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1

A brief history of time


Stephen Hawkins

2 The Catcher in the Rye

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The Catcher in the Rye


J. D. Salinger

In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-oldHolden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.
3 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson


Mitch Albom

" Albom tells the story of his reconnection with his college professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, and their visits in the months prior to Morrie's death.
4 Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths

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Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths


Elaine Costello Ph.D.

A revised edition of an interdenominational guide to religious sign language demonstrates how to use each sign in its proper context, incorporates twenty new signs devoted to the Muslim faith, and reworks prayers to put them in American ...
5 The Other Side of Silence: Sign Language and the Deaf Community in America

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The Other Side of Silence: Sign Language and the Deaf Community in America


Arden Neisser

Examines the use of sign language by the deaf and discusses the education and social conditions of deaf people in the United States
6 Les Miserables (Barnes & Noble Classics)

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Les Miserables (Barnes & Noble Classics)


Victor Hugo

In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ...
7 Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web


E. B. White

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be thefarmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
8 In This Sign: The Highly Acclaimed Novel of a Family Whose Love and Courage Enable Them to Survive in the Silent World of the Deaf (Owl Books)

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In This Sign: The Highly Acclaimed Novel of a Family Whose Love and Courage Enable Them to Survive in the Silent World of the Deaf (Owl Books)


Joanne Greenberg

Two deaf individuals leave an insensitive home for the handicapped to find a life for themselves
9 'Salem's Lot

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'Salem's Lot


Stephen King

I doubt like hell that it's a signed confession to anything, anyway." Ben smiled back. "Mark Twain said a novel was a confession to everything by a man who ...
10 A Journey Into the Deaf-World

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A Journey Into the Deaf-World


Harlan Lane, Robert Hoffmeister, Ben Bahan

11 Kingdom of Fear

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Kingdom of Fear


Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson's Kingdom of Fear is the wild and outrageous autobiography fromthe world's most notorious journalist.
12 To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)


Harper Lee

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a younggirl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
13 Cell: A Novel

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Cell: A Novel


Stephen King

14 Comfort from a Country Quilt

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Comfort from a Country Quilt


Reba McEntire

15 Reba: My Story

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Reba: My Story


Reba McEntire, Tom Carter

The popular country music performer shares the memories, influences, and family history that have shaped her life, the rise of her career, and the triumphs and ...
16 The Da Vinci Code

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The Da Vinci Code


Dan Brown

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to ...
17 Movers and Shakers: Deaf People Who Changed the World

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Movers and Shakers: Deaf People Who Changed the World


Cathryn Carroll, Susan M. Mather

The other sections in the workbook include standard features such as English Idioms, Content (comprehension check), Opinion, and Follow-up Topics.
18 Deaf Like Me

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Deaf Like Me


Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley

The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal ...
19 Moonlight Becomes You

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Moonlight Becomes You


Mary Higgins Clark

With a sense of swiftly mounting danger, and with the skill and insight into humannature that have made all Mary Higgins Clark's books major bestsellers, ...
20 Sleeping with Strangers (Gideon Trilogy 1)

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Sleeping with Strangers (Gideon Trilogy 1)


Eric Jerome Dickey

Drifting from relationship to relationship in his work as a killer for hire, Gideon interacts with a range of con artists, prostitutes, and broken-hearted ...
21 Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

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Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love


Myron Uhlberg

A heartwarming memoir describes growing up as the hearing son of two deaf parents during the Depression, the challenges of straddling the world of the deaf and the hearing world beyond the family's silent apartment, and his occasional ...
22 A Phone of Our Own: The Deaf Insurrection Against Ma Bell

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A Phone of Our Own: The Deaf Insurrection Against Ma Bell


Harry G. Lang

the deaf insurrection against Ma Bell Harry G Lang. solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of any sponsor. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) also provided funds for the project. Sue Decker ...
23 The Talisman

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The Talisman


Stephen King, Peter Straub

Reissued to coincide with the release of the thrilling new sequel, thirteen-year-old Jack Sawyer braves the mysterious dangers of the Territories, a surreal ...
24 The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club)

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The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club)


Pearl S. Buck

A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature tobecome a wealthy landowner.
25 A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family

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A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family


