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Par Jeffrey Anshel. 2011
Information about the eyes; sections on nutrition, herbal therapies, and homeopathic remedies. Discusses disorders of the eye and visual system,…
conventional treatments and self-treatments, eye care techniques, and refractive surgeries and vision therapies. c2011.Par Tina T Wong. 2011
One of the world's leading experts helps you navigate through glaucoma from diagnosis to the many treatment options. This landmark…
patient handbook stands out as both authoritative and readable, providing the critical information necessary to help patients. 2011.Par Zaira Cattaneo, Tomaso Vecchi. 2011
Italian researchers examine the effects of blindness on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. They demonstrate the…
ways other senses evolve to help compensate for the absence of sight. 2011.Par Chris Stevens. 2008
This guide is full of tips for remembering everything from math and spelling rules to tricky science, history, and geography…
facts. For any student who has ever struggled to remember multiplication tables, the spelling of the word "Mississippi," or the names of the planets. Grades 3-6. 2008.Par John Wenzel, André Chevalier. 2009
Le poker est un des jeux les plus passionnants qui soit. Mais il faut maîtriser certaines connaissances et apprendre les…
trucs qui feront de vous un bon joueur pour en tirer de la satisfaction. Là entre en scène les pros. Il n'y a rien comme les conseils et les trucs d'un pro du poker pour rehausser votre niveau de jeu. Il n'y a rien comme les connaissances et l'expérience d'un pro pour découvrir le véritable plaisir de jouer au poker. Quel que soit votre niveau de jeu, quelles que soient vos ambitions, vous trouverez dans ce livre des conseils vitaux pour bien jouer, bien miser et bien bluffer comme un pro. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The only poker book you'll ever need.Par Edie A Glaser, Maria R Burgio, Doina Paraschiv. 2007
Spend a day with Tommy and Wendy and find out what it's really like to play and make friends with…
kids who see in different ways. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2007.Par Paul B. Janeczko, Jenna LaReau. 2004
Par Andrew Wheeler, Jim Zub, Stacy King, Official Dungeons & Dragons Licensed, Official Dungeons & Dragons Licensed. 2019
Guide to the creatures role-players encounter in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Grouped by locations, each beast profile includes…
a description of their traits, lair, special powers, and level of danger. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2019Par Georgina Kleege. 2018
Author of Sight Unseen (DB 48328) critically examines the ways institutions make art accessible to blind people and the connection…
of visual arts with language. Uses personal experiences, scientific studies, and historical literary analysis to support her arguments. 2018Par Jim Al-Khalili. 2012
Physicist and author of The House of Wisdom (DB 75023) discusses nine theories and ideas that seem to defy common…
sense, including the Paradox of the Twins and Achilles and the Tortoise. Explains the science and math required to understand these brainteasers. 2012Par Eric Yoder. 2010
Real-life situations at home, play, or outdoors that require math to solve. In "A Measured Response" two boys without a…
measuring container substitute a soda can and a water bottle. In "A Slice of Life" the challenge is dividing pizza. For grades 4-7. 2010Par David Fisichella. 2010
David Fisichella, a mechanical engineer, chronicles a series of research cruises on which he served as the "eyes" for Amy…
Bower, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute oceanographer with deteriorating vision. He reflects on their experiences together, including surviving a pirate attack, and their courtship. 2010Par Nicole C. Kear. 2014
Kear, diagnosed at age nineteen with retinitis pigmentosa, shares her struggles with acceptance of the condition and the risks and…
adventures she engaged in during her twenties. Describes falling in love and having children, and how she focused on them before admitting to having RP. Strong language. 2014Par Donna M Jackson. 2008
Explores the connections between our senses and perception and many unexplained phenomena, such as intuition, synethesia, and the sixth sense.…
Discusses paranormal experiences, animal super senses, and a technology called vOICe that converts video images into complex sounds to help visually impaired people. For grades 5-8. 2008Par Philip Pullman. 2007
Sixteen stories of crimes ranging from cold-blooded murder to dognapping, in settings that include an Egyptian tomb, a sinister English…
country house, and New York City streets. In "Butch Minds the Baby" by Damon Runyon, a safecracker takes his infant son along on a job. For grades 6-9. 1998Short problems based on chemical, earth, life, physical, space, and general science. In "A Fishy Solution" Dennis proposes placing a…
clear plastic sheet over his outdoor pond to keep out fish-eating raccoons. His friend's warning gives a biological reason that this wouldn't work. For grades 4-7. 2008Journalist explores the fifteen-hundred-year history of chess from antiquity and the Middle Ages to modern Western culture. Discusses influence on…
military strategy, mathematics, and the arts. Provides move-by-move analyses of six famous matches including the 1851 contest between Anderssen and Kieseritzky that is dubbed the "immortal game." Explains rules. 2006Par Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden. 2007
Descriptions of games and outdoor activities alternate with historical facts and stories of courage. Includes instructions for tying five basic…
knots, building a go-cart, playing chess, and making crystals. Discusses famous battles and profiles explorers. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2007Par Shelley Kinash. 2006
Inquiry into the blind person's online-learning experience. Author presents interpretive research culled from interviews with seven blind online learners and…
twenty-five others--blind and sighted--including parents, teachers, and inventors of accessibility resources. Discusses usability and user issues such as technological proficiency and working knowledge of adaptive technology. 2006Par Frances A. Koestler. 1976
Examines U.S. contributions toward improving the condition of blind individuals. Discusses the invention of braille and the origins of the…
talking book. Includes portraits of Louis Braille of France, Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan Macy, and Dorothy Eustis, as well as detailed accounts of mid-twentieth-century federal and state legislation