art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation

Name your list

Log in / Sign in

ta strona jest nieczynna, ale zapraszamy serdecznie na stronę www.obibook.com /// this website is closed but we cordially invite you to visit www.obibook.com

American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9781944838782, Gallaudet University Press, September 2020
462 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm
This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. It organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detai...
PB:
£28,00
QTY:
Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language A Study of Language Use and Attitudes
ISBN: HB: 9781944838065, Gallaudet University Press, February 2018
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 60 figures
Ethiopian Sign Language (EthSL) emerged relatively recently; its development is closely tied to the establishment of the first school for deaf students in Addis Ababa by American missionaries in 1963. Today, EthSL is used by more than a million membe...
HB:
£45,00
QTY:
American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781563684449, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
456 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1900 sign illus.
Now, the bestselling resource "The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary" has been completely revised with more than 320 new signs and a new DVD. It organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions o...
HB + DVD:
£35,00
QTY:
Mickey's Harvest A Novel of a Deaf Boy's Checkered Life
ISBN: PB: 9781563686368, Gallaudet University Press, February 2015
232 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Howard L. Terry wrote a novel between 1917 and 1922, which he donated to the Gallaudet University Archives in 1951. There it rested until a resurgence of interest in Deaf literature led to its recent rediscovery. Mickey's "Harvest: A Novel of a Deaf...
PB:
£22,50
QTY:
Signing in Puerto Rican A Hearing Son and His Deaf Family
ISBN: PB: 9781563684173, Gallaudet University Press, December 2009
200 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 10 photos
The only child of deaf Puerto Rican immigrants, Andres Torres grew up in New York City in a large, extended family that included several deaf aunts and uncles. In "Signing in Puerto Rican: A Hearing Son and His Deaf Family", he opens a window into th...
PB:
£26,50
QTY:
Day by Day The Chronicles of a Hard of Hearing Reporter
ISBN: PB: 9781563683701, Gallaudet University Press, June 2008
204 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Elizabeth Thompson's hearing loss was detected when she was in elementary school, and her hearing continued to deteriorate until she became completely deaf. Like many other hard of hearing and late-deafened individuals, her hearing loss complicated t...
PB:
£22,50
QTY:
Moon on the Meadow Collected Poems
ISBN: PB: 9781563683640, Gallaudet University Press, February 2008
144 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
As a child of deaf adults (CODA), Pia Taavila first learned to communicate when her deaf father fingerspelled the names of toys in her crib and her mother showed her the signs for objects in picture books. From this primary visual orientation, in com...
PB:
£19,00
QTY:
Teach Your Tot to Sign The Parents' Guide to American Sign Language
ISBN: PB: 9781563683114, Gallaudet University Press, April 2005
232 pp., 17.8x11.4 cm
Research has shown that very young children can learn sign language before they learn to speak. "Teach Your Tot to Sign: The Parents' Guide to American Sign Language" provides parents and teachers the opportunity to teach more than 500 basic American...
PB:
£10,00
QTY:
American Sign Language Handshape: Starter A Beginner's Guide
ISBN: PB: 9781563681301, Gallaudet University Press, September 2002
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Beginning signers now can improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook. "The American Sign Language Handshape Starter" illustrates 800 of the most frequently used signs, arranging them by the 40 standard...
PB:
£15,00
QTY:
Deaf Girls Rule A Photographic Essay of the 1999 Champion Gallaudet University Women's Basketball Team
ISBN: HB: 9781563681172, Gallaudet University Press, January 2002
104 pp., 25.4x25.4 cm
During the 1998-1999 college basketball season, the Gallaudet University women's team won the Capital Athletic Conference regular season championship and advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" round of the NCAA Division III tournament. As much as the team's...
HB:
£37,50
QTY: