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Author | : Tom Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Blind musicians |
ISBN | : |
Tom Sullivan was born blind but grew up unwilling to be constrained by his lack of sight, taking on wrestling, baseball, piano, writing and girlfriends with vigorous enthusiasm.
Author | : Kathy Buckley |
Publisher | : Dutton Adult |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
She was born with a devastating disability no one could diagnose and labeled mentally retarded by an uncaring school system. She was sexually abused, nearly killed in a car accident, and stricken with cancer-all before the age of thirty. Kathy Buckley not only survived, but went on to become a top female comic, award-winning author of a one-woman Off Broadway show, and a beloved motivational speaker throughout the country. In If You Could Hear What I See, Buckley tells her remarkable life story, from her small-town childhood in Wickliffe, Ohio-where she was unable to form words until age seven-to her incredible career as "America's first hearing-impaired comedienne". In chapters such as "I Can Hear the Laughter", "Confessions of a Deaf Catholic", and "Table Manners with Anne Baxter", she shares the pain and pathos of growing up hearing-impaired, the hope that has sustained her through her darkest moments, and the humor that saved her sanity. She talks about the people and events that changed her life and encouraged her to dream. But most of all, If You Could Hear What I See is about a woman who made a choice: to overcome all the obstacles life could throw her way, and to meet those challenges with dignity, courage, and laughter.
Author | : Kathy Buckley |
Publisher | : Plume |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Comedians |
ISBN | : 9780452283350 |
Born with severe hearing loss, Buckley survived abuse and grew up to be a top female comic, author, star of a one-woman show and motivational speaker. Now she reveals the gift that gave her power over her future.
Author | : Nathaniel Branden |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780553342185 |
Author | : Erik Weihenmayer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2002-03-26 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780452282940 |
The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air
Author | : Tom Sullivan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2012-09-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 145166351X |
An inspirational memoir of a man's rich life experiences without sight, but with an enormous sense of wonder. Sullivan has gleaned a number of gifts from his "affliction," including cultivating a sense of his own purpose, treasuring people without expectation, and celebrating his own uniqueness.
Author | : Leah Scheier |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1492614424 |
"I was the one he trusted. I was the one he loved, the only one who believed him, even when his own mother had locked him up and thrown away the key. And now, I was going to pass down the white tiled hallway, knock on his doctor's office door, slam his secret notebook on her desk and make her read it, make her understand what he was hiding, make her see what only I had seen." April won't let Jonah go without a fight. He's her boyfriend—her best friend. She'll do anything to keep him safe. But as Jonah slips into a dark depression, trying to escape the traumatic past that haunts him, April is torn. To protect Jonah, she risks losing everything: family, friends, an opportunity to attend a prestigious music school. How much must she sacrifice? And will her voice be loud enough to drown out the dissenters—and the ones in his head?
Author | : Shiloh Walker |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2011-10-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345517571 |
A CRY IN THE WOODS The scream Lena Riddle hears in the woods behind her house is enough to curdle her blood—she has no doubt that a woman is in real danger. Unfortunately, with no physical evidence, the local law officers in small-town Ash, Kentucky, dismiss her claim. But Lena knows what she heard—and it leaves her filled with fear and frustration. Ezra King is on leave from the state police, but he can’t escape the guilty memories that haunt his dreams. When he sees Lena, he is immediately drawn to her. He aches to touch her—to be touched by her—but is he too burdened by his tragic past to get close? When Ezra hears her story of an unknown woman’s screams, his instincts tell him that Lena’s life is also at risk—and his desire to protect her is as fierce as his need to possess her.
Author | : Nick Gleeson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2017-06-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1925183823 |
In desperation, I look up into mum’s face. A small face – a loving face — And the lights go out. Her face is the last image I will ever see in my lifetime. Blind since the age of seven, Nick Gleeson has spent his life learning to ‘see’ without seeing. Growing up in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, Nick’s young life was defined by touch and smell: learning the shape of each shoe so he knew left from right. Holding the huge, rough hand of his father. Smelling the well-worn vinyl in the family car. Gently feeling the smooth top and soft underbelly of a mushroom he has picked. When Nick meets Peter Bishop, Creative Director of Varuna, the Writers’ House many years later, he has led an amazing life of physical adventuring. He’s scaled basecamp at Everest and the top of Kilimanjaro; he’s been a Paralympic athlete, a marathon runner, a skydiver. And, most recently, he’s been on an expedition to the Simpson Desert. In a unique blend of memoir, conversation and insights into the writing process, together Peter and Nick have collaborated to share Nick’s compelling life journey with its many challenges, loves and losses. The Many Ways of Seeing is an inspiring true story about determination in the face of hardship, the importance of trust and friendship and the wonderful relationship between a mentor and writer.
Author | : Tom Sullivan |
Publisher | : HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2008-09-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1418530204 |
In this inspiring memoir, the actor and singer remembers the incredible summer he refused to let blindness keep him from living like other children. In the summer of 1959, eleven-year-old Tom Sullivan was desperate to experience life the way other little boys did. Blind since infancy, he’d learned much at the venerable Perkins School for the Blind. But he was beginning to feel confined by its rules and sheltered environment. Encouraged by his saloon owner father, he spent that summer undertaking adventurous challenges of all kinds—from pitching in a Little League game to boxing the neighborhood bully. In this hair-raising and heartwarming memoir, Tom vividly recounts a summer in which he boldly attempted—and often achieved—the impossible.