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41) The forever war
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Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself -- a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit, and propelled through space and time to fight in a distant thousand-year conflict. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand -- despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away. So Mandella will perform his duties without rancor and...
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In What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life, Gross helps us reconsider our closet identity, and discover who we want to be.
Every woman's closet—no matter the size—is a room of her own. In that space hang side by side the special occasions and the everyday, the triumphs and the disasters, the memories we want to keep—and those we should jettison.
She shares her personal journey and the intimate, poignant,...
Every woman's closet—no matter the size—is a room of her own. In that space hang side by side the special occasions and the everyday, the triumphs and the disasters, the memories we want to keep—and those we should jettison.
She shares her personal journey and the intimate, poignant,...
43) Dunbar
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Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. Now imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills,...
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy. Faced with the obstacles and challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn how to live his best life. From "Make New Friends" (an unfortunate fail when he can't overcome his dislike for mankind) to "Don't Stop Having Fun" (validating his...
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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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Buettner shares recipes from four American food traditions perfectly matched with the Blue Zones concepts for a longevity diet. From a Gullah Geechee stew of okra and benne seeds to a Cherokee succotash, Buettner reveals the healthy origins of America's culinary heritage -- and a multitude of delicious ways to improve your health, extend your life, and fill your plate with joy. -- Adapted from back cover.
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Blending together the most cutting-edge research and stories from habitats all over the world, a molecular biologist explores what nature has to teach us about aging, revealing life spans we cannot imagine and physiological gifts that feel closer to magic than reality.
51) The Declaration
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In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
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Do You Have
An Aging Parent Who —Blames you for everything that goes wrong? Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time? Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined? Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you? Is hostile, negative and critical?
An Aging Parent Who —
Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical
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Defining events and stages mark our lives and can be exciting as well as stressful. In this video, Simone Lee takes viewers through a typical course of life events and discusses their potential impact on health and well-being. Topics include school, employment, marriage, retirement, and bereavement.
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"Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō-a curmudgeon and recent retiree-finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won't allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him...
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By uncovering the genetic secrets of humans and animals that live unusually long lives, scientists are finding extraordinary ways to wind back our cellular clocks. Lab experiments show it's now possible to fight the four major diseases of old age, reverse muscle aging, and rejuvenate egg cells by altering the biological pathways of ageing. Anja Taylor investigates one of these methods achieving extraordinary results in just five days. Could this be...
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Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry in her "decade" series, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother's Day, graduation, Christmas, Chanukah, or at any time of year.
Suddenly Sixty is a funny and touching...
Suddenly Sixty is a funny and touching...