Is aging a fact of life? Or is it the fulfillment of life? Is aging a curse? Or is it a blessing? In her celebrated National Public Radio series "I'm Too Busy to Talk Now," Connie Goldman explored these questions with scores of prominent creative people over seventy. Now, in The Ageless Spirit, Phillip L. Berman, editor of the highly praised The Courage to Grow Old, has worked with Goldman to fashion the best of these interviews into brilliant and inspiring essays. The result is a treasury of humor and profundity, dazzling wit and hard-earned wisdom, by some of the most fascinating and gifted men and women of our times.
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"The stories contained in this book help dramatize the true picture of what healthy aging can be. The people described within clearly show that age by itself is no barrier to creativity and productivity They also provide some very helpful insight for all of us who follow them on the road of life."
Horace B. Deets Executive Director AARP
Horace B. Deets Executive Director AARP
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Is aging a fact of life? Or is it the fulfillment of life? Is aging a curse? Or is it a blessing? In her celebrated National Public Radio series "I'm Too Busy to Talk Now," Connie Goldman explored these questions with scores of prominent creative people over seventy. Now, in The Ageless Spirit, Phillip L. Berman, editor of the highly praised The Courage to Grow Old, has worked with Goldman to fashion the best of these interviews into brilliant and inspiring essays. The result is a treasury of humor and profundity, dazzling wit and hard-earned wisdom, by some of the most fascinating and gifted men and women of our times.
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National Film Critics Award recipient Eddie Albert is perhaps best known for his portrayal of a city man gone country in the long-running television series "Green Acres." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Artie Shaw, Burl Ives, Eddie Albert, Maggie Kuhn, May Sarton, Phyllis Diller, Dick Munro, Mary Martin, Andrew Weil, Norman Cousins, Raphael Soyer, United States, Alice Neel, Art Linkletter, Beatrice Wood, Cesar Romero, Frances Lear, John Cage, Julius Epstein, Katharine Kuh, Mary Catherine Bateson, Ossie Davis, Pete Seeger, Rollo May New!
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National Film Critics Award recipient Eddie Albert is perhaps best known for his portrayal of a city man gone country in the long-running television series "Green Acres." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Artie Shaw, Burl Ives, Eddie Albert, Maggie Kuhn, May Sarton, Phyllis Diller, Dick Munro, Mary Martin, Andrew Weil, Norman Cousins, Raphael Soyer, United States, Alice Neel, Art Linkletter, Beatrice Wood, Cesar Romero, Frances Lear, John Cage, Julius Epstein, Katharine Kuh, Mary Catherine Bateson, Ossie Davis, Pete Seeger, Rollo May New!
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- Escape to freedom: The story of young Frederick Douglass : a play for young people by Ossie Davis on page 61, and page 62
- The Gifts of Caregiving: Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Healing by Connie Goldman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins on page 43
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincen Peale on page 211
- Old Age is Not for Sissies by Art Linkletter on page 165
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- The Oxford Book of Aging by Thomas R. Cole in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Revelations on the Road: a pilgrim journey by Lynn W. Huber on page 72, and Back Matter
- The Journey Home by Phillip L. Berman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Losses in Later Life: A New Way of Walking With God by Richard L Dayringer on page 39, and Back Matter
- The Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Why by Phillip L. Berman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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