Books
Book Review: 'The Longevity Prescription'By Robert N. Butler
Is 80 the new 50? It is when you compare Americans' average life expectancy today -- about 78 -- with what it was a century ago, when the average American lived to about 50.
In "The Longevity Prescription," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Butler writes that this three-decade dividend, as he calls it, doesn't have to be lived out in declining health as many assume.
Common ailments such as heart disease, arthritis and lung problems are arriving a full decade later than they did 100 years ago. This suggests that we have it within our power to increase the chances of staying healthy longer, says Butler, founding president of the International Longevity Center and founder of the National Institute of Health's National Institute on Aging.
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"The Age of Wonder" by Richard Holmes
By Lev Grossman
There was a time when scientists were poets and poets were scientists. There was a time when anybody with sufficient brains and willpower could go down into his or her basement and come up with a major contribution to what we know about the world. That time was Read More...
Lost in the Middle: MidLife and the Grace of GodAuthor Paul David Tripp
Description: The Bible never discusses midlife, just like it never discusses teenagers . . .
Yet the Bible is able to unpack any of life’s experiences because it was written by the One who made them all. Life on this side of glory is hard. This world is a broken place. You will face things in midlife that beat at the borders of your faith, but you do not have to be lost in the middle of your story.
Although this book is directed at those who are facing the issues of midlife, it has a much broader net than that. Lost in the Middle can help all who are confronted with life in this broken world and have lost their way. The God who seems so distant to you in this moment is actually near and active. Lost in the Middle is written to give you Read More...