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The change before the change: everything you need to know to stay healthy in the decade before menopause

By Laura E Corio, Linda G Kahn. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

A physician explains the physical changes that occur in women prior to menopause during the period called "perimenopause." Details symptoms,…

body functions, and treatments--including medical and herbal--that are available and may help women make a comfortable transition to their next stage of life. 2000.

The change: women, aging and the menopause

By Germaine Greer. 1991

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction, Health and medicine, Health and aging, Psychology, Aging (social issues)
Human-narrated audio

Drawing on anthropological, medical, historical, and literary sources, Germaine Greer passionately argues that "the change" need not be a dreaded…

tragedy, but rather, a spiritual liberation of women. Among her arguments, she questions estrogen replacement therapy, and goes on to propose a new "art" of aging through menopause. 1991.

The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life (A Johns Hopkins Press health book)

By Nancy L Mace, Peter V Rabins. 1999

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

Third edition of guide for families whose members suffer from dementia. Covers a wide array of related social, medical, psychological,…

financial, and legal problems and suggests possible solutions. Includes information on hospice and assisted facility care and advances in medical research. c1999.

Sex and sixty: un avenir pour l'intimité amoureuse

By Marie De Hennezel. 2015

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Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

" Marie de Hennezel aborde dans ce livre la question encore taboue de la sexualité des seniors. Observant une juste…

mesure entre pudeur et impudeur, elle sonde le mystère et la profondeur de la vie amoureuse dans ce nouveau chapitre de la vie. Au fil de ses rencontres, de ses lectures, de sa propre réflexion, et même de ses incursions sur des terres lointaines, comme celles du tantrisme ou des arts d'aimer de l'Orient, elle invite le lecteur à un voyage au coeur d'un territoire méconnu. " -- 4e de couv.

Taking Woodstock: a true story of a riot, a concert, and a life

By Tom Monte, Elliot Tiber. 2009

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, LGBTQ+ biography
Human-narrated audio

This is the extraordinary, behind-the-scenes tale of how Woodstock went from a pipe dream to the most iconic rock concert…

of all time. Elliot Tiber, then known as Eliyahu Teichberg, was a budding painter in the 1960s. He also happened to be head of his local chamber of commerce--and owner of the yearly permit to hold summer music concerts. The rest, as they say, is history. 2009.

Saving Alex: when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began

By Joanna Brooks, Alex Cooper. 2016

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Biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Two days after Alex Cooper told her parents that she was gay, they took their fifteen-year-old daughter to Utah, where…

they signed over their parental rights to a group of fellow Mormons who promised to "cure" Alex. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed "residential treatment program," a virtual gulag where thousands of American teenagers have been sent by fundamentalist parents. Forbidden from attending school, Alex was beaten and verbally abused, and forced to stand facing a wall for up to eighteen hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks that literally broke her back. "God's plan does not apply to gay people," her captors told her, using faith as a cudgel to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law's protection as an openly gay teenager. 2016.

Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide

By Roger Rosenblat. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and aging, Humour, Aging (social issues)
Human-narrated audio

Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…

on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.

Rita will: memoir of a literary rabble-rouser

By Rita Mae Brown. 1997

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Gentle mysteriesBiography, Literature biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Autobiography of the openly lesbian novelist who has co-authored mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie. Describes her illegitimate birth, adoption…

by relatives, and southern childhood; how she became an advocate for women's rights; and her relationships with tennis star Martina Navratilova and author Fannie Flagg. Some strong language. c1997.

Queer, there, and everywhere: 23 people who changed the world

By Sarah Prager. 2017

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Biography, LGBTQ+ biography
Human-narrated audio

A LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares hip, engaging facts about 23 influential gender-ambiguous notables from the era of the Roman…

Empire to the present, exploring how they defied convention to promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own terms and shape culture. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.

Prime time: profitez pleinement de votre vie

By Jane Fonda, Stéphane Roques. 2012

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

A travers des conseils pratiques et un témoignage personnel et spirituel, l'actrice démontre qu'à 45, 50 et même après 60…

ans, chacun peut s'épanouir et devenir l'être aimant, généreux et heureux qu'il a toujours rêvé d'être. Elle détaille un à un les ingrédients de cette recette du bonheur : alimentation, fitness, acceptation de soi, spiritualité. 2012. Titre uniforme: Prime time.

La méthode Denise Chartré: être jeune à 90 ans

By Denise Chartré, Pierre Richard. 2010

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Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

Denise Chartré qui, à 90 ans, est la preuve vivante que tout est possible. Pour atteindre cet état, il convient…

tout d'abord de renouveler son énergie en stimulant ses chakras, ce qui permet au système glandulaire de mieux fonctionner. L'usage de la réflexologie sur les méridiens énergétiques joue également un rôle important, tout comme la respiration énergisante qui permet d'augmenter l'apport d'oxygène au cerveau. Enfin, la connaissance des combinaisons alimentaires est essentielle si l'on veut éviter l'accélération du vieillissement. En ce qui concerne l'exercice, Madame Chartré a trouvé la solution, puisque trois fois par semaine, elle fait du trampoline. Pour Denise Chartré, ces quelques éléments appliqués régulièrement permettent d'avoir une vie longue et active. 2010.

Parenting your parents: straight talk about aging in the family

By Michael Gordon, Bart J Mindszenthy. 2013

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

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 us all our lives. This book offers crucial advice to help you, a new Vulnerability Index to measure what level of need your parents may have right now, as well as a financial planning section and resource directory. 2013.

