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From Strength to Strength

Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

de Arthur C. Brooks ...

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them,
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Seventy

A Diary of My Seventy-First Year

de Ian Brown ...

Ian Brown, award-winning author of The Boy in the Moon and the memoir Sixty, now recounts his daily reckoning with the milestone age of seventy. Fearlessly candid, often funny and relentlessly real, Brown asks the terrifying questions we all have about growing old, even when he doesn’t want to know the answers.An acclaimed journalist and chronicler of contemporary life, seventy-year-old Ian Brown ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

Ian Brown, award-winning author of The Boy in the Moon and the memoir Sixty, now recounts his daily reckoning with the milestone age of seventy. Fearlessly candid, often funny and relentlessly real, Brown asks the terrifying questions we all have about growing old, even when he doesn’t want to know the answers.An acclaimed journalist and chronicler of contemporary life, seventy-year-old Ian Brown
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Alone Together

Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

de Sherry Turkle ...

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection
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The Essential Questions

Interview Your Family to Uncover Stories and Bridge Generations

de Elizabeth Keating Ph.D. ...

Uncover new sides of family members you’ve known your entire life with this indispensable guide that includes space for journaling.Just as the oral histories of people around the world are disappearing amid rapid change, there is a risk that your family’s personal stories, too, will be lost forever. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

Uncover new sides of family members you’ve known your entire life with this indispensable guide that includes space for journaling.Just as the oral histories of people around the world are disappearing amid rapid change, there is a risk that your family’s personal stories, too, will be lost forever. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique
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Wanting More

A New Generation of Girls+ on Love, Sex, Porn, Social Media, and Deserving Better

de Peggy Orenstein ...

Ten years after her groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Girls and Sex, award-winning author and journalist Peggy Orenstein revisits the sexual landscape and makes some fascinating and sometimes disturbing discoveries.How does a new generation define sexuality? Gender? Pleasure? Consent? Ten years ago, journalist Peggy Orenstein explored those questions in her landmark New York Times ... Leer más

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Ten years after her groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Girls and Sex, award-winning author and journalist Peggy Orenstein revisits the sexual landscape and makes some fascinating and sometimes disturbing discoveries.How does a new generation define sexuality? Gender? Pleasure? Consent? Ten years ago, journalist Peggy Orenstein explored those questions in her landmark New York Times
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Doing Life with Your Adult Children

Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out

de Jim Burns, Ph.D ...

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition.If you've raised a child, you know that ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition.If you've raised a child, you know that
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Hagitude

Reimagining the Second Half of Life

de Sharon Blackie ...

RADICALLY REIMAGINE THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE“There can be a certain perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.”— from the bookFor any woman over fifty who has ever asked “What now? Who do I want to be?” comes a life-changing book showing how your next phase of life may be your most dynamic ... Leer más

$11.59 USD

RADICALLY REIMAGINE THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE“There can be a certain perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.”— from the bookFor any woman over fifty who has ever asked “What now? Who do I want to be?” comes a life-changing book showing how your next phase of life may be your most dynamic
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Your Complete Guide to Total Hip Replacements: Before, During, and After Surgery

de Jennifer Frantin ...

Total hip replacements have helped millions of people lead more productive, more active lives. This book talks about how you can take control of the process to be sure you too have a successful hip replacement.Accurate information combined with checklists, questions, and helpful hints will help you find the right doctor, plan the best time for your surgery, deal with your insurance company and the ... Leer más

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Total hip replacements have helped millions of people lead more productive, more active lives. This book talks about how you can take control of the process to be sure you too have a successful hip replacement.Accurate information combined with checklists, questions, and helpful hints will help you find the right doctor, plan the best time for your surgery, deal with your insurance company and the
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Sixty: A Diary

My Year of Aging Semi-Gracefully

de Ian Brown ...

