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Vieillir au masculin: accepter le passage du temps
Par Hubert De Ravinel. 1997
Voici un livre plain de témoignages vivifiants et stimulants sur le fait de "vieillir au masculin." Selon l'auteur, il s'agit…
"d'une période de vie féconde et créatrice ou l'homme intérieur" pour enfin se libérer et s'épanouir. 1997.Trail to the interior (Laurentian library ; #27)
Par R. M Patterson. 1966
Through the use of diaries, letters, newspapers and personal narratives, Patterson tells the history of the Cassiar District of British…
Columbia, and of the men and women who pioneered the area. 1970, c1966.Toe rubber blues: mid-life thoughts on the prospects of aging
Par Tom Allen. 1999
The warmth of the heart prevents your body from rusting: ageing without growing old
Par Marie De Hennezel. 2011
The inevitable ageing process does not have to condemn us to solitude, suffering, degradation or dependency. In this meditation on…
ageing, Marie de Hennezel guides us through the true 'art of growing old'. 2011. Uniform title: Chaleur du coeur empêche nos corps de rouiller.The summer of a dormouse
Par John Mortimer. 2001
In this bitter-sweet account of the onset of old age, John Mortimer's characteristic vivacity shines through as he lunches with…
the old lags and captains of industry at Wormwood Scrubs, contemplates Barbra Streisand's legs and begins to suffer from the afflictions that cast down his father at a similar age. 2001.The silent song: a daughter's tribute to a reluctant pioneer
Par Marjorie Wilkins Campbell. 1999
Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly…
relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health. This book is written for them - and also for the rest of us who don't know what being a carer is all about. The book airs such topics as sex, thoughts of murder, and dealing with the responses of friends and officials who fail to understand. 2006.The retirement time bomb: how to achieve financial independence in a changing world
Par Gordon Pape. 2006
Financial expert Pape explains how to avoid a retirement crisis. Offers strategies for setting realistic goals that will help achieve…
financial security for retirement. Provides advice on pension plans, RRSPs, and government benefits, and includes tax-saving strategies. 2006.The rancher takes a wife: a true account of life on the last great cattle frontier
Par Richmond P Hobson. 2015
The interior of British Columbia in the early 20th century is a jungle of swamps, rivers, and grasslands. It's a…
vast and still barely explored wilderness, whose principal citizens are timber wolves, moose, giant grizzly bears, and the odd human being. Into this forbidding land, Rich Hobson, Pioneer cattle rancher, brings Gloria, his city-raised bride. Her adjustment to life in the wilderness is sure to be difficult, as is her relationship with Rich and his backwoods cronies. Will Gloria ever find that she belongs in this strange, harsh land? Sequel to "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 2015.The real Klondike Kate
Par T. Ann Brennan. 1990
According to the author the real Klondike Kate was not the boisterous dance hall queen of legend, but a young…
woman from New Brunswick named Katherine Ryan. Adventurous for her time, she walked into the North over the rugged Stikine Trail and was an early suffragette who became an important political figure in the North. 1990.The promised land: settling the West 1896-1914
Par Pierre Berton. 1984
The perilous journey of the Donner Party
Par Marian Calabro. 1999
1846. Letters and diary entries describe twelve-year-old Virginia Reed and her family's journey by wagon train to California with the…
Donner clan. The group is stranded in deep snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and some desperate travelers resort to cannibalism. Traces the survivors' remaining years. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999.The new old: how the boomers are changing everything---again
Par David Cravit. 2008
With the oldest Baby Boomers turning 60, there is talk about what it will mean for welfare rates or health-care…
costs, but what no one is saying is that they are not the same as the older people of any previous generation. The Boomers' simple act of refusing to age is creating a revolution - in education, employment, housing, health and beauty and, of course, sex. Offers a sneak preview of an entirely new society that is coming - a society in which getting your gold watch at the age of 65 will simply mean that the first half of your life is over. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.The new retirement: how it will change our future
Par Sherry S Cooper. 2008
Economist Cooper provides financial advice to baby boomers contemplating their retirement. But she also draws from the latest literature in…
psychology and gerontology to offer counsel on how boomers can live the second half of their adult lives productively and in good health. c2008.The memory doctor: fun, simple techniques to improve memory & boost your brain power
Par Douglas J Mason, Spencer Xavier Smith. 2005
Do you have trouble finding your keys in the morning or forget what you were looking for altogether? When you…
meet new people, do you often forget their names-as soon as they leave the room? Don't panic! Just because you can't remember doesn't mean you're losing your mind-or even your memory. It's more likely that stress and information overload are making it harder for you to get information into your head in the first place. No matter what age we are, the way we remember things is a process: understand and pay more attention to the steps of the process, and your memory will improve. 2007.The life and legacy of Annie Oakley (The Oklahoma western biographies ; #7)
Par Glenda Riley. 1994
A portrait of the legendary sharpshooter and archetypal western woman. Explores the life of this complex personality who overcame shyness…
and poverty to become an international star in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Evaluates her influence on the development of feminism. 1994.The judge's wife: memoirs of a British Columbia pioneer
Par Louise Wilson, Jean Barman, Eunice M. L Harrison, Ronald B Hatch. 2002
An account of life in early British Columbia from the 1860s to the first decade of the 20th century. The…
wife of Judge Eli Harrison, one of the province's foremost lawyers and judges, Mrs. Harrison gives intimate glimpses into daily life in Victoria, Nanaimo and New Westminster, and her visits as a young woman to Granville (as Vancouver was then called) for dances and picnics. She also includes descriptions of her husband's many hazardous trips over the Brigade Trail into the interior of the province to dispense frontier justice. 2002.Avec le temps (Collection des idées & des hommes ; #8)
Par Marguerite. 1980
Récit très simple qui vise à susciter ou stimuler la sympathie pour les personnes âgées. L'auteur a visité une vingtaine…
de centres d'accueil pour le troisième âge. c1980. (Collection des idées & des hommes ; 8)La jeunesse au coeur: vers une vieillesse heureuse
Par Marcelle Auclair. 1970
Clearing in the West: my own story
Par Nellie L McClung. 1965
Trekking west with her family in 1880, the author grew up on a Manitoba homestead and taught in prairie schools…
until her marriage. Also provides a clear picture of the important role women played in the frontier communities. 1965.