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Towers of Aging
Joseph A. Amato - Crossings Press
Format: Book
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"Writer Emilio Degrazia wrote in his Introduction to Towers of Aging, in his senior residence, Amato sees up close the varied course of the aging of two hundred seniors. His poems are about them while being meditations on his own aging. The Towers proved to be a classroom of aging for Amato... |
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This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ashton Applewhite - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower,... |
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How to Stay Fit As You Age
Kimberlee Bethany Bonura - Teaching Company, 2013.
Format: DVD video
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The path to staying fit as you age starts right here with the 12 engaging lectures and 6 active training sessions of How to Stay Fit as You Age. Delivered by certified fitness expert and wellness consultant Dr. Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, this series is the gateway to creating and practicing... |
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Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go
Marni Jameson - Sterling
Format: Print book
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It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through... |
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Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
Jo Ann Jenkins - Public Affairs
Format: Print book
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"At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself." - Maya AngelouWe've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines - "50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP and author of Disrupt... |
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Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age--and Other Unexpected Adventures
Reeve Lindbergh - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In her funny and wistful new book, Reeve Lindbergh contemplates entering a new stage in life, turning sixty, the period her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once described as "the youth of old age." It is a time of life, she writes, that produces some unexpected surprises. Age brings... |
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Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy
THOMAS MOORE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Moore is the renowned author of Care of the Soul, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore's view, aging... |
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Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
Lewis Richmond - Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Work as a Spiritual Practice presents a new vision of the aging process, awakening a spirit of fulfillment and transformation. Everything changes. For Buddhist priest and meditation teacher Lewis Richmond, this fundamental Buddhist tenet is the basis for a new inner... |
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Getting Real about Getting Older: Conversations about Aging Better
Linda Stroh - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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The first book to open up a real conversation about aging. What has the experience of getting older felt like for you?It seems that life's milestones pass by in a flash: graduating from school, landing your first job, getting married, having kids. Most people look forward to these events... |
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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
Angelo Volandes - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved... |
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