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1) Unspeakable
Author
Language
English
Description
A drifter working as a ranch hand in East Texas must protect a widow and her young son from the ruthless criminal who is determined to destroy them.Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence. Bent on revenge, he's going back to where he began: Blewer County, Texas. Born deaf and recently widowed, Anna Corbett fights to keep the ranch that is her son's birthright,...
Author
Publication Date
1996
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Kansas, fleeing killers kidnap a bus with deaf girls and hole up in a slaughterhouse. They kill one girl and threaten to kill the rest if their demands are not met. The 12-hour siege by the FBI becomes a media circus, exploited by politicians and competing police departments. By the author of Playing for Sleep.
3) Not a sound
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she discovers the body of a fellow nurse deep in the woods near her cabin, Amelia Winn, who lost her hearing in an accident two years earlier, is plunged into a mystery that could shatter her carefully reconstructed life.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants Ellen to speak up in support of his claim to the patent...
5) Deafening
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Date
2003
Physical Desc
378 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 220 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Abigail Heringer made her television debut as an instant fan-favorite on ABC's The Bachelor. Stepping out of the luxurious limo, she confidently approached her bachelor and let him know that she'd be staring at his lips all night for two reasons: (1) she was born deaf and (2) he has some nice-looking lips. But Abigail's life didn't start out with this level of self-assured energy. In fact, it started with barely any at all. As a deaf child and natural...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
435 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alice Sanborn, seventeen years old in October 1852, expects Abolitionist political operative Solomon McBride to court her. Surely he visits for more than her insight and family connections in the Vermont farming village of North Upton! When Almyra Alexander, niece of the local minister, arrives in North Upton, she brings Boston sophistication and advanced political ideas. Temperance! Voting rights for women! Alice wants it all and Almyra's friendship,...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1928, Nellie Zabel Willhite became the first female pilot in South Dakota-and the first deaf pilot in the nation. Nellie was introduced to the world of flight while working at the Sioux Falls airport. She enrolled in pilot training-carefully tailoring the courses to accommodate her deafness"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
162 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After struggling with her feelings for Itsuomi, Yuki's chosen love, an intense heart-to-heart between the two, sitting against a laundromat window watching the falling snow, has begun to deepen their relationship. But there's still much more progress to be made, and Yuki finds the world Itsuomi inhabits intimidating... How can they keep communicating when Itsuomi drops in and out of Yuki's life?" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
148 pages chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yuki, who's always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she's not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics...until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he's a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he's never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
148 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Deaf college student Yuki is diving into her newfound romance with Itsuomi, a classmate she met on the train who doesn't tiptoe around her disability, and also happens to be extremely hot. But his handsome looks mean girls tend to throw themselves at him, and he's unintentionally broken hearts before. Can Yuki draw out Itsuomi's true intentions? And is he even interested in romance, or is his focus on an entirely different kind of dream?
14) Piper
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst...