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Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Yoga is a terrific way to stay fit and improve mental clarity, balance, agility, and flexibility. Written by the founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, this book takes the guesswork out of starting or continuing yoga at 50 and beyond. You'll learn how to adapt stances and breathing to your changing body to reap the benefits of this ancient practice and use it to calm your mind and body--one pose at a time."--Amazon.com....
42) The good house
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A successful real-estate broker, mother, and raging alcoholic embarks on a life of denial and loneliness while resenting the intervention of her loved ones and becoming embroiled in a scandal in her New England town.
Author
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; cm
Description
"In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore?s view, aging is the process by which one becomes a more distinctive, complex, fulfilled, loving, and connected person."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
St. Lynn's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
iv, 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
Description
"In Late Bloomer, garden designer Jan Coppola Bills shows us how to successfully rethink our approach to gardening as we age. The author is a second-half-of-life gardener who helps her many friends and clients achieve easy care, low cost, eco-friendly, simple and beautiful gardens. It?s all about maintaining a joyful, healthful connection with the soil ? but without the toil. Late Bloomer is part garden philosophy and part on-the-ground strategies...
47) On Golden Pond
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
48) We spread
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many "incidents." Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing,...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Part self-help book and part memoir, this guide demonstrates how to embrace change and learn what you're capable of at any age through motivation techniques, fitness and nutrition fundamentals, and how to find and contribute to a community of support"--
50) Hukkle
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mesmerizing symphony of sight and sound that chronicles a series of mysterious interconnected events both idyllic and sinister, from an elderly man's hiccup (or hukkle) to a microscopic menagerie of animals.
Author
Series
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xviii, 482 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Learn to pick a portable computer, use Windows, and take advantage of the Internet! Computers are so much a part of life today that you really can't afford to miss out. If you're torn between a laptop and a tablet, here's just what you need to help you decide which to buy-- and how to use it. Provides information on the basics of laptop and tablet computers, covering such topics as buying a laptop or a tablet, working with Windows 7, setting up printers...
52) Elsa & Fred
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred's life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live, be it more or less, is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases....
Author
Series
Senior league (C. Ingelman-Sundberg) volume 3
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
623 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"In the third hilarious, unforgettable installment in internationally bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's League of Pensioners series, Martha and the League's latest escapade has them headed for the French Riviera in what is sure to be the most daring caper of the summer. Martha and her friends are sitting comfortably in Sweden... a little too comfortably. Determined to do more for their fellow pensioners--and jazz things up for themselves--they're...
Author
Series
Publisher
For dummies, a Wiley brand
Pub. Date
[2019].
Physical Desc
ix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Formats
Description
This updated guide makes it easy to set up a Facebook or Twitter account to catch up with old friends, communicate with your family, and enjoy your online experience. You'll get hands-on guidance to connecting to the Internet with a computer or mobile device, creating social media accounts and profiles, searching for friends, joining groups, sharing photos and videos, and more. It also covers popular sites where you can read and share opinions on...
Author
Description
When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can't cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer's had steadily eroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one's own father passing should never come as such a relief. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes...
Author
Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"One Part personal quest to discover running greatness after age 50, one part investigation into what the women's running boom can teach athletes about becoming fitter, stronger, and faster as we age, Older, Faster, Stronger is an engrossing narrative sure to inspire women of all ages. A former overweight smoker turned marathoner, Margaret Webb runs with elite older women, follows a high-performance training plan devised by experts, and examines research...
57) The guardians
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Looks at cases in Las Vegas, Nevada, where court-appointed guardians have assumed the care of elderly people and systematically robbed them of their life savings and autonomy.
Series
Criterion collection volume 645
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin, a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable...
60) Going in style
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Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
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