Lou Ann Walker

The author recounts her life as a young girl raised by deaf parents, in a memoir that reflects on how parents grow and how children learn
26 Watership Down: A Novel

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Watership Down: A Novel


Richard Adams

An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they ...
27 The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn

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The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn


Robert Jordan

Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time. This boxed set contains: Book One: TheEye of the World Book Two: The Great Hunt Book Three: The Dragon Reborn
28 Let's Sign Dictionary: Everyday Bsl for Learners

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Let's Sign Dictionary: Everyday Bsl for Learners


Cath Smith

29 Inside Deaf Culture

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Inside Deaf Culture


Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries

Carol PADDEN, Tom Humphries, Carol Padden. meet together on common ground as adults. Even today, deaf children who attend separate classrooms in public schools still find each other on the playground, or socialize after school.
30 Deaf Sentence: A Novel

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Deaf Sentence: A Novel


David Lodge

Ralph Messenger is a man who knows what he wants and generally gets it.
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Gossip Girl




32 Pride and Prejudice (Insight Edition)

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Pride and Prejudice (Insight Edition)


Jane Austen

Jane Austens beloved classic--the tale of the Regency romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy--is now presented with engaging side notes that offer ...
33 I Was #87: A Deaf Woman's Ordeal of Misdiagnosis, Institutionalization, and Abuse

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I Was #87: A Deaf Woman's Ordeal of Misdiagnosis, Institutionalization, and Abuse


Anne M. Bolander, Adair N. Renning

Children's names were not used; Anne was assigned a number instead, #87 (an abstract symbol for her, since she had never been taught numbers), which told her when she was allowed to go to the bathroom, after #86.
34 Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence

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Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence


Luke Jackson

Offers insights by a teenager with Asperger's syndrome into the difficulties of the disorder, including information on fascinations and obsessions, sensory perception, sleep, bullies, moral dilemmas, eating, and socializing.
35

Tell No One


Harlan Coben

36 The Fountainhead

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The Fountainhead


Ayn Rand

For use in schools and libraries only. The story of a gifted architect, his struggle against conventional standards, and his violent love affair.
37 Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf

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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf


Oliver Sacks

"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought--. Sacks [is] one of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time.
38 State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III

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State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III


Bob Woodward

The author of Bush At War presents an intimate account of the present state of nationalsecurity decision-making, placing Bush's presidency in a historical ...
39 Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary

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Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary


Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl

This complete collection includes more than 300 works of art by more than 60 artists from colonial times to the present.
40

The Name of the Wind


Patrick Rothfuss

41 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi


Mitchell Zuckoff with the Annex Security Team

This is their personal account, never before told, of what happened during the thirteen hours of that now-infamous attack. 13 HOURS sets the record straight on what happened during a night that has been shrouded in mystery and controversy.
42 Cujo

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Cujo


Stephen King

What happens to Cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inexorably drawing in all thepeople around him, makes for one of the most heart-stopping novels ...
43 The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven


Mitch Albom

Killed in a tragic accident at a seaside amusement park while trying to save a little girl, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had lived an uninspired ...
44 The Other Woman

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The Other Woman


Eric Jerome Dickey

The New York Times bestselling hitmaker scores again with a "wonderfully written" (Washington Post Book World) new novel.
45 Stranger in a Strange Land

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Stranger in a Strange Land


Robert A. Heinlein

Books by Robert A. Heinlein STRANGER ... STARMAN JONES STARSHIP TROOPERS STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND THREE BY HEINLEIN TIME ... THE WORLDS OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN.
46 We the Living

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We the Living


Ayn Rand

This classic novel is not a story of politics, but of the men and women who have tostruggle for existence behind the banners and slogans.
47 The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature


Steven Pinker

In a provocative study of the nature versus nurture debate, one of the world's foremost experts on language and the mind brilliantly explores the modern self ...
48 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


Douglas Adams

Whether you are well versed in the antics of Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered Earthmanplucked from his planet seconds before it's demolished to make way for a ...
49 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


J. R. R. Tolkien

The first volume of The Lord of the Rings, now featuring Tolkien's original unuseddust-jacket design.
50 Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway through Life (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

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Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway through Life (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)


Gerald Shea

Combining the best parts of This is Your Brain on Music and The Emotional Brain, this book gives new insight into what really makes us tick.
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