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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else. There are…
towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid, even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps, Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Winner of Royal Society Science Book Prize 2016, James Wright Award for Nature Writing 2016, and Costa Biography Award 2015. Bestseller. 2015.By Katherine Schneider. 2006
Millions of North Americans have chronic illnesses or disabilities requiring them to make accommodations in their lives. The author, a…
psychologist who has been blind since birth, hopes to help this adjustment with her own humorous life stories, as well as provide understanding of what life is really like for those with disabilities. 2006.In this meditation on his relationship with his guide dog Smokie, Michalko probes into what it means to be at…
home with blindness. Smokie makes no judgment about Michalko's lack of sight; it simply is the condition within which they work together. Their partnership thus allows Michalko to step outside of the conventional - and even 'enlightened' - understanding of blindness; he becomes not simply resigned to it but able to embrace it as an essential part of his being in the world. 1999.Stanford professor Krieger describes adapting to life with progressively limited vision caused by birdshot retinochoroidopathy. She writes of embarking upon…
local and long-distance trips and exploring the southwest desert with her guide dog Teela and her lover Hannah. c2010.By Ron Wight. 2002
Think you know it all about hockey? These fan-stumping quizzes will dispel the hockey myths you have believed since you…
were a kid, and help you learn about the more unique hockey records that may never be broken, and the most intriguing moments in hockey history. Packed with statistics, Q&A's, fascinating stories, and a unique chapter on women's hockey. 2002.By Dale Portman. 2004
A collection of stories about working horses and the people who make a living riding them in Canada's mountain national…
parks: chasing a herd of wild horses, galloping at full speed toward an impenetrable forest, and so on. A sense of the excitement of the backcountry life. 2004.By Rich Mole. 2004
The most thrilling and the most dramatic games are those played during the playoffs, when the stakes are high and…
everything is on the line. Celebrate the joy of victory with some of the greatest hockey stories of the past century, including the Montreal Canadiens of the 1970, the 1980's Edmonton Oilers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1960's. 2004.By Jim Barber. 2004
The Toronto Maples Leafs hockey team is one of Canada's greatest franchises. From their humble beginnings in the 1920s, to…
their remarkable Stanley Cup victories of the 1940s and 1960s, to their teambuilding challenges of the 1990s and beyond, the Leafs have a history packed with exhilarating accomplishments and devastating setbacks. 2004.By Jason Cohen. 2001
Writer Jason Cohen follows the fortunes of the minor pro hockey team, the Austin Ice Bats, through one season. From…
Lake Charles to El Paso and Waco to Monroe, he chronicles the games, bus rides, and locker room incidents of the team. He uncovers a world where people still play for the love of the game, fans can get a free autograph, and the dreams of literally hundreds of Canadian and American men are found, and lost. Strong language. 2001.By Marvin L Kwitko, Marvin Ross. 1994
By Diane P Chambers. 2005
A true story of a sign language teacher's encounter with Bert Riedel, an 86-year-old pianist who lost his hearing and…
sight at age 45. By learning hand-over-hand signing, Bert was able to experience a life renewal, and at the same time, Bert's teacher underwent a personal transformation. 2005.A handbook to help parents gain confidence in raising a child who is blind or has low vision. Suggests strategies,…
support parents' beliefs in their own abilities, and provide information and suggestions about additional sources of advice. Also defines the technical terms parents are likely to hear and discusses the expectations parents, educators, and others can have for a child who is blind or visually impaired. 2002.By Deborah Gold, Terri Hulett. 2007
This guide is intended for all Canadians who want to learn about vision health and the leading causes of age-related…
vision loss. It also aims to reduce some common feelings of frustration, anxiety, fear and sadness frequently experienced by people who are learning to deal with vision loss. The guide can also be used by family members, friends and health-care providers. 2007.By Sylvia Fraser. 2001
Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." Travelling 12,000 kilometres…
as a solitary traveler across deserts and through jungles, she visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges and the Golden Temple of the Sikhs; spends time with a Hindu sect up Mount Abu and meditates eleven hours a day for ten days in a Buddhist retreat while observing a vow of silence. 2001.By Helen Keller. 2000
Quotations from speeches, letters, articles, and interviews by the author, lecturer, and humanitarian who became deaf-blind at nineteen months of…
age. Topics include the senses, faith, women in society, human nature, war and peace, education, happiness, friendship and love, and triumph over adversity. Includes a chronology of Keller's life from 1880 to 1968. 2000.By Christopher Moore. 2004
A profile of the man who explored areas of eastern Canada, mapped them, and led the settlement at Quebec from…
1608 until his death. Introduces readers to the explorer's life story and the challenges he faced in North America, and also provides excellent background information on topics such as the clamour for beaver skins in Europe and the enmity between the Huron and the Iroquois. Also includes a discussion of what we don't know about Champlain, a description of historic sites to visit, and suggestions for further reading. Grades 4-7. 2004.By Serge Marc Durflinger. 2010
A history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of…
War Blinded. Durflinger details the veterans' process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping, and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. Captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans' community, and highlights the impact made by the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens. 2010.By Bruce Kirkby. 2005
Stuck in an engineer's cubicle and tormented by doubts and boredom, Kirkby quit his job to bicycle the Karakoram Highway…
in northern Pakistan. Over the next fifteen years, he undertook some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer, including running Africa's Blue Nile Gorge, climbing Mount Everest, or learning to embrace the wilderness on the Tatshenshini River of Canada's Arctic. 2005.By Ed Willes. 2004
The WHA began as the scheme of two California lawyers, and it introduced 27 new hockey franchises, a trail of…
bounced cheques, fractious lawsuits, folded teams, and the crackpots, goons, and crazies that are so well remembered as the league's bizarre legacy. But the WHA also drove hockey into the modern age, ended the NHL's monopoly, freed players from the reserve clause, ushered in the 18-year-old draft, moved the game into the Sun Belt, and put European players on the ice in numbers previously unimagined. Some strong language. 2005, c2004.By Rosemary Mahoney. 2014
In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's 'The Island of the Colorblind', Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders,…
the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. 2014.