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  • Aging, Society, and the Life Courseby Leslie A. Morgan; Suzanne R. Kunkel

    Springer Publishing Company 2011; US$ 95.00

    This is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the diversity of the older population, examining it from micro/macro perspectives in order to understand aging and the life course as social phenomena. This latest edition examines significant... more...

  • In Our Primeby Patricia Cohen

    Scribner 2012; US$ 16.00

    The director behind the Hollywood close-up and the inventor of the ?midlife crisis,? the doctors who promised to restore men?s sexual vigor with monkey gland transplants and the neuroscientists mapping the middle-aged brain, the fashion designers and the feminists: They are all part of the fascinating parade of businessmen, entertainers, scientists,... more...

  • Agewiseby Margaret Morganroth Gullette

    University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 17.50

    Let’s face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-esteem—and being supplanted in work and love by younger people. It feels like the natural, inevitable consequence of the passing years, But what if it’s not? What if nearly everything that we think of as the “natural”... more...

  • Loving Someone Who Has Dementiaby Pauline Boss

    Wiley 2011; US$ 18.95

    Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care.  Loving Someone Who Has Dementia  is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book... more...

  • The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Social and Emotional Developmentby Richard M. Lerner; Michael E. Lamb; Alexandra M. Freund

    Wiley 2010; US$ 165.00

    In the past fifty years, scholars of human development have been moving from studying change in humans within sharply defined periods, to seeing many more of these phenomenon as more profitably studied over time and in relation to other processes. The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Volume 2: Social and Emotional Development presents the study... more...

  • End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavementby Sara Honn Qualls; Julia E. Kasl-Godley

    Wiley 2010; US$ 68.00

    A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can be challenging, particularly in the absence of a well-established evidence base about how best to help.... more...

  • New Passagesby Gail Sheehy

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 18.00

    THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Millions of readers literally defined their lives through Gail Sheehy's landmark bestseller Passages. Seven years ago she set out to write a sequel, but instead she discovered a historic revolution in the adult life cycle. . . People are taking longer to grow up and much longer to die. A fifty-year-old woman--who... more...

  • Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adultsby Susan Buchalter

    Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 34.95

    Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older people with valuable ways in which to express their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step activities for art therapists and professionals to use in work with older people either individually or in groups. more...

  • A Sandwich Short of a Picnicby Felicity Price

    Random House New Zealand 2011; US$ 18.83

    A funny novel that tackles the serious issues of divorce, breast cancer and being stuck in the 'Sandwich Generation'. A warmly humorous novel about an engagingly vulnerable woman who belongs to the Sandwich Generation - sandwiched between the demands of a career, elderly parents, teenagers and a marriage that is on the skids. Running from one... more...

  • Game Frameby Aaron Dignan

    Free Press 2011; Not Available

    Ever wonder why teens can spend entire weekends playing video games but struggle with just one hour of homework? Why we?re addicted to certain websites and steal glances at our smartphones under the dinner table? Or why some people are able to find joy in difficult or repetitive jobs while others burn out? It?s not the experiences themselves but the... more...