02138cam a2200277 4500 1031806345 TxAuBib 20231102120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781004137428 1004137427 68be400a-3781-4654-a1e9-e3101e3f447d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10131776 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Mills, Selina. Life Unseen [Libby Audiobook] : A Story of Blindness. Clipper Audiobooks, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 173MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 173MB. Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening? In this fascinating historical adventure, broadcaster and author Selina Mills takes us on a journey through the history of blindness in Western Culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all. Inspired by her own experience of losing her sight as she forged a successful journalistic career, Life Unseen takes us through a personal and unsentimental historical quest through the lives, stories and achievements of blind people - as well as those sighted people who sought to patronize, demonize and fix them. From the blind poet Homer, through the myths and moralising of early medieval culture to the scientific and medical discoveries of the Enlightenment and modern times, the story of blindness turns out to be a story of our whole culture. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-11-02 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68be400a-3781-4654-a1e9-e3101e3f447d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68be400a-3781-4654-a1e9-e3101e3f447d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)