Author: Diane Manning
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456880675
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This book is dedicated to men and women of the 21st century who are entering or already part of the so-called golden years. It describes the changes that have occurred over the years that affect our retirement years – physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and economically. The author includes a bibliography citing many resources for seniors as they struggle to cope with the aging process. Most of all, the book communicates a message of hope for our future, and the important role that seniors play in the future.
Are the Golden Years Tarnished?
Author: Diane Manning
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456880675
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This book is dedicated to men and women of the 21st century who are entering or already part of the so-called golden years. It describes the changes that have occurred over the years that affect our retirement years – physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and economically. The author includes a bibliography citing many resources for seniors as they struggle to cope with the aging process. Most of all, the book communicates a message of hope for our future, and the important role that seniors play in the future.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456880675
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This book is dedicated to men and women of the 21st century who are entering or already part of the so-called golden years. It describes the changes that have occurred over the years that affect our retirement years – physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and economically. The author includes a bibliography citing many resources for seniors as they struggle to cope with the aging process. Most of all, the book communicates a message of hope for our future, and the important role that seniors play in the future.
The Myth of the Golden Years
Author: Jaber F. Gubrium
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Based on a research project conducted by the author in Detroit in 1969-70.
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Based on a research project conducted by the author in Detroit in 1969-70.
Oregon's Golden Years
Author: Miles F. Potter
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870042546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they streamed across two thousand miles of America's wasteland and then, armed with pick and shovel, headed for the mines.
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870042546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they streamed across two thousand miles of America's wasteland and then, armed with pick and shovel, headed for the mines.
Life after Loss
Author: Bob Deits
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738219622
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"One of the classics in the field of crisis intervention" (Dr. Earl Grollman), Life after Loss is the go-to resource for anyone who has suffered a significant life change. Loss can be overwhelming, and recovery often seems daunting, if not impossible. With great compassion and insight, Deits provides practical exercises for navigating the uncertain terrain of loss and grief, helping readers find positive ways to put together a life that is necessarily different, but equally meaningful. With two new chapters and significant changes throughout reflecting Deits's ongoing experience in counseling, Life after Loss is an essential "roadmap for those in grief" (Lawrence J. Lincoln, MD, Staff, Elisabeth KüRoss Center).
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738219622
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"One of the classics in the field of crisis intervention" (Dr. Earl Grollman), Life after Loss is the go-to resource for anyone who has suffered a significant life change. Loss can be overwhelming, and recovery often seems daunting, if not impossible. With great compassion and insight, Deits provides practical exercises for navigating the uncertain terrain of loss and grief, helping readers find positive ways to put together a life that is necessarily different, but equally meaningful. With two new chapters and significant changes throughout reflecting Deits's ongoing experience in counseling, Life after Loss is an essential "roadmap for those in grief" (Lawrence J. Lincoln, MD, Staff, Elisabeth KüRoss Center).
My Mind's Meanders
Author: appleton schneider
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557962463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557962463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Veils of the Morning
Author: Phyllis Magold
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977275761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Veils of the Morning is the final book in the trilogy depicting the lives of Brigid, Rosie, and Babs, three women born on the same day in 1950 who became life-long friends. Now in their seventies, the women return to the Cleveland, Ohio area where they face a changing world, and the slings and arrows of old age. As they have throughout their lives, the women rely on faith, family, and friendship to live out their remaining years with strength and dignity, facing the inevitable deaths of loved ones and treasured traditions, while passing the torch of their legacies to new generations. Yearning to search for their matriarchal roots, their story takes them to Italy, Auschwitz, and Ireland, finding closure in the whispers of their great-grandmothers’ spirits. Personal and professional triumphs land them in the Office of the President of the United States, where a twist of history provides a visionary future. Their final chapter ends with a toast that leads the way to where “peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning.”
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977275761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Veils of the Morning is the final book in the trilogy depicting the lives of Brigid, Rosie, and Babs, three women born on the same day in 1950 who became life-long friends. Now in their seventies, the women return to the Cleveland, Ohio area where they face a changing world, and the slings and arrows of old age. As they have throughout their lives, the women rely on faith, family, and friendship to live out their remaining years with strength and dignity, facing the inevitable deaths of loved ones and treasured traditions, while passing the torch of their legacies to new generations. Yearning to search for their matriarchal roots, their story takes them to Italy, Auschwitz, and Ireland, finding closure in the whispers of their great-grandmothers’ spirits. Personal and professional triumphs land them in the Office of the President of the United States, where a twist of history provides a visionary future. Their final chapter ends with a toast that leads the way to where “peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning.”
The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps
Author: Karen O'Connor
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736934901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Karen O'Connor—humorist and author of Getting Old Ain't for Wimps (more than 200,000 copies sold)—shares more comic and meaningful scenes from the senior side of life. Readers will enjoy her stories, tales from others, and glimpses of golden moments as they discover the significance of life after a certain age joy in new friendships and experiences adventures still ahead purpose and meaning on deeper levels appreciation for God's design and direction By celebrating the little things in life, such as the ability to recall any anecdote with clarity, O'Connor leads readers to rest in the bigger wonders of faith and purpose.
