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ASPECTS OF AGING
Here are favorite books strongly recommended by Suddenly Senior readers and/or by Suddenly Senior. We have read these books. We think you or the recipient of your gift will like them!
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Great Books for You
or Senior Gifting
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LOVE by Sol Gordon, Ph.D., and Elaine Fantle Shimberg. Singles over age forty seeking companionship are having disappointing relationships in marriage or love affairs. Another Chance for Love is for anyone who feels as though someone or something is missing from her life; it's about finding the right partner.
Dr. Gordon and Ms. Shimberg show readers how to: Get to know themselves; Place friendship before romance; Discover what they want from a relationship; Understand the masculine mystique; and Find "almost" Mr./Ms. Right.
Another Chance for Love provides readers with the soulful guidance they need to make strong choices and live happier, more fulfilling lives.
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MOVING ON by Linda Hetzer, Janet Hulstrand. Whether you're a not-so-old couple or a getting-on-in-years single who has decided it's time to move on; an adult left in charge of a parent's or loved one's estate; or just someone who's looking for a simpler lifestyle, Moving On will provide invaluable practical information and resources, as well as sanity-saving tips and advice from those who have been through it all and came out smiling.
This practical information is balanced with anecdotal accounts and useful advice on how to keep the peace among squabbling relatives, hold on to a sense of humor, and find the positive in an often monumental task.
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THE GIFT OF YOU: How to Tell Your Loved Ones Who You Really Are by Dr. Bill McCord. Forward by Bernie Siegel, MD. This wise and simple book provides commonsense strategies for adults who want to better communicate with their families. As opposed to other approaches that emphasize estate planning or creating scrapbooks and photo albums to leave behind, this book stresses the importance of communicating openly in the present. Readers are shown how to share their own stories with their loved ones, allowing their families to truly know who they are and to understand their hopes, fears, successes, and failures. This book is a reminder that the most important legacy is a legacy of the heart.
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THE OLDER THE FIDDLE, THE BETTER THE TUNE by Willard Scott and friends. I'm one of the friends! A Suddenly Senior story is right in there with the likes of George H.W. Bush, Dr. Maya Angelou, Phyllis Diller, Wally Schirra, Bob Hope and so many others.
Willard Scott is famous for celebrating the wit and wisdom of age. In The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune, he asks a wide range of people, "What's the greatest thing about getting older?" From expressions of delight in senior citizen discounts to sage advice on life's challenges, the answers are always surprising, often moving, and sometimes very funny.
Scott goes for chuckles and smiles, rather than deep philosophy,
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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GOLDEN SOUL: Heartwarming stories for people 60 and over with stories by Erma Bombeck, Tom Harken, Tom Landry, Ruth Stafford Peale and many more.
This collection offers loving insights and wisdom -- all centering on the prime of life. Readers of all ages are sure to cherish this invaluable collection as a reminder that the soul of those young at heart is truly "golden."
Divided into chapters on letting go, giving, learning, the lighter side, across the generations, overcoming obstacles, perspective, believing, living your dream, reminiscing and ageless wisdom, this book celebrates the myriad joys of living and the wisdom that comes from having lived. Readers at every stage of life will turn to this book again and again for the timeless wisdom that will help them live their lives to the fullest.
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LIVING FAMILY HISTORY: CREATING A MULTIMEDIA BIOGRAPHY by David A. Beardsley. This books shows you how to preserve your family stories as an exciting interactive experience to be treasured for generations to come.
Perfect for preserving the wisdom and life of today's grandparents.
Beardsley shows how to combine interviews, family photos, documents, home movies and more into a CD or DVD that combines the best of a videotape and a written memoir. No previous experience necessary.
Topics include: Selecting computer and video equipment, getting the most from software, the production process, conducting interviews, getting the family involved, and a list of helpful resources and websites. BUY IT NOW FOR $13.95 AT AMAZON.
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THE VIRTUES OF AGING by Jimmy Carter. As you'd expect, "Virtues" is a small, thin book. But what a lot of wisdom and good reading is within!
