Life Viewed from the Ninth Decade
Author : George Laurens Petrie
Publisher :
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 1925*
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Author : George Laurens Petrie
Publisher :
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 1925*
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Author : Carl H. Klaus
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1609387872
The Ninth Decade is a path-breaking and timely book on aging: the first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. Covering eight years in lively six-month installments, Klaus tells a vivid story not only of his own ninth decade and survival routines, but also of his loving companion, Jackie, who is strikingly different from him in her physical well-being, practical outlook, sociable temperament, and vigorous workouts. Cameos of their octogenarian friends and relatives near and far add to a wide-ranging and revelatory portrayal of advanced aging, as do bios of notable octogenarians. The multi-year scope of his chronicle reveals the numerous physical and mental problems that arise during octogenarian life and how eighty-year-olds have dealt with those challenges. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as well as for persons devoted to care of the aged. Though the challenges of octogenarian life often require specialized care, The Ninth Decade also shows the pleasures of it to be so special as to have inspired Lillian Hellman’s paradoxical description of “longer life” as “the happy problem of our time.”
Author : Meg Jay
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0446575062
The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties—and themselves. Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives. Drawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood—if we use the time well. Also included in this updated edition: Up-to-date research on work, love, the brain, friendship, technology, and fertility What a decade of device use has taught us about looking at friends—and looking for love—online 29 conversations to have with your partner—or to keep in mind as you search for one A social experiment in which "digital natives" go without their phones A Reader's Guide for book clubs, classrooms, or further self-reflection
Author : Diane Ravitch
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 0465014917
Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and presents arguments for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.
Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Diasporic Africa Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 23,15 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1937306186
The present volume is quite different from the other two autobiographies by Du Bois not only because of its additional two-decade span, and the significantly altered outlook of its author, but also because in it—unlike the others—he seeks, as he writes, "to review my life as frankly and fully as I can." Of course, with the directness and honesty which so decisively characterized him, he reminds the reader of this book of the intense subjectivity that inevitably permeates autobiography; hence, he writes, he offers this account of his life as he understood it and as he—would like others to believe—it to have been. Certainly, while Dr. Du Bois was deep in his ninth decade when he died, longevity was the least remarkable feature of his life. As editor, author, lecturer, scholar, organizer, inspirer, and fighter, he was among the most consequential figures of the twentieth century. Necessarily, therefore, the full and final accounting of that life and his times becomes an indispensable volume.
Author : Sir David Attenborough
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 13,41 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1538720000
*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.
Author : Katie Schnack
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830831681
The gap decade is that sometimes difficult transitional season young adults face in their twenties and early thirties. In this quirky and honest chronicle, Katie Schnack explores the common experiences of these unpredictable years between adolescence and adulthood, sharing how she has discovered a life full of grace and joys that can't be ordered via two-day delivery.
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 26,52 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0807835064
Rethinking Aging
Author : Delores Gordon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,4 MB
Release : 2024-07-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
My book is a Poem chronicling the decades of my life. The culmination of each decade, provided a kaleidoscopic view from beginning to end of transformative possibilities to be courageous, while embracing challenges of self and unforeseen circumstances. I had no idea how long life would last, but felt compelled to continue the summaries and comparisons of decades past and present. This is the beginning of my eighth decade and the realization of less years ahead is constantly in my purview. If I am granted a ninth decade, I’ll step into it with a pen in hand and thank God for the opportunity. “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle and a victory.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Author : Anthony Ray Hinton
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250124719
"A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--