Kinsley, Michael E.
Summary: "Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked "Exit." The largest age cohort in history--the notorious baby boomers--is approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that all about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 KINRehm, Diane.
Summary: "In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio hostess speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from Parkinson's) of her husband of 54 years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REHM, DIANE REHRehm, Diane
Summary: "In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio hostess speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from Parkinson's) of her husband of 54 years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 REHM, DIANE RehMikkelsen, Anne Cutter.
Summary: "Motivated by her husband Mike's PD, Anne Mikkelsen developed a cooking style that blends her training in traditional French cooking with emerging science on the importance of brain-healthy food. Mike, an award-winning potter and sculptor, has skillfully adapted his art to accommodate the advancing stages of PD. Together, they have overcome many of the obstacles of living with Parkinson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DiaMedica Publishing 2011
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Summary: "In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - a degenerative neurological condition. ... he tells the story of his life, his career, and his campaign to find a cure for Parkinson's."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOX, MICHAEL FOXFox, Michael J.
Summary: The actor shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how perceptions about time affect the consideration of mortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FOX FOXMistry, Rohinton
Summary: Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson's disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage International 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISFranzen, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FRAFranzen, Jonathan.
Summary: Enid Lambert begins to worry about her husband when he begins to withdraw and lose himself in negativity and depression as he faces Parkinson's disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FRAEig, Jonathan
Summary: "The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALI EIGMistry, Rohinton
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISSummary: Once diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, most patients can expect a stable and active lifestyle for up to a decade-but new drugs could lengthen that period. This program follows five volunteers in the clinical trial of MitoQ, a medicine designed to slow the ailment's progress. Viewers are taken through the yearlong, double-blind placebo-controlled study, in which each volunteer performs a daily...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009