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Starting with the Old Testament
Par Stephen Travis. 1994
Sometimes we dance alone: your next years can be your best years
Par Edith S McCall. 1994
Believing that life is a gift of endless possibilities, eighty-something writer McCall urges others not to drop out of the…
dance of life just because they live alone in their later years. Using her own life as an example, McCall describes the adventures she has had since her divorce in the 1960s and the help she received from God. Included is a list of recreational resources. 1994.Small expectations: society's betrayal of older women
Par Leah Cohen. 1984
After a lifetime as home-makers and wage earners, most older women end up poor and alone. This book looks at…
the causes and workings of the prejudice endured by women as they age. 1984.Saving Alex: when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began
Par Joanna Brooks, Alex Cooper. 2016
Two days after Alex Cooper told her parents that she was gay, they took their fifteen-year-old daughter to Utah, where…
they signed over their parental rights to a group of fellow Mormons who promised to "cure" Alex. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed "residential treatment program," a virtual gulag where thousands of American teenagers have been sent by fundamentalist parents. Forbidden from attending school, Alex was beaten and verbally abused, and forced to stand facing a wall for up to eighteen hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks that literally broke her back. "God's plan does not apply to gay people," her captors told her, using faith as a cudgel to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law's protection as an openly gay teenager. 2016.Saint Saul: a skeleton key to the historical Jesus
Par Donald H Akenson. 2000
Recreates the world of Christ, revising our understanding of the relationship between Jesus and Saul (better know to Christians as…
St. Paul). Explores The Epistles of Saul, the closest thing to a direct eye-witness account of the life of Jesus. This study probes the evidence for and against the historical status of Saul and Jesus, shedding light on such issues as Jesus' relationship with his family, views on divorce, and resurrection. 2000.Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide
Par Roger Rosenblat. 2000
Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…
on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.Rita will: memoir of a literary rabble-rouser
Par Rita Mae Brown. 1997
Autobiography of the openly lesbian novelist who has co-authored mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie. Describes her illegitimate birth, adoption…
by relatives, and southern childhood; how she became an advocate for women's rights; and her relationships with tennis star Martina Navratilova and author Fannie Flagg. Some strong language. c1997.Retirement guide for Canadians: an overall plan for a comfortable future (Self-counsel retirement series)
Par Henry S Hunnisett. 1993
A guide for Canadians who are at or nearing the retirement stage of life. The author, having experienced many of…
the problems and disappointments encountered by many retirees, attempts to answer the key questions people may have about how to plan for a fulfilling and financially stable retirement. 1993.Retire rich: winning strategies for higher retirement income
Par Stephen Gadsden. 1999
One in five Canadian seniors lives below the poverty line. Here a financial planner shares tips on how to avoid…
this fate. Gadsden discusses how to calculate how much money you'll need to save, the six keys to retirement wealth, how to organize your finances as retirement approaches, and strategies for generating the largest retirement nest egg possible. Also included are case studies, sample forms, and checklists to help you get started on your way to retiring rich.Reliving the passion: meditations on the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus as recorded in Mark
Par Walter Wangerin. 1992
Walter Wangerin recounts the story of Jesus' death and resurrection as given in the gospel of Mark. He enables the…
reader to see the story from the inside and helps us recognize our faces in the streets of Jerusalem, and experience the ultimate revelation of knowing the man called Jesus. 1992.Queer, there, and everywhere: 23 people who changed the world
Par Sarah Prager. 2017
A LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares hip, engaging facts about 23 influential gender-ambiguous notables from the era of the Roman…
Empire to the present, exploring how they defied convention to promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own terms and shape culture. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Pourquoi les femmes vivent-elles plus longtemps que les hommes?
Par Royda Crose. 1998
Malgré les progrès de la médecine, les hommes meurent en moyenne sept ou huit ans avant les femmes. Cette espérance…
de vie limitée s'explique-t-elle par la biologie? D'après l'auteure, il s'agit surtout d'une question d'adaptation. Elle constate que les femmes surmontent plus facilement les crises de la vie, qu'elles savent créer des liens affectifs durables et se montrer à la fois flexibles et résistantes. Cette capacité d'adaptation les aide à vieillir plus sereinement et, semble-t-il, à vivre plus longtemps. 1998.Praying the Lord's Prayer
Par J. I Packer. 2007
As Packer works through each phrase of Christ's pattern of prayer, readers will begin to grasp the basic principles and…
guidelines of prayer. As readers apply the truths of this book to their prayer lives, they will experience intimate communication with God and will strengthen their own conversations with their Father in heaven. 2007.Chemin faisant: rencontres avec douze personnalités inspirantes
Par Paule Des Rivières, Raynald Petit. 2016
Planning your retirement
Par Blossom T Wigdor. 1985
Patrimoine: une histoire vraie
Par Philip Roth. 1992
Ce récit, écrit à la première personne, raconte la lente maladie du père de l'auteur âgé de quatre-vingt-six ans, sa…
lutte obstinée pour vaincre la tumeur au cerveau qui finira par l'emporter. Dans ce combat contre le drame de la vieillesse, le fils guide et assiste le père jusqu'à s'identifier à lui. 1992. Titre uniforme: Patrimony : a true story.Our covenant God: learning to trust Him
Par Kay Arthur. 1999
By exploring some of the beautiful and meaningful aspects of ancient covenant-making, Kay Arthur brings to light the missing piece…
of a jigsaw puzzle that completes an understanding and experience of a believer's unique relationship with God: the concept of covenant. 1999.Our future selves: love, life, sex and aging
Par Merrily Weisbord. 1991
Our best years
Par Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney. 1984