Aging Books


The Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Late Life (Life course studies)The Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Late Life (Life course studies)
Best Price: $19.95
Among the many studies of aging and the aged, there is comparatively little material in which...
Game Plan: Winning Strategies for the Second Half of Your LifeGame Plan: Winning Strategies for the Second Half of Your Life
Best Price: $5.05
The overwhelming response to Bob Buford's book Halftime shows that Bob struck a chord - men...
Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love YouLoving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You
Best Price: $5.99
Despite the misleading title of LOVING YOUR PARENTS WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER LOVE YOU, this is an...
Cheating Death: The Promise and the Future Impact of Trying to Live ForeverCheating Death: The Promise and the Future Impact of Trying to Live Forever
Best Price: $3.10
Being an interested layman who has spent quite a bit of time reading and thinking about the...
What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up : Starting the Next Chapter of Your LifeWhat Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up : Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life
Best Price: $2.06
As a counsellor, I have found many individuals discover "anticipating...


Going Gray: How to Embrace Your Authentic Self with Grace and StyleGoing Gray: How to Embrace Your Authentic Self with Grace and Style
Best Price: $7.99
Interesting concept, does going gray change whether or not you are beautiful, your intimate...
Body Psychotherapy: An IntroductionBody Psychotherapy: An Introduction
Best Price: $94.00
'...a well-rooted resource for bodywork courses and a useful introductory text for a broad...
How a Man AgesHow a Man Ages
Best Price: $3.95
Alright guys...forget all the glossy magazines and latest studies. This little book tells you...
Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies with Older AdultsHandbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies with Older Adults
Best Price: $27.40
The purpose of this book is to disseminate "best practice" models of treatment for the...
When Parents AgeWhen Parents Age
Best Price: $1.14
Shares practical and loving advice on how children can help elderly parents with finances,...


Physical Change And Aging: A Guide For The Helping Professions, 4th EditionPhysical Change And Aging: A Guide For The Helping Professions, 4th Edition
Best Price: $27.40
A well written resource providing an in depth understanding of human physiology and the...
Successful Aging Through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues in HealthSuccessful Aging Through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues in Health
Best Price: $39.93
This book explores concepts and practices for productive aging: What factors contribute to...
The Facts on Aging QuizThe Facts on Aging Quiz
Best Price: $250.00
Presented in their most complete, up-to-date versions, these quizzes remain the only short,...
Strategies for Therapy with the Elderly: Living With Hope and Meaning, 2nd EditionStrategies for Therapy with the Elderly: Living With Hope and Meaning, 2nd Edition
Best Price: $54.36
Newly revised and updated! In this second edition, Brody and Semel contend that meaningful and...
Talking with God in Old Age: Meditations and Psalms, Enlarged PrintTalking with God in Old Age: Meditations and Psalms, Enlarged Print
Best Price: $5.66
"Another straight-to-the-heart project from Missy Buchanan written with genuine reflection...

Settling In: My First Year in a Retirement CommunitySettling In: My First Year in a Retirement Community
Best Price: $5.00
We moved to a retirement community two months ago. Our daughter suggested this book which we...
Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, Second EditionPhysiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, Second Edition
Best Price: $8.91
Aging is an inevitable aspect of living. This book covers the aging process from a physiological...
Beyond Mid-Life Crisis: A Psychodynamic Approach to Ageing (Sheldon Insight Professional)Beyond Mid-Life Crisis: A Psychodynamic Approach to Ageing (Sheldon Insight Professional)
A perspective on the different changes people feel during mid-life. The book covers sexuality,...
Facing Your Fifties: Every Man's Reference Guide to Mid-Life HealthFacing Your Fifties: Every Man's Reference Guide to Mid-Life Health
Best Price: $7.99
Many of us men who have reached our fifties or about to attain the big "five O" have...
Age Protectors: Stop Aging Now With the Latest Breakthroughs That: Halt the Life-Robbing Diseases * Erase the Lines of Time * Sharpen Your Mind and Memory * Rekindle Your Youthful SpiritAge Protectors: Stop Aging Now With the Latest Breakthroughs That: Halt the Life-Robbing Diseases * Erase the Lines of Time * Sharpen Your Mind and Memory * Rekindle Your Youthful Spirit
Best Price: $10.58
Age Protectors is the first book to offer completely natural, realistic, easy, and practical...

