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Old Age & the Elderly
7 public-domain old age & the elderly books, summarised. Page 1 of 1.
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Through imagined conversations between famous statesmen, two timeless dialogues explore how moral character transforms life’s defining bonds and its inevitable twilight years into sources of profound strength.
Senescence, the Last Half of Life
G. Stanley (Granville Stanley) Hall
Aging is neither a sudden collapse nor a quiet harbor, but a vast, uncharted continent of human experience that demands its own rigorous psychological and biological understanding.
Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes
Marcus Tullius Cicero
A deep, reflective life yields a quiet authority that no youthful vigor can match.
How to Face Life
Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) Wise
Life is not a mapped territory to be safely navigated, but an uncharted sea where only an unyielding ideal can steer the spirit through the hazards of existence.
The Twilight Years
Kirk Drussai
In a chilling future where reaching age sixty makes one a target for state-sanctioned entertainment, a retired couple struggles to reconcile their survival with the society that demands their death.
Submission to Divine Providence in the Death of Children: Recommended and inforced, in a sermon preached at
Philip Doddridge
This sermon serves as a pastoral guide for parents navigating the profound desolation of losing a child. It transforms personal grief into a structured meditation on faith, resignation, and the hope of an afterlife.
Journey Work
Dave Dryfoos
An eighty-six-year-old wanderer dodging mandatory retirement homes risks everything to track down a classified want ad, finding his unexpected destiny in the stars.