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The biology of senescence
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Alex Comfort |
You will take little comfort in this book by Alex Comfort. Senescence is the science of ageing, decline and death. This book is unusually for Alex Comfort a hard read. If you can read it you are a be… |
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Little old ladies
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Franziska Kalch |
Describes some of the known and unknown characteristics of little old ladies. |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Lisa See |
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer in Yongming County, and to her family is just another mouth to feed until she can be married off. But when she is six years old she is brought before the ambit… |
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Growing old in America
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Elaine Landau |
Discusses aspects of growing old in America, such as retirement, senior citizen centers and communities, financial matters, and health problems. |
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Rudy's memory walk
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Gloria Velásquez |
As high school senior Rudy adjusts his attitudes toward the elderly when his senile grandmother has to move in with his family, his girlfriend encourages him to talk with a friend's mother who has si… |
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Murphy's mansion
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Elaine K. McEwan |
Between worrying about his mother's dates and dealing with an unusual new girl in his sixth grade class, Josh tries to learn more about the Murphy mansion and the old woman who lives there. |
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Not Dead Yet
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Julia Neuberger |
Why we need to be better at ageing...Julia Neuberger addresses the question of what life will actually be like for us as we get old, and suggests answers for making our later years as good as when we… |
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Soup for supper
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Phyllis Root |
A wee small woman catches a giant taking the vegetables from her garden and finds that they can share both vegetable soup and friendship. |
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Best foot forward
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Joan Bauer |
In this sequel to the beloved Rules of the Road, Jenna Boller is dripping with newfound maturity after her life-altering summer on the road. She has a job she loves at Gladstone Shoes, a best friend … |
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Senior moments are murder
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Mike Befeler |
Imagine waking up in a place you didn't recognize, not remembering anything from the day before and then finding a dead body. Cantankerous octogenarian Paul Jacobson must solve a series of murders wh… |
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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
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Deb Caletti |
In the summer of her junior year, sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love, and in the proces… |
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Mile-high apple pie
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Laura Langston |
As time passes, this little girl grows up and her grandma grows older. Even if at times coming to terms with Grandma's not remembering is difficult, there are still some very special things Grandma d… |
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Rose meets Mr. Wintergarten
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Bob Graham |
Rumor has it that Rose's neighbor, Mr. Wintergarten, has a pet crocodile that eats children. So when Rose's ball flies over his fence, she's scared to retrieve it. But when she bravely sets out to go… |
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Always Gramma
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Vaunda Micheaux Nelson |
A loving grandchild describes what it is like when Gramma becomes increasingly confused and forgetful, to the point that she can no longer take care of herself. |
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I remember, cried Grandma Pinky
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Jan Wahl |
Lisa loves to hear Grandma Pinky tell stories about the old days, but she worries when Grandma becomes forgetful about more recent activities. |
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Aging
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Edward Edelson |
Surveys issues dealing with the process of aging, including the difference between generations in both physical and mental capacities and the treatment of the elderly. |
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The old, old man and the very little boy
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Kristine L. Franklin |
As he listens to Old Father's stories each day, a little boy asks if his friend has ever been young, but only after he has grown old himself, does he understand Old Father's answer. |
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Out of time
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Lynne Segal |
"A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging. How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are … |
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Aging with wisdom
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Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle |
xvi, 206 pages : 22 cm |
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A carnival of losses
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Arthur Morey,Donald Hall |
"New essays from the vantage point of very old age, once again "alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny, "* from the former poet laureate of the United States *(New York Times)"-- |
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