Filter By Series
Library of America ; 378Filter By Genres
autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biographyFilter By Series
Library of America ; 378Filter By Genres
autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biographyBlake, Melissa
Summary: In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake's work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively view and treat disabled people, and the making of an advocate. After a troll said that Blake should be banned from posting pictures of herself, she...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4092 BLAKeller, Helen
Summary: "A deluxe hardcover edition of Keller's classic memoir The Story of My Life--presented in complete and unredacted form--along with the brilliant, still-underappreciated personal essays of The World I Live In, in which Keller reflects on the senses, language, philosophy, dreams, and belief. Includes a selection of more than a dozen essays, speeches, and letters--most of them out-of-print,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLER, HELEN KELHay, Matt
Summary: "As a child, Matt Hay didn't know his hearing wasn't the way everyone else processed sound--and like a lot of kids who do workarounds to fit in, even the school nurse didn't catch his condition at the annual hearing and vision checks. But as a prospective college student who couldn't pass the entrance requirements for West Point, Hay's condition, generated by a tumor, was unavoidable: his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024