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An historical novel dealing with Spanish and Indian life in California, and the plight of Ramona, who elopes with Alessandro, a Tecumseh Indian. Ten 90-minute cassettes. ... Read more

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Thank you very much for offering exactly what I needed.
Several years ago, I read an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about this book. I was surprised, because I didn't even know that a book was written about how the indigenous peoples of California felt about the change from being governed by Mexico to being ruled by the United State of America. It was heartbreaking to read, but it's a must-read for everybody who lives in this country. May we never forget, so that it won't happen again.

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I got the book exactly came how the seller said it was.It was fast shipping and in great condition. Thank you so much.

rating the physical book...not the story
This book is an excellent story.Lots of California history..or better..Alta California as it was known in the era.

BEWARE OF THE PHYSICAL BOOK !!!!! It is about 10"x11"...printing of the story is VERY!!!! pale.

I will keep this....but have ordered an older, normal paperback version...similar to the one I left accidentally at the San Diego airport.
Terrible size and print itself. Find another book of Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson....andbe ready to want to go to Old Town San Diego.

Michaelene Gon.

A Story You Will Never Forget
I loved Ramona. It was the most beautiful story I have ever read. A wonderful look at California right after it came under the control of Americans. A story that has history, romance, prejudice, love, loss, and everything in between . Please read this book. I only regret that I never read it until I was in my thirties. This is Helen Hunt Jacksons masterpiece and the attention that it gave to the treatment of Indians is remarkable.

Great historical romance
This book might be the only romance novel that I've read in my life, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.It painted a detailed portrait/landscape of what California was like in the late 1800's. ... Read more

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For Your Christmas. A Complete Collection of the Helen Steiner Rice Verses. Read by Aladdin on the Lawrence Welk Show. You've listened to these on the Lawrence Welk Show. And often you wondered and wanted to know where you could find the verse that you heard and somehow recapture each "soft-spoken-word". First Edition, RARE Red book. 1966 by Gibson Greeting Cards. 18 different verses. ... Read more

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One of the "hundred most important books of the twentieth century" (New York Public Library), finally published in complete form.

The story of Helen Keller, the young girl who triumphed over deafness and blindness, has been indelibly marked into our cultural consciousness. That triumph, shared with her teacher Anne Sullivan, has been further popularized by the play and movie The Miracle Worker. Yet the astonishing original version of Keller's and Sullivan's story, first published in 1903, has been out of print for many years and lost to the public.

Now, one hundred years after its initial publication, eminent literary scholar Roger Shattuck, in collaboration with Keller biographer Dorothy Herrmann, has reedited the book to reflect more accurately its original composition. Keller's remarkable acquisition of language is presented here in three successive accounts: Keller's own version; the letters of "teacher" Anne Sullivan, submerged in the earliest edition; and the valuable documentation by their young assistant, John Macy. Including opening and closing commentary by Shattuck and notes by Hermann, this volume will stand for years as the definitive edition of a classic work. 10 b/w illustrations.Amazon.com Review
Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deafand blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (inseveral languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honorsfrom Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote TheStory of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age whenfew women attended college and the disabled were often relegated tothe background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. ButKeller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: sheauthored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life tosocial reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, andsocialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), shelectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helpedstart several foundations that continue to improve the lives of thedeaf and blind around the world.

As a young girl Keller was obstinate, prone to fits of violence, andseething with rage at her inability to express herself. But at the ageof 7 this wild child was transformed when, at the urging of AlexanderGraham Bell, Anne Sullivan became her teacher, an event she declares"the most important day I remember in all my life." (Sullivan herselfhad once been blind, but partially recovered her sight after a seriesof operations.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day"Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the lettersw-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over theother. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened mysoul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriersstill, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.

In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller'sjoyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection tonature:

Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, orbloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feelthe roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion ofthe lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught aninsect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of apair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....

The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring aflower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceralsensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtlepower and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes ourown. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening oureyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen ... Read more

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story of my life
The book talks about the author life and her education. Helen Keller became deaf and blind when she was nineteenth month because of the fever that she had. I like this book because there is a theory that says nothing impossible to learn. The author approved that blind and deaf people can do the same as others maybe more. I like how she struggled with learning and how other people around her influence her positively. She is really a successful woman who makes other people proud of what she has done and also not to give up easily.

