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Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
vii, 255 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In one of the most significant social trends of the new century, and the biggest transformation of the American workforce since the women's movement, members of the baby boom generation are inventing a new phase of work.
Encore tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next thirty years on a golf course. These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspirational stories from active seniors, supported by the latest research in the fields of psychology and neuro-science, shows how to build an enriching lifestyle on the foundation of favorite activities.
Author
Publisher
Springboard Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xvi, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Baby Boom generation has always been known as a demographic anomaly and these 77 million Americans have dominated our society for the past 60 years, setting trends and revolutionizing entire industries. They didn't just date, they transformed sex roles and practices. They didn't just go to the doctor, they reinvented healthcare. And now retirement and aging will never be the same as the oldest boomers move into their 60s with no thoughts of traditional...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xviii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With his typical wit and keen analysis, O'Rourke looks at the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and somehow created a better society by turning society upside down.
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
ix, 325 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine million baby boomers have already skipped retirement to enjoy meaningful work instead, and another 31 million are hoping to join them soon. Covering everything those readers will need to know, this road map points to passion, purpose, and a paycheck in the second half of life.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
ix, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With a sharp sense of justice and humor, Susan J. Douglas confronts ageism against women in media, work, and politics. In the 1970s, baby boom women began to redefine women's lives and opportunities. Now, that they are the largest American female generation over fifty, Susan J. Douglas argues that these feminist boomers are again challenging outdated stereotypes, and reinventing what it means to be older and female. This is a demographic revolution,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping 50-year history of how the Baby Boomers took the reforms of the 1960s too far, leading to a multitude of contradictions in American society and values that caused our current political polarization"--
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Pengiun
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
viii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and financial guru Harry Dent shows why we're facing a decade-long "great deflation"-and what to do about it. Throughout his long career as an economic forecaster, Harry Dent has relied on demographics-the ultimate tool for predicting both big and small trends, decades in advance. Now he explains what's going to happen to our economy with the accelerating retirements of the Baby Boomers. Inflation rises when a larger than usual...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A moving novel about the devotions of friendship and the power of love to heal, American Sycamore celebrates the American experiment and the importance of giving a damn. Rob Barrow's devotion to the American experiment has never wavered. For forty years he has devoted his legal brilliance to advancing the essential American ideals enshrined by the Founders. Rob is the best kind of throwback--a classic American character, reserved and respectful, yet...
13) July, July
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A 'perceptive, affectionate, and often very funny' novel about old college friends at a thirty-year reunion, by the author of The Things They Carried (Boston Herald). From a National Book Award winner who's been called 'the best American writer of his generation' (San Francisco Examiner), July, July tells the story of ten old friends who attended Darton Hall College together back in 1969, and now reunite for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book about the boomer generation's coming-of-age. Now this witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap! a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us.For many years Davidson earned a living as a successful journalist and screenwriter, but in her...
Publisher
Delaney Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM.
Language
English
Description
"Episode Seven of Timeless Trivia by Sentimental Productions presents questions, answers and commentary about Baby Boomers, the generation that has strongly influenced society at every age."--Container.
Author
Series
Seaside seasons volume 3
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
331 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Intimidated by a rich new bachelor who has arrived at her Seaside bed-and-breakfast, Cass, who is caring for her teenage niece and nephew as well as her aging parents, tackles a local mystery while helping her guest recover from his anxiety in the wake of the September 11th attacks.