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  • Close to Forever
    Victoria D. Loggins / Victoria DLoggins
    Alexis had known since she was a young girl that if she wanted something she would have to work for it.  Not born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she knew the road to success and having it all would be a challenging and sometimes difficult path to take.  What Alexis didn't see coming was Oliver, the man who would take her heart almost from the second she met him.  Almost ...
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    21,13 €

  • The 4-Minute Miracle
    Linda J. Curry / Linda JCurry
    “The 4-Minute Miracle” releases excess weight, intensifies confidence, and reclaims your sexy! Lifelong health and vitality awaits you.Change your mindset around food. Depriving yourself will no longer be a strategy and any guilt associated with eating will be a thing of the past.Learn a common-sense approach to food. Choosing the right foods for your body is key as one-size do...
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    10,13 €

  • Peeking Over the Edge ... views from life's middle, 2nd Edition
    Cathy Marley
    Fifty … middle age … over the hill.  Is middle age a time that scares the living daylights out of you?  Or is it a time for celebration? Which are you?Cathy Marley reached her 50s and took a long look at where she had been and where she was going and discovered the long-buried passionate soul of a writer. But “everyone” said 50 is a hard time to change direction from technology...
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    17,13 €

  • Save Your Life with Stupendous Spices
    Blythe Ayne
    Turmeric has undergone thousands of biomedical studies, resulting in the discovery of over six-hundred medical applications. Its active ingredient is an antioxidant compound more effective than vitamin e. Turmeric protects DNA strands from breakage. It is anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti-microbial, used to treat cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, liv...
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    21,68 €

  • Eat To Cheat Aging
    ngaire a hobbins
    Eat To Cheat Aging is a book by professional dietitian Ngaire Hobbins who specializes in aging wellness and gerontology.  In it she skilfully presents the science of nutrition and aging in everyday language, making this a rewarding and informative read for anyone heading towards or who has already reached 60, 70 or more. Most people are unaware that nutrition needs change with...
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    16,03 €

  • Under the Sign of the Samovar
    Marcia Katz Wolf
    My grandmother’s samovar has been an abiding presence in my life. Carried to the United States as she and my great-grandparents escaped the Russian pogroms, it is a reminder of their determination to resist the forces that seek to destroy the human spirit, their courage in leaving behind all they had known. In losing their home, they made it possible for my parents and me to ...
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    11,23 €

  • Tell Me So I Know
    Paul Shike
    What is your mother’s favorite story of you? Who was your father’s best friend as a child? What is the most trouble your grandfather got into a child? Do you know the answer to these questions? “Tell Me So I Know” has over 600 questions designed to provide a fun and simple way for you to learn about the memories, life story, favorites and advice of those you love. Start to capt...
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    19,68 €

  • The Creative Landscape of Aging
    Judith Zausner
    The Creative Landscape of Aging, winner of the 2015 National Mature Media Award, presents compelling essays that explore the power and grace of creativity and aging from an intimate perspective. Includes a series of interviews with successful older visual artists such as Judith Leiber, Nelson Shanks, Isaiah Zagar (and many more) with accompanying full color gallery insert of ar...
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    40,62 €

  • Cherish
    Shaela Mauger
    Cherish – a book about us is a beautiful hardcover keepsake journal that guides the writer to pen their own story and the story of the one they love.  It is perfect for a parent to gift to a child, grandparent to gift to a grandchild or the ultimate legacy journal to gift to a terminally ill patient for them to leave for their children or grandchildren.   The guided keepsake jo...
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    23,71 €

  • Trapped by a Mouse
    Bob Zumwalt
    Memoir depends on recollection—not only the particulars of experience, but the emotions, reflections, and even the daydreams elicited. Bob Zumwalt uses memory and imagination to tell the poignant, the fanciful, and the humorous moments of his life. From a bashful young lad in small town Central Texas to world-traveling chemical engineer, Zumwalt shares the rich, (and sometimes ...
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    15,77 €

  • Cuidando al Cuidador
    Beatriz Arroyo Romero
    ¿Quién debe cuidar a los padres mayores? ¿Es deber de los hijos? ¿De otras personas? ¿De la sociedad? ¿Cómo hacerlo? De eso se trata este libro… De ayudarte a entender qué pasa cuando los padres quienes eran nuestros cuidadores primarios se convierten en dependientes totales o parciales de los hijos. ¿Qué hacer para ayudarlos de la mejor manera no siendo profesionales de la sal...
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    8,84 €

  • Awakenings in Real Life
    Dan Cohen
    Cohen’s journey embraces a heartfelt emotional experience that frames ’'awakening’' in a new manner. This will prove surprisingly uplifting and positive in a manner that adds extra dimensions of possibility and understanding to the dementia experience. Family stories, space for journal notes accompanied by the author’s gentle guidance for readers to fill in their own blanks bas...
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    12,74 €

  • The Parental Shift
    Tiffany A. Selden
    The Parental Shift is a reflective look at what happens when parenting changes and life begins to ask different things of us.With humor and heart, Tiffany A. Selden writes about aging, support, and the humanity of parents navigating relationships with adult children. She explores the quiet shift that occurs as roles evolve, expectations soften, and love learns how to exist in a...
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    6,40 €

  • Ground Effect After Spin Recovery
    Betsy Lynch
    Betsy Lynch, poet, teacher, pilot, explores in 'Ground Effect after Spin Recovery' how we recover from real and metaphorical spins, seeking home in ’ground effect’ cushionair molecules between plane and Earth. Raising a family through ages and stages, reflections on hurricanes, ghosts, Irish jigs, roots. Her late brother hovers throughout aslandmark and lighthouse, signal and w...
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    24,04 €

