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Dancing After TEN
By Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber. 2020
In late 2004, Vivian Chong’s life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her…
with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber — whose graphic autobiography, Dumb, chronicled her own disability — to trace her journey out of the darkness and into the spotlight. Chong now expresses her art through singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dancing. This graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.Narrative of the Great Plains, its native tribes, and America's western expansion. Highlights the story of nine-year-old settler Cynthia Ann…
Parker's 1836 kidnapping by Comanches and, later, her son Quanah's rise to chiefdom. Violence. Bestseller. 2010Pie Town woman: the hard life and good times of a New Mexico homesteader
By Joan Myers. 2001
Pie Town, New Mexico, was immortalized in 1940 in the photographs of Russell Lee, who documented life in the high,…
dry farming community as part of the Farm Security Administration's New Deal survey of American life. This book tells the story of one of the women photographed by Lee, Doris Caudill. Joan Myers tells Doris's story and recounts the experiences of Russell and Jean Lee during their stay in Pie Town. Woven through Myers's narrative are her musings on the relationships among memory, photographs, and actual events. Included are a selection of Lee's iconic photographs, Doris's family snapshots, and photographs taken by Myers herself showing the visual residue of those bygone yearsWay out West: recollections and tales
By H. G. Merriam. 1969
A collection of brief accounts portraying the variety of life in the West. The stories included here were selected by…
H.G. Merriam from "Frontier," a regional magazine published in Montana from 1920 to 1939Soaring into greatness: a blind woman's vision to live her dreams and fly
By Gail L. Hamilton. 2015
Born ten weeks premature and requiring oxygen to survive, Gail Hamilton's first six weeks of life began in an incubator.…
Six months later, doctors discovered that Gail had retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), an eye condition caused by the infusion of 100% pure oxygen. By age eleven, she was completely blind. This book follows Gail's story as her outer visual world merged with her inner vision, forcing her to listen with her inner voice, to follow her heart and tune into her intuition. Subjected to physical and emotional abuse, ostracized and often feeling alone, Gail's journey is one of courage and perseverance. Contains some violence and some descriptions of sexUnforeseen: the first blind Rhodes scholar : a memoir
By James J. Barnes. 2017
A historian's memoir of becoming the first blind Rhodes Scholar in the mid-1950s. Describes the deterioration of the author's eyesight…
during his first year at Oxford and his determination to press on. Relates his subsequent personal and educational achievments, including a PhD from Harvard and a distinguished forty-four-year teaching career. 2017Volver a correr
By Carlos Serván. 2017
Carlos Serván reflects upon his life's trajectory, including becoming blind as a result of a grenade blast as a Peruvian…
police cadet, and his subsequent career as an educator and blind advocate in the United States. Spanish language. 2017NON aux étiquettes !: 18 témoignages qui donnent envie de persévérer avec un trouble d'apprentissage (J'apprends la vie)
By Martine Latulippe, Phil Poulin. 2020
Ce livre rassemble 18 témoignages de Québécoises et Québécois de tous horizons, connus ou non, jeunes et moins jeunes, ayant…
un parcours de vie remarquable malgré un trouble d'apprentissage comme la dyslexie, la dysorthographie, la dyscalculie, le TDC (dysparxie), le TDAH ou le TSA. « Malgré » un trouble ? Plutôt « avec », puisqu'ils ont su en faire une force, une occasion de développer leur persévérance et un atout à leur personnalité ! Un recueil essentiel à lire en classe ou à la maison pour découvrir des êtres humains inspirants et leurs précieux conseils pour dire : NON aux étiquettes !Unblinded: one man's courageous journey through darkness to sight
By Traci Medford-Rosow, Kevin Coughlin. 2018
In 1997, thirty-six-year-old Kevin Coughlin's eyesight began to blur, and within five days he had lost his vision. He describes…
learning he has a genetic disorder called Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and how, fifteen years later, he mysteriously began to regain his sight. Includes journal entries. 2018Nujeen: one girl's incredible journey from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair
By Christina Lamb, Nujeen Mustafa. 2016
The story of Nujeen Mustafa, who was born with cerebral palsy and journeyed from Syria to Germany in a wheelchair.…
Denied education in Syria because of her condition, she taught herself English using American soap operas. Nujeen fled after her small town became the epicenter of conflict between ISIS militants and Kurdish troops. Some violence. 2016The American West: a very short introduction (Very short introductions)
By Stephen Aron. 2015
Examination of a long, complicated history, beginning before the West was American and extending into the twenty-first century. Describes migrations…
westward, rivalries between French, Spanish, and British empire-builders, and conflicts with Mexico and Indians. Discusses the Gold Rush, the mingling of cultures, water conservation, and Hollywood-produced Westerns. 2015Tough as they come: A Memoir
By Marcus Brotherton, Travis Mills. 2015
Army sergeant Travis Mills fought in Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division. On his third tour of duty,…
an IED explosion cost him both arms and both legs. He shares his fight for survival, the difficult rehabilitation he went through, and how he continues to live a full life. 2015On my own two feet: from losing my legs to learning the dance of life
By Michelle Burford, Amy Purdy. 2014
A contestant on the television program Dancing with the Stars talks about her experience of losing her legs after contracting…
bacterial meningitis. She nearly died, and the experience left her with a new sense of spirituality and determination. 2014A blessing well disguised: a blinded artist's inner journey out of the dark
By Lloyd Burlingame. 2014
Broadway stage designer, blinded at the height of his career, describes his efforts to reinvent himself as an author--Two Seeing…
Eye Dogs Take Manhattan (DB 75550), Sets, Lights, and Lunacy (DB 80648)--and, more important, to accept his condition and find wholeness. His journey is facilitated by Jungian analysis. 2014Blind: a memoir
By Belo Miguel Cipriani. 2011
A man recounts losing his sight in 2007 at the age of twenty-six due to a violent attack by childhood…
friends. Describes his life prior to the attack and the ways he learned to navigate the world after it in a series of essays. Discusses the emotional impact of vision loss. 2011Campbell's rambles: how a seeing eye dog retrieved my life
By Patty Fletcher, Patty L Fletcher. 2014
A woman recounts her experiences working with a guide dog after using a cane for thirty-one years. Describes the training…
process, finding a connection with her dog, and the impact on her life after returning home from training. Discusses the effect of her increased independence on personal relationships. 2014Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
By Martin W. Sandler, Martin W Sandler. 2015
Recounts the construction of the transcontinental railroad. An additional 1,800 miles of tracks to the West Coast finally connected the…
eastern and western shores. Discusses the daring feats of tens of thousands of workers, the dangers they encountered, their challenges, and their successes. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2015After relating her first years with guide dog Teela in Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by…
My Side (DB 71184), Stanford professor Krieger returns with another book about her now aging companion. She discusses her blindness and the many ways her relationship with Teela has enriched her life. 2015Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West
By Wallace Stegner. 1992
Author of Angle of Repose (DB 54215) recounts the life and expeditions of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). Stegner details Powell's…
interest in scientific observation, feuds with politicians and industrialists, and his plans for development of the West based on the discoveries he made during his travels. 1953Laughing at my nightmare
By Shane Burcaw. 2014
Burcaw describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy--from awkward handshakes to trying to find a…
girlfriend, and everything in between. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2014