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  • Getting Old Without Getting Anxious

    by Peter Rabins, Lynn Lauber ...
    Informative and full of hope, Getting Old Without GettingAnxious assists older people and their caregivers in overcoming one of the more crippling and misunderstood human afflictions: anxiety. Geriatric psychiatrist and bestselling author of The 36-Hour Day Dr. Peter V. Rabins explains how the many changes that occur as a person ages can trigger severe andlife-altering anxiety, often destroying ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Why of Things

    Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life

    by Peter Rabins ...
    Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience?Questions like these—questions of causality—form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual and methodological challenges for researchers in ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Chasing Life

    New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today

    by Sanjay Gupta ...
    The New York Times– bestselling author and CNN chief medical correspondent "explores longevity and how to add more healthy years to your life" ( The Washington Post ).For centuries, adventurers and scientists have believed that not only could we delay death but that "practical immortality" was within our reach. Today, many well-respected researchers would be inclined to agree. In... ... Read more

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  • Parenting Your Parents

    Straight Talk About Aging in the Family

    by Bart J. Mindszenthy, Dr. Michael Gordon ...
    Since the last edition in 2006, much has happened in the field of eldercare. There is now an increasing awareness of the complex challenges posed by the expanding aging population in North America. When our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to provide them with the kind of love, care, support, and attention they need, just as they have done for ... Read more

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  • The March of Unreason

    Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

    by Dick Taverne ...
    Our daily news bulletins bring us tales of the wonder of science, from Mars rovers and intelligent robots to developments in cancer treatment, and yet often the emphasis is on the potential threats posed by science. It appears that irrationality is on the rise in western society, and public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and unwillingness to engage with factual ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • A Bittersweet Season

    Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves

    by Jane Gross ...
    Just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent—and yourself—from Jane Gross in A Bittersweet SeasonAs painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate them.Avoid hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as multiple relocations from home to assisted living facility ... Read more

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  • How To Read And Critique A Scientific Research Article: Notes To Guide Students Reading Primary Literature (With Teaching Tips For Faculty Members)

    by Foong May Yeong ...
    Given the explosion of information and knowledge in the field of Life Sciences, adapting primary literature as materials in course work as part of active learning seems to be more effective in improving scientific literacy among science undergraduates than the pure transmission of content knowledge using traditional textbooks. In addition, students also read research articles as part of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Aging: Fight it with the Blood Type Diet

    The Individualized Plan for Preventing and Treating Brain Impairment, Hormonal Deficiency, and the Loss of Vitality Associated with Advancing Years

    by Catherine Whitney, Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo ...
    Series series Eat Right 4 Your Type
    Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, author of the Eat Right 4 Your Type series—with more than two million copies in print—has developed a brand-new, targeted plan for fighting the effects of advancing years.With specific tools unavailable anywhere else, here is an all-new individualized blood-type-specific plan to gain control over the signs and symptoms of aging. Includes ways to fight brain decline, cognitive ... Read more

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  • Happy Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention

    A Practical Guide to Planning and Enjoying the Retirement You’ve Earned

    by DK ...
    A practical, fully illustrated guide to planning and enjoying retirement, grounded in psychological research.Retirement can bring immense fulfillment but also can be a source of stress, especially today. Happy Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention uses psychological research and a unique visual style of infographics and illustrations to provide readers with a retirement road map just right for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Who will I be when I die?

    by Christine Bryden ...
    Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Following the Rules

    Practical Reasoning and Deontic Constraint

    by Joseph Heath ...
    For centuries, philosophers have been puzzled by the fact that people often respect moral obligations as a matter of principle, setting aside considerations of self-interest. In more recent years, social scientists have been puzzled by the more general phenomenon of rule-following, the fact that people often abide by social norms even when doing so produces undesirable consequences. Experimental ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Forest Management and Planning

    by Pete Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Jacek P. Siry, Donald L. Grebner ...
    Forest Management and Planning provides a focused understanding of contemporary forest management issues through real life examples to engage students. The methodology for the development of quantitatively-derived forest management plans – from gathering information to the implementation of plans at the forest level – are clearly explained. Emphasis is placed on the development of traditional ... Read more

    $80.99 USD