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The heart does break: Canadian writers on grief and mourning

By George Bowering, Jean Baird. 2009

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

When Jean Baird's daughter, Bronwyn, died suddenly, Jean's instinct was to turn to books. Although she found that the thoughts…

of counsellors, psychologists, and self-help gurus were some help, the works that truly did were by literary writers, largely from the UK and the US. Jean and her husband George Bowering found little from Canadian writers on the subject, and this anthology of original pieces attempts to fill that gap. c2009.

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 art of dying: how to leave this world with dignity and grace, at peace with yourself and your loved ones

By Patricia Weenolsen. 1996

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Self help, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

A guide to help people facing death make the best of their remaining days and cope with practical and psychological…

concerns. Includes advice on preparation and planning, retaining and relinquishing control, and making the gradual transformation from a physical to a spiritual existence. 1996.

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.

The alchemy of loss: a young widow's transformation

By Abigail Carter. 2008

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Biography, Women biography, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

When Abigail Carter realized that her husband, killed on 9/11, wasn't coming home, she began to grieve, basing her process…

on alchemy. First was blackening, which strips down lead to its original alloys and corresponded to her initial phase of disorienting grief. Then the whitening stage, which purifies the metal, was when new routines took hold and she started feeling as though she might make it, and lastly came reddening, when the base metal turns to pure gold, which corresponded to Carter's own enlightenment. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.

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.

Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss

By Beth Powning. 2005

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Women biography, Canadian non-fiction, Family and relationships, Pregnancy and childbirth, Parenting, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…

became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.

Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide

By Roger Rosenblat. 2000

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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.

Que faut-il dire? (Collection Psychologie)

By Rob Buckman, Ruth Major Lapierre. 1989

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Self help, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

Cet ouvrage rédigé à l'intention des amis et des membres de la famille d'un mourant, aborde clairement et franchement nombres…

des inquiétudes susceptibles de les troubler. Le docteur Buckman explique comment parler au mourant et comment l'écouter avec sensibilité. 1989. Titre uniforme: I don't know what to say.

Proud spirit: lessons, insights & healing from "The voice of the spirit world"

By Rosemary Altea. 1998

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General non-fiction, Paranormal, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

Spiritual medium Altea takes the reader farther along the path of her personal cosmology. She explains how the living affect…

the dead's happiness and well-being, discusses reincarnation, and whether souls heal emotionally and spiritually after death. Provides dozens of stories about the lives and deaths of real people, and shares the insights and processes that helped heal her own wounds. Sequel to "The eagle and the rose". Some descriptions of violence. 1998.

Prime time: profitez pleinement de votre vie

By Jane Fonda, Stéphane Roques. 2012

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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.

Poignardé en plein coeur par des spaghettis crus: le nouveau sottisier des morts absurdes

By Paul Sieveking, Ian Simmons, Val Stevenson. 1999

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Humour, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio
Dans la même veine que "Un végétarien meurt assommé par un gigot surgelé", une collection tragiquement hilarante rassemblée par les journalistes du magazine britannique Fortean Times. 1999.

Excusez-moi, je suis en deuil: les petits groupes d'endeuillés remplaceront-ils les rituels funéraires traditionnels?

By Jean Monbourquette, Isabelle D' Aspremont. 2016

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Self help, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

Nos contemporains ont l'épiderme sensible : ils ne supportent pas que nous parlions de mort et de deuil, mots devenus…

tabous pour eux. Nous ne pouvons plus évoquer ces sujets sans créer chez nos vis-à-vis un climat d'ennui et de mélancolie, voire de dépression. Si le déni social de la mort et du deuil prévaut, que dire du sort des endeuillés eux-mêmes? Ils se sentent malvenus dans une société qui adopte un non-dit devant ces réalités déjà pénibles à vivre. 2016.

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

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

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.

La lumière de l'ombre

By Serge Girard. 2010

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Self help, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

La mort concerne tous les vivants, c'est bien connu. Elle fait partie de la vie et nous attend tous au…

bout du chemin. Mais que se passe-t-il donc entre le moment où nous quittons les nôtres et notre arrivée dans la dimension intemporelle? Comment atteignons-nous l'au-delà et nous adaptons-nous à cette nouvelle réalité? 2009, c2010.

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