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"Although we've been conditioned to think "middle aged" is practically a four-letter word, the realities of women in midlife today are far different than what our mothers experienced. Women in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s are living younger, vibrant lives. But influenced by our youth-obsessed culture, we fear that when we hit midlife, we stop being relevant and no longer have options--that it's simply too late for us. Contradicting long-ingrained...
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Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"We all seem to be searching for the fountain of youth-whether it's sleep more, eat less, go keto, go vegan, or intermittently fast--but the truth is there's no single thing that will keep the diseases of aging at bay. If you want to age well, you have tothink outside the box--and that's where health and nutrition pioneer Ann Louise Gittleman comes in. For four decades, Ann Louise has been the go-to expert for answers to our most urgent health questions;...
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"Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it. Barb and John Frost are testy and bored with each other after fifty years of marriage. At least they have their daughters- Barb's favorite, Juliet; and John's darling, Sadie. The girls themselves couldn't be more different, but at least they got along, more or less. Until the day John has a stroke, and their house of cards came tumbling down. Now Sadie has to come home to care for her beloved dad-and...
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Riverhead Books
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English
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"A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better--and for good. There's no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It's a myth, an illusion. New scientific research explodes the fable that midlife is a time when things start to go downhill for everybody. In fact, midlife can be...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition.
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English
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"As energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. In A Good Cry, she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents? marriage and her early life. She pays homage to the people who have given her life meaning and joy: her grandparents, who took her in and saved her...
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"By defining Alzheimer's Disease as a spectrum disorder---like autism, it affects different people differently---Dr. Gayatri Devi offers new hope for its millions of sufferers. A neurologist who's been specializing in dementia and memory loss for more than 20 years, Dr. Devi shares the stories of her patients in the kind of narrative medical writing that grips the reader, humanizes the science, and offers equal parts practical wisdom and advice. She...
48) Perfect 40!
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English
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Dive Into Your 40th Life Chapter Fully Prepared!
There is maturity and wisdom that comes with turning 40. But there is also fear, emotional turbulence, social stress, and many more issues along the ride.
So, how can you face them all?
Presenting "Perfect 40!" By Lana Shabdeen!
Written for millennial women who have just turned or are about to turn 40, this eye-opening self-help book will help you navigate this new terrain, reminding you that you are...
49) Typo & Skim
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Val De Grace Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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First U.S. edition.
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English
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Living somewhere in our midst are little creatures who make it their business to cause a bit of chaos and make sure things age, become jumbled up, and get dirty. When Typo, one such elf, escapes from his school trip to a little girl's birthday party, his adventures in the human world are just beginning.
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Harper perennial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
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English
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A universal tale of loneliness, aging, and the desires of the human heart, Holleran's long-awaited third novel tells the brilliant, passionate story of a man ashamed to be mourning the loss of his own youth as so many around him die young. Lark is obsessed with the beauty of youth and his own mortality, his hairline and the loss of so many of his friends to AIDS, and, above all, with a stunningly virile man who haunts his days and his dreams. -Amazon....
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Highlights how old age is not all downhill by illustrating the paradoxes and pleasures of old age, and new research about successful aging. Also, shows what activities one can do to age well, how attitudes and expectations about aging are linked to how we age, and ways to enjoy older age.
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2009
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1st ed.
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English
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A respected geriatrician examines the social and medical challenges of aging as experienced firsthand through the decline of his elderly father, a process throughout which the author struggled with feelings of helplessness in spite of his medical knowledge.
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's ... meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial...
55) The conscious caregiver: a mindful approach to caring for your loved one without losing yourself
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Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Adams Media trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Linda Abbit, founder of Tender Loving Eldercare and a veteran of the caregiving industry, shares her advice on taking care of an older parent or loved one and how to handle everything that goes along with this dramatic life change. Being a caregiver canbe a difficult role. It requires patience, tenderness, selflessness, and hard work. Providing care for someone, whether it's a parent, a loved one, or as a professional requires a high level of self-love...
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Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Both hilarious and helpful, this practical and unapologetic health and lifestyle guide tells it like it is for women who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in their golden years.
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Grand Central Life & Style
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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Renowned for lowering blood pressure and cholesterol without medication, the DASH diet now is combined with cutting-edge research to develop a program that can halt and even reverse many of the effects of aging. Heller shows you how enjoying a diet of antioxidant rich superfoods, satisfying plant-based meals, and foods that promote healthy gut bacteria will provide visible and measurable results.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of...
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