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The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
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The Care and Keeping of You
The Body Book for Girls
by Valorie Lee Schaefer
This bestselling guide answers all the questions growing girls have about their bodies - from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bra buying, pimples to periods. It offers guidance about basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of sexuality. Over 1 million copies sold!
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The Stories of John Cheever
by John Cheever
When The Stories of John Cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. In the years since, it has become a classic. Vintage Books is proud to reintroduce this magnificent collection. Here are 61 stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio"... (more)
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The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging
by S. Jay Olshansky
Two leading experts offer an antidote to the maximum-lifespan hype. A multi-billion-dollar industry today offers a bewildering array of herbs, vitamins, hormones, or lifestyle changes that are supposed to slow aging, prevent disease, and lengthen life. These "discoveries" are big news to the aging baby-boom generation. Unfortunately, the touted benefits of many of these treatments are either unproven, grossly... (more)
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The Twilight Saga: Book 1
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
When Bella's mother remarries she grudgingly decides to go live with her father in the sunless, perpetually rainy city of Forks, Washington. It's the middle of the semester at a new school and the most she can hope for is to blend in. Then she sees the mysterious Edward Cullen. He's handsome, intriguing and he happens to be a vampire. Despite the risk to her life, Bella and Eward are drawn together and their... (more)
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Coming into Our Fullness: On Women Turning Forty
by Cathleen Rountree
This bestselling collection of interviews and photos presents 18 women as they navigate past the half-way mark of life. Judy Chicago, Barbara Boxer, Cokie Roberts, Natalie Goldberg, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many others talk about their lives with candor, hope, and humor. "It deserves to be read and shared."-- New Age Journal. (Crossing Press)
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Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their... (more)
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The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat
by Eric Roston
The story of carbon—the building block of life that is, ironically, humanity’s great threat . It could be said that all of us are a little alien—our bodies’ carbon atoms first shot forth from supernovas billions of years ago and far, far away. Carbon has always been the ubiquitous architect and chemical scaffolding of life and civilization; indeed, all living things draw carbon from their environments to stay... (more)
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Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear
by Marina Warner
Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral traditions, and they continue to thrive amidst society's ever-increasing attraction to the thrill of experiencing fear. Today many of us seek out horror movies, read thrillers and Gothic novels, and visit haunted houses, in our endless pursuit of the macabre and exciting. In Monsters of Our Own Making: The... (more)
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The Immortals: Book 1
Evermore
by Alyson Noël
Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen year old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more mysteries.
You Know You're Over 40 WhenHerbert Kavet
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You Know You're Over 40 When
by Herbert Kavet
You no longer eat raw cookie dough; and you're smart enough not to take out all the garbage in one trip.
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Energy Eating
by Lucy Moll
Work better, sleep better, work out better...with a vegetarian diet tailored for peak performance. Based on the latest research, this nutrition guide puts a powerful new twist on the vegetarian lifestyle, showing how it can be not only a healthy choice, but also a high-performance choice that can maximize physical and mental performance. With the right combinations of foods, you can build strength, handle... (more)
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Haiku
An Anthology of Japanese Poems
by Stephen Addiss
More than last year it is lonely— the autumn dusk —Buson Haiku, one of the most popular forms of poetry, is celebrated here in all its subtle glory. This anthology brings together the most important poets in the haiku tradition—including Basho, Buson, and Issa—along with surprising and lesser-known Japanese haiku poets. In only three short lines, the poems express the miracle of a particular moment,... (more)
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When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
by Carol Leifer
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age, you deny yourself, and when you lie about your age, you become your inauthentic twin. But most important, when you lie about... (more)
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Every Generation Needs a New Revolution
by Linda S Thompson
In the late 1780s, Thomas Jefferson said: "Every generation needs a new revolution." Was he a futurist, or just stating a fact as old as time? We are living longer, more productive lives, resulting in a clash of values and belief systems. Misunderstandings (and worse) in all aspects of today's society often result because we don't take the time to understand what is important to others and why. Thompson's book... (more)
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Otis
by Loren Long
New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates an unforgettable children's classic. Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves to work. And he loves the little calf in the next stall, whom he purrs to sleep with his soft motor. In fact, the two become great friends: they play in the fields, leap hay bales, and play ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond. But when Otis is replaced with... (more)
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Time of Our Lives
by Tom Kirkwood
In this text, Thomas Kirkwood examines closely why we age, how human ageing compares to that of other animal species, what the menopause is for, why our memories fail as we get older and whether cancer is inevitable. Looking at the subject from a variety of perspectives, the book also projects us hundreds of years into a future where most of the symptoms of ageing have been conquered - and shows us what society... (more)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories. In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered... (more)
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The Alchemist's Kitchen
by Susan Rich
"Kaleidoscopic curiosity, powerfully kinesthetic language, and an encompassing compassion range in this abundant collection, in which personal and public realms serve as equal alembics for the distillation of both materia and light."—Jane Hirshfield "Rich is a traveler and an observant one at that, with a keen attention to detail and a wonderful ear. These poems are a delight."— Library Journal
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The Octogenarian Ski-jumper
by Martin McGovern
This book celebrates the achievements of the famous and not-so-famous, organised according to the age they made their greatest achievement.

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