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An absolutely essential book for anyone growing long in the tooth and short of memory.
You know you're having a senior moment when... ... you decide it's time to pull up your socks, and realise you forgot to put any on. If this sounds all too familiar, read on to discover whether your marbles just need a spring clean or you've well and truly lost them!
Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle the issue of the effects of children on their parents, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half-century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources - in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology - she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand ...
The Holy Bible is the most exciting book ever written. However, the texts that are included in the "Senior's Bible" are unquestionable the favorites of those who read the scriptures worldwide. The Senior's Bible finally makes the word of God available in a huge print that persons with vision impairments can read.
"If you're looking for answers to senior questions, here is the solution. Why spend endless hours searching the Internet or talking to automated phone systems trying to figure out your Social Security benefits? Spend only what you need to on your prescription drugs, and get what you're owed from Medicare. Turn to the source that millions of readers have trusted - Jim Miller, the author of ""The Savvy Senior"" newspaper column, published in over 400 newspapers nationwide."
Entertaining and uplifting, this book is a hilarious look at those embarrassing setbacks experienced in one's senior years. From picking up the wrong child from school, to misplacing your car somewhere down your own road, the signs are there that the old memory isn't what it used to be.Containing a wealth of jokes, anecdotes, quips and quotes from like-absent-minded seniors, across a range of funny and undeniably familiar scenarios, this book will have people laughing out loud in shameful recognition that they are, in fact, getting on a bit. So, find your reading glasses (they're on your head) and delve into this side-splitting guide that will help you laugh at those senior moments as well as keep them at bay.
Who among us could honestly say they've never experienced a 'senior moment'? Those frustrating times when one's keys are 'misplaced' or one's sunglasses (stuck firmly on top of head) are just nowhere to be found. From the beach to the boardroom, life is a minefield full of these scenarios, and this book celebrates those moments with dozens of hilarious unfinished doodles for you to complete and create. People can doodle their teenage fashion disasters, draw what's in the old lady's handbag, or customise the new car, bought during a mid-life crisis. Beautifully drawn as well as wickedly witty, the opportunities are endless. Guaranteed to raise a wry smile as well as making you hoot with 'been there, done that' laughter, The Senior Moments Doodle Book is the perfect quirky stocking filler.
'One of the must-reads of the year.' Manda Scott I am Somerled. The summer warrior. What am I, if not a warrior? In twelfth-century Scotland, far removed from the courtly manners of the Lowland, the Winter Isles are riven by vicious warfare, plots and battles. Into this hard, seafaring life is born a boy called Somerled. The son of an ageing chieftain, Somerled must prove his own worth as a warrior. He will rise to lead his men into battle and claim the title of Lord of the Isles - but what must he sacrifice to secure the glory of his name? The Winter Isles is an astonishingly vivid recreation of the savage dynastic battles of medieval Scotland: an authentic, emotional, powerful read.
Future Geographies is a different kind of textbook. It is an introduction to over thirty issues that are going to become increasingly important as we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century. These are topics that teenagers ought to be informed about ... especially the ones that have chosen GCSE History. There is enough material here for a year's lessons if supplemented with appropriate documentaries and other suitable content. Full of striking images and questions to make students think, Future Geographies, is equally suitable for anyone who wants to be informed about the future of out planet.