In this landmark reader, Benjamin Fraser offers in five parts 44 Spanish documents dating from 1417 to the present, translated for the first time to trace the turbulent history of Deaf culture in Spain. Part I: The Birth of Oralism and Deafness as Me...

In "Deaf People Around the World: Educational and Social Perspectives", the leading researchers in 30 nations describe the shared developmental, social, and educational issues facing deaf people filtered through the prism of unique national, regional...

"The Deaf poet is no oxymoron", declares editor John Lee Clark in his introduction to "Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology". The 95 poems by 35 Deaf American poets in this volume more than confirm his point. From James Nack's early metered narrative p...

"Deaf Lives in Contrast: Two Women's Stories" might seem to bring together polar opposites in the broad range of deaf experience. Yet, as these narratives unfold, the reader will recognize that common threads run through them despite their different...

This book provides a comprehensive review of grammatical structures and usage for intermediate to advanced students of German. Those who have had some exposure to German grammar in their earlier German courses can fine-tune their accuracy. While this...

Elizabeth Thompson's hearing loss was detected when she was in elementary school, and her hearing continued to deteriorate until she became completely deaf. Like many other hard of hearing and late-deafened individuals, her hearing loss complicated t...

Since the French Revolution in1789, Deaf French people have struggled to preserve their cultural heritage, to win full civil rights, and to gain access to society through their sign language. Anne T. Quartararo depicts this struggle in her new book "...

In her landmark book "Inner Lives of Deaf Children: Interviews and Analysis", Martha A. Sheridan explored the lifeworlds: the individual and collective elements and realities that are present within the participants' existential experiences, their re...

"Deaf Education in America: Voices of Children from Inclusion Settings" provides a detailed examination of the complex issues surrounding the integration of deaf students into the general classroom. Author Janet Cerney begins her comprehensive work b...

"The Deaf History Reader" presents nine masterful chapters that bring together a remarkably vivid depiction of the varied Deaf experience in America. This collection features the finest scholarship from a noteworthy group of historians, including Reg...