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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 35
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English
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Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. A wheelchair-bound retired historian embarks on a monumental quest: to come to know his grandparents, now long dead. The unfolding drama of the story of the American West sets the tone for Stegner's masterpiece. Four generations in the life of an American family are chronicled as retired historian Lyman Ward, confined to a wheelchair, decides...
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Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2021.
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English
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In Stupid things I won't do when I get old, Steven Petro candidly addresses the fears, frustrations, and stereotypes that accompany aging. He offers a blueprint for the new old age, and an understanding that aging and illness are not the same. As he writes, 'I meant the list as a pointed reminder--to me--to make different choices when I eventually cross the threshold to 'old'. -- Excerpt from jacket flap.
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A reluctant centenarian - much like Forrest Gump, if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka - decides it's not too late to start over. On the eve of his 100th birthday, he climbs out the window of his nursing home and escapes in his slippers. The journey on which he embarks will certainly be hilarious and entirely unexpected.
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Set in Seattle, San Francisco, Montana, and Alaska, Mountain time is the story of three intense relationships: between father and son, between sisters, and between lovers. Mitch Rozier who has spent half of his fifty years writing an environmental column for an alternative west coast paper, now finds himself back under his father's roof; the sisters Lexa and Mariah McCaskill wrestle with the past that has driven them away from domesticity: Lexa has...
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English
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"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family's life. "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two...
10) The twits
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they set out to get some well-deserved revenge.
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The bestselling guide that helps the mature choose a computer and get online for shopping, paying bills, staying in touch with family and friends, and much more! A first computer can be confusing and intimidating at any age. Luckily, Computers For Seniors For Dummies is here to help the over-55 crowd conquer the uncertainty and fear with clear-cut, easy-to-understand steps on how to get the most out of your new computer. Inside, you'll find step-by-step...
12) We spread
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Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many "incidents." Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing,...
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English
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"Staying active is an important part of keeping fit. But as we age, it can be harder to keep up with a fitness routine. Fitness Over 40 delivers a comprehensive method for staying in shape and improving the energy levels that may decline from aging. Find a six-week plan specially geared toward anyone over 40 looking to improve strength, balance, flexibility, and endurance"
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English
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Eldercare 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing is the key to making order and peace from chaos and crisis for our elders and their caregivers. Whether used for proactive planning or fast answers, this comprehensive resource offers the steppingstones needed to help a loved one live well through the later years.
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Alpha Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Presents a guide for seniors that teaches the fundamentals of using computers, covering such topics as locating and using files, composing documents, using the Internet, creatiing and receiving email, and setting up and using Facebook.
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Pajama Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Deaf sixth-grader Macy struggles with resentment as her mother sells their house and prepares to add a stepfather and twin stepsisters to their family. Helping an elderly neighbor who is also preparing to move turns from a chore to an escape as Iris finds ways to communicate with Macy and shares stories that inspire the girl to look at life in new ways."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This step-by-step guide, written by a best-selling author and former Wall Street titan, provides all the information--and inspiration--you need to feel better, reduce aches and pains, and push back against aging with a personalized fitness program that's right for you. Whatever your fitness goals or preferences, this book is designed to help you pursue the health program that works for you. An inspirational speaker, author, and former Wall Street...