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There are many books that exist whose subject is deafness, Deaf Culture, and ASL. Here I present a list of some available books.

Basic Books

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***For Hearing People Only, Matthew S. Moore and Linda Levitan Deaf Life Press
-"Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the Deaf Community, its culture, and the 'Deaf Reality'"

**The American Sign Language Phrase Book, Lou Fant Contemporary Books
-"Referencing guide to everyday expressions in American Sign Language"

***Deaf in America: Voices From a Culture, Carol Padden and Tom Humphries Harvard University Press
-An introspective look at the culture of the Deaf, using facts and anecdotes

*Islay, Douglas Bullard
-An almost satirical story of a Deaf man who makes the impossible possible: Founding and being president of a country where Deaf are majority, and are treated the same as hearing people

**What's That Pig Outdoors? A Memoir of Deafness, Henry Kisor Macmillan Library Reference
-The autobiography of an oral deaf man and the experiences of his life

*A Child Sacrificed: To the Deaf Culture, Tom Bertling Kodiak Media Group
-A bitter look at the "other" side of Deaf Culture, the part which isn't all peaches and cream

**Angels and Outcasts: An Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature, Various authors/Edited by Trent Batson and Eugene Bergman Gallaudet
-A collection of short stories and/or excerpts from novels with deaf characters in them. Shows how the views on deaf people have changed over time

***Train Go Sorry, Leah Hagar Cohen Vintage Books
-An insightful look into the lives of the author and a few other Deaf people; what it's like to live "differently"

**Speak to Me!, Marcia Calhoun Forecki Gallaudet
-A look into the struggle of a mother and her deaf son

!American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary, Tennant, Brown Gallaudet University Press
-A two-way dictionary, voted one of the top 10 best books published by University Presses

!American Sign Language: The Easy Way, David Alan Stewart Barron's Educational Series Incorporated
-A comprehensive book on ASL, teaching by using the 10 rules of ASL grammar

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