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Out of sight: ten stories of victory over blindness
By Al Sperber. 1976
'Out of Sight' is the name of a radio programme for and about the blind in New York. This book…
was inspired by the programme as each of the ten people interviewed had taken part several times as they told their story of coping with blindness. Often their greatest battle has been seen against the contradictory and often discriminatory attitudes of sighted people towards them. 1976.Helen and teacher (Radcliffe biography series.)
By Joseph P Lash. 1980
This double biography covers 100 years, from Annie Sullivan's childhood in an almshouse to Helen Keller's death in 1968. The…
author reveals the intensity and depth of their mutually dependent relationship which was filled with genius, devotion, sacrifice and love. c1980. (Radcliffe Biography Series)The world in my ears
By Arthur T Cushen. 1979
Part one deals with Cushen's life as a blind person employed as a station representative, broadcaster, and journalist. Part two…
explains in simple nontechnical terms the hobby of shortwave listening. 1980.Ordinary daylight: portrait of an artist going blind
By Andrew Potok. 1980
A true story of a man who lost everything and found himself. A forty-year-old artist tells of his emotional reaction…
to dependency, retraining, rehabilitation and his constant hope to regain his sight, which causes him to try unusual cures, such as the 'bee sting' cure. 1980.The teahouse of the August moon
By John Patrick. 1957
Captain Fisby is presented with two geishas in return for a favour, and persuades the Colonel that the American way…
is not the only way. A comedy in three acts, adapted from the novel about U.S. troop occupation of Okinawa during World War II. 1957.Long day's journey into night
By Eugene O'Neill. 1955
An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. Realistic and moving, this work was found in manuscript among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953. 1956, c1955.Rx, applause: biography of a blind performer
By Mason Turner. 1983
Emma and Co
By Sheila Hocken. 1983
A tribute to Emma, a devoted guide dog and companion, this book is filled with delightful and sometimes disastrous anecdotes…
about Emma and the Hocken family. Sequel to "Emma V.I.P." (DC28669). Followed by "After Emma" (DC28668). 1983.Death of a salesman: certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem
By Arthur Miller. 1949
A modern drama which indicts the optimism and materialism of American society. Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, experiences a profound…
sense of failure as he recognizes signs of aging in himself and decides to take stock of his accomplishments. Pulitzer Prize winner. Originally written in 1949. Textbook format. 1949.Invincible Louisa: the story of the author of Little women
By Cornelia Meigs. 1968
Eclipse, a nightmare: A Nightmare
By Hugues De Montalembert, David Noakes. 1985
In 1978, artist Hughes de Montalembert was blinded by two muggers. This is the tale of his search for a…
cure, of his rehabilitation and his despair, and finally his discovery of reconciliation and peace. 1985. Uniform title: Lumière assassinée.Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun
By Rhoda Blumberg. 1985
The homecoming: [a play]
By Harold Pinter. 1965
Arab and Jew: wounded spirits in a promised land
By David K Shipler. 1986
The author, a 'New York Times' Jerusalem correspondent, looks at the Israeli people who lead lives complicated by long histories,…
bitter feuds and complex identities. He also discusses the stereotypes the Arabs and Jews have of each other, and the fears those images evoke. 1987 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. c1986.To catch an angel: adventures in the world I cannot see
By Robert Russell. 1963
The miracle worker: a play for television
By William Gibson. 1959
Midstream: my later life
By Helen Keller. 1929
John Keats
By Walter Jackson Bate. 1963
Battle cry of freedom: the Civil War era (The Oxford history of the United States ; #6)
By James M McPherson. 1988
Looks at the events and issues that divided the American public and led to the Civil War, opposition to the…
war in both the North and South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner. c1988.The Gutenberg galaxy: the making of typographic man
By Marshall McLuhan. 1962
Controversial when first published, this classic book theorizes that the invention of printing has shaped our lives. McLuhan looks at…
politics, economics, philosophy, literature and post-Newtonian physics. Winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.