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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups

The Little Book of Senior Moments (Hardcover): Freddie  Green The Little Book of Senior Moments (Hardcover)
Freddie Green
R177 Discovery Miles 1 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

You know you're having a senior moment when you decide it's time to pull up your socks - and realize you forgot to put any on! Age is just a number and you're only as old as you feel, but if you're heading into your golden years and you're certifiably "no spring chicken", you might benefit from browsing through the pages of this tongue-in-cheek book to help you decide if your marbles just need a polish or you've well and truly lost them! Inside you'll find examples of classic "senior moments", such as: Ringing a friend to ask them for their phone number. Getting annoyed at the fact that your all-in-one remote won't open your garage door. Going to the store for milk and coming home with a new dog collar, rawl plugs, some plant pots that were on special offer... but no milk. Feeling frustrated by your computer's instructions to "press any key", when there's no "Any" key on your keyboard. With a sprinkling of reassuring quotes from fellow old-timers, this collection will help you see the funny side of getting older (but not necessarily wiser).

Celebrate the Harvest - A Guide to the Spiritual Needs and Religious Life of Older Adults (Hardcover): Deacon William Bell Celebrate the Harvest - A Guide to the Spiritual Needs and Religious Life of Older Adults (Hardcover)
Deacon William Bell
R816 R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Save R100 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
You and Your Adolescent - The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 (Paperback, New, Revised ed.): Laurence Steinberg You and Your Adolescent - The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 (Paperback, New, Revised ed.)
Laurence Steinberg
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Relax The horror stories you have heard about adolescence are false."
This is Dr. Laurence Steinberg's reassuring message to parents in this newly revised edition of his classic book "You and Your Adolescent," which "Publishers Weekly "says is "filled with solid advice for the parents of adolescents." Among the new topics in this updated edition:
* An expanded definition of adolescence to age 25, recognizing that college graduates often remain dependent on their parents for an extended period, creating a new parent-child dynamic
* A discussion of social media that addresses whether parents of preteens and young teens should monitor use of these new communication tools
* What new research into the adolescent brain tells us about teenage behavior
As Dr. Steinberg writes, "Most books written for parents of teenagers were survival guides (many still are). Nowadays, adolescence is too long--15 years in some families--for mere survival. Knowledge, not fortitude, is what today's parents need. That's where this book comes in."

Mortality, with Friends (Paperback): Fleda Brown Mortality, with Friends (Paperback)
Fleda Brown
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mortality, With Friends is a collection of lyrical essays from Fleda Brown, a writer and caretaker, of her father and sometimes her husband, who lives with the nagging uneasiness that her cancer could return. Memoir in feel, the book muses on the nature of art, of sculpture, of the loss of bees and trees, the end of marriages, and among other things, the loss of hearing and of life itself. Containing twenty-two essays, Mortality, With Friends follows the cascade of loss with the author's imminent joy in opening a path to track her own growing awareness and wisdom. In ""Donna,"" Brown examines a childhood friendship and questions the roles we need to play in each other's lives to shape who we might become. In ""Native Bees,"" Brown expertly weaves together the threads of a difficult family tradition intended to incite happiness with the harsh reality of current events. In ""Fingernails, Toenails,"" she marvels at the attention and suffering that accompanies caring for our aging bodies. In ""Mortality, with Friends,"" Brown dives into the practical and stupefying response to her own cancer and survival. In ""2019: Becoming Mrs. Ramsay,"" she remembers the ghosts of her family and the strident image of herself, positioned in front of her Northern Michigan cottage. Comparable to Lia Purpura's essays in their density and poetics, Brown's intent is to look closely, to stay with the moment and the image. Readers with a fondness for memoir and appreciation for art will be dazzled by the beauty of this collection.

Beyond the Clouds - An Autoethnographic Research Exploring Good Practice in Crisis Settings (Hardcover): Claudio Mochi Beyond the Clouds - An Autoethnographic Research Exploring Good Practice in Crisis Settings (Hardcover)
Claudio Mochi; Illustrated by Isabella Cassina
R857 R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Save R116 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Catch the Age Wave (Paperback): Win Arn Catch the Age Wave (Paperback)
Win Arn
R506 R476 Discovery Miles 4 760 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Senior adult ministry isn't what it used to be. The comfortable assumptions and outdated programs that were the basis for local church ministry are being challenged. Baby boomers are hitting middle age and retirement. And their own parents are living longer. Authors Win and Charles Arn have updated and supplemented Catch the Age Wave with ideas, examples and advice to help the local church leader start and maintain a senior adult program. In addition, they have added practical program ideas to use in any local church setting. New challenges for a new day. Catch the Age Wave won't let you miss the boat.

