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This book offers a refreshing perspective: you’ll gain science-backed insights and practical strategies to determine whether intermittent fasting fits your life—or if other options serve you better.

Ein neues Fernsehquiz versetzt das Haus Sonnenuntergang in helle Aufregung. In der "Ü80 Show" können drei Senioren und eine Pflägekraft 50.000 Euro gewinnen. Diese Chance lässt sich Sybille Bullatschek natürlich nicht entgehen und bewirbt kurzerhand das Heim für einen Auftritt in der Sendung, natürlich ohne ihren Chef, Herrn Otterle, einzuweihen. Als die Zusage kommt muss sie nicht nur ihn von der Wichtigkeit der Show überzeugen, sondern auch die euphorischen Senioren im Zaum halten, die ihrem Auftritt in der Show entgegenfiebern und das komplette Heim in den Wahnsinn treiben.

Discover the strategies the ultra-wealthy use to grow their fortunes and legally avoid taxes — made simple for EVERYONE — with the ultimate guide to reducing your tax bill to zero. Learn the secrets the rich use to get rich, and STAY RICH, including: Master the S.M.A.R.T. system: Strategies to Maximize Assets and Reduce Taxes; Build your “Perfect Portfolio”: It is LIFE-CHANGING!; Leverage “The Five Pillars” of investing — stocks, real estate, life insurance, cryptocurrency, and precious metals — a bulletproof, tax-free financial plan.

A renowned medical expert answers your most pressing questions about memory loss, causes of dementia, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and more.

Whilst there are a lot of books that cover the 'how to have a good death', there is little that instructs us on the time period that comes before that. How do we learn to actually be old? How do we spend our later years in a meaningful way that makes sense of who we've been and who we are now? Not in blithely positive denial in the face of our physical and cognitive decline, or overtaken with regret of a life that's running down the clock, but empowered to not lose who we are; to say 'I am still me'.

Read by the author, Molly Jong-Fast. An honest, heartbreaking and brutally funny memoir about losing a mother you never really had - and a comfort to anyone who loves someone who drives them crazy. 'I was just bowled over by this book' - Nigella Lawson 'A gripping memoir about mothers and...

The recipe for a perfect summer… Step 1: Mix together a group of mature students Step 2: Add in a handsome host Step 3: Season with a celebrity chef Step 4: Bring to the boil at a luxurious cookery school in France! Waltho Williams has no idea what he’s letting himself in for when he opens...

‘Girl power for the over sixties!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Three women. One widowed. One unmarried. One almost divorced. All aged 63, but not ready to give up on life! Leaving behind the heartache, guilt and disappointment of their real lives, three friends decide that now they’re in their sixties...

PRE-ORDER KATE'S NEW BOOK THE LONGEVITY SOLUTION NOW Manage your menopause symptoms and get in the best shape of your life. 'Having read many other books on Perimenopause & Menopause recently, I was sceptical about purchasing another. I'm so glad I did. This book is different. It's informative...

Read by the author. Facing your ultimate death can be scary, but in light of God's promises, it doesn't have to be. Finish Line provides practical and biblical help on topics such as finances, blessing others, end-of-life choices, heaven, and caring for those you leave behind so you can approach...

Callie has taken multiple jobs to make the money she desperately needs. Her favourite is being the new guide for Lerwick Manor's alpaca walks. But her troublesome past is making it difficult to prove to others that she's learned from her mistakes. Heather has been content breeding Sheltie sheepdogs and taking care of her grownup daughters. But now she feels that something is missing. Taking the leap into online dating, she makes an unexpected connection to which her daughters react very differently. 

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR In the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness and creativity and what it means to be a carer...

A man hit Ava with his car, a few miles from her bungalow. He brings her flowers in hospital and offers to do her laundry. He also brings her the letter she dropped that night on the road. In New York, Ava's brother Michael receives the same letter. He thinks about it as he steps out of the shower into his curtainless bedroom. A naked woman stares at him from the apartment across. They both laugh and cover up with their arms.   Brother and sister cannot avoid the letter: their estranged father is dying and wants to meet. 

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience. Her voice is wry...

From the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers...

This title was previously published in 2018 with the original title, 'The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club' 'The characters jump right off the page and into your heart.' Reader review Nineteen-year-old Jennifer is regretting her hasty move into Sunset Promenade, an unusual retirement home taking in...

The nostalgic memoir of a young man, eldest of fourteen, growing up in 40s Wednesbury. The heartbreaking true account of his son struggling to come to terms with his father’s dementia. A tribute to the unbreakable bond between father and son. When Simon McDermott first noticed his dad Ted’s...

“One of those rare books that can drastically lighten even the heaviest of loads.” —Rosalynn Carter “Trust me: there is no better guide to caregiving.” —Bill Moyers Gail Sheehy, author of the groundbreaking Passages—which was a New York Times bestseller for more than three...

Success Is Great. But Significance Is Lasting.You’ve achieved a measure of success in the first half of life, and it’s been a thrill. But deep in your heart, you want your second half to count for something far more. Something bigger than you. Significance. You’re not alone; you’re in...

Remember Me? is a memoir about caring for a parent with dementia and the memories that resurface in the process. In her first book, Shobna Gulati sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship. Remember Me? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial shame.