Now, Jack R. Gannon's original groundbreaking volume on Deaf history and culture is available once again. In "Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America", Gannon brought together for the first time the story of the Deaf experience in America...

"Why Translation Matters" argues for the cultural importance of translation, and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, "My intention is to sti...

In 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs, "The Week the World Heard Gallaudet" depicts, day by day, the "Deaf President Now!" Revolution at Gallaudet University as it unfolded March 6-13, 1988. Author Jack Gannon interviewed such main charac...

Despite its prominence as a world cultural center and a locus of research on deaf culture, history, education, and language for more than 150 years, Gallaudet University has only infrequently been the focal point of historical study. Eminent historia...

This extraordinary volume features the very best of the scholarship presented at the Deaf Way II, the second international Deaf gathering in 2002 in Washington, DC. More than 100 contributors from countries as far afield as Brazil, Cyprus, Denmark, G...

This Volume captures in 250 full-color photographs the international celebration of 9,000 deaf people that took place July, 2002, in Washington, D.C.

In 1917, Henri Gaillard journeyed to the United States for the centennial celebration of the American School for the Deaf (ASD). The oldest school for deaf students in America, ASD had been confounded by renowned deaf French teacher Laurent Clerc, th...

"The Handbook of Pediatric Audiology" presents 14 comprehensive chapters written by the preeminent expert in each discipline. Clinicians and other professionals and students now can refer to specific subjects in pediatric audiology for treating child...

Written for young adults, this book introduces American Sign Language (ASL) and emphasizes how it differs from English. Readers will learn correct ASL sentences, sign games, and the full beauty of ASL in poetry and music.

This full-color picture book helps children learn their numbers in sign language. Each two-page spread of this delightfully illustrated book has the appropriate number of things or creatures for the numbers 0 through 20. The signs for the numbers 30,...