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  • The Caregivers

    A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love

    de Nell Lake ...
    A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune).In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting ... Leer más

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  • Nell'Inghilterra di Beatrix Potter

    Un viaggio nell'incanto del Lake District

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    L'intento grande di questa piccola opera è quello di condurre il lettore alla scoperta di un luogo unico e meraviglioso, che custodisce da sempre una rara e incontaminata bellezza: il Lake District. In questa "favola per grandi", pagina dopo pagina, sarà possibile viaggiare nelle inconfondibili atmosfere inglesi del Distretto dei Laghi, tanto amate e preservate dai loro storici difensori, ... Leer más

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  • Where the Fireflies Dance

    Roman | New-Adult-Romance über zweite Chancen und die große Liebe vor der faszinierenden Kulisse der kanadischen Rocky Mountains (Nell & Caleb)

    Series Libro 2 - Lake-Louise-Reihe
    Neue Anfänge und zweite Chancen am Ufer des traumhaften Lake Louise in Kanada!Nells Familie gehört das Chalet-Resort im idyllischen Lake Louise. Seitdem ihr Bruder Luke einen schweren Unfall hatte, kämpft Nell mit schrecklichen Angstzuständen. Sie kann nicht akzeptieren, dass Luke nun im Rollstuhl sitzt, und fühlt sich schuldig. Für ihre Eltern spielt sie die starke Tochter, die alles im Griff hat ... Leer más

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  • The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

    With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons

    The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution shines a light on the overlooked contributions of African Americans during the Revolutionary War. First published in 1855, this seminal work by abolitionist William C. Nell features biographical sketches of black soldiers who fought courageously for America's independence.Nell's groundbreaking research documents the participation of men like Crispus ... Leer más

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  • Where the Hummingbirds Sing

    Roman | Der Auftakt einer gefühlvoll-romantischen New-Adult-Dilogie mit den Themen Natur und Auslandsjahr im Sehnsuchtsland Kanada (Lily & Ben)

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    Eine wildromantische Liebe vor der traumhaften Kulisse der kanadischen Rocky Mountains!Ein Jahr in einem Chalet-Resort nahe des traumhaften Lake Louise im Banff-Nationalpark arbeiten! Aufgeregt reist die 20-jährige Hamburgerin Lily nach Kanada. Sie ist begeisterte Fotografin, hat ihre Kamera stets dabei und hofft auf tolle Naturaufnahmen, insbesondere von Kolibris. Als sie auf den verschlossenen ... Leer más

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  • Never Say Die

    The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age

    de Susan Jacoby ...
    Susan Jacoby, an unsparing chronicler of unreason in American culture, now offers an impassioned, tough-minded critique of the myth that a radically new old age—unmarred by physical or mental deterioration, financial problems, or intimate loneliness—awaits the huge baby boom generation. Combining historical, social, and economic analysis with personal experiences of love and loss, Jacoby turns a ... Leer más

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  • With the End in Mind

    Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

    For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and ... Leer más

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  • This Chair Rocks

    A Manifesto Against Ageism

    Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their ... Leer más

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  • The Consolations of Mortality

    Making Sense of Death

    de Andrew Stark ...
    For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality; that true immortality would be awful; and that we experience the kinds of losses in life that we will eventually face in death. Can any of these consolations honestly reconcile us to our inevitable ... Leer más

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  • Aging Our Way: Independent Elders, Interdependent Lives

    de Meika Loe ...
    America is quickly going grey. There are more Americans alive today over the age of 80 than ever before in our history; by 2030, that number is expected to almost triple. But when we discuss how long people live, we must also consider how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and mostly alone to understand how they create and maintain ... Leer más

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  • Take Care, Son

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  • The Lioness in Winter

    Writing an Old Woman's Life

    When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb Mount Everest, not anticipating the crevices and chasms that constitute the rocky terrain of old age. The professional gerontological ... Leer más

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