Download or read book The Gap Year for Grown Ups written by Annie Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah & David married straight after university, & 20 years on, they've seen their two girls off to university. Now Sarah wantswild, unpredictable adventure, & she wants to do it alone. But can she really survive without her husband?
Download or read book The Gap Year for Grown Ups written by Annie Sanders and published by Orion. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to take a holiday from your life? After twenty years of comfortable marriage, and with the kids finally off her hands, Sarah Lewis realises she has filled the washing machine once too often. Surely there must be more to life than this? What she wants is an adventure - a wild, unpredictable adventure - but her husband, good old reliable David, is very happy with the status quo. Besides, he's got his old car to tinker with, when he eventually gets round to it. What Sarah needs is a gap year for grown-ups - and she wants to do it alone. Confident the grass must be greener elsewhere, she heads for France, leaving behind a devastated and resentful David, faced with an empty house and a freezer full of meals for one. But is life really better on the other side of the fence? With a gorgeous French man demanding her company and a renewed joie de vivre, Sarah certainly seems to think so. But then a catastrophe threatens to derail much more than Sarah's little adventure. Pretty soon, she begins to wonder whether gap years are for grown-ups after all...
Download or read book The Gap Year written by Sarah Bird and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single mom and her seventeen-year-old daughter learn how to let go in that precarious moment before college empties the nest.
Download or read book The Gap Year Advantage written by Karl Haigler and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm not ready for college yet..." Those words need not cause panic and fear for parents. Taking time off before or during college is no longer the road less traveled for many students in the United States. A gap year offers students the opportunity to gain focus and discipline, learn to set realistic goals, get real-world experience, and ultimately get the most out of a college educaiton. A complete resource, The Gap-Year Advantage provides parents with all the advice, tips, and information they need to help students develop and implement a gap-year strategy. With answers to commonly asked questions such as "What do colleges think of gap years?" and "Can I be certain my cheld will go or return to college after taking time off?," education experts and gap-year parents Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson also offer guidance on researching program options, creating a gap-year time-line that complements the college-application process, communicating with students about their goals, and handling logistics such as travel, health insurance, and money. With anecdotes from students and parents across the country who have taken gap years, this valuable guide also provides extensive information on program options in the United States and abroad that include volunteering, travel, interning, and specialized study.
Download or read book Gap Years for Grown Ups written by Susan Griffith and published by Vacation Work Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice for individuals who are considering taking a gap year, covering such topics as finance, accommodations, finding volunteer opportunities, working and living abroad, traveling with kids, retreats, and returning to work.
Download or read book The Big Shift written by Marc Freedman and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc Freedman, hailed by the New York Times as “the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life,” offers a recipe for how we can transform America's coming midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity. Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are searching for answers to the question “What's next?” and are navigating their way to an entirely new stage of life and work, one that could last as long as midlife. Shifting to a much longer lifespan isn't as easy as it may seem. Unlike the transition from adolescence to adulthood, managing this process for many is a do-it-yourself project. Drawing on powerful personal stories, The Big Shift provides not only direction but a vision of what it would take to help millions find their footing in a new map of life.
Download or read book Gap Year written by Joseph O'Shea and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much-needed parts of the developing world.
Download or read book The Gap Year Guidebook 2010 written by Alison Withers and published by John Catt Educational Ltd. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Gap-Year Guidebook 2010' has comprehensive advice on travelling, volunteering, working round the world, languages, sports courses, office skills, career breaks and life after the gap year.
Download or read book The Gap year Guidebook 2011 written by Alex Sharratt and published by John Catt Educational Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Gap-Year Guidebook 2011' has comprehensive advice on travelling, volunteering, working round the world, languages, sports courses, office skills, career breaks and life after the gap year.
Download or read book The Grown Up Gap Year Diaries written by Laura Bloom and published by Vacation Work Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us watch in envy as school or university-leavers jet off to far away places to relax, explore or fulfil a long-held ambition. Now, many adults are taking the bull by the horns and going on their own gap year adventure. The author of this book did just that. The Grown Up Gap Year Diaries recounts the highlights of a mid-life female traveller, including unexpected experiences and tips on how to be a responsible traveller wherever you go. Laura Bloom, author of three successful novels, has backpacked around Australia, survived an Oz Experience 'party on wheels' bus and lived off £5 a day after losing her bank card in Asia. This book warm-heartedly details her highs and lows of her time travelling, providing a rare insight into the day-to-day life as an adult traveller. It advises adults on the practicalities of travelling, offering money-saving tips and advice on where to go. Once you have read about one person's intrepid adventure, be sure to use its sister book, Gap Years for Grown Ups, to find ideas for your own gap year journey.
