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Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A practical, fully illustrated guide to planning and enjoying retirement, grounded in psychological research. Retirement can bring immense fulfillment but also can be a source of stress, especially today. Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention uses psychological research and a unique visual style of infographics and illustrations to provide readers with a retirement roadmap just right for them. Fully illustrated, with constructive advice for all...
2) The old man
Author
Language
English
Description
To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple driver's licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run. Thirty-five years ago, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might...
Author
Publisher
Rest-of-life Communications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Retirement planning is no longer a spectator sport, it involves active decision-making. This guide will help you generate recession-proof retirement that will last the rest of your life, protect you against the high cost of emergencies, and will help you live longer and healthier into retirement.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century when he falls in love with Pakistani widow Mrs. Ali, Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.
7) Your insiders' guide to retirement: the practical guide to transitioning from working to retirement
Author
Language
English
Description
Your Insiders? Guide to Retirement serves as a mentor for retirees and as a guide who has been down this path countless times with a proven system in place. With a combined 75 years of experience in financial services, Troy Daum, RJ Gordon Tudor, and Jeff Poole explore why people are fed up with the scandals of Wall Street, Brokerages, and insurance companies. They introduce readers to an exciting new profession where companies act as a fiduciary....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold. But lately, retirement has been boring her and she's found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she'd admired as a child. It's much too big for her alone, but she'd die before letting anyone in town know that. Then Sara's niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan - a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate. She...
Author
Series
Mike Hammer mysteries volume 26
Language
English
Description
"Winter 1964. After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Mike Hammer's partner (both in life and the PI business), Velda Sterling, learns her father is not who she thought he was. Seeking to uncover her true, troubling heritage, Velda and Mike travel to Phoenix, Arizona--and sunny Dreamland Park, where retired law enforcement officers protect and corral notorious criminals held under Witness Protection. Mike and Velda find themselves swept...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lil and Frank married young, having bonded over how they both lost a parent when they were children. Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they'd lost prematurely. Now, after many years in Boston, they have retired in North Carolina. There, Lil, determined to leave a history for their children, sifts through letters and notes and diary entries - perhaps revealing more...
13) Derailed
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Language
English
Description
After he marries the love of his life, Harry Bentley's apartment feels cramped. God seems to provide the perfect solution in a new home on Beecham Street with room for his family. But to pay the mortgage, Harry has to go back to work as a detective, receiving a bizarre undercover assignment that causes him to suspect his own son in a major crime. Each time Harry thinks he's following God's leading, his plans get derailed and he has to figure out what...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but there is more than meets the eye. Alan Conway, the late...
Author
Series
Moe Prager mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
244 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1981, private investigator Moe Prager is drawn into the long-cold investigation into a 1966 hotel fire that killed seventeen people and finds himself following a trail of political corruption, dark secrets, and murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
ForbesBooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
233 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
You can have it all-not just more income to spend in your retirement years but also the peace of mind that comes from knowing that, no matter what happens in the outside world, you'll have a worry-free income for life. --
Author
Language
English
Description
"After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn't know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for the land--his time, his health, his family--with nothing to show for it but bitterness, regret, and two grown children who want nothing to do with him. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts and fears about The Plan--the detailed blueprint for high school that will help her...
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 18
Language
English
Description
"Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it's a setup. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch takes the case. With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucia Soto, he turns the investigation inside the police department. But as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself...
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a shady realtor turns up dead in her backyard, bookshop owner Samantha Washington investigates with the help of her feisty grandmother and an enthusiastic ensemble of colorful retirees.
Samantha Washington is opening a mystery bookstore in North Harbor, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan. She's also penning a cozy mystery set in England. When a shady realtor turns up dead in her backyard, the police suspect Samantha. Aided by her feisty...
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