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Celebrating the Achievements of the Older Generation : Living Life to the Full / John Croucher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Croucher, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Social life and customs.
- Older people.
- Ability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book celebrates the achievement and talent of those in advanced years across a wide range of activities. Some of the people included made amazing achievements throughout their lives and into very old age, while others picked up skills again and developed them in different ways later in life. Then there are those who embarked upon entirely new activities and enterprises to great acclaim. The book includes a fascinating mix of familiar names and hidden gems, and emphasises the limitless possibilities of life, where "age is only a number" and positivity is a common theme. International in nature, this book will be of great interest as a point of reference for academics from all fields. In addition, it is fascinating reading for anyone who wants to be inspired by the astonishing feats of over 100 people who have triumphed in their golden years.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Momofuku Ando
- Jim Arrington
- David Attenborough
- William Ivy Baldwin
- Jerry Barber
- Hedda Bolgár Bekker
- Werner Berger
- Harry Bernstein
- Walter Bingham
- Edwina Brocklesby
- Sister Madonna Buder
- George Burns
- Gladys Burrill
- Michael Caine
- Marc Chagall
- Agatha Christie
- William Crookes
- Ron Cunningham
- Fred Davis
- Mary Delany
- Leila Denmark
- Aleksander Doba
- Yvonne Dowlen
- Clint Eastwood
- Mary Baker Eddy
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Ephraim Engleman
- Sun Fengqin
- Benjamin Franklin
- Jacque Fresco
- John Glenn
- Catherine Hamlin
- Barbara Hillary
- Dorothy Davenhill Hirsch
- Anthony Hopkins
- Marie Hunt
- Teiichi Igarashi
- Alan Jones
- Lloyd Kahn
- Ida Keeling
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- Olga Kotelko
- Stanislaw Kowalski
- Chevalier de Lamarck
- Angela Lansbury
- John Laws
- Asa Long
- Doris Long
- Saoul Mamby
- Nelson Mandela
- Robert Marchand
- W Somerset Maugham
- Amy Gladys McGrath
- Hershel McGriff
- Joy McKean
- Neville de Mestre
- Arthur Asher Miller
- Lynn Ruth Miller
- Yuichiro Miura
- Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen
- Thomas Moore
- Diana Nyad
- Nola Ochs
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Magda Olivero
- Bill Painter
- Katherine Pelton
- Christopher Plummer
- Tao Porchon-Lynch
- Frank Prihoda
- Johanna Quaas
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Margaret Ringenberg
- Peter Mark Roget
- Arthur Rubinstein
- Minoru Saito
- Colonel Harland David Sanders
- William Shatner
- Frank Shearer
- Ernestine "Ernie" Shepherd
- Fauja Singh
- Maggie Smith
- Paul E Spangler
- Benjamin Spock
- Allan Stewart
- Phyllis Sues
- Donald Sutherland
- Oscar Gomer Swahn
- Gunhild Swanson
- Jessica Tandy
- Harriette Thompson
- Doris Eaton Travis
- Duan Tzinfu
- Dick Van Dyke
- Guy Wilkie Warren.
- Peter Weber Jr
- Noah Webster Jr
- Betty White
- Ed Whitlock
- Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- Beatrice Wood
- References
- Photo Attributions
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Croucher, John Celebrating the Achievements of the Older Generation
- ISBN:
- 9781527539341
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