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Gray Dawn
Peter G. Peterson
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Current:
9.6 |
The greatest demographic event to happen this century was the baby boom. From 1946 to 1965, 76 million live births were recorded in the United States alone, a phenomenon that's been responsible for everything from the surge in baby-food pro
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The Last Gift of Time : Life Beyond Sixty
Carolyn G. Heilbrun
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Current:
9.5 |
At 72, Carolyn Heilbrun is the first to admit she's lucky. She writes: "I am, of course, aware that my perspective is that of someone who has enjoyed many advantages. I have had a privileged education, worked for over thirty years as a
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The Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Jimmy Carter
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Current:
9.5 |
When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he and his wife, Rosalynn, had to face the same questions many elder Americans encounter when retirement approaches: "How could we accommodate the unpleasant circumstances that had been forced
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The Fourteen Friends Guide to Eldercaring
Joan Hunter Cooper, The Fourteen Friends
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Current:
9.4 |
Due to advance in healthcare, nutrition, and technology, people all over the world are living longer and many will require day-to-day care - a challenge Baby Boomers are already beginning to face with their aging parents. It is estimated th
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The Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought (Ballantine Pub Group))
Jimmy Carter
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Current:
9.2 |
When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he and his wife, Rosalynn, had to face the same questions many elder Americans encounter when retirement approaches: "How could we accommodate the unpleasant circumstances that had been forced
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Shed Ten Years in Ten Weeks
Carol Colman, Julian Whitaker (Afterword)
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Current:
9.1 |
Here's another candidate for the "Whoa! Who's that old guy in the mirror?" genre. The advice in Shed 10 Years in 10 Weeks covers a wide range of age-related complaints: more fat, less muscle, more wrinkles, less sexual vita
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Let Evening Come : Reflections on Aging
Mary Chase Morrison
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Current:
9.1 |
A daring, yet gently written reflection on one of life's most important periods, Let Evening Come has the sensitivity and humor that will appeal to readers of any age. Mary C. Morrison explores the changes that take place as one ages
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Age Right : Turn Back the Clock With a Proven, Personalized Antiaging Program
Karlis Ullis, Greg Ptacek
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Current:
8.9 |
We all want to stay young and healthy for as long as possible, but most people believe that there's no way to halt Mother Nature's aging clock. With his strategic approach to stopping -- and even reversing -- the aging process, internationa
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50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America (2nd Ed)
Ken Stern, Lee 50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America Rosenberg
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Current:
8.9 |
Climate, housing, recreation, and health care are among the factors explored in 50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America, 2nd Ed.. This revised and updated version looks at the most popular retirement communities in the United States and pre
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Dave Barry Turns 50
Dave Barry
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Current:
8.9 |
"Many bad things happen when you turn 50. You can't see; you can't hear; you can read the entire Oxford English Dictionary in the time it takes you to go to the bathroom; and you keep meeting people your own age who look like
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Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock
Bob Arnot, Robert Arnot
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Current:
8.8 |
Let's say you're a 50-, 40-, or even 30-year-old man. Maybe you want to evict that donut of fat that's moved into the space where your waist used to be, or it could be that the hike upstairs has you rethinking that downstairs bathroom you n
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Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough: The Superb Antioxidant That May Slow Aging, Repair Liver Damage, and Reduce the Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes
Burt, M.D., Ph.D Berkson(Introduction)
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Current:
8.7 |
By now it is well known that antioxidants, such as vitamins E and C, are essential in combating age and disease caused by free radicals. But new research shows that alpha lipoic acid might be the most powerful of all antioxidants. This is t
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Fifty on Fifty : Wisdom, Inspiration, and Reflections on Women's Lives Well Lived
Bonnie Miller Rubin
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Current:
8.6 |
In this beautifully photographed gift book, 50 famous, accomplished determined women celebrate, reflect upon, and embrace life at 50 and beyond. Hillary Clinton. Faye Dunaway. Linda Ellerbee. Jane Fonda. Sue Grafton. Donna Karen. Diane K
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The Anti-Aging Plan : Strategies and Recipes for Extending Your Healthy Years
Roy L., Md Walford, Lisa Walford
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Current:
8.5 |
The author of Maximum Lifespan and The 120 Year Diet shows how the principles of nutrient-rich caloric limitation can be applied to everyday dietary habits and nutritional needs. More than 100 recipes for delicious dishes--both vegetarian a
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Age Wave : How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Our Future
Kenneth, Ph.D. Dyctwald
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Current:
8.5 |
Based on 15 years of research by a world-renowned expert on aging, this is the first book to explore the profound effects our aging population, and the changing demographics that go with it, will have on every aspect of society, and on our
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How to Live Longer and Feel Better
Linus Pauling
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Current:
8.5 |
How to Live Longer and Feel Better draws on two-time Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling's vast scientific knowledge--and plenty of common sense. The result is a remarkably practical plan for adding years to your life. TP: Freeman. (Nonfiction
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Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
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Current:
8.3 |
Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biolog
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
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Current:
8.3 |
Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biolog
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Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
Wade Davis
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Current:
8.3 |
Renowned anthropologist Wade Davis shows us how preserving the diversity of the world's cultures and spiritual beliefs is just as important as preserving our endangered plants, insects, and animals. In this collection of personal essays, Da
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Albion's Seed : Four British Folkways in America
David Hackett Fischer
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Current:
8.2 |
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. Itis a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a th
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The Control of Nature
John McPhee
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Current:
