An inspiring look at young climate change activists who are changing the world The world is facing a climate crisis like we’ve never seen before. And kids around the world are stepping up to raise awareness and try to save the planet. As people saw in the youth climate strike in September 2019, kids will not stay silent about this subject—they’re going to make a change. Meet 12 young activists from around the world who are speaking out and taking action against climate change. Learn about the work they do and the challenges they face, and discover how the future of our planet starts with each and every one of us.
This best-selling book from Michael W. Smith has sold over 150,000 copies. As relevant today as when Michasel first wrote it, Old Enough to Know gives straight, Biblical answers to the struggles of growing up: sex, drugs, alcohol, peer pressure, parental conflict, friendship, goals, responsibilities and materialism. Calling it "a book for my friends," the author assures teens that he knows they are old enough to know the difference between the phony and the genuine, and attempts to show how he - and other adults! - have genuinely "been there" and can help.
“Society says I'm too young for her, but it's not my age that matters. It's my experience.” A REVERSE AGE GAP ROMANCE Society says I'm too young for her. What do they know? It's not my age that matters. It's my experience. I'm everything she never knew she needed. Meeting her was no coincidence. How and why our paths crossed are every shade of twisted and wrong, but she'll never know. I'm taking those sinister secrets to my grave. I'm keeping her forever, no matter what it takes. Note: Old Enough is Book 1 of The Age Between Us duology. Jane and Brian's story concludes in Young Enough (Book 2).
From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better. A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, Natural Causes describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life -- from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness culture. But Natural Causes goes deeper -- into the fundamental unreliability of our bodies and even our "mind-bodies," to use the fashionable term. Starting with the mysterious and seldom-acknowledged tendency of our own immune cells to promote deadly cancers, Ehrenreich looks into the cellular basis of aging, and shows how little control we actually have over it. We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds, and even over the manner of our deaths. But the latest science shows that the microscopic subunits of our bodies make their own "decisions," and not always in our favor. We may buy expensive anti-aging products or cosmetic surgery, get preventive screenings and eat more kale, or throw ourselves into meditation and spirituality. But all these things offer only the illusion of control. How to live well, even joyously, while accepting our mortality -- that is the vitally important philosophical challenge of this book. Drawing on varied sources, from personal experience and sociological trends to pop culture and current scientific literature, Natural Causes examines the ways in which we obsess over death, our bodies, and our health. Both funny and caustic, Ehrenreich then tackles the seemingly unsolvable problem of how we might better prepare ourselves for the end -- while still reveling in the lives that remain to us.
AN OLDER WOMAN YOUNGER MAN ROMANCE"A mesmerizing tale of unlikely love, tinged with a hint of darkness and wrapped in lush, forbidden sensuality." - Anna Zaires, New York Times bestselling authorSociety says I'm too young for her. What do they know? It's not my age that matters. It's my experience. I'm everything she never knew she needed. Meeting her was no coincidence. How and why our paths crossed are every shade of twisted and wrong, but she'll never know. I'm taking those sinister secrets to my grave. I'm keeping her forever, no matter what it takes.
This collection of amusing quotes and pictures shows that being middle-aged can be fun, too The good news about mid-life is the glass is still half-full . . . The bad news is it won't be long before your teeth are floating in it! Take a trip down old-age lane with artist Sarah Boddy's witty and wry take on that thing we fear the most. Packed with humorous quotes and comical illustrations on the vagaries of turning older, being old, and everything in between, this book will help you to laugh, embrace, and learn to love the downhill ride of aging.
“He’s everything I never knew I needed.” A REVERSE AGE GAP ROMANCE I thought I'd lost everything. My life was in tatters when a man half my age broke into my property and invaded my future. Our love is forbidden, but I'm single and he's all the taboo I crave. For once in my life, why not? But what if I start wanting more than a fleeting love affair? What if his secrets will destroy me? I had no idea how much more I was about to lose. Note: Young Enough is Book 2 of The Age Between Us duology and concludes Jane and Brian's story. Old Enough (Book 1) must be read first to follow the story.
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book. Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
A collection of previously unpublished poems by the well-known American poet, Carl Sandburg, about such familiar objects and ideas as the moon, manners, eyes, necks, pencils, and clouds.
The book is a compilation of Newspaper articles written by the author over 10 years. The articles are advice, education and inspiration for Seniors and their families.
