Gerontology
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The Wrinkly Ranch: Unbelievably funny, shocking and poignant anecdotes of life and work in Long-Term Care
$20.99 Add to cart“God’s Waiting Room, Geezer Glen, Catheter Flats, the Wrinkly Ranch . . . whatever euphemistic pet name you have for long-term care homes, the overall sentiment remains the same: it’s the last stop. B… [more below]
- Author: Squire-Smith, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1039119972
- Language: English
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Third Chapter
$24.00 Add to cartIt’s this process of creative reinvention that the renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot details in The Third Chapter, which redefines our views about the casualties and opportunities of aging.
- Author: Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0374532214
- Language: English
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)
$21.99 Add to cartFrom acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?
Spring Chicken:- Author: Gifford, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1455527432
- Language: English
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The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Writing a Woman’s Life comes an inspirational reflection on aging and the gift of life in your 70s and beyond.
When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun- Author: Heilbrun, Carolyn G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 07 1998
- ISBN10: 0345422953
- Language: English
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Where the Trail Grows Faint: A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team
$16.95 Add to cart“This is Hannah,” Lynne Hugo introduces her chocolate Labrador retriever to an aged woman in a wheelchair at the Golden View Nursing Home. “Would you like to pat her?”
“I don’t know,” the woman respon… [more below]- Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize
- Author: Hugo, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0803224516
- Language: English
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The Virtues of Aging
$17.00 Add to cartFormer president Jimmy Carter reflects on aging, blending memoir, anecdote, political savvy, and practical advice to truly illuminate the rich promises of growing older.
“As we’ve grown older, the res- Series: Library of Contemporary Thought
- Author: Carter, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 13 1998
- ISBN10: 0345425928
- Language: English
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Polymath: The Life and Professions of Dr Alex Comfort, Author of the Joy of Sex
$34.00 Read moreWe have so much more to learn about (the author of) The Joy of Sex!, this biography covers it all: the life of a young poet, pacifism, anarchist activism, academic life, the 60s counterculture, starti
- Author: Laursen, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 760
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1849354960
- Language: English
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The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny
$29.99 Add to cartA demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age–when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen–and explores what it could mean for our collective futu
- Author: Schurman, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0063048752
- Language: English
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Ultimate Guide to Sex After 50: How to Maintain – Or Regain – A Spicy, Satisfying Sex Life
$28.95 Add to cart“Sex changes with aging, but for every problem, there is a solution,” says Joan Price, “senior sexpert” for the over-fifty population. Her definitive guide to sex and aging has it all: medical challen… [more below]
- Author: Price, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1627780963
- Language: English
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Choose Joy: Three Keys to Investing Your Time in Retirement
$14.95 Add to cartChoose Joy features fifty inspiring stories of people ages 62-100 years who are making the most of their retirement. They aren’t doing huge things like climbing Mt. Everest or founding nonprofits. The
- Author: Plunkett, Babs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1946195804
- Language: English
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Keenagers: Telling a New Story about Aging
$19.99 Add to cartAre you looking for a book that will inspire and motivate you to take on new challenges and break outdated stereotypes about aging? Keenagers: Telling a New Story about Aging by Dr. Corinne Auman is t
- Author: Auman, Corinne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: June 18 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889268253
- Language: English
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Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
$20.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Winner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book Award
Winner of the 2022 At Home With Growing- Author: Aronson, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1620405474
- Language: English
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Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy
$25.00 Add to cartA damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United States–and how we can fix it.
While the French went on strike in 2023 to protest the increase in the national retirement age, work
- Author: Ghilarducci, Teresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0226831469
- Language: English
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Superaging: Getting Older Without Getting Old
$26.95 Add to cartGet older without getting old!
Welcome to the dazzling new world of SuperAging, where everything you’ve been taught about aging is challenged. Getting older does not need to mean the end of accomplish… [more below]
- Author: Cravit, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1954854862
- Language: English
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Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
$17.00 Add to cartMore than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment and meaning in a way no one had before. Leaving his teaching job at Harvard, Ram Dass embodied the ro… [more below]
- Author: Dass, Ram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1573228710
- Language: English
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There Was an Old Woman: Reflections on These Strange, Surprising, Shining Years
$24.95 Add to cartAndrea Carlisle isn’t struggling with her new identity as the Old Woman in the ways society seems to think she should. In fact, she is finding her later years to be an extraordinary and interesting t
- Author: Carlisle, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0870712578
- Language: English
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La Segunda Mitad: Los 50+ Vivir La Nueva Longevidad / The Second Half: The 50s+ and the New Longevity
$19.95 Read more50 a?os y m?s: vivir la nueva longevidad
Muchas veces leemos que podr?amos vivir hasta cien a?os y m?s tambi?n. Incluso ya hay quienes hablan de la inmortalidad del ser humano. Pero qu? implica en co- Author: Bernardini, Diego
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 6073801556
- Language: Spanish
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Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
$27.99 Add to cartWhat if aging is something to aspire to, not to dread? What if together we could forge a radiant rebellion against the idea of aging as a season of decline?
Join Karen Walrond, author of The Lightmake
- Author: Walrond, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 225
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1506487637
- Language: English
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Honest Aging: An Insider’s Guide to the Second Half of Life
$24.99 Read moreYour indispensable guide to taking charge of the second half of your life.
From Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig, a top doctor with more than 35 years of experience caring for older people, Honest Aging is an in
- Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Paperback)
- Author: Leipzig, Rosanne M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1421444704
- Language: English
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on growing old gracefully from one of ancient Rome’s greatest philosophers
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Wel- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0691167702
- Language: English