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736934901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Karen O'Connor—humorist and author of Getting Old Ain't for Wimps (more than 200,000 copies sold)—shares more comic and meaningful scenes from the senior side of life. Readers will enjoy her stories, tales from others, and glimpses of golden moments as they discover the significance of life after a certain age joy in new friendships and experiences adventures still ahead purpose and meaning on deeper levels appreciation for God's design and direction By celebrating the little things in life, such as the ability to recall any anecdote with clarity, O'Connor leads readers to rest in the bigger wonders of faith and purpose.
Essays After Eighty
Author: Donald Hall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286944
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The former U.S. Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny” essays (The New York Times). From an early age, Donald Hall dedicated his life to the written word. In his long and celebrated career, he was an accomplished poet, essayist, memoirist, dramatist, and children’s author. Now, in the “unknown, unanticipated galaxy” of very old age, his essays continue to startle, move, and delight. In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: “thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . .” He also addresses his present: “When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.” Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: “Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.” “Deliciously readable…Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge.” —The Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286944
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The former U.S. Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny” essays (The New York Times). From an early age, Donald Hall dedicated his life to the written word. In his long and celebrated career, he was an accomplished poet, essayist, memoirist, dramatist, and children’s author. Now, in the “unknown, unanticipated galaxy” of very old age, his essays continue to startle, move, and delight. In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: “thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . .” He also addresses his present: “When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.” Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: “Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.” “Deliciously readable…Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge.” —The Wall Street Journal
Readings in Late Antiquity
Author: Michael Maas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136617035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close. This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints . The Roman Empire is kept at the centre of the discussion, with chapters devoted to its government, cities, army, law, medicine, domestic life, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism, and Jews. Further chapters deal with the peoples who surrounded the Roman state: Persians, Huns, northern "Germanic" barbarians, and the followers of Islam. This revised and updated second edition provides an expanded view of Late Antiquity with a new chapter on domestic life, as well extra material throughout, including passages that appear for the first time in English translation. Readings in Late Antiquity is the only sourcebook that covers such a wide range of topics over the full breadth of the late antique period.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136617035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close. This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints . The Roman Empire is kept at the centre of the discussion, with chapters devoted to its government, cities, army, law, medicine, domestic life, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism, and Jews. Further chapters deal with the peoples who surrounded the Roman state: Persians, Huns, northern "Germanic" barbarians, and the followers of Islam. This revised and updated second edition provides an expanded view of Late Antiquity with a new chapter on domestic life, as well extra material throughout, including passages that appear for the first time in English translation. Readings in Late Antiquity is the only sourcebook that covers such a wide range of topics over the full breadth of the late antique period.
The Golden Era of Major League Baseball
Author: Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442252227
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When Jackie Robinson made his debut at Ebbets Field on opening day in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first major league team with a black player anywhere in its organization. By the end of the Golden Era of baseball, a period in and around the 1950s, there would be an unprecedented number of notable black players in the major leagues, including Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson. While this era is defined by integration, it was also the age of the “boys of summer” Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankee dominance, and the first major change in the geographic landscape of the big leagues in half a century. In The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte explores the significant events and momentous changes that took place in baseball from 1947 to 1960. Beginning with Jackie Robinson’s rookie season in 1947, Soderholm-Difatte provides a careful and thorough examination of baseball’s integration, including the struggles of black players who were not elite to break into the starting lineups. In addition, the author looks at the dying practice of player-managers, the increasing use of relief pitchers and platooning, the iconic 1951 pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and more. Soderholm-Difatte also tells the stories of three central characters to this era, whose innovations, strategies, and vision changed the game—Branch Rickey, who challenged the baseball establishment by integrating the Dodgers; Casey Stengel, whose 1949-1953 Yankees won five straight championships; and Leo Durocher, whose spy operations was a major factor in the Giants’ 1951 pennant surge. In an age when baseball was at the forefront of American society, integration would come to be the foremost legacy of the Golden Era. But this was also a time of innovative strategy, from the use of pinch hitters to frequent defensive substitutions. Concluding with an overview of how baseball is still evolving today, The Golden Era of Major League Baseball will be of interest to baseball fans and historians as well as to scholars examining the history of integration in sports.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442252227
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When Jackie Robinson made his debut at Ebbets Field on opening day in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first major league team with a black player anywhere in its organization. By the end of the Golden Era of baseball, a period in and around the 1950s, there would be an unprecedented number of notable black players in the major leagues, including Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson. While this era is defined by integration, it was also the age of the “boys of summer” Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankee dominance, and the first major change in the geographic landscape of the big leagues in half a century. In The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte explores the significant events and momentous changes that took place in baseball from 1947 to 1960. Beginning with Jackie Robinson’s rookie season in 1947, Soderholm-Difatte provides a careful and thorough examination of baseball’s integration, including the struggles of black players who were not elite to break into the starting lineups. In addition, the author looks at the dying practice of player-managers, the increasing use of relief pitchers and platooning, the iconic 1951 pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and more. Soderholm-Difatte also tells the stories of three central characters to this era, whose innovations, strategies, and vision changed the game—Branch Rickey, who challenged the baseball establishment by integrating the Dodgers; Casey Stengel, whose 1949-1953 Yankees won five straight championships; and Leo Durocher, whose spy operations was a major factor in the Giants’ 1951 pennant surge. In an age when baseball was at the forefront of American society, integration would come to be the foremost legacy of the Golden Era. But this was also a time of innovative strategy, from the use of pinch hitters to frequent defensive substitutions. Concluding with an overview of how baseball is still evolving today, The Golden Era of Major League Baseball will be of interest to baseball fans and historians as well as to scholars examining the history of integration in sports.