"This is the thing, you see: I am on my way to being an old man. But at sixty, I am still the youngest of old men."As acclaimed journalist and author Ian Brown's sixtieth birthday loomed, every moment seemed to present a choice: Confront, or deny, the biological fact that the end was now closer than the beginning. Brown chose instead to notice every moment—to try to capture precisely what he was ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"This is the thing, you see: I am on my way to being an old man. But at sixty, I am still the youngest of old men."As acclaimed journalist and author Ian Brown's sixtieth birthday loomed, every moment seemed to present a choice: Confront, or deny, the biological fact that the end was now closer than the beginning. Brown chose instead to notice every moment—to try to capture precisely what he was
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Positive Caregiving

Caring for Older Loved Ones Using the Power of Positive Emotions

de Sarah Teten Kanter ...

A positive antidote to the negative narrative on caregiving, Positive Caregiving helps those who are caring for older adults connect with their care partners and enjoy life together through positive emotions and engaging activities.What if we flip the script on what it means to be a caregiver?“Kanter’s emphasis on creating a positive lens for this special relationship is refreshing.” —Gloria Drake ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

A positive antidote to the negative narrative on caregiving, Positive Caregiving helps those who are caring for older adults connect with their care partners and enjoy life together through positive emotions and engaging activities.What if we flip the script on what it means to be a caregiver?“Kanter’s emphasis on creating a positive lens for this special relationship is refreshing.” —Gloria Drake
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At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream

Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life

de Wade Rouse ...

We all dream about it, but Wade Rouse actually did it. Discover his journey to live the simple life in this hilarious memoir.Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

We all dream about it, but Wade Rouse actually did it. Discover his journey to live the simple life in this hilarious memoir.Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain,
... Leer más
Annuities 101

de D.W. Lindsey ...

Planning for retirement can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! Annuities 101 is a simple, easy-to-understand guide designed to help you secure a steady income for your golden years.This book breaks down annuities in a clear and straightforward way, covering topics like:✔ What annuities are and how they work✔ Different types of annuities and which one might be right for you✔ The pros and ... Leer más

$6.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Planning for retirement can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! Annuities 101 is a simple, easy-to-understand guide designed to help you secure a steady income for your golden years.This book breaks down annuities in a clear and straightforward way, covering topics like:✔ What annuities are and how they work✔ Different types of annuities and which one might be right for you✔ The pros and
... Leer más
I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird

A Daughter's Memoir

de Susan Cerulean ...

Series Libro 20 - Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny ... Leer más

$20.89 USD

Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny
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Ladysitting

My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century

de Lorene Cary ...

“Radiant.” —O, The Oprah MagazineFrom cherished memories of childhood weekends with Nana to the reality of the year she spent “ladysitting,” Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. Weaving a narrative of her complicated relationship with Nana—a fiercely independent and often stubborn woman whose family fled the Jim Crow ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

“Radiant.” —O, The Oprah MagazineFrom cherished memories of childhood weekends with Nana to the reality of the year she spent “ladysitting,” Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. Weaving a narrative of her complicated relationship with Nana—a fiercely independent and often stubborn woman whose family fled the Jim Crow
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Breathe and Grow Rich

de Tom Goode ...

Breathe and Grow Rich is the result of over 30 years of research and results in private practice, workshops and seminars. It is about your health, wealth and joy. It offers new ideas, approaches and techniques to enrich your life. ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Breathe and Grow Rich is the result of over 30 years of research and results in private practice, workshops and seminars. It is about your health, wealth and joy. It offers new ideas, approaches and techniques to enrich your life.
... Leer más
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong

de Steven Petrow ...

For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow.Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought ... Leer más

$16.59 USD

For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow.Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought
... Leer más
The Middle Place

de Kelly Corrigan ...

"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork -- a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns -- clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.At thirty-six, she had a ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork -- a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns -- clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.At thirty-six, she had a
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The Madwoman and the Roomba

My Year of Domestic Mayhem

de Sandra Tsing Loh ...

