Karlgaard, Richard
Summary: A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with early achievement, from getting perfect scores on SATs to getting into Ivy League colleges to landing an amazing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 KARGuerrasio, Jeannette
Summary: "In Embrace Aging: Conquer Your Fears and Enjoy Added Years, Dr. Jeannette Guerrasio empowers people over 50 by guiding them with practical advice for happy, healthy, and independent aging. She focuses on the everyday aspects of aging to help readers understand how their bodies change with age and how best to overcome and adapt to these changes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging GuerrasioSummary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLILustbader, Wendy.
Summary: Combines first-person stories from older people in all walks of life with the author's personal observations to look at the experience of aging, showing the later years to be a time of emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth and happiness, rather than a period of decline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.67 LUSEnglander, Howard
Summary: "Embracing Elderhood offers an alternative to the pessimism that leads to 'dying before we die!' It loudly proclaims that being old is about chronology; being an Elder is about attitude. This book is a genuine contribution to the narrative about aging that redefines the concept of Elderhood by asking and answering three important questions: Why am I here? Why am I still here? And why was I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023