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361) The country of the blind: a memoir at the end of sight (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)
Author
Pub. Date
[2023].
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Description
"A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over...
362) Sidney Poitier
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going...
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
Blindness became Captain Scotty Smiley's journey of supreme testing. As he lay helpless in the hospital, he resented the theft of his dreams; becoming a CEO, a Delta Force operator, or a four-star general. With his wife Tiffany's love and the support of his family and friends, Scotty's response became God's transforming moment. The injury only intensified his indomitable spirit.
364) See the ocean
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Driving through mountain fog to the beach, two young brothers compete to see who will catch the first glimpse of the ocean, but it is their blind sister Nellie who senses it first.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"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...
366) Miss Spitfire
Author
Pub. Date
[released 2008]
Description
At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline and communication skills. Includes historical notes and timeline.
367) The miracle worker
Pub. Date
1999, c1962
Description
The story of Helen Keller and the guardian Annie Sullivan who broke through her barriers of blindness and deafness to communicate with her.
368) Daredevil: Yellow
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
The blind superhero reminisces about how he started battling crime to avenge his father's murder, and about his doomed love for Karen Page, the secretary of his alter-ego, lawyer Matt Murdock.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
"Arlo Dilly is young, handsome and eager to meet the right girl. He also happens to be DeafBlind, a Jehovah's Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle. His chances of finding someone to love seem slim to none. And yet, it happened once before: many years ago, at a boarding school for the Deaf, Arlo met the love of his life-a mysterious girl with onyx eyes and beautifully expressive hands which told him the most amazing stories....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
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CSL - Adapted for Film or Television
CSL - Books by or about Persons with Disabilities
CSL - Longer Book Club Reads
CSL - Books by or about Persons with Disabilities
CSL - Longer Book Club Reads
Description
"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo,...
371) Invisible voices
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
The feature program captures a compelling stage show, providing a window into the complex worlds of six individuals who have adapted to, and thrived with their disabilities. Listen to these 'invisible voices,' as they share their stories with courage, passion and humor. They know first hand what it means to be one of the 54 million Americans living with a serious disability today. Written by playwright Ping Chong as part of his 'Undesirable Elements'...
372) Daredevil
Author
Series
Daredevil (2011) volume 1
Description
When Felicia Hardy, aka the Black Cat, is accused of stealing a top-secret piece of holographic technology, Spider-Man Peter Parker teams up with Daredevil Matt Murdock to find the device and prove her innnocence. Then, Daredevil investigates when the body of his father, Jack Murdock, is stolen from his grave, and Matt continues his fight for control of the Omega Drive
Author
Series
Love's in sight volume 4
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city fears Morio, but Yukiko sees the real him--he's a soft sweetheart who's just searching for his place in the world! As Morio and Yukiko continue to grow closer, their friends do too--or try to, at least! Differences in their lived experiences lead to clashes between Morio and Sora,...
374) Love's in sight!: 5
Author
Series
Love's in sight! volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Love blooms between a tough delinquent boy and a spunky girl with a vision impairment! Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city fears Morio, but Yukiko sees the real him--he's a soft sweetheart who's just searching for his place in the world! Yukiko is continuing to adapt well to her part-time job when she bumps into Kurisu,...
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