Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Brooklyn psychiatrist Ajay Rao is frustrated at work and lonely at home, but boredom vanishes when he is hired to psychoanalyze an unusual client: an artificial intelligence. Through an unexpected meeting with a stranger, he discovers his involvement in a deadly plot and is forced to flee. From Montreal to Mexico to Mumbai, aided by a beautiful woman, he must confront the menacing digital intelligence whose logic has twisted into hatred. Byte is a tightly written technothriller. A long-dead sibling is the key to a weapon that threatens the entire Internet, and villains shift alliances in a satisfying puzzle that will keep you guessing until the end.