Me & Sal, & the Joy of Aging


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"Me & Sal & the Joy of Aging" is a fiction about Deedee and her neighbour Sal in their later years. Along with the unexpected assaults of old age that Deedee has noted in her notebooks, Sally's 45 year old guitar-playing son moved back in with 75 year old Sally. Almost five years later he doesn't show any signs of leaving - much to Sal's distress.




Me & Sal, and the Young People


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Me & Sal, and the Young People is a humorous look at the life of two aged widows. Three young men move in across the street, - a generation gap of megaproportions - and their contrasting interests provide a thought-provoking read and some good laughs.




Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change


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This is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy.




Life on the Cutting Edge


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Are you tired of the same old stuff (S.O.S)? Have you heard enough about the “New Age”? Do you long for something fresh and exciting? Then perhaps this book is for you. It’s not about the same old tired reality that’s been talked about for decades. It’s not a sugar-coated, love and light routine. And it’s not another “feel-good” manual or “how to succeed without really trying” rehash. It’s not psycho babble, quick fix therapy, preaching or lamenting a cause. This book takes a no-nonsense look at what is really happening — behind the scenes, above the scenes and beyond the scenes. It addresses the issues you and I are facing right now and will be facing for a long time to come. It uses the past only as a springboard for stepping into the unknown, into the big picture. It exposes the lies, coverups, deceit, control and manipulation that have kept the people of Earth locked into rigid systems of dogma and despair. But it also offers real solutions that are timely, and yet, timeless. It gives you ideas that can help you put the pieces of the cosmic jigsaw together. And practical advice that can stimulate your creative juices. Get out your surfboard and ride the cutting edge!




Wine at the End of the Feast


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Discussions of love and loss, fear and faith, death and dignity show how one's relationship to faith changes as one ages. She shows how one's spirituality deepens and that these years bring peace.




Klara and the Sun


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?










Jack Kerouac's On the Road


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Presents ten critical essays published between 1973 and 2001 on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.




Nevermind


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Frank Teeman is leading a happy anonymous life in Manhattan painting the unusual images that get stuck in his mind. One day a wealthy doyenne spots a painting that hangs in the grocery store where he works and Frank's career takes off and his life is never the same. "Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable." Helen Keller-Let Us Have Faith