deaf

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Being deaf

2000
Explains what it is like to be deaf, its possible causes, and how speech reading, hearing aids, and sign language can help deaf people live full lives.

Lisa and her soundless world

1974
A little girl with impaired hearing learns through various methods to use and understand speech.

Silent Lotus

1991
Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1987
A biography of the German musician who composed most of his greatest works after his hearing was gone.

Becoming Mary Mehan

two novels
2002
Contains the complete text to two novels by Jennifer Armstrong which feature Mary Mehan and her experiences during the Civil War and its aftermath.

Sudden death

1997
Sara Howell is alarmed when her friend is found dead and the police call it an accident, but her life is turned around when she finds reason to believe it was murder and decides to uncover the killer's identity and motive.

Missing!

1996
When Sara Howell's beautiful, wealthy friend Kim disappears, everyone assumes it is just another of Kim's ploys for attention, but Sara believes something bad has happened to her friend and sets out to investigate.

Death in the afternoon

1996
Sara Howell launches her own investigation after her father is killed by a hit-and-run driver and the police are unable to come up with any clues. When someone starts following Sara and her brother Steve begins receiving threats, she realizes her dad's death was no accident.

Edu-manga

2005
Presents a graphic novel depicting the life of Helen Keller, who became both deaf and blind as an infant, and her teacher Anne Sullivan.

Chelsea, the story of a signal dog

1992
Story of deaf couple Paul and Anne Ogden and their very special Belgian sheepdog, Chelsea, was acts as their "ears.".

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