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The healthy boomer: a no-nonsense midlife health guide for women and men
Par Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999
Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.Have a little faith: a true story
Par Mitch Albom. 2009
The book begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.…
Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival. 2009.The book of life: one man's search for the wisdom of age
Par Andrew Jackson. 2000
Jackson quit his job to travel the world with his wife, meet the oldest people alive and imbibe some of…
their knowledge. He describes nonagenarians and centenarians in Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, America, Ecuador and Bolivia. In their meetings with the aged, they explore the changing world and the peaceful demeanour which has helped these survivors to live into their dotage. 2000.Spirituality and ageing
Par Albert Jewell. 1999
This work presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are…
religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of backgrounds. They define "spirituality" not just as a religious concept but as an answer to the natural human need for purpose, values and relationships - a sense of wholeness in life.Faith in the future: The Ecology Of Hope And The Restoration Of Family, Community And Faith
Par Jonathan Sacks. 1995
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addresses some of today's major themes, the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family…
and community life, the lack of moral direction, and the waning of religious belief. He asks how we can construct a humane social order which honours human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others.Wonders and miracles: a Passover companion : illustrated with art spanning three thousand years
Par Eric A Kimmel. 2004
Presents the steps performed in a traditional Passover Seder, plus stories, songs, poetry, and pictures that celebrate the historical significance…
of this holiday to Jews all over the world. Grades 3-6 and older readers. 2004.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
Par Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.The complete idiot's guide to a great retirement for Canadians
Par Carolyn Janik, Ruth Rejnis, Bruce McDougall. 1996
The authors address the critical issues that we face as retirement draws nearer. They talk about how much money you…
really need in order to retire, how to get value from RRSPs, government programs, purchasing a retirement home, and estate planning.A short history of Judaism
Par Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok. 1999
Blue heaven
Par Lionel Blue. 1989
When he was younger, Lionel Blue waited anxiously to be struck by a special revelation from heaven. As he grew…
older and the bolt from above failed to materialise, he realised that real knowledge of heaven - and earth - came in the most unlikely situations. He also realised that humour is an integral part of our ability to cope with living. In "Blue heaven" Rabbi Blue has produced a collection of amusing and thought-provoking stories.This Strange Visible Air: Essays on Aging and the Writing Life
Par Sharon Butala. 2021
A collection of essays on women and aging from Canadian legend Sharon Butala "What I didn't have a clue about…
was that I was soon to be old, or what being old would mean to my dreams and desires. While dreading old age with every fibre, I was at the same time in full denial that it would ever happen to me, and so, was shocked down to the soles of my feet when it did." In this incisive collection, Sharon Butala reflects on the ways her life has changed as she's grown old. She knows that society fails the elderly massively, and so she tackles ageism and loneliness, friendship and companionship. She writes with pointed wit and acerbic humour about dinner parties and health challenges and forgetfulness and complicated family relationships and the pandemic -- and lettuce. And she tells her story with the tremendous skill and beauty of a writer who has masterfully honed her craft over the course of her storied four-decade career. Butala gives us a book to be cherished -- an elegant and expansive look at the complexities and desires of aging and the aged, standing in stark contrast to the stereotyped, simplistic portrayals of the elderly in our culture. This Strange Visible Air is a true gift.Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen
Par Matti Friedman. 2022
The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur War. "Who by Fire is…
a stunning resurrection of a moment in the life of Leonard Cohen and the history of Israel. It’s the story of a young artist in crisis and a young country at war, and the powerful resonance of the chord struck between them. A beautiful, haunting book full of feeling." —Nicole Krauss, author of To Be a Man In October, 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and bloodshed of the Yom Kippur War. Moving around the front with a guitar and a pick-up team of local musicians, Cohen dived headlong into the midst of a global crisis and met hundreds of fighting men and women at the worst moment of their lives. His audiences heard him knowing it might be the last thing they heard, and those who survived never forgot what they heard. Cohen’s war tour was an electric cultural moment, one that still echoes today, and one that inspired some of his greatest songs – but a moment that only few knew about, until now. In Who By Fire, Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman gives us a riveting account of what happened during those weeks in Israel in October, 1973. With access to amazing and never-before-seen material written by Cohen himself, along with dozens of interviews and rare photographs, Friedman revives this fraught and stunning time, presenting an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the artist, and of the young people who heard him sing in the midst of combat. Who By Fire brings us close to one the greatest, most brilliant and charismatic voices of our times, and gives us a rare glimpse of war, faith, and belonging.God wears lipstick: Kabbalah for women
Par Karen Berg. 2005
The chosen wars: how Judaism became an American religion
Par Steven R Weisman. 2018
Journalist presents a history of Judaism in America since the colonial settlement of New Amsterdam. Discusses the adaptations of religious…
expression to fit immigrant life in a nascent country, theological divisions, and development of the American Jewish identity. 2018My Jewish year: 18 holidays, one wondering Jew
Par Abigail Pogrebin. 2017
Journalist presents her immersive exploration of the faith she identifies with, despite not having strong family traditions in the celebration…
of it. Follows the Jewish calendar year from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av. Includes commentary from prominent rabbis on the history and observance of the holidays. 2017Nomadland: surviving America in the twenty-first century
Par Jessica Bruder. 2017
A look at the subculture of older Americans who, unable to afford either mortgages or retirement, are traveling the country…
in RVs, campers, and vans. Particularly examines the life of one woman as she travels between seasonal jobs and reunions with her van-dwelling friends. Some strong language. 2017No time to spare: thinking about what matters
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 2017
Happiness is a choice you make: lessons from a year among the oldest old
Par John Leland. 2018
A New York Times journalist examines what life is like for the very old. He interviews six men and women,…
all over the age of eighty-five, who share the importance of focusing on enjoying all one still can do, rather than mourning things now out of reach. 2018Occupying aging: delights, disabilities, and daily life
Par Katherine Schneider. 2013
Retired psychologist and avid reader provides a year's worth of daily--and often humorous--musings. Illustrates how she personally approaches life now…
that the circumstances of being blind from birth and struggling with fibromyalgia for two decades have been combined with issues that accompany aging. Includes a recommended reading list. 2013Alive, alive oh!: and other things that matter
Par Diana Athill. 2016
The author of Somewhere towards the End (BR 19178) continues, at ninety-seven years old, to write about aging. Topics include…
cherished memories of her grandmother's garden, her experience of miscarrying a child in her forties, and her decision to move into a retirement home. 2004