Making Meaningful Lives: Tales from an Aging Japan 0812251369, 9780812251364

London voices, London lives: Tales from a working capital 9781847422484

This book is a unique collection: ordinary Londoners, in their own voices, tell about ordinary London lives. Interviews

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Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth-Century Japan 9781503622715

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The Biostatistics of Aging: From Gompertzian Mortality to an Index of Aging-Relatedness

N.-Y.: Wiley, 2014. — 272 p.A practical and clarifying approach to aging and aging-related diseases Providing a thorough

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Sustainable Energy and Economics in an Aging Population: Lessons from Japan (Lecture Notes in Energy, 76) 3030432246, 9783030432249

This book discusses current challenges in Japan, focusing on the nation’s rapidly aging population and low birth rate, a

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Disability and Aging: Learning from Both to Empower the Lives of Older Adults 9781626376519

What is the lived experience of previously healthy older adults as they face disability in late life, and how is disabil

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Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful 9780691240602

Why life’s shortness—more than anything else—is what makes it meaningful Death might seem to render pointless all our a

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A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales from an Old Ranch

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An Exodus from Turkey: Tales of Migration and Exile 9781399519670

Examines the current wave of migration from Turkey through the experiences of 21 public figures in exile Features interv

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Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan 9780813565187

By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewh

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The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life's Promise 9781935052760, 9781935052715, 1935052713

The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life's Promise is the healing vision of a woman who is a sch

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