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When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at...
2) Piper
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Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst...
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Sign of affection volume 1
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"Yuki, who's always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she's not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics...until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he's a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he's never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a...
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Sign of affection volume 5
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Yuki is a typical college student--it's just that she can't hear. A chance encounter on a train leads to a serious crush... but will he give her a chance? Yuki's life revolved around friends, fashion, her classes, and social media, until something interrupted her routine: a chance meeting with Itsuomi, a classmate with a passion for languages, world travel, movies--and, increasingly, for Yuki. Amazed at how casually Itsuomi asked her out, Yuki couldn't...
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Sign of affection volume 2
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"After struggling with her feelings for Itsuomi, Yuki's chosen love, an intense heart-to-heart between the two, sitting against a laundromat window watching the falling snow, has begun to deepen their relationship. But there's still much more progress to be made, and Yuki finds the world Itsuomi inhabits intimidating... How can they keep communicating when Itsuomi drops in and out of Yuki's life?" -- Page [4] of cover.
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Sign of affection volume 4
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"Yuki, a deaf college student who's led a relatively sheltered life, has just taken a huge step: She's got a boyfriend! And he seems like a keeper: Itsuomi is a multilingual globetrotter who works hard, and he's a knockout, to boot. Yuki can still scarcely believe that Itsuomi casually dropped the question, 'Wanna go out with me?' And she can't help wondering, when will Itsuomi start to open up to her about his past, and his dreams for the future?...
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Sign of affection volume 6
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"Yuki ... [has] always been deaf ... But she's not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics ... until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he's a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he's never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a romantic winter's night, but Yuki's friend is afraid...
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Sign of affection volume 7
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Emma ambushed Itsuomi at school and dragged him to the arcade, where he was brutally honest about his lack of romantic interest in her. What Itsuomi didn't realize is that Oushi happened to see them go in together. He also doesn't know that Oushi confronted Yuki, giving her an embrace that spoke louder than his words ever have, and that left Yuki feeling a sinking guilt. This haze of unrequited feelings seems to threaten Yuki and Itsuomi's still-tender...
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Sign of affection volume 3
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Deaf college student Yuki is diving into her newfound romance with Itsuomi, a classmate she met on the train who doesn't tiptoe around her disability, and also happens to be extremely hot. But his handsome looks mean girls tend to throw themselves at him, and he's unintentionally broken hearts before. Can Yuki draw out Itsuomi's true intentions? And is he even interested in romance, or is his focus on an entirely different kind of dream?
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Daredevil volume 9
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"She is Echo. A deaf young Native American woman with the uncanny ability to assimilate the skills of others by sight. Dancing, piano playing - even hand-to-hand combat! Though Maya Lopez and Matt Murdock meet as seemingly kindred souls, their secret identities are very much at odds. For Maya is seeking vengeance against her father's killer - who the Kingpin claims is Daredevil! Can Matt clear his name before his new love becomes his executioner?...
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