Download or read book The People Business written by A. Furnham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that business is people. The bestselling author, Adrian Furnham, draws upon psychological reflections to present a critical and challenging account of perceived wisdom and management fads. In this book he scrutinises such subjects and themes as Anxiety Management, Authenticity, the Dark Side of Gift-Giving, Modern Management Styles, Performance Appraisal Systems and Work Life Balance
Download or read book Your Career Break written by Sue Hadden and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever found yourself dreaming of doing something different in your life that will take longer than your annual holiday allowance, then a career break may be right for you. Consider these questions: Is there something you want to achieve that isn't being fulfilled by your work, relationships, or home life? Are you looking for something more meaningful in life? Are you looking for more work-life balance? Your Career Break: the 'how to' guide is a workbook designed to guide you through taking a career break and is specifically aimed to: help you determine whether a career break really is for you and why provide you with strategies to overcome the psychological barriers that may hold you back help you get specific about where you want to go and what you want to do "If you're still not sure if or why you should take a career break, Sue can help you make that decision. The book is full of stories, reasons and exercises to make you feel not only comfortable that you can do it but excited to take the plunge finally". -- Jeff Jung, Author of The Career Break Traveler's Handbook and Host of The Career Break Travel Show
Download or read book English Language Teaching as a Second Career written by Sarah J. Shin and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the experiences of men and women who train to teach ESL as a second career. Drawing from in-depth interviews and observations of 30 students (aged 45 to 73) in a TESOL graduate program, this book provides portraits of these individuals as they develop as teachers. It describes the processes they go through to launch their teaching careers, the successes and challenges they face, and the evolving significance of their work in their overall life goals and achievements. A welcome addition to the growing literature on teacher development, this book will be an important resource for teacher trainers and anyone working in TESOL.
Download or read book Taking a Gap Year written by Susan Griffith and published by Vacation Work Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique bestseller, this fully revised fourth edition of the definitive handbook for all those wanting a year off before or after university is inspiring - a Gap Year is the chance of a lifetime to see the world; this book has already shown thousands of readers just how much they can achieve in their year off. It is comprehensive and includes all the information you need on specialist Gap Year programmes, jobs for travellers worldwide, voluntary work around the world, joining an expedition, learning a language, gaining a new skill or qualification or simply taking the opportunity to travel. Vividly illustrated with stories and case histories from gap year travellers to show what a Gap Year can be like. As England's foremost authority on finding temporary work abroad, Susan Griffith constantly attracts the attention of the media, featuring on Woman's Hour, You and Yours and other national radio and television programmes.
Download or read book The Upside of Aging written by Paul Irving and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose explores a titanic shift that will alter every aspect of human existence, from the jobs we hold to the products we buy to the medical care we receive - an aging revolution underway across America and the world. Moving beyond the stereotypes of dependency and decline that have defined older age, The Upside of Aging reveals the vast opportunity and potential of this aging phenomenon, despite significant policy and societal challenges that must be addressed. The book’s chapter authors, all prominent thought-leaders, point to a reinvention and reimagination of our older years that have critical implications for people of all ages. With a positive call to action, the book illuminates the upside for health and wellness, work and volunteerism, economic growth, innovation and education. The authors, like the baby boom generation itself, posit new ways of thinking about aging, as longevity and declining birthrates put the world on track for a mature population of unprecedented size and significance. Among topics they examine are: The emotional intelligence and qualities of the aging brain that science is uncovering, “senior moments” notwithstanding. The new worlds of genomics, medicine and technology that are revolutionizing health care and wellness. The aging population’s massive impact on global markets, with enormous profit potential from an explosion in products and services geared toward mature consumers. New education paradigms to meet the needs and aspirations of older people, and to capitalize on their talents. The benefits that aging workers and entrepreneurs bring to companies, and the crucial role of older people in philanthropy and society. Tools and policies to facilitate financial security for longer and more purposeful lives. Infrastructure and housing changes to create livable cities for all ages, enabling “aging in place” and continuing civic contribution from millions of older adults. The opportunities and potential for intergenerational engagement and collaboration. The Upside of Aging defines a future that differs profoundly from the retirement dreams of our parents and grandparents, one that holds promise and power and bears the stamp of a generation that has changed every stage of life through which it has moved.
Download or read book The Only Gaijin in the Village written by Iain Maloney and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016 Scottish writer Iain Maloney and his Japanese wife Minori moved to a village in rural Japan. This is the story of his attempt to fit in, be accepted and fulfil his duties as a member of the community, despite being the only foreigner in the village. Even after more than a decade living in Japan and learning the language, life in the countryside was a culture shock. Due to increasing numbers of young people moving to the cities in search of work, there are fewer rural residents under the retirement age – and they have two things in abundance: time and curiosity. Iain's attempts at amateur farming, basic gardening and DIY are conducted under the watchful eye of his neighbours and wife. But curtain twitching is the least of his problems. The threat of potential missile strikes and earthquakes is nothing compared to the venomous snakes, terrifying centipedes and bees the size of small birds that stalk Iain's garden. Told with self-deprecating humour, this memoir gives a fascinating insight into a side of Japan rarely seen and affirms the positive benefits of immigration for the individual and the community. It's not always easy being the only gaijin in the village.
Download or read book We Came We Saw We Left A Family Gap Year written by Charles Wheelan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Wheelan and his family do what others dream of: They take a year off to travel the world. This is their story. What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre–COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out; leaving behind work, school, and even the family dogs to travel the world on a modest budget. Equal parts "how-to" and "how-not-to"—and with an eye toward a world emerging from a pandemic—We Came, We Saw, We Left is the insightful and often hilarious account of one family’s gap-year experiment. Wheelan paints a picture of adventure and connectivity, juggling themes of local politics, global economics, and family dynamics while exploring answers to questions like: How do you sneak out of a Peruvian town that has been barricaded by the local army? And where can you get treatment for a flesh-eating bacteria your daughter picked up two continents ago? From Colombia to Cambodia, We Came, We Saw, We Left chronicles nine months across six continents with three teenagers. What could go wrong?