I've read it twice now. Each time has been a treat.
As Carter amiably insists in The Virtues of Aging, you don't need to be a former president (or first lady) to make a difference in your life and the lives of others. He urges older Americans to take charge of their lives -- by staying active, whether it's through volunteerism or indulgence in personal recreation; by relying on oneself as much as possible; by getting involved with others; and by putting one's affairs in order with an honest self-awareness of the inevitability that even the richest, most rewarding life comes to a close.
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ON TURNING 65 "This is perhaps the best book I've read on the subject," says Frank. With surprising grace and no small measure of cantankerousness, Jerome shares his patient reflections on aging. Using both his own reading and the study of the body he inhabits, he tells us what happens, physically, when you are a man -- accustomed to fairly vigorous activity coupled with the sedentary habits of a writer, facing your sixty-fifth birthday.
The year he shares with us is mostly media-free--an experiment he and his wife undertook -- and companioned by Thoreau, that wondrous, curmudgeonly fellow who died rather younger than Jerome is now.
Some of this is screamingly funny, all of it is thoughtful.
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HOW TO PREVENT FALLS: BETTER BALANCE, INDEPENDENCE, AND ENERGY IN 6 SIMPLE STEPS.
National award - winning book that is filled with over 107 large print pages of easy-to-follow, safe, fun exercises designed to promote better balance to seniors.
This highly regarded, cleverly illustrated book highlights national senior fitness expert Betty Perkins-Carpenter's Balance System Techniques (r). This program of activities was developed specifically to enable seniors to improve their balance and their muscle tone.
Of those who have mastered the system and sustained accidental falls, not one has been seriously hurt! You can expect the same results, just by following the simple, fun activities contained in this book.
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SOUL OF A CITIZEN: LIVING WITH CONVICTION IN A CYNICAL TIME To hide behind the smugness of cynicism is a kind of self-imposed death sentence, explains writer and social commentator Paul Loeb. In fact, now is the ideal time for gathering all our strengths and wisdom as spiritual beings and applying ourselves to shaping a better world, he claims.
Are we talking social activism here? Well, yes. But before you cringe from images of shrill, humorless, burned out activists, keep in mind that Loeb is talking about a new kind of activism -- an exciting, spiritual model for creating social change. We don't have to be pious or martyred saints. We can be "good enough" activists, assuming the task of helping 10 people in need rather than taking on the globe. We can remember the power of storytelling when convincing an audience, rather than angrily spewing scary facts. We can emphasize themes such as community and forgiveness rather than separatism and blame.
This is a deeply spiritual book, but make no mistake: Loeb's writing, research, and integrity are as solid as they come. -- Gail Hudson
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THE POWER OF NOW is a guide to spiritual awakening from a man who is emerging as one of this generation's clearest, most inspiring teachers on the subject.
I've bought this book for several friends, both 65 and over. They all enjoyed reading it.
Eckhart Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion but does what all the great masters have done: shows that the way, the truth, and the light already exist within each human being. There is no need to look elsewhere.
At the heart of the book is Tolle's own story of early despair that culminated in a life-transforming experience of enlightenment at the age of 29. He emerged to share insights on the perils of the mind, the power of the present, and the accessibility of one's true nature.
According to Tolle, "To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of 'feeling-realization' is enlightenment."
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HAVE SEX LIKE YOU DID 50 YEARS AGO: A GEEZER'S GUIDE TO GROWING OLD SMART AND OTHER FANCIFUL NOTIONS by Frank Kaiser.
What can I say? Here are 53 funny, inspiring, real-life stories about senior sex, nostalgia, the joys of getting older, the battles seniors wage, and other great stuff, perfect for anyone over 50 — parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, husbands, wives, all will love it.
"Have sex..." is the funniest gift you can get for those over age 50 on your gift list. And I personalize the book with that person's name in print, absolutely free of charge. New, humorous art throughout.
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