Planet Of The Blind
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Planet Of The Blind
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Release Date : 1998
Planet Of The Blind written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by Thorndike Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The author, partially sighted since birth, tells of his painful childhood, trying to pass as a normal boy, ridiculed by his classmantes and with his parents in denial, until a devastating accident led him to his guide dog and reconnected him to the world.
Planet Of The Blind
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher: Delta
Release Date : 2013-08-07
Planet Of The Blind written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by Delta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"The world is a surreal pageant," writes Stephen Kuusisto. "Ahead of me the shapes and colors suggest the sails of Tristan's ship or an elephant's ear floating in air, though in reality it is a middle-aged man in a London Fog rain coat which billows behind him in the April wind." So begins Kuusisto's memoir, Planet of the Blind, a journey through the kaleidoscope geography of the partially-sighted, where everyday encounters become revelations, struggles, or simple triumphs. Not fully blind, not fully sighted, the author lives in what he describes as "the customs-house of the blind", a midway point between vision and blindness that makes possible his unique perception of the world. In this singular memoir, Kuusisto charts the years of a childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses trying to pass as a normal boy, the depression that brought him from obesity to anorexia, the struggle through high school, college, first love, and sex. Ridiculed by his classmates, his parents in denial, here is the story of a man caught in a perilous world with no one to trust--until a devastating accident forces him to accept his own disability and place his confidence in the one relationship that can reconnect him to the world--the relationship with his guide dog, a golden Labrador retriever named Corky. With Corky at his side, Kuusisto is again awakened to his abilities, his voice as a writer and his own particular place in the world around him. Written with all the emotional precision of poetry, Kuusisto's evocative memoir explores the painful irony of a visually sensitive individual--in love with reading, painting, and the everyday images of the natural world--faced with his gradual descent into blindness. Folded into his own experience is the rich folklore the phenomenon of blindness has inspired throughout history and legend.
Simon Rack
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Author : Laurence James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Simon Rack written by Laurence James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Planet Of The Blind
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Planet Of The Blind written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Blind categories.
Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Derided by classmates, his parents pretending that nothing was wrong, he stumbled through life enraged and mortified. Only when a five-year-old labrador entered his life did he begin to trust, and learn to walk upright.
The Planet Of The Blind
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Author : Paul Corey
language : en
Publisher: New York : Paperback Library
Release Date : 1968
The Planet Of The Blind written by Paul Corey and has been published by New York : Paperback Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Blindness categories.
What would happen to an intelligent, sighted inhabitant of Earth marooned on a planet inhabited by an unsighted people, with a technology equal or superior to his?
Planet Of The Blind
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Planet Of The Blind written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Autobiography categories.
This is an autobiography about coming to terms with near-blindness, of a lonely childhood and a struggle through college. The author has managed to translate his opaque, kaleidoscopic world of shape and colour into poetic prose as he creates a continuously evolving life.
Have Dog Will Travel
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 2019-03-19
Have Dog Will Travel written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind—but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind.
Eavesdropping
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Author : Stephen Kuusisto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Eavesdropping written by Stephen Kuusisto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Blind categories.
A memoir of blindness and listening rendered with a poet's delight by the author of the acclaimed Planet of the Blind.
The Reality Bubble
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Author : Ziya Tong
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2019-10-03
The Reality Bubble written by Ziya Tong and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-03 with Science categories.
What are we not seeing? Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, and the animals that can see in infrared or ultraviolet or with 360-degree vision. In The Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity’s biggest blind spots. What she reveals is not on the things we didn’t evolve to see but, more dangerously, the blindness of modern society. Fast-paced, utterly fascinating and deeply humane, this vitally important book gives voice to the sense we’ve all had – that there is more to the world than meets the eye.
Blind Lake
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Author : Robert Charles Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-08-29
Blind Lake written by Robert Charles Wilson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-29 with Fiction categories.
Robert Charles Wilson, says The New York Times, "writes superior science fiction thrillers." His Darwinia won Canada's Aurora Award; his most recent novel, The Chronoliths, won the prestigious John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Now he tells a gripping tale of alien contact and human love in a mysterious but hopeful universe. At Blind Lake, a large federal research installation in northern Minnesota, scientists are using a technology they barely understand to watch everyday life in a city of lobster like aliens upon a distant planet. They can't contact the aliens in any way or understand their language. All they can do is watch. Then, without warning, a military cordon is imposed on the Blind Lake site. All communication with the outside world is cut off. Food and other vital supplies are delivered by remote control. No one knows why. The scientists, nevertheless, go on with their research. Among them are Nerissa Iverson and the man she recently divorced, Raymond Scutter. They continue to work together despite the difficult conditions and the bitterness between them. Ray believes their efforts are doomed; that culture is arbitrary, and the aliens will forever be an enigma. Nerissa believes there is a commonality of sentient thought, and that our failure to understand is our own ignorance, not a fact of nature. The behavior of the alien she has been tracking seems to be developing an elusive narrative logic--and she comes to feel that the alien is somehow, impossibly, aware of the project's observers. But her time is running out. Ray is turning hostile, stalking her. The military cordon is tightening. Understanding had better come soon.... Blind Lake is a 2004 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.