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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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Author of "The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom" presents a plan for achieving monetary and spiritual well-being. Describes courage as…
faith, determination, a sense of self-worth, and the vision to create a rich and abundant life. Explores the value of money, the rewards wealth bestows, and the responsibilities it confers. Bestseller. 1999.
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Personal finance and investing, Canadian non-fiction
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Turner, one of Canada's most respected financial educators, offers advice on maintaining, expanding, and passing on your wealth. He discusses…
conservative investment strategies, estate planning, and how to safeguard you money. 1998.
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Health and medicine, Self help, Aging (social issues)
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Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.
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Family and relationships, General non-fiction, Aging (social issues)
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Alterra made the decision to become the primary caregiver for his wife once she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He soon…
discovered that life with an Alzheimer's patient is an ever-changing series of challenges - for instance, his wife lost her ability to walk but not to dance, so husband and wife dance from bed to chair or room to room. He covers the search for understanding, the hallucinations, mood changes, loss of mental and physical functioning, and unpredictable nature of the disease. 2007, first published 1999.
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General non-fiction, Health and medicine, Health and aging, Psychology, Aging (social issues)
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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.
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Social issues, Aging (social issues)
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Freedman seeks to alleviate much of the hand-wringing surrounding the aging baby boomer generation. Freedman hopes that by providing guidance,…
training, education and support to the millions entering the 60 to 80-year-old life phase, a windfall of surprising and innovative solutions to many growing issues will be the result. 2011.
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Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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A guide to retirement planning for people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies. The authors discuss RRSPs and RRIFs, investing…
for retirement, insurance and wills, health care, working after retirement, and housing alternatives. c1996.
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Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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More than just a how-to guide, 'The behavior gap' is a movement developed by Richards to help even the least-savvy…
investor put his or her money to use more efficiently. With Richards' easy-to-implement practices and habits, investors will close the behaviour gap and get a better return from their investments. 2012.
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Personal finance and investing, Canadian non-fiction, Self help
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Bestselling author Bach provides a user-friendly, motivational book designed to help build wealth through homeownership and finish rich in any…
market. Whether you already own your home or are renting, Bach gives you a long-term strategy with step-by-step instructions for success. 2006.
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Aging (social issues)
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Examines our cultural myths about aging and compares them with the realities. Includes details on housing, pensions, politics and health care. Textbook format. c1985.
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Social issues, Aging (social issues)
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The authors describe a late bloomer as anyone who defies the notion that his or her best years are over…
and who responds to the later stages of life not as a crisis but as a quest. They relate the "secrets" of older people who took the initiative to make positive choices for their lives. 1995.
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Biography, Literature biography, Aging (social issues)
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Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. Now aged ninety, and freed from…
any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation. 2009.
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Personal finance and investing
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The author of "The Automatic Millionaire" and "Smart Women Finish Rich" (DC27884) advises people who have neglected to manage money.…
Outlines saving, cutting credit card debt, budgeting, creating a self-directed retirement account, investing in the stock market, owning a home, getting a raise, and more. Bestseller. 2005.
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Social issues, Aging (social issues)
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Believing that life is a gift of endless possibilities, eighty-something writer McCall urges others not to drop out of the…
dance of life just because they live alone in their later years. Using her own life as an example, McCall describes the adventures she has had since her divorce in the 1960s and the help she received from God. Included is a list of recreational resources. 1994.
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Canadian non-fiction, Family and relationships, General non-fiction, Aging (social issues)
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After a lifetime as home-makers and wage earners, most older women end up poor and alone. This book looks at…
the causes and workings of the prejudice endured by women as they age. 1984.
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Personal finance and investing, General non-fiction
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Bestselling author of "The Automatic Millionaire" (DC27883) urges women, regardless of age or marital status, to secure their financial futures.…
Offers plans for investing, teaching kids about money, spending wisely, and aligning resources with personal values. Revised edition of the 1999 original includes success stories and Internet strategies. 2003.
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Personal finance and investing, Family and relationships, Self help
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Bach offers advice on how couples can keep their financial lives in sync, with strategies on such concerns as investments,…
retirement and insurance. Bach also believes that all couples (gay and straight, married and unmarried) need to identify values as well as goals as their first step toward achieving financial security. 2003.
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Social issues, Aging (social issues)
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Fishman explains the astounding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old. 2011.
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Health and aging, Humour, Aging (social issues)
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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.
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Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.