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My Next Phase
Grand Central Publishing 2007; US$ 9.99Too many people 'flunk' retirement--even after a lifetime of hard work. Why? Because they only plan on their financial needs, not their emotional ones as they move into the next phase of life. The key to a successful retirement lies in your personality, NOT in your bank account. My Next Phase--featured in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and The... more...
Energy Metabolism and Lifespan Determination
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 142.00Experts in the fields of energy metabolism, aging and oxidative stress provide an integrated view of how mechanisms involved in regulating energy metabolism are linked to fundamental processes of aging including cellular stress resistance and free radical production. During evolution signal transduction pathways and organ systems have been optimised... more...
Smart Women Don't Retire -- They Break Free
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 9.99For the amazing female pioneers who shattered the glass ceiling, a practical and inspiring guide to reinventing what's next. Boomer women have been trailblazers throughout their professional lives. Now that their careers are losing their edge and children leave the nest, these women are ready to do for retirement what they did for the working world--redefine... more...
Measure of the Heart
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 9.99Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's got to be too much for her mother to shoulder alone. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her heart, not by outside accomplishment and recognition. The New York Times wrote a front page... more...
Costs and Benefits of Collective Pension Systems
Springer 2007; US$ 79.99The Dutch pension system is often praised as one of the best in the world. It is efficient, it provides certainty to participants and it preserves cohesion and solidarity among workers and pensioners. This book presents these benefits, supported by quantitative evidence. It also discusses aspects of the system that are less favourable. more...
Healthy Longevity in China
Springer 2008; US$ 64.99China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets with the aim to answer in this volume the following questions critical to the aging population world... more...
Welcome to the Departure Lounge
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 25.00The adventure begins when Meg?s mother, Addie, vacationing in Florida, takes a spill. At the hospital, Addie bolts upright on her gurney and yells ?I demand an autopsy!? before passing out cold. ?One minute, she is unconscious, the next, she?s nuts,? observes Meg Federico in this hilarious and poignant memoir of taking care of eighty-year-old Addie... more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Secrets of Longevity
DK Publishing 2008; US$ 18.95Living life to the fullest now - and later. Modern life can be dangerous to one's health. Things like burnout, excess weight, stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, and pollutants can have a negative impact on the quality of life and ultimately one's healthspan. Written by doctors, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Secrets of Longevity provides a clear... more...
The Parent Care Conversation
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 14.00A comprehensive and empathetic program for addressing, planning, and putting into effect long-term elder care Long -term care for aging parents is a sensitive, often difficult, but ultimately inevitable issue with which all of us will have to cope sooner or later. The Parent Care Conversation offers a step-by-step approach for families to follow... more...
The Health of Aging Hispanics
Springer 2007; US$ 59.99This timely and much-needed book addresses the demographic trends affecting the Latinos in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, looking at the health concerns and of this growing population, as it ages. Further examination of this previously understudied group- now the nation's largest minority group - offers the possibility to promote... more...









