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Biography

Hardback. Editor(s): Norland, Daniel; Rose, Jeffrey. Translator(s): List, Kathleen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BK; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781503601154
ISBN
9781503601154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781517902278
ISBN
9781517902278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 203 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517902407
ISBN
9781517902407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563680823
ISBN
9781563680823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Having panhandled as a "deaf" man for 11 years, the author has written a book exposing all the ins and outs of his life exploiting a "disability" to earn hundreds of dollars a day and sheds light on the cultural phenomenon of deaf peddling that thrives today. Illustrations. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563680960
ISBN
9781563680960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563681042
ISBN
9781563681042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563681226
ISBN
9781563681226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Homesteader in Iowa, a 49er in the California Gold Rush, and editor of his town-s local paper, Edmund Booth epitomized the classic 19th-century pioneer, except for one difference - he was deaf. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563682735
ISBN
9781563682735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

paperback. When Richard Medugno and his wife learned that their 17-month-old daughter Miranda was deaf, they grieved. In this book, Medugno provides practical information on many of the common challenges faced by hearing parents. He provides a list of games that hearing and deaf children can play together, an important consideration for many families. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781563682773
ISBN
9781563682773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word "deaf" described someone who was not really human. This autobiography reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563682841
ISBN
9781563682841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. This book offers an unusual perspective of the process by which three deaf French biographers from the 19th-20th centuries attempted to cross the cultural divide between deaf and hearing worlds. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563682988
ISBN
9781563682988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DN; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563683213
ISBN
9781563683213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. In the fifth Deaf Lives volume, Jacobs tells of searchingin Australia and Europe for an identity that has yet to be invented, as being neither deaf nor hearing, but an in-between." Series: Deaf Lives Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563683503
ISBN
9781563683503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a withering wit. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683572
ISBN
9781563683572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Deaf at age six, the author was educated with speech lessons, speech reading, and hearing aids. At the age of 62 she underwent a cochlear implantation. In this memoir, she describes living with a cochlear implant, including her realization that amplification and comprehension are not the same. Num Pages: 136 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563686153
ISBN
9781563686153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. This is a reissue of a memoir published in 1931, featuring a new scholarly introduction." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563686689
ISBN
9781563686689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. When Carolyn Ellis, a graduate student, and Gene Weinstein, her Professor, fell in love, he was experiencing the first stages of emphysema. As he became disabled and immobile, these two partners fought to maintain their love and to live a meaningful life. This memoir is about what it means to be involved, and in love, with someone chronically ill. Series: Health, Society, & Policy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392716
ISBN
9781566392716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Moving from examinations of narratives about disability and illness, the stigmatizing things that healthcare providers unwittingly say to their patients, and communication problems in the intensive care unit, to more personal reflections on anger, isolation, and stories of tragedy, tis work also discusses disability in the workplace. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396769
ISBN
9781566396769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.17

Paperback. Conceived within a clandestine relationship between a black man and a married white woman, Spain was born in Mississippi during the mid-1950s. This title portrays the dehumanizing conditions in the prisons, the pervasive abuses in the criminal justice system, and the case for overturning Spain's conspiracy conviction. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; JFSL3; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397506
ISBN
9781566397506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.45

paperback. A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781584657040
ISBN
9781584657040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.26

Hardcover. A memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentator Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657989
ISBN
9781584657989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

paperback. The autobiography of Olatunji, African musician and Africa's pioneer cultural ambassador to the world, captures a unique personal perspective of the world. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRJ; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592133543
ISBN
9781592133543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title re-constructs the defining moments of his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592134748
ISBN
9781592134748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592136162
ISBN
9781592136162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.42

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