  • Ageless Play
    Neil J Milliner
    What if growing older didn’t mean growing duller? What if the secret to resilience, creativity, and joy was...mischief?In Ageless Play, creative educator and humor‑architect Neil J. Milliner delivers a rebellious self‑help manual disguised as a prank. Equal parts satire, science, and subversive pep talk, this book invites readers to reject the beige empire of 'serious adulthood...
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    8,29 €

  • Through the Eyes of John H Brennan - Circle of Love
    John H Brennan
    What if every ordinary moment of your life was part of a much greater plan?In this moving memoir, John H. Brennan invites readers to walk with him through the joys and struggles of family life, the quiet strength of Catholic faith, and the surprising encounters with God’s mercy that have marked his journey. From growing up in a tight-knit Irish family in upstate New York, to th...
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    4,54 €

  • Dear People
    Kenneth Nwanze
    Dear People is a deeply personal memoir that captures the bittersweet transition from adolescence to adulthood against the backdrop of some of the most turbulent years in recent American history. Kenneth Nwanze takes readers through the highs of graduation, summer nights with friends, and the comfort of pop culture escapes, while also confronting the heartbreak of political dis...
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    20,89 €

  • Are You Going Out Like That?
    Neil J Milliner
    Are You Going Out Like That? is not your grandmother’s end-of-life guide-unless she had a flair for gallows humor and a color-coded legacy binder. This cheeky, heartfelt handbook invites readers to face the inevitable with grace, grit, and a healthy dose of sarcasm.From writing your own obituary (before someone else botches it) to choosing the playlist for your memorial (no Col...
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    6,78 €

  • Designing Robots to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults
    Tracy L. Mitzner / Wendy A. Rogers
    This book translates research on aging, human factors, and human-robot interaction into guidance that will be usable for practitioners who design robots for a range of applications. It offers a framework for human-robot interaction (HRI) with a focus on personal characteristics, robot functionality, task demands, and interaction context. ...
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    156,14 €

  • Humble Yourself, Heal Yourself
    Laetitia Black B.A. J.D.
    This is a self-healing book about behavioral therapy. It is a personal account of the narcissistic and emotional abuse I experienced from my parents from childhood to adulthood. There are ten chapters depicting specific examples of my trauma and the Life Lessons I learned at the time. I believe the people who will benefit most from this book are those who are or were the victim...
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    19,64 €

  • Exquisitely Bored
    Joanne L. Clark
    Why living longer and living younger has us rethinking retirement!In this interesting and thought-provoking read, Joanne Clark challenges the traditional social construct of retirement. Whether you’re mid-career, nearing retirement or already retired, this book will spark conversation and encourage you to view retirement as your what’s next-so that you can experience fulfillmen...
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    11,43 €

  • Exquisitely Bored
    Joanne L. Clark
    Why living longer and living younger has us rethinking retirement!In this interesting and thought-provoking read, Joanne Clark challenges the traditional social construct of retirement. Whether you’re mid-career, nearing retirement or already retired, this book will spark conversation and encourage you to view retirement as your what’s next-so that you can experience fulfillmen...
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    16,84 €

  • Ageing and Families
    Hal L. Kendig
    Originally published in 1986, this title was a landmark study of ageing in Australia and a major contribution to the study of gerontology at the time. It highlights major themes on ageing in ’western’ industrialised societies, as well as pinpointing new, emerging themes. ...
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    55,66 €

  • Crime, Punishment, and the Elderly
    Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives. ...
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    82,60 €

  • Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology
    Joyce Weil
    This comprehensive book provides a review across methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings. It addresses the role of normative age-related sensory, cognitive, and functional changes, as well as the influence of generational cohort (age-period-cohort). ...
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    271,68 €

  • How to Age Gracefully
    Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic
    For readers curious about life in assisted living facilities comes a collection of essays that break stereotypes and distill vital lessons from people in later life. A thoughtful and poignant meditation on aging and mortality, How to Age Gracefully tells the story of author Barbara Scoblic’s life inside an assisted living facility through essays and conversations. When she ente...
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    14,37 €

  • Second Innings On Your Terms
    Rajesh Minocha
    Are you ready to thrive, not just survive, in retirement? Second Innings on Your Terms is your empowering guide to transforming retirement into the most passionate and purposeful phase of your life.This sequel to the bestselling Retire on Your Terms invites you to rediscover yourself beyond a job title. Drawing on real-life examples, deep insights, and practical exercises, it s...
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    8,81 €

  • The Courage to Begin Again
    Lisa Michelle Umina
    The Courage to Begin Again is more than an anthology-it’s a testament to the resilience of women who left everything behind to start anew in Mexico. Through ten deeply personal narratives, these writers share the raw realities of reinvention, navigating language barriers, cultural shifts, and unforeseen challenges with courage and determination.From confronting loneliness and h...
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    25,53 €

  • The Golden Years Glitch
    Judy Smith
    A laugh-out-loud revenge rom-com catering to the often ignored market of mature women.The Golden Years Glitch follows 70-year-old firecracker Andi Parker, a successful businesswoman, devoted mother and so-fun grandmother. She is also looking forward to her golden years with her sexy silver fox husband, Jed.Until... ...
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    18,40 €

  • Mendocino
    John in Gourhan
    As William Butler prepares for his final act on the windswept Mendocino Coast, will obligations force him to forego his ultimate mission?Perched on the edge of Mendocino, the Butler compound overlooks the Pacific Ocean and draws in three women to William Butler’s world: Catherine Henley, who flees the past and her own ghosts daring to hope for love renewed; Madeleine Carter, wh...
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    24,00 €