Download or read book Retiring in Arizona written by Dorothy Tegeler and published by Gem Guides Book Company. This book was released on 1994-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retiring in Arizona is a compendium of information that will thell you who, what, where, why and how Arizona operates. You'll find: Housing advice; facts and figures; history; community resources; consumer assistance; names and addresses; recreation sites. Plus profiles of more than 40 Arizona communities.

Download or read book To Keep the Sun Alive written by Rabeah Ghaffari and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “How do we recognize the moment our future has been written for us? In To Keep the Sun Alive, as the Islamic Revolution looms just outside the gate of an Iranian family orchard, Rabeah Ghaffari has built a world so lush, so precise that you will find yourself rewriting history if only to imagine it could still exist.”—Mira Jacob, author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing "[A] tenderhearted début novel . . . A wide–ranging narrative, showing the enduring ramifications of filial and political violence." —The New Yorker The year is 1979. The Iranian Revolution is just around the corner. In the northeastern city of Naishapur, a retired judge and his wife, Bibi–Khanoom, continue to run their ancient family orchard, growing apples, plums, peaches, and sour cherries. The days here are marked by long, elaborate lunches on the terrace where the judge and his wife mediate disputes between aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews that foreshadow the looming national crisis to come. Will the monarchy survive the revolutionary tide gathering across the country? Will the judge’s brother, a powerful cleric, take political control of the town or remain only a religious leader? And yet, life goes on. Bibi–Khanoom’s grandniece secretly falls in love with the judge’s grandnephew and dreams of a career on the stage. His other grandnephew withers away on opium dreams. A widowed father longs for a life in Europe. A strained marriage slowly unravels. The orchard trees bloom and fruit as the streets in the capital grow violent. And a once–in–a–lifetime solar eclipse, set to occur on one of the holiest days of year, finally causes the family—and the country—to break. Told through a host of unforgettable characters, ranging from servants and young children to intimate friends, To Keep the Sun Alive reveals the personal behind the political, reminding us of the human lives that animate historical events.

Download or read book Being of the Sun written by Ramón Sender Barayón and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Being of the Sun is the sequel to Alicia Bay Laurel's classic, best-selling guide to bohemian country folkways, Living on the Earth. Co-written with author, avant-garde composer and solar yogi Ramon Sender, Being of the Sun opens as a guide to creating one's own religion, and then offers a compendium of spiritual practices the authors found valuable. Like Living On The Earth, Being of the Sun is entirely handwritten in Alicia's flowing cursive script and illustrated on every page with her line drawings, a shining example of her immensely influential original book design. However, unlike the simple brown lines and cover of Alicia's first book, Being of the Sun's design features purple ink throughout, a colorful cover, plus a dozen full color illustrations within. Ramon created sheet music of original spiritual songs he and Alicia wrote for the book. Featured in the Sonoma County Museum's spring 2002 exhibit, Utopia Then and Now, Being of the Sun is a window on hippie life in the early 70's, and a cult classic among nature-worshippers to this day."--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Retirement Communities written by Michael E Hunt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book focuses on state-of-the-art retirement communities in the United States today. Experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and aging present in-depth profiles of a variety of retirement communities. The changing function and character of retirement communities--resulting from changes in supply and demand, alternate lifestyles, and other environmental needs of an ever-increasing aging population--are explored. The timely discussions in this useful resource offer insights into the relative strengths and weaknesses of various types of retirement communities with respect to the varying needs, abilities, and desires of older people.

Download or read book Distribution and Economics of Employer provided Fringe Benefits written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trauma and Transcendence in Early Qing Literature written by Wilt L. Idema and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China were traumatic experiences for Chinese intellectuals, not only because of the many decades of destructive warfare but also because of the adjustments necessary to life under a foreign regime. History became a defining subject in their writings, and it went on shaping literary production in succeeding generations as the Ming continued to be remembered, re-imagined, and refigured on new terms. The twelve chapters in this volume and the introductory essays on early Qing poetry, prose, and drama understand the writings of this era wholly or in part as attempts to recover from or transcend the trauma of the transition years. By the end of the seventeenth century, the sense of trauma had diminished, and a mood of accommodation had taken hold. Varying shades of lament or reconciliation, critical or nostalgic retrospection on the Ming, and rejection or acceptance of the new order distinguish the many voices in these writings."

Download or read book Hygienic System Vol III Fasting and Sunbathing written by and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Enjoy Your Retirement written by Tricia Wagner and published by Publisher:VanderWyk&Burnham. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about retirement that leaves financial worries to other books and simply focuses on enjoyable ways to spend time.

Download or read book Unretirement written by Chris Farrell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An optimistic report on how aging baby boomers are positively contributing to the economy argues that an avoidance of retirement through new careers, entrepreneurial ventures and volunteer services has brought motivation and purpose to countless Americans.

Download or read book Prime Time written by Marc Freedman and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the next three decades, the number of Americans over fifty will double, swelling to more than a quarter of the population. Already we are living thirty years longer than a century ago, with further gains expected in the coming years. The end result is a new stage of life, one as long or longer than childhood or middle age in duration, and one spent in unprecedented good health. Yet, as individuals, and as a society, we've shown little imagination or wisdom in using this great gift of a third age. Marc Freedman identifies the new longevity as not a problem to be solved, but an opportunity to be seized-provided we can engage the experience, talent, and idealism of older Americans. At a juncture when the middle-generation faces a time-famine, struggling to simultaneously raise kids and work long hours on the job, the older generation is awash in free time, poised to succeed women as the trustees of civic life in this country. In the process they stand to find new meaning and purpose in their lives, and abandon the limbo-like state unfulfilling for so many older individuals. Freedman argues that the aging phenomenon, the massive transformation that many portray as our downfall, may in fact be our best hope for renewal as a nation.

