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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light, read by Caroline Laskowska. Family history is a massive phenomenon of our times but what are we after when we go in search of our ancestors? Beginning with her...

When Maxwell Mason’s stepfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the experience reshaped his understanding of memory, aging, and how much control we truly have over our cognitive health. Watching a loved one struggle with confusion and memory loss raised urgent questions: What can we do to protect our minds? How early should we begin? And is it possible to strengthen our memory before decline sets in? Memory Fortified explores these questions with clarity, compassion, and practical insight.

Menopause is natural, yet it often comes with confusion, stigma, and struggle. Hot flashes, sleepless nights, mood swings, and brain fog can leave you wondering if you are still yourself. Too many women endure these years quietly, but you do not have to. All About Menopause offers a compassionate, evidence based guide to help you navigate this stage with clarity and confidence. Blending medical insight with holistic wisdom, it provides practical tools that honor both body and spirit.

Achieve a worry-free retirement, simplify your planning journey, and maximize the enjoyment of your golden years, even without financial expertise! Have you reached the point where retirement looms large on the horizon, yet the thought of financial instability keeps you awake at night? Financial Planning for Retirement Made Easy simplifies retirement planning and eases financial anxieties.

At 20, Londoner Ann Ingle fell madly in love with an Irish fellow she met on holiday in Cornwall. At the church to arrange their shotgun wedding, she discovered that he hadn't even told her his real name. Sixty-odd years later, Ann looks back on that first glorious fall, and in a series of essays considers what she has learned from the life that followed.

For the millions thrust into the unexpected role of dementia caregiver, this comprehensive guide offers essential support and practical solutions. Whether caring for aging parents, a spouse, or another loved one, you'll find the tools needed to navigate this challenging journey.

Yoga instructor, nutrition expert, and healthy-living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what "Super Agers" are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, telling us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span.

Brought to you by Penguin. The average UK retirement age is 66. 12 million people in UK are aged over 65. 10% of this number is still working - by choice or by financial necessity. Whether you choose to retire or not - this book is how you can live your later years to their fullest. Many of us...

"5 Pathways to Vagus Nerve Mastery for Women Over 40" is a groundbreaking guide that unlocks the secret to harnessing your body's Vagus Nerve for better health. This book demystifies how movement therapies, vocal exercises, breathwork, touch therapy, and nutritional insights can collectively optimize vagus nerve function and address menopausal symptoms.

The Second Life explores the neuroscience of how the mind changes across adulthood. Through clear explanations and reflective insight, Moawiah Naffaa shows how time perception, plasticity, memory, emotion, creativity, and purpose reorganize with age — revealing aging as a phase of mental expansion rather than decline. Rooted in modern research and written with depth and clarity, this audiobook offers a roadmap for understanding the adaptive, resilient, and imaginative capacities of the mature mind.

Caring for a loved one with dementia comes with unique challenges sometimes at your own expense. You couldn't shake off the feeling any longer. You convince your loved one to get checked after showing multiple signs and symptoms. And as their doctor explains the results, the world around you slows down. Your feelings were correct - your loved one has dementia. And then reality hits: No one in your family has caregiving experience.

The Early Birds is the feel-good and funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America that proves that no matter what life throws at you, great friends and regular cocktails will always see you through. In this hymn to lifelong female friendship, Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis, the death of one of her nearest and dearest, a life-changing house move and the world-shattering events of 9/11.

Feeling stuck, invisible, or unsure what this next season of life is supposed to look like? Successful Aging for Women over 50 is your invitation to start living fully — on your terms. This isn’t about “aging gracefully” by fading into the background. It’s about aging boldly, with confidence, curiosity, and joy. I wrote this book after recovering from three major surgeries — a season that forced me to slow down, reflect, and completely rethink how I wanted to live the rest of my life.

In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over 60, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her listener fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included here are an essay on the gratitude she feels for her weakening bones; observations on finding herself both an orphan and a matriarch following the death of her mother; musings on her tendency to regret the past.

Individuals approaching the end of life, and their loved ones, face many challenges - but as hospice nurse Karen Whitley Bell reassures us, this difficult time also offers an opportunity to explore and rediscover a richer meaning in life. Drawing on her years of experience, Bell has created a comprehensive, insightful guide to every aspect of hospice care and the final stages of life. For people in hospice care, as well as their friends and families, this is an indispensable reference, a trustworthy source of comfort and spiritual healing.

For centuries, Daoist masters have whispered the secrets of breath and stillness—techniques that unlock boundless energy, profound tranquility, and the gateway to immortality. In The Breath of Immortals, you will embark on a transformative journey through the depths of Daoist meditation, learning how to harmonize breath and mind, cultivate internal energy, and transcend the ordinary.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense...

Sybille Bullatschek, die resolute Altenpflegerin mit Herz und Humor, und ihre schräg-liebenswerten Senioren vom Haus Sonnenuntergang haben es geschafft: 50.000 Euro bei einer Quizshow abgeräumt! Ziel: Italien! Dort erwartet man die deutschen Quiz-Helden mit offenen Armen, Pasta und Prosecco. Doch was als Freundschaftsbesuch beginnt, nimmt eine turbulente Wendung. Es stellt sich heraus: Casa Serena ist weniger Altersheim, mehr Rückzugsort für pensionierte Mafiosi! Mit Witz und Mut stürzt sich Sybille in ein Abenteuer – zwischen Spaghetti, Spionage und Seniorenpower.

'Of picking, washing and cleaning my pretty little toes, which he took great delight in, and in which pleasurable, innocent, and inoffensive pastime he as often spent hours; 'twas the greatest gratification to him on earth, nor did he (said she) indulge in any other in all the time we spent together, he never was even rude enough to give me a kiss.' So emerged the first exposé of foot fetishism in the 18th century.

As your self-absorbed parent grows older and becomes more dependent on you, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of Children of the Self-Absorbed, author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. You will learn practical, powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that your parents can incite as well as tips to protect your children from the criticism, blame, or hostility that may exist between you and their grandparent.