Passionate longevity: the 10 secrets to growing younger, new and updated

By Elaine Dembe. 2003

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

The book is a guide to leading a longer, healthier and more fulfilling and productive life, incorporating information from recent…

studies and anecdotal information from new interviews that Dr. Dembe conducted for the book. 2003.

Jeune et centenaire

By Judes Poirier. 2017

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

Grand spécialiste de la maladie d'Alzheimer et de l'étude des centenaires en santé, le Dr Judes Poirier pose la question…

: comment bien vieillir au xxie siècle ?· Les théories entourant l'espérance de vie et la longévité humaine.· Un ensemble de principes pour encadrer un vieillissement heureux.· Une démarche saine : comment adopter les habitudes alimentaires, physiques et médicales qui peuvent favoriser la longévité, en sachant que nous ne pouvons changer notre bagage génétique. 2017.

Les forces de l'âge

By Michel Coulombe. 2014

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

" Vous ne faites pas votre âge ! Il a pris un coup de vieux ! Ce n'est plus de…

son âge. Des phrases comme celles-là, on en entend tous les jours. Que l'on ait 40, 50, 60, 70 ou 80 ans, chacun a sa propre expérience du vieillissement. Vingt-huit personnalités québécoises âgées de 48 à 98 ans partagent la leur. Sans tabou, à cœur ouvert. Parfois inquiets, parfois sereins, toujours pertinents, ils parlent du bonheur, de la famille, de l'amour, de la solitude, de l'âgisme, de ce qui les anime, de ce que la vie leur a appris. Tête-à-tête inédits avec des femmes et des hommes inspirants dont les réflexions sur le temps qui passe et les forces de l'âge vous aideront à y voir plus clair et à avancer sur le chemin du vieillissement. " -- 4e de couv.

No previous experience: a memoir of love and change

By Elspeth Cameron. 1997

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

Elspeth Cameron, a literary biographer, shares her journey from an unhappy marriage to the realization that she is a lesbian.…

Along the way she must deal with her own confused feelings and the reactions of her friends and family to her decision. Some descriptions of sex. c1997.

No compromise: the story of Harvey Milk (Civil Rights Leaders Ser.)

By David Aretha. 2010

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Movie and television tie-insBiography, LGBTQ+ biography
Human-narrated audio

Only after his assassination did America truly begin to understand Milk's impact on the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and…

transgender people. Documents his life from his birth on Long Island, to his struggle for an identity, through his calling as a gay-rights activist and politician in San Francisco. For junior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.

Naked in the promised land: A Memoir

By Lillian Faderman. 2003

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Faderman is known as the foremother of gay and lesbian studies, yet few would suspect she was the illegitimate child…

of a guilt-obsessed single mother, that she tried to please her mom by becoming a movie star, or that she worked her way through college as a stripper. Faderman's mother and aunt left Latvia in 1923 to work in New York and send back money to their family, but neither could save their loved ones from Hitler's Holocaust, which tormented Faderman's mother endlessly. Trying to make her life meaningful and redeem her mother's suffering, Faderman eventually entered the University of California at Berkeley, ultimately achieving a Ph.D., a baby, a lover, and becoming a groundbreaking scholar of gay and lesbian studies. Some strong language and descriptions of violence, descriptions of sex. 2003.

L'art d'avancer en âge: naturellement et sereinement ((Les maxi pratiques : développement personnel ; 123).)

By Claude Didierjean-Jouveau, Martine Laganier. 2014

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

" Bonne nouvelle, on vit aujourd'hui de plus en plus vieux ! Ce défi ne passe pas seulement par les…

progrès de la médecine et l'accompagnement des siens mais aussi par une prise en charge personnelle active, aussi bien physique que psychique, et le maintien, voire la création, de liens sociaux. Vous aider à avancer en âge tout en restant actifs, en forme et en bonne santé, tel est l'objectif de cet ouvrage. Car la nature a bien fait les choses. Le corps lance des messages d'avertissements : modifications physiques, problèmes de santé... Il faut apprendre à les écouter. Par ailleurs, le temps qui passe modifie notre rapport à la société et aux autres : les petits-enfants sont là, la retraite arrive... Ce livre aborde les thèmes aussi indispensables que les signes de l'âge, la sexualité, les loisirs et autres activités, l'entraide, la santé, et donne une multitude d'informations pratiques qui vous permettront d'avancer en âge en toute sérénité, et surtout bien informé(e) ! " -- 4e de couv.

J'ai choisi de bien vieillir: vivre plus longtemps et mieux

By Françoise Forette, Laurence Dorlhac. 2015

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Health and aging
Human-narrated audio

Loin d'être un naufrage, le troisième âge doit être celui du renouveau. " Des écarts ? Pas à mon âge…

! ", " Internet, smartphone, je m'emmêle les pinceaux ", " Le sport, à mon âge, ça ne sert plus à rien ! " : ce livre fustige les préjugés. S'appuyant sur de récentes études scientifiques, il démontre au contraire que nos aînés doivent profiter longtemps pleinement de la vie ! Il propose des solutions pour mieux aborder le troisième temps de l'existence, et s'y épanouir. Pour rester en pleine forme aussi longtemps que possible, c'est-à-dire actif et autonome. Oui, le troisième âge peut avoir le pied et l'esprit léger ! 2015.

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