| |
|
Centenarians: The Bonus Years
Lynn Peters Adler
Health Press (NM), 1995
The best guide to advanced aging written.
Lynn Adler answers the really important question about aging; why live long? The 250 or so centenarians this book profiles have all lived through good times and bad, sickness and health and all feel they have had very good lives. The quality of their lives is what is ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples ...
John Robbins
Thorndike Press, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
My First 100 Years!
R. Waldo McBurney
Leathers Publishing, 2004
Amazing and Inspiring
Mr. McBurney's life has been a long and interesting one. I was especially impressed with the fact that his father lived 40+ years after his first stroke in part because of his doctor who was ahead of his time in his treatment. The author was wise at a young age to see ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Life Is So Good
George Dawson, Richard Glaubman
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
Good Dose of Reality
Life Is So Good
This is an excellent extraordinary autobiography of a wonderful person. Every student in the US should have the opportunity to read this book. It's breath taking.... dcw
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Earth's Elders: The Wisdom of the World's Oldest People
Jerry Friedman
Earths Elders Foundation, 2005
Couldn't put it down
Great book. I couldn't put it down. Very inspirational. Each of the stories were only a few pages long which made it nice if you didn't have a lot of time on your hands at one sitting. The author gives you complete freedom to come to your own conclusions as to why ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians
Neenah Ellis
Three Rivers Press, 2004
Inspirational and Entertaining
This book will inspire the reader to think about and plan to model the individuals featured in the book. Reading their stories inspired me to share the book with my father, who is 83. "Here's to another 17 years," I told him. The book reiterated the philosophy and ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Oral History Series - A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro (Oral History ...
Milich
Twayne Publishers, 1996
Warrior Women
This is an exraordinary book that reminds women everywhere of the unbelievable struggle of our ancestors to survive. The women in this book could have been from anywhere in a different time, enduring the worst that the world had to offer, yet they emerge from these ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
If I Live to be 100
Neenah Ellis
Highbridge Audio, 2002
Life at 100
If you are an NPR fan you probably recall the Neenah Ellis series on centenarians, and if you liked that then you'll love this audio book. (You can listen to samples at NPR or the "If I Live to Be 100" website.) You won't find many tips on how to cope with aging except ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
ONE HUNDRED OVER 100
Jim Heynen
Fulcrum Publishing Inc., 2006
This book contains colorful profiles and photographs of vibrant men and women who celebrate life as centenarians and beyond.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Semi-Centenarians Of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also A Brief History Of The Village ...
Thomas E. Spilman
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Centenarians of the Andes
David Davies
Barrie & Jenkins, 1975
Curious Forgotten Book
I knew the author personally, but am estranged from him. I think he could have done so much more, but this is perhaps his best work... Still this book is an interesting curiosity. I'd say it's more for the layman than the hardcore scientist, and some of the book takes ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
On Being 100: 31 Centenarians Share Their Extraordinary Lives and Wisdom
Liane Enkelis
Prima Lifestyles, 2000
A MUST FOR BABY BOOMERS
Personally, I found this book very inspirational. For Christmas, I gave "On Being 100" to all my friends (and I have many) who've been cringing as they approach the fifty-year mark. I figured that once they saw the wonderful photographs of people more than twice ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
I Am Still Here
Montezuma Publishing, 2007
I Am Still Here presents a unique picture of one woman s journey through the last 100 years. The book describes her efforts to overcome poverty during the Great Depression, survive the Spanish influenza as a child and many other difficult obstacles she has faced during her lifetime. In this book, Simon shares her secrets and bits of wisdom about ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
How to Live to 100 (And Enjoy It!): Stories of Tennessee Centenarians
Chris Cawood
Magnolia Hill Press, 1996
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
From Lead Mines to Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long Life
Henry Taylor
University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Henry Taylor’s long life (1825–1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
