"Seeing Beyond Sight illuminates the surprising power and creative potential of photography in an astonishing collection of images created by visually impaired teens"--P. [4] of cover.

When Gail McWilliams lost her sight, she began to see clearly for the first time in her life. "You will see blindness in your lifetime," the eye specialist told Gail when she was twenty-one years old. She would have no warning. The storm in her eyes was coming, but no one knew when. And her wedding day was only three weeks away. Would her hope of marriage and children be destroyed? Would she lose her independence and career? The prospects were terrifying. On Christmas Eve Gail's vision was 20/20. On Christmas morning she was completely blind. Her world had gone from beautiful light to pitch black while she slept. Seeing Beyond is the astonishing true story of Gail's journey into shadowy darkness. It's a touching story of total blindness and perfect vision, a powerful story of engulfing fear and freeing faith, and an inspirational story of crushing personal loss and great spiritual gain. Some people see life a lot more clearly than others, and my friend Gail McWilliams is one of those 'seers' I love listening to. Gail (has) extraordinary insight into the way things are, and the way things should be. -Joni Eareckson Tada, Best-Selling Author/Radio Host You will weep with Gail as her life is turned upside down and she sinks into despair and depression. And you will celebrate with her as she learns truly to depend on God, who guides her to amazing success as an author, singer, and international speaker. As Gail says, "When you choose to look past the horizon, the sky is the limit!" Join Gail on this eye-opening venture of seeing beyond your worst nightmare to the divine dream God has waiting for you. It's the adventure of a lifetime--an adventure you don't want to miss!

Life beyond Sight is a book that gives you an overall look and a better understanding of God through the eyes of a 20years old. In this book, you will be able to see that God works through anybody no matter the race, location and background. This book will help you grow from your emotional pain and your past that has kept hold you no matter your age. God is bringing a new christian revolution and that revolution will be found in this book.

Beyond Sight, edited by Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal, explores the ways in which Iberian writers crafted images of both Old and New Worlds using the non-visual senses (hearing, smell, taste, and touch). The contributors argue that the uses of these senses are central to understanding Iberian authors and thinkers from the pre- and early modern periods. Medievalists delve into the poetic interiorizations of the sensorial plane to show how sacramental and purportedly miraculous sensory experiences were central to the effort of affirming faith and understanding indigenous peoples in the Americas. Renaissance and early modernist essays shed new light on experiences of pungent, bustling ports and city centres, and the exotic musical performances of empire. This insightful collection covers a wide array of approaches including literary and cultural history, philosophical aesthetics, affective and cognitive studies, and theories of embodiment. Beyond Sight expands the field of sensory studies to focus on the Iberian Peninsula and its colonies from historical, literary, and cultural perspectives.

Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor—that being blind to race will lead to racial equality—it's curious that, until now, we have not considered if or how the blind "see" race. Most sighted people assume that the answer is obvious: they don't, and are therefore incapable of racial bias—an example that the sighted community should presumably follow. In Blinded by Sight,Osagie K. Obasogie shares a startling observation made during discussions with people from all walks of life who have been blind since birth: even the blind aren't colorblind—blind people understand race visually, just like everyone else. Ask a blind person what race is, and they will more than likely refer to visual cues such as skin color. Obasogie finds that, because blind people think about race visually, they orient their lives around these understandings in terms of who they are friends with, who they date, and much more. In Blinded by Sight, Obasogie argues that rather than being visually obvious, both blind and sighted people are socialized to see race in particular ways, even to a point where blind people "see" race. So what does this mean for how we live and the laws that govern our society? Obasogie delves into these questions and uncovers how color blindness in law, public policy, and culture will not lead us to any imagined racial utopia.

SPIRITUAL NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE Synopsis: Author Marion Rome almost died, and returned to tell the tale. And the story she brings us? There is so much less to fear in life - or death - than we think. In this frank and compassionate account, we hear how death doesn't really exist, it doesn't take religion to get to 'heaven', and love is our ultimate purpose. We learn what it feels like to experience life as a soul freed of its bodily constraints, once more aware of our true place in the universe. Her near-death experience has led Marion to transform her working life, and to put love first. She has also learned to forgive - herself, for times when she has lashed out or let people down, and those, even her own mother, who have hurt her badly in this physical realm. Marion shares her NDE in detail, including her encounter with the super-loving souls that exist beyond our everyday senses, and invites you to join her in seeing beyond fear, guilt and blame to recognise the potential we all have to connect with universal love throughout our earthly lives.