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Age Well, Live Smart
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Make the most of the second half of life.
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Aamodt, Sandra Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life We use our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea how they work...Here, the authors dispel common myths about the brain and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of how it really works. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Alford, Henry How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They are Still On this Earth) Part family memoir, part Studs Terkel, How To Live considers some unusual sources--deathbed confessions, late-in-life journals--as well as offering a rich compilation of interviews with the over-70 set to deliver a highly optimistic look at our dying days. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Amen, Daniel G. Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential It all starts with your brain: how you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams...Yet amid all the advice that bombards us daily about how to keep the rest of our body strong and healthy, we hear very little about how to keep the most complex and magnificent organ of all - the human brain - in top working order. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Bortz, Walter M. The Roadmap to 100 : the Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Life With a baby boomer turning sixty every ten seconds, we are rapidly becoming an aging society. But cutting-edge research on the connection between age and disease shows us that many of the preconceptions we had about how to grow old need a second look. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Brokaw, Sarah Fortytude : Making the Next Decades the Best Years of Your Life...Through the 40s, 50s, and Beyond Licensed therapist Sarah Brokaw identifies five sustaining core values held by the women who navigate midlife most smoothly. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Buettner, Dan The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity found in the Blue Zones: places in the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Chittister, Joan The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully This inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises. Central throughout is a call to cherish the blessing of aging as a natural part of life that is active, productive, and deeply rewarding. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Critser, Greg Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging Mix the latest and most rigorous scientific research, irrepressible old-fashioned entrepreneurship, and the ancient human desire to live forever (or at least a lot longer) and the result is today's exploding multibillion-dollar antiaging industry. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Foer, Joshua Moonwalking with Einstein : the Art and Science of Remembering Everything Having achieved the seemingly unachievable-- becoming a U.S. Memory Champion-- Foer shows how anyone with enough training and determination can achieve mastery of their memory. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Fonda, Jane Prime Time : Creating a Great Third Act The Oscar-winning actress, fitness expert, and political activist outlines a roadmap for seniors who are experiencing unprecedented rates of longevity, sharing practical advice on everything from fitness and sexuality to coming to terms with past mistakes and embracing a spiritual life. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Forsythe, James W. Anti-aging Cures : Life Changing Secrets to Reverse the Effects of Aging A doctor known best for being the inspiration behind TV personality and author Suzanne Somers' dramatically healthy lifestyle now offers his own overview of the anti-aging cures he has championed. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Friedman, Howard S. The Longevity Project : Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-decade Study We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, "The Longevity Project" exposes what really impacts our lifespan--including friends, family, personality, and work. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Green, Cynthia R. Brainpower Game Plan Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why? Or forgotten someone’s name right after you heard it? Maybe you’re just not thinking as clearly as you used to, and you’re growing worried. Well, have no fear. This revolutionary program can help you improve your everyday memory up to 78%! 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Greene, Bob 20 Years Younger : Look Younger Feel Younger be Younger! Bob Greene offers readers a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better health, improved energy, and a positive outlook on life. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Ironside, Virginia You're Old I'm Old-- Get Used to It! : 20 Reasons Why Growing Old is Great Wry essays about the advantages and indulgences of aging. No matter what they say, sixty will never be the new forty. But 65-year-old British writer Virginia Ironside is determined to convince people that getting old is not so bad. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Lachs, Mark What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older : an Insider's Survival Manual for Outsmarting the Health-care System Aging well frequently involves feeling your way blindly through a complex medical world: dealing with multiple doctors, facing baffling financial decisions, and figuring out whether you or a parent needs care outside the home. What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older turns the lights on, illuminating potential pitfalls and showing a way around them. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 Citing a growing population of middle-aged citizens and a mainstream perspective that its members are neither young nor old, a demographic assessment explores the ways in which today's people between the ages of fifty and seventy-five are redefining beliefs about maturity, power, and sexuality. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Maranan, Julia The 100 Best Ways to Stop Aging and Stay Young : Scientifically Proven Strategies for Taking Years Off Your Body Look younger, feel energetic, and prevent illness in just minutes per day! These suggestions are safe, effective, practical, and easy to incorporate into any lifestyle. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Oz, Mehmet, 1960- You Staying Young : the Owner's Manual to Extending Your Warranty 2007 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Pillemer, Karl A. 30 Lessons for Living : Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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