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Still more books to make
life good and long
In the era of the World Wide Web - www - books are still
the most valuable collecting item for any home. And the most
valuable books are the "power books". We will recommend you
some of them. Still more good books you will find in the
world greatest book store, the www book store amazon.com.
Visit this store, make yourself familiar with the search
system and the very simple payment system. Your pay card or
credit card is protected by a password of your own
choice.
You may decorate your home with all kinds of art and
antiquities. It may give an expression of wealth and good
taste. But nothing can give you and your children and
grandchildren information and creativity like books. And a
book is mobile, can be handed over to a friend or neighbor.
Books are the natural supplement to Internet-access. Books
will never die.
If you want to get impression on how books are exhibited,
you may as we enjoy Estelle Ellis et at.: At
Home with Books - How Booklovers Live With and Care for
Their Libraries. But even if you collect only 100 books on
"SeniorPower", you may have 100 additional jewels from the
publishing scene.
You will mostly find the recommended books along with the
10x10 rules. In the following, we will present some more
books written on the topic "How to get most out of your
age"
Russ L. Potter: How
to Live to be a Healty 100 This booklet is easy to read
and is not pretending to give you a full range of advice.
But some of the 100 hints may be a starter. Our favorite
four are:
- Keep yourself busy.
- Keep your mind active. The rest will follow.
- Take a swim.
- Get up every morning believing it´s going to be
a nice day.
Lisa Birnbach: 1003
Great Things About Getting Older
Judith Viorst: Forever
Fifty and Other Negotiations
Wendy Reid Crisp: 100
Things I'm Not Going to Do Now That I'm over 50
Your should also be aware of Alex Comforts book A Good
Age, which contains a series of positive advices for
running a mature life. Sorry, it is out of print, but your
local library may have it.
But we have traced some books on aging and longevity:
Ullis book has got favourable readers comments. Excerpts
from these books will follow.
One way of acquiring "book power", it to read the
presumed most influential book(s) of each country or
regions. We are inviting visitors from
various countries to contribute with the presumed most
powerful book of their choice. For the beginning, our
list looks like this, quite open. The books cited should be
available in English.
Australia:
Austria:
Belgium:
Canada:
China:
France:
Denmark:
Germany:
India:
Japan:
Korea:
Norway:
Pakistan:
Portugal:
Russia
Spain:
Sweden:
United Kingdom:
United States of America:
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