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Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

"Desde que Fei puede recordar, en su pueblo nadie puede oír. El terreno rocoso y los aludes frecuentes hacen que sea imposible abandonar el pueblo, por lo que Fei y su gente están a merced de una línea con la que se izan los alimentos por los traicioneros acantilados desde Beiguo, un reino lejano y misterioso. Cuando los habitantes del pueblo empiezan a perder la vista, disminuye la cantidad de comida que llega por la línea. Muchos pasan hambre....

"Some people are deaf. What does that mean? Using simple, engaging text and full-color photos, readers learn what deafness is, how it can be caused, and what daily life is like for someone who can't hear. This book includes a video, which launches via a 4D app."--Publisher.

In See What I Mean, 2nd Edition, host Thomas Holcomb presents all the classic scenes of cultural misunderstanding between Deaf and hearing cultures discussed in the original version of See What I Mean plus he presents four (4) new scenes featuring the latest innovations in technology that have a profound effect on the Deaf Community including: Text pagers; Videophones; Video relay service; and E-mail. This DVD is recommended for ASL students, interpreters,...

Learn the basic skills of American Sign Language in an easy way. Shows how natural gestures, mime, and facial expressions used everyday can aid in thinking in picture instead of in words - the basis of ASL. Each DVD builds upon the concepts learned in the previous unit(s).

Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence. At once a love story, an elegy, and an urgent plea, these poems confronts our time's vicious atrocities...