Helen Keller Story
I ordered this for a friend of mine for her birthday which is not here yet. She will be pleased to receive this as a gift because she is all taken up with the Helen Keller Story. She has ason with seven disabilities and feels that if Helen Keller could over come what she did he can over come and become something. She has wanted this and could not find it and she doesn't know that I have it for her. Thank you for the prompt service and the great condition of the book.

Moving, uplifting, and inspiring
First of all, I would like to take a short notice of the introduction by Jim Knipfel. Never in my life have I read an introductionary presentation of a person as famous as Helen Keller that was so condescending, sneering, and downright rude. I suggest the publishers of Signet Classic to discard Jim Knipfel's piece and replace it with an introduction that is of high quality and professional tone that meets Helen Keller's standards. Now, for the book The Story of My Life, the autobiography is as brilliant as it is an uplifting experience of having overcome the odds. I know what is it like to be deaf myself, but I can't imagine being blind too. It's so tough to think how I could succeed in this kind of life, but Helen Keller really did it and with high expectations. It is quite amazing that she went to an accredited college and earned a degree while possessing a knowledge of six languages (fingerspelling counts as one as it is part of American Sign Language). When she talks about her achievements, there is a great deal of pride in herself because she knows how hard it was to do it. At times, she commits the crime of supplying purple prose which went off the topic too much. One thing I notice about her writing is that it remains very positive throughout the book. She seems to be eternally grateful of being alive and granted with the fruits of life, and her accomplishments certainly reflect the fact. I am a little bit unsure as I am reading each chapter if she wrote it at that period of time, or did she write the story at the end of her college studies? I say this because I notice how her tone and attitude have dramatically changed. After finishing The Story of My Life, there is a collection of Helen Keller's letters. I admit, I found all of them boring and couldn't read much of them except notice the improvements in relatively a short time, especially for somebody that is so precociousness as Helen Keller. I read some of the negative comments written by the reviewers, and I do agree with some of them in a certain extent, but one of them is so odd that I am compelled to address the issue. One said, in her title, "Great story...hard to teach." Quite frankly, I find that comment narrow-minded. Surely, have you thought about teaching the ABC's of American Sign Language to the hearing kids? Have they met a deaf person before? Have they met a blind person? Or how about a deaf-blind person before? Have they learned about their culture? Have you taught them the characteristics of their lives and how they overcome adversities like watching television, talking on the phone, attending classes, etc.? Have you taken the kids to a school for the deaf and blind? I assure you, the experience for the kids can be very enlightening and surprising. One of the lifelong frustrations of my life being a deaf person as I am is the lack of acceptance by the hearing people. They seem to have this certain assumption that I can't do a lot of things just because I can't hear. It sounds hard to believe for most of you, but the fact is, this problem is incredibly prevalent. That's why The Story of My Life is a great and useful experience of exposing the young readers the kind of a world that deaf and/or blind people that live in and how they manage to live their lives. All in all, The Story of My Life presents a miracle of a woman who overcame all odds to be the best person possible as she can be, and it's shocking for me to see her to do it so considering the time period she lived in given the history of education among students with disabilities.

Interesting and thorough story of Keller's life
This book contains the autobiography of Helen Keller, written while she was a college student, as well as the letters of Annie Sullivan, her extraordinary teacher, and the notes of John Macy, an assistant.There are also letters written by Helen Keller throughout various stages in her life.

My 12-year-old was assigned the autobiographical portion only, but found it so interesting that she continued to read all of Annie Sullivan's letters to the Perkins Institute.For my daughter to dig deeper, on her own, was a remarkable thing!I was really pleased to find her so engrossed with the story of Helen Keller.

It's fascinating to read about her life from the three different points of view (Keller's, Sullivan's, and Macy's.)As a teacher, I view her progress one way.As a mother, I see it another way.As a fellow human, I experience it in a totally different way.I found myself sitting for long periods, imagining what it must be like to have been Helen as a child, as a student, as a traveler...