The Henry Holt Retirement Sourcebook: An Information Guide for Planning and Managing Your AffairsThe Henry Holt Retirement Sourcebook: An Information Guide for Planning and Managing Your Affairs
Best Price: $2.98
Social Movements Past and Present Series: The Senior Rights Movement: Framing the Policy Debate in AmericaSocial Movements Past and Present Series: The Senior Rights Movement: Framing the Policy Debate in America
Best Price: $35.95
Family Environment and Intellectual Functioning: A Life-span PerspectiveFamily Environment and Intellectual Functioning: A Life-span Perspective
Best Price: $38.81
What is the impact of the family environment on us, particularly with regard to our intellectual...
Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesHandbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Best Price: $95.00
This book brings together experts from diverse scientific disciplines who share an interest in...
Handbook of Parenting: Volume 4 Social Conditions and Applied ParentingHandbook of Parenting: Volume 4 Social Conditions and Applied Parenting
Best Price: $108.98
Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of...

Handbook of Communication and Aging Research (Lea's Communication Series)Handbook of Communication and Aging Research (Lea's Communication Series)
Best Price: $120.58
This second edition of the Handbook of Communication and Aging Research captures the...
The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-upThe Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up
Best Price: $2.86
Hey, I'm 36. Six years ago I was crashing in laundry rooms in houses with, as Dan Zevin...
Health, Program Evaluation, and Demography: Research Instruments in Social Gerontology, Volume 3Health, Program Evaluation, and Demography: Research Instruments in Social Gerontology, Volume 3
Best Price: $60.00
Research Instruments in Social Gerontology, Volume 3: Health, Program Evaluation, and Demography...
Pastoral Care To The Aged: A Handbook For Lay VisitorsPastoral Care To The Aged: A Handbook For Lay Visitors
Best Price: $8.21
A complete guide to visiting the elderly to offer spiritual care. A nuts-and-bolts guidebook to...
The Fountain of Youth: Living Longer with Youthful Fitness, Health and HappinessThe Fountain of Youth: Living Longer with Youthful Fitness, Health and Happiness
Best Price: $6.62
The study of the phenomenon of human aging is a comparatively new field, and it is not...

Passage Into Paradise: The true story of my own mother's struggle with Alzheimer's diseasePassage Into Paradise: The true story of my own mother's struggle with Alzheimer's disease
Best Price: $18.63
You may have enjoyed Dorothy Womack's poetry in her Reflections on Marsha Penington's...
DADDY, TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY: 89 YEARS & MOST OF THEM FUNDADDY, TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY: 89 YEARS & MOST OF THEM FUN
Best Price: $20.56
Working alone, to start with, I filled three pages of legal pads with two columns per page with...
How Did You Find Me?How Did You Find Me?
Best Price: $10.46
Get out the tissues for this poignant read about a family's journey through Alzheimers. The...
Oops, I Lost My Sense Of HumorOops, I Lost My Sense Of Humor
Best Price: $22.80
The doctor said, "Don't try it -you could die on the operating table." A scary...
Life-Span DevelopmentLife-Span Development
Best Price: $78.11
The combined features that distinguish this text from other titles can be summarized with an...

Living Well Third EdLiving Well Third Ed
Best Price: $1.80
Medical care allows us to live longer, but to enjoy life we have to stay healthy. Living Well ...
Social Problems: A Case Study ApproachSocial Problems: A Case Study Approach
Best Price: $26.95
Social Problems explores the consequences of symbolic interactionism in society, a theory which...
1,003 Ways to Stay Young1,003 Ways to Stay Young
Best Price: $1.39
we are well pleased with the book, at our age any help available is appreciated very much
Pensions, Politics, and the ElderlyPensions, Politics, and the Elderly
Best Price: $17.36
Dream BigDream Big
Best Price: $2.27
I bought this book a year ago at a time when I was going through empty-nest syndrome and...

The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of StuffThe Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff
Best Price: $4.99
Dealing with the death of a parent can be very difficult. Emotions run high and feelings are in...
How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your LifeHow to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
Best Price: $1.50
This is a great book. Covers many areas from physiology of your body to diet to mental attitude...
Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples (Thorndike Health, Home & Learning)Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples (Thorndike Health, Home & Learning)
Best Price: $54.95
Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and...
The Caregiver: A Life With Alzheimer's, with new material (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)The Caregiver: A Life With Alzheimer's, with new material (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
Best Price: $6.93
I read every personal book I can find about Alzheimer's and dementia, and have reviewed more...
Aging and Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Behavioral Perspectives (The Johns Hopkins Series in Environmental Toxicology)Aging and Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Behavioral Perspectives (The Johns Hopkins Series in Environmental Toxicology)
Best Price: $10.83

Growing Old in ChristGrowing Old in Christ
Best Price: $12.49
There seems to be two parallel tracks evident in the various essays presented by the...
Life's Career-Aging: Cultural Variations on Growing Old (Cross Cultural Research and Methodology)Life's Career-Aging: Cultural Variations on Growing Old (Cross Cultural Research and Methodology)
Best Price: $54.18
'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part...
Searching for Soul: A Survivor's GuideSearching for Soul: A Survivor's Guide
Best Price: $10.00
In her journey to reach self-awareness and inner peace, Bobbe Tyler offers a glimpse into the...
The Long Tomorrow: How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone AgingThe Long Tomorrow: How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging
Best Price: $1.80
This is mostly a memoir about Professor Rose's career as an evolutionary biologist who...
The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight BackThe Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back
Best Price: $1.75
In his ethnography (PDF) of Grover Norquist's weekly breakfast meetings, Thomas Medved tells...

