Psychology of ageing

Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure.

From the moment of conception we are in the business of surviving.

A superb distillation of the wisdom of one of Britain's most admired writers on the human condition.

Why we need to be better at ageing.

International bestselling authors of YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: On a Diet give you all the tools and know-how to stay young and defy the ageing process.

Introducing Christian Ethics helps Christians form a sound basis for making ethical decisions in today's complex postmodern world.

Learn to leverage privilege.

An introduction to ethics that will help Christians rediscover a moral reasoning rooted in Scripture and navigate the ethical crises of our time.

This Homebrewed Christianity Guide explores how Christian theology can address our rapidly changing paradigms of human existence.

A positive assessment of secularism and the possibilities it offers for a genuinely meaningful life without religion Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs.

It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor.

Recognizing the essential heteronomy of postmodern philosophy of religion, Merold Westphal argues against the assumption that human reason is universal, neutral, and devoid of presupposition.

Grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about cognitive function and recovery from brain injury, this practical reference and text builds on the authors influential earlier work, Optimizing Cognitive Rehabilitation.

Two-time number one Sunday Times bestseller and biohacking pioneer Davinia Taylor turns her attention to longevity in her brand new book Futureproof.

This is a book about joy and love: Love of self, of life, and of still being here to tell your stories.

WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE IRISH BOOK AWARD 2021Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy.

**The number one bestseller, with over 150,000 copies sold, which kick-started a mindfulness revolution**'Ruby Wax has written a guide to mindfulness that's as hilarious as it is useful' Arianna Huffington'We are all frazzled, all of us.

The Confusion of Karen Carpenter, a book that will make you laugh and cry, is by Coronation Street scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey.

On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

A Practical Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology focuses on the skills required in testing and treating the older adult population.

A Practical Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology focuses on the skills required in testing and treating the older adult population.

The area of work and aging is complex and multi-faceted.

One of the "e;Best Books of 2011"e; from the Center for Optimal Adult DevelopmentThe fields of adult development and the study of learning have traditionally been considered separate, with development falling under psychology and learning under education.

Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and--fixed deeply in the collective consciousness--hell and eternal damnation.

Against the background of Socrates' insight that the unexamined life is not worth living, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old investigates the often overlooked inside dimensions of aging.

The Elements of Cognitive Aging provides a qualitative overview (mostly using graphical meta-analysis) of the vast literature on aging and speeded tasks-bringing together, for the first time, almost everything we know about aging and processing speed.

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge.

The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge.

The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes.

The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

Wisdom Mind is a scientifically tested mindfulness program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing what is referred to as subjective cognitive decline.

Wisdom Mind is a scientifically tested mindfulness program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing what is referred to as subjective cognitive decline.

The number of people working in the field of clinical psychology has expanded significantly in recent years.

The number of people working in the field of clinical psychology has expanded significantly in recent years.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

Throughout the world, the population of older adults continues to grow.

Throughout the world, the population of older adults continues to grow.

Science-based facts, medical and legal advice and practical wisdom from elders to finding joy, vitality and purpose in growing older.

Healthy ageing has long been a neglected area of epidemiological research as the traditional focus has been on specific chronic diseases of older life.

Healthy ageing has long been a neglected area of epidemiological research as the traditional focus has been on specific chronic diseases of older life.

Creative Team Work describes a new way of doing rapid ethnography to capture the rich complexity and contradictions of social relations.

Creative Team Work describes a new way of doing rapid ethnography to capture the rich complexity and contradictions of social relations.

We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent.