Böcker av Barbara Brown

Waffles is a feisty and funny dog who cannot play an instrument, sing or compose music, but somehow is convinced that she is musical!

Starts in springEnds Christmas dayHelping friendsAlong the way.Mrs Cluck CluckMakes some tea, Saves the day, As you can see.Important lessonsTo be learned, Discuss with others, Fear be turned.With friends as differentAs chalk and cheese, Diversity rules, If you please.'Monsters', insectsFrom the hills, Animals, Swallows, Shield from chills.Father Christmas, Rudolph too, Helping hands, Our friendship true.

Not just for the poetry-lover, VIEWPOINTS is a collection of a quarter century of Ms Brown's work, which includes black and white illustrations of her oil paintings, drawings and photographs. The author welcomes the reader to participate in her journey. The book features an honest account of various moments and thoughts describing an arc from youth through marriage and widowhood to the present. Ms Brown treats life's rewards as well as its trials, from the irksome to the outrageous, via such topics as childhood, marriage, home-owning, politics, art, nature, aging, illness and death. In Dark Musings: In the early lightness of night/It is not and is a challenge/To see that which you cannot... Back in the thinning thick/Where woodpeckers knock beak on bark/Of hollowing over-watered trees...

Clearly organized and simply presented, The Low Vision Handbook for Eyecare Professionals, Second Edition offers an introduction to all aspects of low vision, including a short history of low vision and the basic optics of magnifiers.