Lives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful AgingLives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful Aging
Best Price: $19.84
Growing old-what is it like? What are the main problems of the aging? Lack of fulfillment in...
Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human DevelopmentLives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development
Best Price: $20.97
I have read that book and I found many interesting stories about how culture affect our live...
Wellness: Creating a Life of Health and FitnessWellness: Creating a Life of Health and Fitness
Best Price: $30.00
Responding to the growing need for a comprehensive Wellness book, the authors have provided a...
Leisure in a Changing America: Trends and Issues for the Twenty-First Century (2nd Edition)Leisure in a Changing America: Trends and Issues for the Twenty-First Century (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $44.50
This new edition sets the stage for the twenty-first century by outlining a number of major...
Human Aging (2nd Edition)Human Aging (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $91.47
I have used this text in my own courses and students love it! It is very well written and the...

Development Across the Life Span, Books a la Carte Plus MyDevelopmentLab (6th Edition)Development Across the Life Span, Books a la Carte Plus MyDevelopmentLab (6th Edition)
Best Price: $78.95
Offers a strong balance between research and applications.  For chronologically organized...
The Elderly as Modern PioneersThe Elderly as Modern Pioneers
Best Price: $12.94
Philip Silverman, an anthropologist with a PhD from Cornell and a long career in aging and other...
Aging and Identity: A Humanities PerspectiveAging and Identity: A Humanities Perspective
Best Price: $79.41
Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and...
Living Well: Answers to Life's Practical MysteriesLiving Well: Answers to Life's Practical Mysteries
Best Price: $4.94
My Parents Never Had Sex: Myths and Facts of Sexual Aging (A Golden Age Book)My Parents Never Had Sex: Myths and Facts of Sexual Aging (A Golden Age Book)
Best Price: $17.76
This book presents the myths and facts of sexual ageing in a thoughtful and straightforward...

Out of the Corner of My Eye : Living With Vision Loss in Later Life (Large Print)Out of the Corner of My Eye : Living With Vision Loss in Later Life (Large Print)
Best Price: $50.00
A personal account of sudden vision loss and subsequent adjustment that is full of practical...
Where to Retire in MaineWhere to Retire in Maine
Best Price: $4.94
Seller was great, even contacted me personaly to ensure that I was happy with the service and book !
Breaking the Rules of AgingBreaking the Rules of Aging
Best Price: $2.00
It's nice to hear from a doctor who doesn't chant the party line. Lipschitz is not...
Disgracefully Yours: More New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of LifeDisgracefully Yours: More New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of Life
Best Price: $4.10
Here, the members of the Hen Co-Op respond to letters from readers of their first book, Growing...
Growing Old Disgracefully: New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of LifeGrowing Old Disgracefully: New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of Life
Best Price: $18.25
I think this is VERY funny - VERY sooooo real, and should be required reading for all...

Relationships in Old Age: Coping with the Challenge of TransitionRelationships in Old Age: Coping with the Challenge of Transition
Best Price: $14.49
This book emphasizes a set of factors often ignored in the literature--personality...
Aging Is An Attitude: Positive Ways To Look At Getting OlderAging Is An Attitude: Positive Ways To Look At Getting Older
Best Price: $0.01
My father died when I was young. I've missed him over the years, but as I've aged...
What to Expect in Your Fifties : A Woman's Guide to Health, Vitality and LongevityWhat to Expect in Your Fifties : A Woman's Guide to Health, Vitality and Longevity
Best Price: $2.32
Many women are concerned about there health as we approach our 50's. We all just want to...
Life Extension: A Practical Scientific ApproachLife Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach
Best Price: $421.52
Like most books, there are good and bad points to the book. GOOD POINTS: The book is well...
My Next Phase: The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best RetirementMy Next Phase: The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement
Best Price: $8.30
You just may "flunk retirement" without this book. The authors say there is more to...

