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It's no secret that people are living longer lately, and setting up an appropriate exercise and nutrition plan is vital to maintaining this longevity. This book contains more than fifty exercises for seniors, with beautiful full-color step-by-step images to illustrate each.
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Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 4
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"Shocking news reaches them -- an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters -- as well as heartache close to home -- Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust. With the body count rising, the clock...
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"It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a communal home for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had their share of issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, mobility issues, and unruly grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news. The body of one of their neighbors was discovered earlier...
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383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Español
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La nueva longevidad no es vivir más, sino mejor, diferente, plenos, partícipes e integrados. Y eso depende de los hábitos, los proyectos y la propia actitud. Diego Bernardini comparte su experiencia vivencial con personas mayores y propone su mirada de la vida. Muchas veces leemos que podríamos vivir hasta cien años y más también. Incluso ya hay quienes hablan de la inmortalidad del ser humano. ¿Pero qué hay de lo concreto de llegar, rondar...
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viii, 373 pages ; 25 cm
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"An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence. Between 1900 and 2000, Americans gained, on average, thirty years of life. That dazzling feat allowed tens of millions of Americans to reach the once-rare age of 85, now the fastest-growing age group. The bad news: For millions of Americans, the Golden...
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"A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food. Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard's health declines, and her friends' lives become focused on their grandchildren -- which Jenny never had -- Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. Whisked into...
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"Geno is living out his final days in a nursing home, bored, curmudgeonly, and struggling to connect with his nursing assistant, Angel, who he sees as being different from him in every way possible, and unable to understand him in any way. Perhaps no one really can, since Geno has been telling everyone who will listen that he's not just Geno -- in fact, he's lived many past lives, dating back 1000 years, and since that first life in Seville, Spain,...
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Senior sleuths mystery volume 2
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"When a typically closed-off Peg attempts online dating at Rose's strong urging, the experience plays out like an embarrassing mistake. At least, until she matches with Nolan Abercrombie -- intelligent, attractive, and a self-proclaimed dog lover. The two share an instant connection that has Peg cautiously excited to finally bring someone special into her busy world of Standard Poodles and conformation shows. Before Peg can admit that Rose was right...
10) Angle of repose
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xxxiii, 632 pages ; 21 cm.
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Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. A wheelchair-bound retired historian embarks on a monumental quest: to come to know his grandparents, now long dead. The unfolding drama of the story of the American West sets the tone for Stegner's masterpiece.
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xii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
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"Every day, over 10,000 Americans will become eligible for Medicare, but most of us don't even know the basics. When do I enroll? What does it cover? Do I need Part B? You could watch the commercials or reply to direct mail. You could ask your best friend. Or you can take charge of these very important decisions and READ THIS BOOK! Medicare expert Diane J. Omdahl will take you through all the steps to making the right decisions at the right time....
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xx, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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An expert in human performance describes his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three.
"The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three." -- inside front jacket flap.
Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network...
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ix, 402 pages ; 26 cm
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"Newly updated and trusted for more than three decades by family caregivers and professionals alike, this comprehensive and reassuring caregiving guide offers the crucial information you need to look after your elder and plan for the future"--
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344 pages ; 24 cm
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"When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems -- and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta's life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into...
17) Plan 75
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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日本語
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Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face life-and-death choices.
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xi, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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America's most beloved foursome -- the TikTok sensation @theoldgays -- share humorous, heartbreaking, shocking and profound tales from their generation, revealing who they are beyond TikTok and offering collective wisdom on a rainbow of topics as they prove age is just a number and getting older can be fabulously fun.
Ranging in age from 67 to 80, Mick, Jessay, Robert, and Bill are survivors whose lives have been transformed by sweeping cultural...
19) Evergreen
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Japantown mystery volume 2
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290 pages : color map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Los Angeles, 1946: It's been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California -- but nothing is as they left it. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in over-crowded...
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