A comic exploration of a year in the life of an “imaginatively twisted and fearless” (Los Angeles Times) best-selling author.Ah, 55. Gateway to the golden years! Professional summiting. Emotional maturity. Easy surfing toward the glassy blue waters of retirement. . . . Or maybe not? Middle age, for Sandra Tsing Loh, feels more like living a disorganized 25-year-old’s life in an 85-year-old’s ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

A comic exploration of a year in the life of an “imaginatively twisted and fearless” (Los Angeles Times) best-selling author.Ah, 55. Gateway to the golden years! Professional summiting. Emotional maturity. Easy surfing toward the glassy blue waters of retirement. . . . Or maybe not? Middle age, for Sandra Tsing Loh, feels more like living a disorganized 25-year-old’s life in an 85-year-old’s
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Donut Holes for the Soul

Recollections, Musings, and Missives from the Dooryard

de Timothy Cotton ...

Take a nostalgic journey through the joys of everyday life with Erma Bombeck Award-winner Tim Cotton.In Donut Holes for the Soul, Cotton weaves together a collection of essays that celebrate simple pleasures, timeless friendships, and the enduring bonds of family and community. From the familiar sounds of a screen door on a warm summer day to lessons learned from helping his mother move, Cotton's ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Take a nostalgic journey through the joys of everyday life with Erma Bombeck Award-winner Tim Cotton.In Donut Holes for the Soul, Cotton weaves together a collection of essays that celebrate simple pleasures, timeless friendships, and the enduring bonds of family and community. From the familiar sounds of a screen door on a warm summer day to lessons learned from helping his mother move, Cotton's
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So You Want To Do Cardio...Now What? Step-by-Step Instructions & Essential Info That Truly Simplify How to Do Cardio, Including Sample Workouts!

The Now What? Fitness Books, #2

de Linda Burke ...

Series Libro 2 - The Now What? Fitness Books
In this second book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke delves into cardiovascular fitness."The Media often leaves you confused, ill-informed, or even worse: completely scammed or lied to with offers of quick fixes, magic potions, or crazy contraptions promising unrealistic results," cautions Burke. "With obesity rates higher than they've ever been, and ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In this second book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke delves into cardiovascular fitness."The Media often leaves you confused, ill-informed, or even worse: completely scammed or lied to with offers of quick fixes, magic potions, or crazy contraptions promising unrealistic results," cautions Burke. "With obesity rates higher than they've ever been, and
... Leer más
I Feel Bad About My Neck

de Nora Ephron ...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself--now with an introduction from bestselling author, Dolly Alderton“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston GlobeWith her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself--now with an introduction from bestselling author, Dolly Alderton“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston GlobeWith her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry
... Leer más
Everything I Know About Love

A Memoir

de Dolly Alderton ...

New York Times BestsellerLike Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When ... Leer más

$14.49 USD

New York Times BestsellerLike Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When
... Leer más
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

A Novella

de Fredrik Backman ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, Anxious People, and My Friends, a profoundly moving novella about an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his happy memories, face his regrets, and help his son and grandson learn to say goodbye to him.“We know so little about how the brain works. It’s like a fading star right now, do you remember what I taught you about that?”“When a ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, Anxious People, and My Friends, a profoundly moving novella about an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his happy memories, face his regrets, and help his son and grandson learn to say goodbye to him.“We know so little about how the brain works. It’s like a fading star right now, do you remember what I taught you about that?”“When a
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It's Never Too Late to Begin Again

Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond

de Julia Cameron ...

Series series Artist's Way
“The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter century’s teaching. It is my attempt to answer, ‘What next?’ for students who are embarking on their ‘second act.’”—Julia CameronJulia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist’s Way. In It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

“The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter century’s teaching. It is my attempt to answer, ‘What next?’ for students who are embarking on their ‘second act.’”—Julia CameronJulia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist’s Way. In It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they
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