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    • 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 307 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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    • Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
    • By: John Leland
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 01-23-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 233 ratings
    • Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest old....

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    • A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being
    • By: Sherwin B. Nuland
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • In The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships....

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    • Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
    • By: Ram Dass
    • Narrated by: Steve Susskind
    • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-00
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 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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    • Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know
    • By: Dr. M. E. Hecht, Whoopi Goldberg, Tamela Rich
    • Narrated by: Devon O'day, Jackie Schlicher
    • Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Two Old Broads is laugh-out-loud funny and tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years....

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    • Growing Older with Joy, Fulfillment, Resilience, and No Regrets
    • By: Charles Garfield PhD
    • Narrated by: William Sarris
    • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Some of the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home stretch, the years after age 60. It's a time when we can finally crystallize the meaning of what we've been and done so far and fully expand into the self we've always intended to be, guided by the voice of the soul....

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    • In Which an Aging Professor Laments His Shrinking Brain
    • By: William Ian Miller
    • Narrated by: Michael Scherer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old....

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    • A Manifesto Against Ageism
    • By: Ashton Applewhite
    • Narrated by: Ashton Applewhite
    • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 116 ratings
    • Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age....

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    • Lessons from the Centenarians
    • By: Neenah Ellis
    • Narrated by: Neenah Ellis
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • There are now more 100-year-olds alive than at any other time in history, and longevity studies are finding many of them are active, healthy, and engaged with the world around them....

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    • The Emotional, Financial, and Physical Toll on Family Caregivers: How to Plan Ahead and Save Time, Money, and Stress
    • By: Annalee Kruger
    • Narrated by: Catherine O'Connor
    • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-13-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Caregiving can be a positive experience if families understand aging, understand the disease their loved one has, learn how to improve communication, and have an aging plan. The Invisible Patient provides inspiration and step-by-step guidance to ease the caregiving journey....

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    • The Age of Active Wisdom
    • By: Mary Catherine Bateson
    • Narrated by: Sevanne Kassarjian
    • Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-10
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Mary Catherine Bateson sees aging today as an "improvisational art form calling for imagination and willingness to learn"....

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    • How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community and the Good Life
    • By: Chris Farrell
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • The old idea of "retirement" - a word that means withdrawal, describing a time when people gave up productive employment and shrank their activities - was a short-lived historical anomaly....

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    • Getting Older Without Getting Old
    • By: David Cravit, Larry Wolf
    • Narrated by: Jarrod Davis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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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    • Exploring Age Bias and How to End It
    • By: Tracey Gendron
    • Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
    • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Ageism Unmasked shifts the lens, enabling us to see that we tolerate, and sometimes actively promote, attitudes and behaviors toward differently aged people that we would reject and condemn if applied to any other group....

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    • 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: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • 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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    • How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents
    • By: Jacqueline Marcell
    • Narrated by: Jacqueline Marcell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 82 ratings
    • A riveting, often LOL true story about Jacqueline Marcell's trials and tribulations managing the care of her challenging elderly father and sweet ailing mother....

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    • A Reflection of Every Woman's Courageous Battle with Aging
    • By: Michelle Player
    • Narrated by: Michelle Player
    • Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Do you recognize the reflection of the woman you see in the mirror? Does her body reveal the miles she has endured and does her soul yearn for the acceptance of her maturing self? Like many women, I have been chasing the fountain of youth....

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    • How to Get Your Groove Back After Sixty
    • By: George S. Rider
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The Rogue's Road to Retirement is about the rebels, raconteurs, and rous who refuse to grow old gracefully, who want to grow old the way they grew up raising hell....

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    • How Seeing People as People Changes Everything
    • By: Kimberly White
    • Narrated by: Kimberly White
    • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • Seeing people as people is an idea so simple you'll swear you've heard before but so profound you'll never stop learning from it. Author Kimberly White discovered it in nursing homes whose carers saw their patients, not as tasks to be ticked off a to-do list, as valuable human beings....

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    • A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
    • By: Jo Ann Jenkins
    • Narrated by: Jo Ann Jenkins, Kimberly Farr
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines - "50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees....

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