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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be.
In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
643 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're frazzled about five figures worth of debt. TODAY Show financial expert Jean Chatzky and the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer Dr. Michael Roizen explain the vital connection between health and wealth -- giving readers all the tactics, strategies, and know-how to live longer, healthier, more lucrative...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though we talk about wanting to “age gracefully,” the truth is that when it comes to getting older, we’re programmed to dread an inevitable decline: in our health, our looks, our sexual relationships, even the pleasure we take in living life. But as Christiane Northrup, M.D., shows us in this profoundly empowering book, we have it in us to make growing older an entirely different experience, both for our bodies and for our souls. In chapters...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
319 pages
Language
English
Description
As the human lifespan increases, New York Times best-selling author Michael Roizen, M.D. offers an inspiring look into the future of longevity--and reveals how to prepare for a longer, healthier future.
Believe it or not, living to 100, 120, or even 130 years old will become increasingly common over the next decade--and life past 100 may not be what you think. In this groundbreaking narrative, best-selling author Michael Roizen explains how cutting-edge...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In her most candid and revealing book yet, acclaimed broadcast journalist and Baby Boomer Joan Lunden delves into the various phases of aging that leave many feeling uncomfortable, confused, and on edge. In her hilarious book, Lunden takes the dull and depressing out of aging, replacing it with wit and humor. After all, laughing is better than crying--unless it makes you pee! Whether you're in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or more, this book is full of helpful...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xvi, 671 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americans — now 42 million — who care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a whole new chapter on fraud; details on the latest...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
302 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual appetites are undeniable--and rarely welcome--and yet, as Nuland shows, getting older has its surprising blessings. Age concentrates not only the mind, but the bodyś energies, leading many to new sources of creativity, perception, and spiritual intensity. Growing...
28) Breasts and eggs
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko's daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xx, 215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she’s in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice — sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical — shines. No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula’s online writing, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters to her now, her concerns with this world, and her unceasing wonder...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
ix, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mind-body, consciousness-based approach to coping with aging offers a program that incorporates nutritional supplements, exercises, and meditation techniques to help eliminate toxins, nourish the body, and promote restful sleep.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
xii, 198 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the Brink of Everything is an exploration of Parker Palmer's experience of living and aging, written in hopes of encouraging readers of every age to explore their life course. It is not a "guide to" or "handbook" for "getting old" -- something all of us are doing all the time. Instead it's a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the prism on the meaning(s) of one's life -- and on the importance of staying meaningfully engaged with life...
Author
Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
208 pages
Language
English
Description
Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age. Why do some bodies age differently than...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
398 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drs. Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin studied 1,500 people at Stanford University to find out who lives the longest and why. Their book documents the findings of this study, discusses the character traits they found associated with long life, and addresses some of the common myths about longevity. We've been told that to live long we should obsess over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. But based on the most extensive study of...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
131 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family, and aging."--
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the New York Times columnist, a portrait of a family and the cycles of joy and grief that mark the natural world: "Has the makings of an American classic." —Ann Patchett
Growing up in Alabama, Margaret Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents—her exuberant, creative mother;...
Growing up in Alabama, Margaret Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents—her exuberant, creative mother;...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvii, 115 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Billy Collins's thirteenth collection, and first in four years, contains more than fifty new poems that showcase the playfulness, wit, and wisdom that have made him one of our most celebrated and widely read poets. This collection covers many themes, including Collins's profound insights on aging and mortality"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
178 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's leading artists--a living legend--and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as you age. From insight to action, Keep It Moving is a guidebook for expanding one's possibilities over the course of a lifetime"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
" We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent. We aspire to maintain health as well as maintain dignity and fulfillment in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine these possibilities for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he encounters twelve distinguished American men over 80 -- including Paul Volcker, the former...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to reject the notion that aging is an evil. The rewards of growing older are emphasized and practical steps for remaining healthy are offered. Learn the best approach to diet and exercise, how important sleep is, and much more.
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