8.1 |
Master how-it-works writer John McPhee has instructed his readers in the arcana of how oranges are commercially graded, how mountains form, how canoes are built and oceans crossed. In The Control of Nature he turns his attention once
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The Hidden Dimension
Edward Twitchell Hall
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Current:
8.1 |
Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man's use of space can affect personal and business relations, cross-cultural exchanges, archit
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Unheavenly City Revisited
Edward C. Banfield
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Current:
8.1 |
One of the most widely read and widely debated books on contemporary American urban problems! In the more than twenty years since this book was written, the situation of the American city has not changed fundamentally. This is particularly
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Ecological Imperialism : The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History)
Alfred W. Crosby
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Current:
8.0 |
Focusing on ecological aspects, this study reveals how Europeans were able to conquer the people of temperate lands through the successful environmental adaptation of the plants, animals and germs that they brought with them. more]
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The Experience of Place
Tony Hiss
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Current:
7.9 |
Tony Hiss's lively book takes a considered look at a variety of landscapes, from New York's Central Park to the Great Plains, and points out why the design of some places gives us the creeps, while that of others liberates our senses. Hiss
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The Power of Place : Urban Landscapes As Public History
Dolores Hayden
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Current:
7.8 |
The Power of Place is a well-timed, well-reasoned call for fusing history and the environment to create a more democratic and inclusive interpretation of the places in which most of us live and work. Ms. Hayden greatly strengthens preservat
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In the Company of Animals : A Study of Human-Animal Relationships (Canto)
James Serpell
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Current:
7.7 |
Contrasting the way we love some animals while ruthlessly exploiting others, this study provides a detailed and fascinating account of the ways in which animal companionship can influence our health. It provides a key to the moral contradic
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Southern by the Grace of God
Michael Andrew Grissom
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Current:
7.7 |
Widely acclaimed as the essential handbook for Southerners, Southern by the Grace of God boldly proclaims the traditions, the culture, and the values that have long distinguished the South from the rest of the nation. Photographs. more]
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Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
Lester R. Brown
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Current:
7.7 |
On the bicentennial of Malthus's legendary essay on the tendency for population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, the question facing the world is not whether population growth will slow, but how. more]
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Terra : Struggle of the Landless
Sebastiao Salgado(Photographer), Clifford Landers (Translator)
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Current:
7.7 |
"Because death belongs to all, so too should life," observes Portuguese writer José Saramago in a preface to this remarkable volume of black-and-white images. But death is easy and life is hard in Sebastião Salgado's
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Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
Wade Davis
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Current:
7.6 |
Renowned anthropologist Wade Davis shows us how preserving the diversity of the world's cultures and spiritual beliefs is just as important as preserving our endangered plants, insects, and animals. In this collection of personal essays, Da
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Escapism
Yi-Fu Tuan
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Current:
7.5 |
"Who," writes the distinguished geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, "hasn't--sometime--wanted to escape? But from what?" In his fascinating look at the idea of escape, Tuan suggests that all human culture is really a kind of flight, an evasive mechanism
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Don't Count the Candles : Just Keep the Fire Lit!
Joan Rivers
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Current:
7.4 |
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Another Country : The Emotional Terrain of Our Elders [ABRIDGED]
Mary Bray Pipher
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7.4 |
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From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing : A Profound New Vision of Growing Older
Zalman Shalomi-Schachter
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7.3 |
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Freedoms After Fifty
Sue Patton Thoele
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7.3 |
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Living to 100 : Lessons in Living to Your Maximum Potential at Any Age
Thomas T. Perls
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7.2 |
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On Getting Old for the First Time
Peg Bracken, Peggy Bracken
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7.2 |
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Forty Something Forever : A Consumer's Guide to Chelation Therapy and Other Heart Savers
Harold Brecher, Arline Brecher
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7.1 |
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Sister Age
M. F. K. Fisher
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7.0 |
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Senior Living Communities : Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Benjamin, W. Pearce
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7.0 |
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Getting to Know ArcView GIS
Editors of ESRI Press
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7.0 |
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The End of Nature
Bill McKibben
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6.9 |
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Lure of the Local : Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society
Lucy R. Lippard
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6.7 |
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A Green History of the World : The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations
Clive Ponting
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Current:
6.7 |
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Taking Measures Across the American Landscape
James Corner, Alex S. MacLean
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Current:
6.6 |
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The Death of Nature : Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution
Carolyn Merchant
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6.6 |
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The Sacred Balance : Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
David T. Suzuki
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6.6 |
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The Sixth Extinction : Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind
Roger Lewin, Richard E. Leakey
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Nature's Services : Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
Gretchen C. Daily
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6.3 |
Widely acclaimed as the essential handbook for Southerners, Southern by the Grace of God boldly proclaims the traditions, the culture, and the values that have long distinguished the South from the rest of the nation. Photographs. more]
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