The Fountain of Age (Paperback): Betty Friedan The Fountain of Age (Paperback)
Betty Friedan
R624 R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Save R40 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1963, Betty Friedan's transcendent work, The Feminine Mystique, changed forever the way women thought about themselves and the way society thought about women. In 1993, with The Fountain of Age, Friedan changes forever the way all of us, men and women, think about ourselves as we grow older and the way society thinks about aging. Struggling to hold on to the illusion of youth, we have denied the reality and evaded the new triumphs of growing older. We have seen age only as decline. In this powerful and very personal book, which may prove even more liberating than The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan charts her own voyage of discovery, and that of others, into a different kind of aging. She finds ordinary men and women, moving into their fifties, sixties, seventies, discovering extraordinary new possibilities of intimacy and purpose. In their surprising experiences, Friedan first glimpsed, then embraced, the idea that one can grow and evolve throughout life in a style that dramatically mitigates the expectation of decline and opens the way to a further dimension of "personhood." The Fountain of Age suggests new possibilities for every one of us, all founded on a solid body of startling but little-known scientific evidence. It demolishes those myths that have constrained us for too long and offers compelling alternatives for living one's age as a unique, exuberant time of life, on its own authentic terms. Age as adventure! In these pages, film producers and beauticians, salespersons and college professors, union veterans and business tycoons, former (and forever) housewives, male and female empty-nesters and retirees, have crossed the chasm of age... and kept going. They have foundfulfillment beyond career, bonding that transcends youthful dreams of happily-ever-after, and a richer, sweeter intimacy not tied to mechanical measures of sexual activity, but to deep and honest sharing. While gerontologists focus on care, illness, and the concept of age as deterio

Pretty Purple Piggy Bank (Hardcover): Ron Ryan Pretty Purple Piggy Bank (Hardcover)
Ron Ryan
R493 R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Save R26 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Like to Be Quiet (Hardcover): Joni Caldwell I Like to Be Quiet (Hardcover)
Joni Caldwell
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Like to Walk - A Child's Journey to Understanding (Hardcover): Henri Charles Molineaux I Like to Walk - A Child's Journey to Understanding (Hardcover)
Henri Charles Molineaux
R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aged Out - Narratives of Young Women Who Grew up in Out-Of-Home Care (Hardcover): Lanetta N Greer Aged Out - Narratives of Young Women Who Grew up in Out-Of-Home Care (Hardcover)
Lanetta N Greer
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pink Brain, Blue Brain - How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do about It (Paperback): Lise Eliot Pink Brain, Blue Brain - How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do about It (Paperback)
Lise Eliot
R519 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A precise scientific exploration of the differences between boys and girls that breaks down damaging gender stereotypes and offers practical guidance for parents and educators.

In the past decade, we've come to accept certain ideas about the differences between males and females--that boys can't focus in a classroom, for instance, and that girls are obsessed with relationships. In Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise Eliot turns that thinking on its head. Calling on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time, as parents and teachers--and the culture at large--unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Children themselves intensify the differences by playing to their modest strengths. They constantly exercise those "ball-throwing" or "doll-cuddling" circuits, rarely straying from their comfort zones. But this, says Eliot, is just what they need to do, and she offers parents and teachers concrete ways to help. Boys are not, in fact, "better at math" but at certain kinds of spatial reasoning. Girls are not naturally more empathetic; they're allowed to express their feelings. By appreciating how sex differences emerge--rather than assuming them to be fixed biological facts--we can help all children reach their fullest potential, close the troubling gaps between boys and girls, and ultimately end the gender wars that currently divide us.

