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Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
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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 and inspiring teacher, Anne Sullivan - is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's classic autobiography detailing the first 22 years of...
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"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's...
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In 1968, Lynnie, a white woman with a disability, and Homan, a deaf African-American man, are languishing in a mental institution. After Lynnie becomes pregnant, she escapes with Homan and they are taken in by Martha, a widow who owns a farmhouse. When authorities find them, Homan escapes and Lynnie is captured, while Martha hides Lynnie's newborn baby. Over the next 40 years, Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia lead divided lives.
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Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of deaf twins born to a multi-generational deaf family in Queens, New York. Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. This is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem - a proud and defiant song of deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's...
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Giver quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
9) Hearing loss
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c2003
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Examines the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hearing loss.
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Amarias adventures volume 2
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©2011
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172 pages ; 21 cm.
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Upon returning from their quest for the Scorpion's Jewel, Jesse and the Youth Guard find that their injured friend has been kidnapped by the Rebellion, so they set out on a journey to find the hidden Rebellion headquarters. Between being captured by a lost civilization of dwarves and eventually being thrown into the Rebellion prison at Riddler's Pass, Jesse and the Youth Guard are tested to their limits. How will they escape with their lives intact,...
11) The seer
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2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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248 p. ; 22 cm.
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Raised in a futuristic frontier world colony where blindness is the genetically engineered hallmark of every citizen, thirteen-year-old Jacob is stricken with sight and must find his way to the city of the Seers, where he hopes to reconnect with a girl from his past.
12) Things not seen
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2002
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251 p. ; 22 cm.
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When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
14) All in pieces
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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"A girl struggles to take care of her younger brother with special needs while confronting her own anger issues"--
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Arnie stories volume 3
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1990
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[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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When an accident requires Arnie to use crutches, he begins to understand the limits and possibilities of his new classmate, who has a wheelchair.
18) Willow King
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
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Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.
20) Song for a whale
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
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