Chittister, Joan.
Contents: Introduction: the purpose of life -- Regret -- Meaning -- Fear -- Ageism -- Joy -- Transition -- Transformation -- Newness -- Discontinuity -- Accomplishment -- Adjustment -- Fulfillment -- Mystery -- Relationships -- Tale-telling -- Letting go -- Learning -- Religion -- Freedom -- Success -- Time -- Wisdom -- Sadness -- Dreams -- Limitations -- Solitude -- Productivity -- Memories -- Future --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BlueBridge 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print, in association with Ballantine Pub. Group 1998
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.26 CARPipher, Mary Bray
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.26 PIPArmstrong, Sue
Summary: "The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life, and no single, predictable program playing itself out:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2019
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Summary: 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 meaningful lives for themselves. Meika Loe explores how the very old navigate the practical challenges of living as independently as possible while staying healthy, connected, and comfortable--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 LOEScott, Andrew J.
Summary: The authors of the best-selling "The 100-Year Life" share practical advice based on three fundamental principles for helping governments, corporations and educational institutions flourish in a world transformed by longevity and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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Summary: A provocative evaluation of modern issues related to aging describes the author's decision to stop fighting the aging process and discusses interviews and experiments she conducted to address key questions about midlife sexuality and age discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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Summary: "An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence. Between 1900 and 2000, Americans gained, on average,thirty years of life. That dazzling feat allowed tens of millions of Americans to reach the once-rare age of 85, now the fastest-growing age...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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Summary: Argues "that individual lifestyle choices play a greater role than genetics, wealth, race, or other factors in determining how happy people are in later life."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.26 VAIManly, Carla Marie
Summary: "Clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly provides an important and meaningful window into womanhood for those approaching fifty and beyond. A must-read book for every woman who wants to embrace the aging process, Aging Joyfully invites the reader to discover a radiant life filled with freedom, beauty, and joy."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.262 MANMintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred)
Summary: In this book the author shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with its use first as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 MINClein, Emmeline
Summary: "A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought. In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Orthorexia,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "Offers insight, encouragement, and hope to older adults getting back on the dating scene. Includes the author's own experiences as well as those of other gray love seekers and finders. Features sidebars that list insider tips gleaned from experts the author interviewed. Covers both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.73 STASummary: Ben is a 23-year-old slacker who meets up and coming career girl Alison at a bar. They end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: ""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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Summary: From our earliest ancestors to babies born today, fabric is a necessary part of our everyday lives, but it's also an opportunity for creativity, symbolism, culture and connection. Traveling across the world and bringing history to life, bestselling author Victoria Finlay investigates how and why people have made and used cloth. A century ago in Wales, women would sew their own funeral clothes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 746.09 FINVivas, Esther
Summary: "¿Es posible ser mamá y feminista al mismo tiempo? ¿Hay alguna salida al dilema «carrera vs. familia»? Si hemos elegido se madres, ¿hasta que punto podemos decidir sobre nuestra maternidad? En Mamá desobediente, la periodista, socióloga y madre feminista, Esther Vivas aborda éstas y otras interrogantes cuando explora la maternidad con emancipación y sin imposiciones. Con un tono fresco pero...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Español 2024