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  • The Gran Tour cover art

    • The Gran Tour

    • Travels with My Elders
    • By: Ben Aitken
    • Narrated by: Ben Aitken
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings

    • When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, 16 pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life....

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    • Brain Rules for Aging Well

    • 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
    • By: John Medina
    • Narrated by: John Medina
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know....

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    • Come of Age

    • The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
    • By: Stephen Jenkinson, Charles Eisenstein - foreword
    • Narrated by: Stephen Jenkinson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings

    • In his landmark provocative style, Stephen Jenkinson makes the case that we must birth a new generation of elders, one poised and willing to be true stewards of the planet and its species....

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    • Face

    • One Square Foot of Skin
    • By: Justine Bateman
    • Narrated by: Justine Bateman
    • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 15-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

    • Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces....

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    • Triumphs of Experience

    • The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
    • By: George E. Vaillant
    • Narrated by: Don Hagen
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 24-12-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • At a time when many people around the world are living into their 10th decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age....

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    • Still Here

    • Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
    • By: Ram Dass
    • Narrated by: Steve Susskind
    • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 29-11-00
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying is Ram Dass' reflection on the joys, pains, and opportunities that appear as we age...

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    • 30 Lessons for Living

    • Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans
    • By: Karl Pillemer Ph.D.
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • More than 1,000 extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness....

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    • Women Rowing North

    • By: Mary Pipher
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 22-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age....

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    • The Mature Mind

    • The Positive Power of the Aging Brain
    • By: Gene D. Cohen M.D. Ph.D.
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Gene Cohen, a renowned psychiatrist and gerontologist, draws from more than thirty years of research to show that surprising positive changes in our brains have the powerful potential to enhance, not diminish, our lives after fifty....

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    • Overcoming the Fear of Death

    • Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems
    • By: Kelvin H. Chin
    • Narrated by: Kelvin H. Chin
    • Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 31-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Are you afraid of death? What is death? Is it the end, the beginning, or a transition? Why are we so afraid of death? After all, death is inevitable....

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    • The Third Chapter

    • Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
    • By: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In The Third Chapter, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot offers a strong counterpoint to the murky ambivalence that shrouds our clear view of people in their third chapters....

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    • Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers

    • A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults
    • By: Sara Zeff Geber PhD
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 19-02-19
    • Language: English
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    • American baby boomers are aging, and 15 million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? This book is an exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers" and suggests ways in which they can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship-building and rigorous planning....

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    • The Longevity Economy

    • Unlocking the World's Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market
    • By: Joseph F. Coughlin
    • Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
    • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Over the past two decades, Joseph F. Coughlin has been busting myths about aging with groundbreaking multidisciplinary research into what older people actually want....

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    • Be With

    • Letters to a Caregiver
    • By: Mike Barnes
    • Narrated by: Marcus Hildebrandt
    • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-19
    • Language: English
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    • Drawing on the author’s seven years of caring for his mother through Alzheimer's, Be With: Letters to a Caregiver is what its title promises: four dispatches to an anonymous long-term caregiver....

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    • The Death of Humanity

    • And the Case for Life
    • By: Richard Weikart
    • Narrated by: Philip Benoit
    • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 17-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Do you believe human life is inherently valuable? Unfortunately, in the secularized age of state-sanctioned euthanasia and abortion-on-demand, many are losing faith....

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    • Retirement

    • Working; Retiring; Reinventing; Thriving.
    • By: Harry Austin
    • Narrated by: Angus King
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 27-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • As you leave working life and venture into the world of retirement, this book may become your personal companion. Understand your honeymoon period and the challenges that lurk within the abundance of free time. Discover how the body and mind slowly change with age.

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    • Leisureville

    • Adventures in a World Without Children
    • By: Andrew D. Blechman
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • In Leisureville, Andrew Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex lives. But this is more than just a romp through a retirement paradise....

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    • SuperAging

    • Getting Older Without Getting Old
    • By: David Cravit, Larry Wolf
    • Narrated by: Jarrod Davis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-23
    • Language: English
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    • Welcome to the dazzling new world of SuperAging, where everything you’ve been taught about aging is challenged. Getting older does not need to mean the end of accomplishment and growth. For SuperAgers, the period after age sixty-five can be one of the most productive and fulfilling times of life....

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    • Brave Dames and Wimpettes

    • What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen
    • By: Susan Isaacs
    • Narrated by: Tracey Brooks Swope
    • Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
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    • What makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer a "brave dame" but Ally McBeal a "wimpette"? In this witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters....

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