Elder Law - Evolving European Perspectives (Hardcover): Ann Numhauser-Henning Elder Law - Evolving European Perspectives (Hardcover)
Ann Numhauser-Henning 2
R4,404 Discovery Miles 44 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Population ageing poses a huge challenge to law and society, carrying important structural and institutional implications. This book portrays elder law as an emerging research discipline in the European setting in terms of both conceptual and theoretical perspectives as well as elements of the law. Providing a deepened understanding of population ageing in terms of vulnerability, intergenerational conflict and solidarity, expert contributors highlight the necessity for a contextualized ageing concept. As well as offering a comparative analysis of active ageing policies across the EU, this book examines a range of topics including age discrimination in employment and the freedom of movement of EU citizens from the ageing individual's point of view. It also goes on to describe elder care developments, discussing the ageing individual's autonomy in relation to both traditional inheritance rights and growing instances of dementia. Timely and engaging, this book will appeal to academic scholars and students in relevant areas of law as well as those studying across the social sciences. Exploring a broad range of socio-legal issues in relation to demographic ageing, it will also inform legal practitioners and policymakers alike. Contributors include: M. Axmin, A. Blackham, C. Brokelind, J. Fudge, E. Holm, A. Inghammar, M. Katzin, M. Kullmann, T. Mattsson, P. Norberg, A. Numhauser-Henning, H. Pettersson, M. Roennmar, E. Ryrstedt, K. Scott, E. Trolle OEnnerfors, C. Ulander-Wanman, J.J. Votinius, A. Zbyszewska

Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Vol. IV (Paperback): Jawanza Kunjufu Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Vol. IV (Paperback)
Jawanza Kunjufu
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering suggestions to correct the dehumanization of African American children, this book explains how to ensure that African American boys grow up to be strong, committed, and responsible African American men.

The Angry Bull - A Children's Book About Managing Emotions, Staying in Control, and Calmly Overcoming Obstacles... The Angry Bull - A Children's Book About Managing Emotions, Staying in Control, and Calmly Overcoming Obstacles (Hardcover)
Charlotte Dane
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Once Upon A Time I Would Grow Old (Paperback, Revised edition): Hequet Once Upon A Time I Would Grow Old (Paperback, Revised edition)
Hequet
R839 Discovery Miles 8 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Autumn Lee's Fantabulous Flying Pants (Hardcover): Rachel a Shannon Autumn Lee's Fantabulous Flying Pants (Hardcover)
Rachel a Shannon
R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Stress Less Business Owner - Ten Guiding Disciplines to Bring Joy and True Success back to Your Business (Hardcover): Todd... The Stress Less Business Owner - Ten Guiding Disciplines to Bring Joy and True Success back to Your Business (Hardcover)
Todd Hopkins
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Am What I Am (Hardcover): Tsepo Musi I Am What I Am (Hardcover)
Tsepo Musi
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Rachel Kalish Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Rachel Kalish
R5,815 Discovery Miles 58 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Technology is rapidly advancing, and each innovation provides opportunities for such technology to mesh with the human enactment of physical intimacy or to be used in the quest for information about sexuality. However, the availability of this technology has complicated sexual decision making for young adults as they continually navigate their sexual identity, orientation, behavior, and community. Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source that improves the understanding of the combination of technology and sexual decision making for young adults, examining the role of technology in sexual identity formation, sexual communication, relationship formation and dissolution, and sexual learning and online sexual communities and activism. While highlighting topics such as privacy management, cyber intimacy, and digital communications, this book is ideally designed for therapists, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, counselors, healthcare professionals, scholars, researchers, and students.

Social Skills - Useful tips to Improve Your Social Intelligence, Social Circle and Win Friends, Build Better Relationships and... Social Skills - Useful tips to Improve Your Social Intelligence, Social Circle and Win Friends, Build Better Relationships and Achieve Success in your Life, even at Work (Hardcover)
Brigham Hubbard
R881 R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Charlie The Fox (Hardcover, 2nd Hardback ed.): Daniel L Nalley Charlie The Fox (Hardcover, 2nd Hardback ed.)
Daniel L Nalley; Illustrated by Jordan Murphy
R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Young Fool in South Africa - LARGE PRINT - Prequel (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Joe Twead,... One Young Fool in South Africa - LARGE PRINT - Prequel (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Joe Twead, Victoria Twead
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society, VOL 4 (Hardcover): Information R Management Association Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society, VOL 4 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R11,467 Discovery Miles 114 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aging - Life Span and Life Expectancy (Hardcover): Robert J. Reynolds, Steven M. Day Aging - Life Span and Life Expectancy (Hardcover)
Robert J. Reynolds, Steven M. Day
R3,304 Discovery Miles 33 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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