temporary blindness, and has expanded…
to include a German shorthaired pointer. In this story, she introduces four newcomers. Sheila also reveals her fear that an eye infection may once again threaten her sight. 1988.Acupuncture
By Marc Duke. 1972
A singular view: the art of seeing with one eye
By Frank B Brady, Ron Hearnden. 1992
A sense of the world: how a blind man became history's greatest traveler
By Jason Roberts. 2006
Known simply as The Blind Traveler, James Holman (1789-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in…
Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon and helped chart the Australian outback. This is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. 2006.A nurse's incredible journey of faith
By Lilieth Ferguson. 2012
With a promise to her parents to return in three years, Lilieth left her home in sunny Jamaica for the…
damp shores of England to continue her education in nursing in 1961. Diagnosed with glaucoma, Lilieth’s determination to obtain her nursing degree exacted a heavy personal toll. 2012.6 wagging tales: my 50 years with guide dogs
By Joyce Dudley. 2004
This book is about the author's six different guide dogs, and covers six hundred Guide Dogs in Westminster Abbey, losing…
your Guide Dog in a swift flowing river in Wales, being taken to the funeral of your 104 year old aunt by your guide dog and being guided to work daily for years to the hospital where you are a physiotherapist. 2004.A blind musician looks back: an autobiography
By Alfred Hollins. 1998
This book gives a flowing account of the life of this eminent blind concert organist, pianist, and composer; who was…
soloist with the Berlin, London, and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tracing his life from his birth in Hull in 1865, his education at the York Blind School and at the Normal College, Norwood; also describing his North American tours, and those in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Originally published in 1936. 1998.A brush with darkness: learning to paint after losing my sight
By Lisa Fittipaldi. 2004
When Lisa Fittipaldi went blind at age 47, she descended into anger and denial, until a child's watercolour set, thrown…
down like a gauntlet by her frustrated husband, opened the door to a new life. In this memoir, she paints a vivid picture of the perceptual and emotional darkness of her vision loss and her arduous journey to reclaim her life. 2004.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.The world at her fingertips: the story of Helen Keller (Other or No Series)
By Joan Dash. 2001
A biography of the woman who overcame her disabilities to be an inspirational public figure. Discusses the cause of Helen…
Keller's blindness and deafness, her determination to lead a useful life, and the importance of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, throughout Helen's life. Grades 5-8. 2001.Six points de lumière: enquête autour de Louis Braille
By Bruno Liesen. 2008
[...] Une jeune historienne aveugle, au caractère bien trempé, rédige un livre sur lhistoire du braille pour la célébration du…
bicentenaire de la naissance de Louis Braille. Ses recherches lentraînent dans une aventure plutôt mouvementée. La partie historique, rigoureusement documentée, expose les origines du braille, sa naissance et son développement. Elle propose aussi quelques portraits de personnes aveugles qui ont marqué lHistoire. Cette fiction documentaire invite à porter sur les personnes aveugles et malvoyantes un regard différent. -- 4e de couv.Les dérives de l'industrie de la santé: petit abécédaire
By J.-Claude St-Onge. 2006
"[...] Lauteur dévoile dans ce nouvel ouvrage le fruit de ses recherches, une mine d'informations fouillées, claires et souvent choquantes.…
Par exemple : les raisons pour lesquelles tant d'essais cliniques ne sont pas fiables; la démonstration que le fabricant du Vioxx devait savoir que son médicament était dangereux pour le cœur; la portion exagérée du coût des médicaments qui est due au marketing; de nouvelles preuves que les antidépresseurs poussent certains utilisateurs au suicide et qu'ils n'ont pas l'efficacité qu'on leur prête ; la démonstration qu'une autre politique du médicament est possible et peut sauver des vies et des milliards de dollars; la façon dont on invente de nouvelles maladies pour nous abonner aux pilules; comment les agences de contrôle jouent à la roulette russe avec nos vies; la constatation que le virus de la grippe aviaire est connu depuis au moins un demi-siècle et qu'il n'a pourtant jamais provoqué la pandémie si redoutée; et une foule d'autres renseignements qui pourraient vous protéger contre les dérives de l'industrie de la santé." -- 4e de couv.Mort sur ordonnance: la vérité consternante que cache la surconsommation de médicaments
By Ray D Strand, Donna K Wallace, Claude Charbonneau. 2005
Médecin de famille dexpérience, chaque semaine, Ray Strand doit délivrer des ordonnances à ses patients, mais il nen estime pas…
moins que, dans la majorité des cas, les médicaments ne devraient être prescrits quen dernier recours, et pas de façon quasi-automatique. Dans Mort sur ordonnance, le docteur Strand vous propose des règles de conduite simples pour vous aider à vous protéger, vous ainsi que votre famille, contre tout effet indésirable des médicaments vendus sur ordonnance. -- 4e couv. Titre uniforme: Death by prescription.Tu choisiras la vie: [récit]
By Delphine Renard. 2013
''Il y a cinquante ans, ma chambre d'enfant a explosé. J'avais quatre ans et demi. La bombe, posée par des…
activistes de l'OAS sur l'appui de ma fenêtre, était destinée à André Malraux, alors ministre du général de Gaulle, dont le gouvernement était en train de mettre fin à cent trente ans de colonisation en Algérie. Il habitait les étages de notre maison, mais était absent à ce moment-là. Blessée dans l'attentat, j'ai perdu un oeil, puis deux. J'ai dû faire avec, pour grandir quand même. La trajectoire que m'avait préparée ma famille a donc buté sur l'impensable. Il m'a fallu inventer ma propre façon d'aller vers la vie. '' -- 4e de couv.Sourde, muette, aveugle: histoire de ma vie (Petite bibliothèque Payot.)
By Helen Keller, A Huzard. 2001
L'histoire authentique d'une jeune femme de 22 ans qui, privée de l'ouïe, de la vue et de la parole, dès…
l'âge de 19 ans, apprend à suppléer par le simple toucher, au point d'entreprendre les études les plus ardues. Titre uniforme: Story of my life.