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Life unseen : a story of blindness
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Names |
Mills, Selina.
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Mills, Selina (Journalist), narrator.
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Book Number |
DB120671
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Books
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
"Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening? In this fascinating historical adventure, Broadcaster and author Selina Mills takes us on a journey through the history of blindness in Western Culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all. Inspired by her own experience of losing her sight as she forged a successful journalistic career, Life Unseen takes us through a personal and unsentimental historical quest through the lives, stories and achievements of blind people - as well as those sighted people who sought to patronize, demonize and fix them. From the blind poet Homer, through the myths and moralising of early medieval culture to the scientific and medical discoveries of the Enlightenment and modern times, the story of blindness turns out to be a story of our whole culture"-- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Narrator |
Mills, Selina.
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Local Subject |
Social groups - 305
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Disability Interest - DII
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Visual Disability Interest - DIV
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Biography and Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Notable Women - BIW
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Biography - Individuals w/ Disabilities - BID
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History - United States - HUS
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History, U.S.- 21st Century - HUF
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Medicine & Health - MED
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Medicine - Specific Conditions - MES
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Macular Degeneration - MMD
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Biography - Contemporary - BIC
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Female Narrator - FN
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Exclusion - Short Book - SH
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Current Talking Book Topics - TBT
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LC Subject |
Blind - History
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Blind - Biography
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Talking books
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Nonfiction
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Call Number |
305.9081 ANF
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Language |
English
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Original Publication |
Reissue of: 2023 9781004137428 2023
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