Date Revision January 1, 2008

 

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Library Books/DVDs

Alberta Cultural Society of the Deaf pleased to announce a new Books Store & Library. It has various of Signings book for all ages. For the Library, you can borrow for a week. ACSD requires to have 2 ID and a form to fill out. * The library book/DVD can be loan from ACSD office and it will be up to one week or two weeks loans.*

Books

DEAF HERITAGE IN CANADA
Editor Clifton F. Carbin

It tells the story of Deaf Canadians – the events, individuals and societal attitudes that have shaped their lives and the impact they have had on our country.

Price: $75.00 CDN add 6% GST [ORDER]

DEAF WOMEN OF CANADA
Editors Campbell, Robinson & Stratiy

A Proud History and Exciting Future.

OLD PRICE: $40.00 NOW: $30.00 CDN add 6% GST

THE CANADIAN DICTIONARY OF ASL
Editors Carole Sue Bailey & Kathy Dolby

"Often interpreters 'gloss' or use the same English word every time we see a specific sign. This Dictionary provides several English words for specific signs, giving me a variety of alternatives for each sign."

Price: $75.00 CDN add 6% GST

MASTER ASL! LEVEL ONE &
MASTER ASL! FINGERSPELLING, NUMBERS, AND GLOSSING
Editor Jason E. Zinza

A Curriculum for Teaching American Sign Language.
Includes Master ASL! Level One - DVD.

Price: $99.95 USA plus 15% SHIPPING

 
Library DVDs

THROUGH DEAF EYES
PBS Home Video

"They are facing not a theory but a condition, fo they are first, last, and all the time th people of the eye." - George Vedits, President National of the Deaf, 1910.

THE TREASURE
ASL Poems by Ella Mae Lentz

The Treasure showcases the original works of renowned Deaf Poet Ella Mae Lentz. In a 50 minute-long DVD, this native-daughter of the Deaf community gives passionate expression to personal and social observation in exquisite American Sign Language (ASL).

ASL POETRY
Selected Works of Clayton Valli

Clayton Valli, creative and celebrated ASl Poet, had a dream to see ASL Poetry thrive and grow. Valli wanted to show the world that ASL poetry could be appreciated and created by people of any age and signing style. In this collection of twenty-one poems, the breath and beauty of ASL is showcased is a diverse group of signers recite words by Valli.

 
Library Books
ITEMS     NAME OF THE BOOK AURTHOR
2     A BASIC COURSE IN MANUAL COMMUNICATION NAD
1     A DEAF ADULT SPEAKS OUT Jacobs
2     A DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS OF THE DEAF

Maxine T. Boatner
John E. Gates

1     A DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND SIGN LANGUAGE (NEW) D A N Z
2     A HANDBOOK FOR ADJUST/PART-TIME FACULTY
    AND TEACHERS OF ADULTS
Greive
1     A LOSS FOR WORDS Walker
1     A WORD IN THE HAND- BOOK ONE (NEW) Jane Kitterman
S. Harold Collins
1     AMERICAN DEAF CULTURE Linstok
1     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Louie J. Fant, Jr.
1     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CONCISE DICTIONARY (NEW)  
3     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY (NEW) Elaine Costello
1     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE- FACT AND FANCY Harry Markowics
1     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE      Martin L.A. Stemberg
1     AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE – “THE EASY WAY” (NEW)  
2     AMESLAN – AN INTRODUCTION TO
    AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (NEW)
 
1     ASL IN SCHOOLS – POLICIES AND CURRICULM Galluadet
1     AT HOME AMONG STRANGERS Scheir
1     BODYTALK – “The Meaning of Human Gestures” (NEW) Desmond Morris
1     BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE- A BEGINNER’S GUIDE (NEW)  
1     BUDDAS IN DISQUISE Irene Taylor
1     CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL AT WORK  
1     COMMUNICATING IN SIGN- A FLYING HANDBOOK Diane Chambers
1     COMMUNICATING WITH DEAF PEOPLE Hoemann
1     DEAF CANADIANS – AN INSIGHT Martin Goldstein
1     DEAF CULTURE OUR WAY Anecdotes from the
Deaf Community
1     DEAF HERTIAGE IN CANADA Clifton F. Carbin
1     DEAF HERTIAGE STORIES “RIVER OF HANDS” CCSD
1      IN THE ADULT “What Hearing Loss Means
     and What can be done to Help”
Winifred Brinson
2     DEAF PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE YOU BUT CCSD
1     DEAF WOMEN OF CANADA
    A Proud History and Exciting Future
Campbell, Robinson,
Stratiy
1     EMPOWERMENT AND BLACK DEAF PERSONS Galluadet
1     ESSENTIAL ASL Martin L.A. Sternberg
1     GENTLE INTO THE DARKNESS
    A Deaf Mother’s Journey into Alzheimer’s
Patricia Conrad
1     IDIOT’S GUIDE TO SIGN LANGUAGE  
1     INTERPRETATION SKILLS: ENGLISH TO ASL
Marty M. Taylor
1     INTERPRETATION SKILLS: ASL TO ENGLISH
Marty M. Taylor
1     IN THIS SIGN    Henry Holt
1     MOVERS & SHAKERS Carroll & Mather
1     MOVERS & SHAKERS “TEACHER’S GUIDE” Carroll & Mather
1     MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF
    AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE   
Claude O. Proctor
1     OUTSIDERS IN A HEARING WORLD Higgins
1     RELIGIOUS SIGNING Elaine Costello
1     SIGNING EVERYDAY PHRASES Mikey Flodin
1     SIGNING FOR EVERYONE Dr. Cathy Rice
1     SIGNING – HOW TO SPEAK WITH YOUR HANDS Elaine Costello
1     SIGNING IN FOURTEEN LANGUAGES Calude Proctor
1     SIGNS IN JUDAISM Adale Kronick Shuart
1     SIGN LANGUAGE AND THE DEAF COMMUNITY Baker Battison
1     SIGN LANGUAGE MADE SIMPLE Karen Lewis
Roxanne Henderson
2     SIGNS OF DRUG USE Woodward
3     SIGNS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Woodward
1     SIGNING- SIGNED ENGLISH A BASIC GUIDE  
1     SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF SIGN Jermone D. Scheir, PHD
2     SOUNDS OF THE SOUL Kathy Dolby
Charmaine Letourneau
1     THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE DIRECTORY  
1     THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE PHRASE BOOK Lou Fant
1

    THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: LEXICAL AND
    GRAMMATICAL NOTES WITH TRANSLATION EXERCISE

Hoemann
1     THE BOOK OF NAME SIGNS NAMING
    IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Supalla
2     THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO LEARNING
    SIGN LANGUAGE
 
1     THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGNED ENGLISH DICTIONARY  
1     THE DEAF EXPERINCE Lane and Philp
1     THE DEAF WAY Erting, Johnson,
Smith, Snider
1     THE DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY E.D. Hirsch, Joesph Kett
James Trefil
1     THE DIRECTORY OF SIGNS & SIGNALS Cathrine Davidson
1     THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK Senge, Kleiner, Roberts, Ross, Smith
1     THE JOY OF SIGNING Riekehof
3     THE MASK OF BENEVOLENCE Harlan Lane
1     THE BOOK OF NAME SIGNS
    NAMING IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Supalla
2     THE POCKET DICTIONARY OF SIGNING Butterworth / Flodin
1     THE SIGNS OF LANGUAGE Klima / Bellugi
1     UNDERSTANDING DEAF CULTURE Paddy Ladd
4     WHEN THE MIND HEARS Harlan Lane