Aging category: 2173 books
Die Laughing
Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
From the cocreator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a “funny…geezer-licious” (Jack Handey, author of Deep Thoughts) collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more—a perfect gift for almost anyone...
My Buddha Wears Bifocals
Reflections at Midlife and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
what we know is that it is not the outcome that determines how or why we come to love our story. We do so not because of the blessings and joys we have known, nor in spite of the misfortune and hardships we have endured. We come to love our story, if we are lucky, precisely because it is our own.
- form My Buddha Wears Bifocals.
The Last Pilgrimage
My Mother's Life and Our Journey to Saying Goodbye
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A daughter recalls her last years with her mother in a “gorgeous love story and spiritual travelogue . . . a wonderfully written, funny, and fantastic memoir” (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Linda Daly’s mother Nancy was a highly regarded figure in Los Angeles’ cultural and philanthropic arenas—until...
by Eknath Easwaran
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2011
Take your fate into your own hands by facing death, not fleeing from it.
Easwaran is one of the twentieth century's great spiritual teachers and an authentic guide to timeless wisdom. Understand death, Easwaran writes, and you’ll live more wisely – you’ll learn more, love more, and contribute...
Getting Naked Again
Dating, Romance, Sex, and Love When You've Been Divorced, Widowed, Dumped, or Distracted
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
You are divorced, you're widowed, or maybe you've just been busy with other things. Lately though you might be ready (are you?) to meet (but where, and how?) another romantic partner. In GETTING NAKED AGAIN, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Judith Sills, PhD, leads readers...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for the Young at Heart
101 Stories of Inspiration, Humor, and Wisdom about Life at a Certain Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for the Young at Heart celebrates the fun and wonder of getting older! Readers will revel in these stories about dynamic older singles and couples finding new careers, new sports, new love, and new meaning to their lives.
Life begins again at 60! Crossing...
The Point Is
Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In this engaging and provocative new book, Lee Eisenberg, bestselling author of The Number, dares to tackle nothing less than what it takes to find enduring meaning and purpose in life.
He explains how from a young age, each of us is compelled to take memories of events and relationships and...
Passages
Predictable Crises of Adult Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Gail Sheehy’s classic bestseller, Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life, is available as an eBook for the first time, with a new introduction.
For decades, Gail Sheehy’s landmark bestseller Passages has been inspiring readers to see the predictable crises of adult life as opportunities...
by Mary Beth Sammons
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Are you realizing that the first half of your life is over and you've been so busy concentrating on building a career or raising a family, or both, it has suddenly dawned on you that you may have lost yourself in the process and that the dreams you had when you were younger were set aside for more immediate...
How to Love Your Retirement
The Guide to the Best of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Ready or not, here it comes: your retirement years! The third phase in your life.You can look forward to good and interesting times if you're prepared, and Love Your Retirement is packed with helpful, entertaining stories and lots of real-life advice from hundreds of retirees who are making the most...
Midlife Manifesto
A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Forty
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Turn a midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity, with this action plan for transforming your health, finances, relationships, and more.
Once women hit their forties and fifties, they sometimes start feeling stuck, wondering “Is this it?” This inspiring guide provides encouragement and...
Meaning & Purpose in the Second Half of Life
A Guide to Finding What to Do with the Rest of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
What will you do with the rest of your life? People often find themselves at a crossroads in their 50s and 60s. Their professional path may no longer be as rewarding or as full of options as it once was, they may be facing an empty nest, or their significant relationships may be shifting ground. For...
Family Relationships in the Second Half of Life
A Guide to Healing, Enriching & Enjoying Your Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
How can we improve and enrich our family relationships? Even people who are outwardly confident, successful in their professional lives and have rewarding friendships can be undone by uncomfortable, cold or combative relationships with their siblings, parents, children and grandkids.
But...
by Stuart Prebble
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping? Who is infuriated if kept on hold for more than a minute? Who is positively apoplectic if someone answers their phone during dinner? If so, youve probably encountered the phenomenon of the grumpy old man.
Following their first massively...