Gary Null's Mind Power: Rejuvenate Your Brain and Memory NaturallyGary Null's Mind Power: Rejuvenate Your Brain and Memory Naturally
Best Price: $6.25
I would have appreciated knowing that a previous owner had heavily underlined and circled the...
Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second AdulthoodFifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood
Best Price: $0.01
50 IS THE NEW FIFTY: TEN LIFE LESSONS FOR WOMEN IN SECOND ADULTHOOD tells of a journey begun...
The Youth Equation: Take 10 Years Off Your FaceThe Youth Equation: Take 10 Years Off Your Face
Best Price: $2.99
I learned some things from this book that were useful, specifically that all these different...
Handbook of Midlife Development (Wiley Series in Adulthood and Aging)Handbook of Midlife Development (Wiley Series in Adulthood and Aging)
Best Price: $80.00
This is a great resource with current research on midlife development. I haven't found out...
The Psychology of Prejudice and DiscriminationThe Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
Best Price: $80.00
This is the first comprehensive textbook on prejudice with a strong psychological research base....

Genes and AgingGenes and Aging
Best Price: $22.95
This book reviews the molecular biology of the gene in relation to aging. The author presents...
Living Well: Answers to Life's Practical MysteriesLiving Well: Answers to Life's Practical Mysteries
Best Price: $4.94
My Parents Never Had Sex: Myths and Facts of Sexual Aging (A Golden Age Book)My Parents Never Had Sex: Myths and Facts of Sexual Aging (A Golden Age Book)
Best Price: $17.76
This book presents the myths and facts of sexual ageing in a thoughtful and straightforward...
Out of the Corner of My Eye : Living With Vision Loss in Later Life (Large Print)Out of the Corner of My Eye : Living With Vision Loss in Later Life (Large Print)
Best Price: $50.00
A personal account of sudden vision loss and subsequent adjustment that is full of practical...
Where to Retire in MaineWhere to Retire in Maine
Best Price: $4.94
Seller was great, even contacted me personaly to ensure that I was happy with the service and book !

Breaking the Rules of AgingBreaking the Rules of Aging
Best Price: $2.00
It's nice to hear from a doctor who doesn't chant the party line. Lipschitz is not...
Disgracefully Yours: More New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of LifeDisgracefully Yours: More New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of Life
Best Price: $4.10
Here, the members of the Hen Co-Op respond to letters from readers of their first book, Growing...
Growing Old Disgracefully: New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of LifeGrowing Old Disgracefully: New Ideas for Getting the Most Out of Life
Best Price: $18.25
I think this is VERY funny - VERY sooooo real, and should be required reading for all...
Relationships in Old Age: Coping with the Challenge of TransitionRelationships in Old Age: Coping with the Challenge of Transition
Best Price: $14.49
This book emphasizes a set of factors often ignored in the literature--personality...
Aging Is An Attitude: Positive Ways To Look At Getting OlderAging Is An Attitude: Positive Ways To Look At Getting Older
Best Price: $0.01
My father died when I was young. I've missed him over the years, but as I've aged...

Age Is Nothing: Attitude Is EverythingAge Is Nothing: Attitude Is Everything
Best Price: $3.35
Peter Stein's book Age is Nothing: Attitude is Everything is a quick but inspiring and...
365 Great Things About Getting Older 2007 Day-to-Day Calendar365 Great Things About Getting Older 2007 Day-to-Day Calendar
365 humorous looks and thoughts which goes to prove that getting older does have its strong points.
Aging Parents, Aging Children: How to Stay Sane and SurviveAging Parents, Aging Children: How to Stay Sane and Survive
Best Price: $8.99
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (10/07) Drs. Miriam K. Aronoson and Marcella...
Senior MomentsSenior Moments
Best Price: $0.40
You've hit the golden years, but it feels more like the Twilight Zone. You receive...
Going Gray, Looking Great!: The Modern Woman's Guide to Unfading GloryGoing Gray, Looking Great!: The Modern Woman's Guide to Unfading Glory
Best Price: $452.03
I was very excited to discover this book existed, since I'm growing out my dyed hair to...

Choose Florida for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every BudgetChoose Florida for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget
Best Price: $2.73
Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st Century: Step-By-Step Strategies for Reaching People over 50Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st Century: Step-By-Step Strategies for Reaching People over 50
Best Price: $10.64
Chapter 1 Getting to Know Senior Adults One thing that I found particularly interesting about...
Retirement Places Rated: What You Need to Know to Plan the Retirement You Deserve, Sixth EditionRetirement Places Rated: What You Need to Know to Plan the Retirement You Deserve, Sixth Edition
Best Price: $1.21
In the growing field of books offering suggested places to live or retire, RETIREMENT PLACES...
Living Longer for DummiesLiving Longer for Dummies
Best Price: $4.98
I have read many books on healthy aging and longevity and Dr. Bortz has written the very best!...
It's Time We Talk about EldercareIt's Time We Talk about Eldercare
Best Price: $1.50
When caring for aging parents, love is not always enough. Opening the discussions on elder care...
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