Download or read book A Stroke of Grace written by David Loren McKenna and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A STROKE OF GRACE: For Those Who Suffer and Those Who Care Strokes are the #3 killer of Americans with millions of victims, caregivers, family and friends caught in its crippling wake. David McKenna and his sister, Patricia Seraydarian offer hope for those in need as they interact in a family odyssey beginning with the initial shock of Pats major stroke, continuing through the months and years to a new reality, and opening to a wider world of influence in the church and the community. Pat shows that persons who suffer strokes need not be victims. With faith in Christ bolstered by unconditional love from primary caregivers, family and friends, Pat is proof that persons who suffer strokes can rise about their handicap, be fully alive, and give radiant witness to the grace of God. My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12: 9 David Loren McKenna retired in 1994 after serving 33 years in the presidencies of Spring Arbor University, Seattle Pacific University, and Asbury Theological Seminary. He continues to write, speak and consult on leadership in educational and religious institutions. He and his wife, Janet, reside in Kirkland, Washington. Patricia McKenna Seraydarian retired from her high school and university teaching career in 1987 and moved to Sun City in Las Vegas with her husband Jim in 1992. She has authored 23 books in her field and related areas, including three in the Christian market. Even though 12 years have passed since the attack, she continues to recoverall to the glory of God. You will cry, laugh, and share her joy through the pages of this book. For more information, contact www.astrokeofgrace.com

Download or read book I Am Still Learning written by Wayne Herivel and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I am still learning” is a phrase to always keep in your mind. Difficulties you deal with usually provide learning opportunities. You may have figured out how to solve a problem that you hadn’t seen before, or maybe you learned what caused the difficulty in the first place, and now you can prevent it from happening again. Going a little further, if you can learn from other people’s difficulties, you are two steps ahead. Learning what they did to solve the problem may help you with the same problem, and if you are lucky, learning what caused their problem in the first place may enable you to avoid it happening to you. I am now well into my eighth decade of life. Some days I think I’ve seen/solved most of the problems that may yet come up; other days, new problems come as unwanted surprises, so I am still learning too. I thought it was about time to share some of my experiences in the hope that what I’ve learned will help you. There are few guarantees in life, but with a little planning and forethought, you can often tip the scales in your favor, or you can change the odds a little more to your benefit. As a result, hopefully you will be able to avoid most major problems and minimize the impact caused by the others. The “trip” you are about to take will highlight many experiences from my life, some of which (hopefully) will stay with you, and you will benefit from what I learned without pain to yourself. I’ve always tried to see the fun parts of everything, whenever the situation permits. I also try to share what I’ve learned, in appreciation to all those before me that shared with me what they learned. Enjoy the “trip.” I hope you will find many sections that you will pass along with your own experiences to benefit others. We all are still learning. 103

Download or read book Magic Lands written by John M. Findlay and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-09-22 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American West conjures up images of pastoral tranquility and wide open spaces, but by 1970 the Far West was the most urbanized section of the country. Exploring four intriguing cityscapes—Disneyland, Stanford Industrial Park, Sun City, and the 1962 Seattle World's Fair—John Findlay shows how each created a sense of cohesion and sustained people's belief in their superior urban environment. This first book-length study of the urban West after 1940 argues that Westerners deliberately tried to build cities that differed radically from their eastern counterparts. In 1954, Walt Disney began building the world's first theme park, using Hollywood's movie-making techniques. The creators of Stanford Industrial Park were more hesitant in their approach to a conceptually organized environment, but by the mid-1960s the Park was the nation's prototypical "research park" and the intellectual downtown for the high-technology region that became Silicon Valley. In 1960, on the outskirts of Phoenix, Del E. Webb built Sun City, the largest, most influential retirement community in the United States. Another innovative cityscape arose from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and provided a futuristic, somewhat fanciful vision of modern life. These four became "magic lands" that provided an antidote to the apparent chaos of their respective urban milieus. Exemplars of a new lifestyle, they are landmarks on the changing cultural landscape of postwar America.

Download or read book Retirement Migration written by Caroline Oliver and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the first ethnographic study of international retirement migration and offers a sometimes surprising picture of the potentials, seductions and limitations of the lifestyles. People envision retirement as freedom from responsibilities through shedding the restrictive shackles of their former selves in a time of life dedicated to fun, friendship, healthy activity and individual fulfillment. However, as Oliver documents, a number of contradictions underpin the pursuits of such a lifestyle. She shows how retirees must balance time-use to achieve both freedoms and busy social schedules -- their activities, their relationships, and their cultural identities – to balance both the security of nationality with the discovery of the new. Retirement Migration gives a critical insight into the new ways aging identities are experienced by a growing number of older people in Western societies today.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West written by Gordon Morris Bakken and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-02-24 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through sweeping entries, focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies, this Encyclopedia presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration. Examines the settling of the West and includes coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the often-forgotten role of women in the West's development.

Download or read book The Ageless Generation written by Alex Zhavoronkov and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assessment of recent advances in biomedical science evaluates their potential role in shaping the future of health care, retirement, and the global economy.