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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 305 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 230 ratings
    • Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest old....

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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 274 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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    • 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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    • 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 53 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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    • Words to Say and Things to Do (A 36-Hour Day Book)
    • By: Rachael Wonderlin
    • Narrated by: Rachael Wonderlin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 10-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions, and anxieties that both they and their loved one may experience....

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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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    • An Action Plan for a Lifetime of Happiness, Health, and Financial Security
    • By: Laura L. Carstensen Ph.D.
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-27-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • From one of the world's leading authorities on longevity and aging comes the first book to address a uniquely twenty-first century question....

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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 114 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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    • By: William J. Kole
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • By 2050, the world’s centenarian population—those aged 100 or more—will increase eightfold. Half of today’s 5-year-olds can expect to reach the same heights. It’s going to upend everything we thought we knew about health care, personal finance, retirement, politics, and more....

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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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    • 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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    • A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being
    • By: Sherwin B. Nuland
    • Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 12 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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    • 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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    • 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 10 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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    • 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: 02-18-09
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • 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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    • 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 Young Perspective on How Loving the Old Will Change Your Life
    • By: Isabel Tom
    • Narrated by: Michele Venlee
    • Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • We’re so afraid of aging that we begin to devalue ourselves and others with each passing year. The words "30 years old" incites panic. Seniors live in separate communities. They barely interact with young people, while middle-aged people spend millions each year on anti-aging products....

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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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