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A revelatory revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell -
renowned inventor of the telephone and powerful enemy of the deaf
community. When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled his telephone
to the world, it was considered miraculous. But few people know
that it was inspired by another supposed miracle: his work teaching
the deaf to speak. The son of one deaf woman and husband to
another, he was motivated by a desire to empower deaf people by
integrating them into the hearing world, but he ended up becoming
their most powerful enemy, waging a war against sign language and
deaf culture that still rages today. The Invention of Miracles
tells the dual stories of Bell's remarkable, world-changing
invention and his dangerous ethnocide of deaf culture and language.
It also charts the rise of deaf activism and tells the triumphant
tale of a community reclaiming a once-forbidden language. Katie
Booth has researched this story for over a decade, poring over
Bell's papers, Library of Congress archives, and the records of
deaf schools around America. Witnessing the damaging impact of
Bell's legacy on her deaf family set her on a path that upturned
everything she thought she knew about language, power, deafness,
and technology.
Deep in the forest of Verinaul, the World of Animals, Hero, the son
of the famous wolf, Serval Red Eyes, is born. After his mother's
death, Hero is raised by his father, Fergath, leader of the pack.
Hero is destined to follow in his father's footsteps and become
Leader, an honor he does not want. He prefers spending his time
with Nakoomu, the beautiful white wolf and his choice for his
future mate. However, when Fergath forbids the love between the two
wolves, Hero abandons the pack and disappears into the wilderness.
Eight years pass and a storm begins, the storm all Verinaul had
been dreading-The Storm of Endless Tears, which according to legend
will destroy all of Verinaul. It is up to Hero, known as Lone Wolf,
to go to Nazberath, the Human World, to end the turmoil there and,
thus, save both worlds. Only when Nazberath finds peace will the
Storm of Endless Tears end. Hero travels to Nazberath to stop the
evil, and he must cope with transforming into a human, avoiding
danger and preventing a war. Hero tackles the seemingly impossible
tasks with the help of three friends: Jacquelyn, his first human
friend; Merrick, a mysterious man from Carthafell; and Jeru,
another former wolf. to save both worlds from destruction.
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