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Going blind: a memoir
Par Mara Faulkner. 2009
A Benedictine nun reminisces about her father’s gradual loss of sight from retinitis pigmentosa and the effects his condition had…
on her Irish American family. She interweaves her recollections of growing up in North Dakota with meditations on the metaphorical meaning of blindness in our culture. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2009.I am potential: eight lessons on living, loving, and reaching your dreams
Par Patrick Henry Hughes, Patrick John Hughes, Bryant A Stamford. 2008
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled, but he…
was also blessed with exceptional musical talent, able to play the piano at the age of two. Now, at age nineteen, he is a nationally known pianist, singer, and trumpeter who has performed at the Kennedy Center. But he's best known for playing in the University of Louisville marching band, while his devoted father pushes him in formation in his wheelchair. With determined optimism and courage, Hughes has made "I am potential" his mantra and defied the impossible at every turn. 2008.Friendships in the dark: a blind woman's story of the people and pets who light up her world
Par Phyllis Campbell. 1996
Totally blind since birth, the author tells of growing up on a small Virginia farm and going away to a…
residential school with her older sister (who is also blind) and becoming a church organist. She describes in loving detail the animals and other friends she meets along the way. c1996.Home from the hill: three gentlemen adventurers
Par Peter Murray. 1994
Three Englishmen -- Warburton Pike, Clive Phillips-Wolley, and Martin Grainger -- made their mark on Canada in the early 1900s…
through their wilderness explorations in British Columbia. They wrote about and promoted Canada in Engand, and in different ways they helped to shape the province. 1994.Ghosts of Everest: the search for Mallory & Irvine : from the expedition that discovered Mallory's body
Par Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A Johnson, Eric R Simonson. 1999
Presents research and findings from the 1999 Mount Everest expedition in search of remains from the ill-fated 1924 climb by…
George Mallory and Sandy Irvine. Discusses the latter-day group's reconstruction of Mallory's route, the dramatic discovery of his body, and the conclusions reached from forensic examination. 1999.Hollywood the hard way: a cowboy's journey
Par Patti Dickinson. 1999
In 1945 Oklahoma rancher Rolla Goodnight bet his friend Jimmy Wakely, a singing cowboy star, that Rolla's grandson could ride…
1,500 miles in less than fifty days to Hollywood, California. The author recounts twenty-year-old Jerry Van Meter's grueling trek on horseback across mountains and deserts to his destination. 1999.Her heart can see: the life and hymns of Fanny J. Crosby (Library Of Religious Biography (lrb) Ser.)
Par Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer. 2005
A biography of Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the most prolific of all American hymn writers. Having lost her sight in…
infancy through a doctor's negligence, Fanny went on to compose more than 9,000 hymns, as well as various other songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions. c2005.Helen Keller: humanitarian (Great achievers)
Par Lois Nicholson. 1996
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen months as a result of illness. Covers her birth…
in 1880 through her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career. Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. Junior and Senior High. c1996.High times in the middle of nowhere: the misadventures of Murray Laurence, compulsive traveller
Par Murray Laurence. 1986
A bizarre collection of travel tales. As the author travels, he looks for and enjoys the unexpected and unusual: "I…
quite like being lost... I find that the travel is often more absorbing than the arrival." c1986.High exposure: an enduring passion for Everest and unforgiving places
Par David Breashears. 1999
Autobiography of American mountaineer and cinematographer who made the IMAX film, Everest, in 1996. Discusses his motivation and recounts many…
of his hazardous exploits climbing vertical cliffs and scaling the world's highest peaks. Provides details about his film-making expedition on Everest during the notorious blizzard that took nine lives. Bestseller. 1999.Great heart: the history of a Labrador adventure
Par James West Davidson, John Rugge. 1988
An account of Leonidas Hubbard and Dillon Wallace's canoeing expeditions across the barrens of Labrador in the early 1900s. Describes…
the ill-fated expedition in which Hubbard died, and the 1905 trip which turned into a race between Wallace and Hubbard's widow, Mina. 1988.Helen Keller (Scholastic biography)
Par Margaret Davidson. 1969
This is a biography about the life of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne…
Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honours. Grades P-2. 1969.Halfway around the world: an improbable journey
Par Gavin Young. 1981
The author, a correspondent for the London "Observer," embarks on the fulfilment of his long-held romantic dream in 1977: port-hopping…
to the other side of the world. His adventure takes him from Piraeus to Jedda, from Dubai to Singapore, and from there to Canton, scrambling his way on board an assortment of twenty-three ships, one of which nearly sank in the Arabian Sea. 1981.Frontier spirit: the brave women of the Klondike
Par Jennifer Duncan. 2003
The story of women in the Klondike, including First Nation woman Shaaw Tláa, whose experience and traditional skills were critical…
to the survival of her white prospector husband. The others who later joined the Klondike Stampede came from all walks of life, and include socialite Martha Black, who became a miner, mill manager, and politician, and Irish farm girl Belinda Mulrooney, who arrived in Dawson with only a quarter to her name. 2003.Freya Stark (Lives Of Modern Women Ser.)
Par Caroline Moorehead. 1985
Born in Paris in 1893, Freya Stark could speak three languages by the time she was five years old. With…
a high regard for the traditions of Empire, yet also flamboyant, unorthodox and independent, she set out in the 1930s to explore the East. Freya's expeditions in Persia and Hadharmaut established her reputation as a great traveller and writer. 1985.Explorers who made it-- or died trying
Par Frieda Wishinsky, Bill Dickson. 2011
Would you climb a mountain just because it was there, sail in unknown, monster-infested seas, or freeze your toes off…
just to plant a flag on a slab of ice? Many people have – some for the sake of science and curiosity, others in search of fame and fortune. But what made these explorers risk like and limb? Were they fearless or foolish – or both? Grades 3-6. c2011.First across the continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Par Barry M Gough. 1997
Biography of the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, the first man to cross North America from the western hub of interior trade,…
Lake Athabasca, to the Pacific Ocean. Gough describes how Mackenzie came to North America in search of opportunity, and having achieved success in the fur trade, began journeying to the furthest reaches of the north and west. 1997.Fatu-Hiva: back to nature
Par Thor Heyerdahl. 1974
Sub-titled Back to Nature, this is an account of the author's attempts as a young man to find out what…
it is like to live on a lonely island in the ways of primitive man. 1974.Fatal passage: the untold story of John Rae, the Arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of Franklin
Par Kenneth McGoogan. 2001
In 1854, John Rae, a Scottish immigrant to Canada, led a small expedition across the Boothia Peninsula to map the…
missing link in the Northwest Passage. This accomplishment, along with his other geographical contributions, should have earned him glory. Instead, Rae faded from the record. In this book, the author aims to restore Rae's name to the historical record as one of the heroes of Arctic exploration. 2001.Eyes, etc: a memoir
Par Eleanor Clark. 1977