I heartily recommend this book to anyone over the age of about 12.Younger children would benefit hearing it read aloud and discussed.It's a classic that should not be missed.

more thoughtfulthan what one could imagine
I'm astonished by the one star comments! These people shouldat least read a story about the way human language emerged and evolved to writing and reading. Maybe"How Writing Came About" by Denise Schmandt-Besserat and perhaps they would start understanding the unimaginable effort done by Helen and the uniqueness of her testimony, as so well expounded by Konrad Lorentz.
Some time ago I had the great opportunity to exchange some emails about this subject with prof. Harold Bloom. Prof. Bloom, who knows very well the story of Helen, suggest that we have not only an internal ear but even an internal eye that allowed Helen to deeply understand the classics she read: her comments are short but so deep. One last remark, a recent book " Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" by Maryanne Wolf could be very useful to better understand the key role of Helen Keller (and Anne Sullivan!). ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IllTHE HAND OF THE RACEE)K in your "Century Dictionary," or if you are blind, ask your teacher to do it for you, and learn how many idioms are made on the idea of hand, and how many words are formed from the Latin root manus—enough words to name all the essential affairs of life. "Hand," with quotations and compounds, occupies twenty-four columns, eight pages of this dictionary. The hand is defined as "the organ of apprehension." How perfectly the definition fits my case in both senses of the word "apprehend"! With my hand I seize and hold all that I find in the threeV/.v-'-Aworlds—physical, intellectual, and spir-aL.-Think how man has regarded the world in terms of the hand. All life is divided between what lies on one hand and on the other. The products of skill are manufactures. The conduct of affairs is management. History seems to be the record—alas for our chronicles of war!—of the maneuvers of armies. But the history of peace, too, the narrative of labor in the field, the forest, and the vineyard, is written in the victorious sign manual—the sign of the hand that has conquered the wilderness. The laborer himself is called a hand. In manacle and manumission we read the story of human slavery and freedom.The minor idioms are myriad; but I will not recall too many, lest you cry, "Hands off!" I cannot desist, however, from this word-game until I have set down a few. Whatever is not one's own by first possession is second-hand. That is what I am told my knowledge is. But my well-meaning friends come to., y o'efe'nsei'andj not consent with endowing mewith natural first-hand knowledge wKicITIsi rTghTfully mine, ascribe to me a preternatural sixth sense and credit to miracles and heaven-sent compensations all that I have won and discovered with my go... ... Read more

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3.5 Stars
I particularly enjoyed reading about her dreams and how she 'saw' the world with her hands.However I didn't enjoy the repeated focus on proving that life is just as good or perhaps better without the ability to see.It's a fruitless argument from any side, she was speaking to a different audience of a different time of course but this became quickly redundant.

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I received the book promptly. The material was in new condition without any flaws. I was very pleased. Thank you!

Her world without sight and sound.
She tries to help you understand the reality of her life. It is much more than you can imagine.

Wonderfully touching
What beautiful writing! It's pointed out in the intro that, more than most of us, her world was shaped with WORDS. I've only read about four essays so far, and am profoundly touched. I've always admired Helen Keller, but am newly re-impressed with her wisdom and vision, and touched that she can write so clearly as to make me feel how little she felt limited by her handicap. If Helen Keller had simply learned to behave and ask politely for her food, etc, it would have been an impressive accomplishment. The fact that she grew to fully embrace her intelligence, her world and her potential . . . wow. I know so many people who are content to just do the bare minimum, to not stretch their limits at all, to not show any intellectual curiosity . . . she had the perfect excuse to exert the least effort, yet she didn't. Once she was given the key, the entree to humanity, she didn't let her handicaps stop her. I love that even all these years later, she is still able to share that. ... Read more

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Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Clover, Helen; Unknown function: Gibson, Margaret ... Read more

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A semi-autobiographical novel, this feminist classic tells of Jean Winthrop's survival of her parents' unhappy marriage and her growth in searching for a meaningful life. Six 90-minute cassettes and two 60's. ... Read more

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This collection of verses by the beloved poetess pays tribute to love, companionship, friendship, and faith. Each tender, inspiring poem serves to remind us that even when we feel lonely, afraid, sad, or discouraged, God is always near--He is the one constant in an ever-changing world. Two-color illustrations. ... Read more

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This is an inspiring account of Helen Keller's discoveries as she learns to appreciate, through the sense of touch, the world around her. Loss of sight and hearing only increases her joy of life and its treasures. Also included are three essays: A Chant of Darkness, Optimism and My Story. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.
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Dated at head of the drop-head title: April 25. 1772.

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Large Hardcover book with color photographs of Big Trucks in Australia. A book dedicated to the men of the big rigs and their machines. ... Read more

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Theatre program. Cast includes Tovah Feldshuh. Vol. 120, No. 5. ... Read more