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A. & C. Black
Pub. Date
2011
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Ageism can be an issue for older managers and professionals who have been made redundant. This guide presents a successful programme for mature workers. Readers are taken through a process of self-assessment, shown how to re-examine their career goals, and then shown how to achieve their objectives.
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Bloomsbury Sport
Pub. Date
2021
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Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell, explores the growing trend of middle-aged and older cyclists seeking to achieve high-level performance. Using contributions from medical experts, leading coaches, ex-professionals and pro-team doctors, he produces a practical guide for mature riders who want to stay healthy, avoid injury - and maximise their achievement levels. Cycling has seen a participation uplift unprecedented in any sport, especially...
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Bloomsbury Sport
Pub. Date
2019
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'Matt Roberts' Younger, Fitter, Stronger' is a ground-breaking fitness manual designed to guide the mid-life man towards a lifestyle that will ensure youthfulness is retained, strength is maintained or increased, and physical and mental performance are maximised. Drawing on more than 20 years of personal training experience with thousands of clients, Matt Roberts brings you a powerful combination of cutting-edge science and transformative workouts....
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Robinson
Pub. Date
2021
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Those of us in midlife are facing a dilemma: We are going through a period of multiple life-altering changes all at the same time - at work, at home and within. More of us are being made redundant than ever before, just when we need it the least. More of us are becoming self-employed. More of us are experiencing losses of status and crises of self-confidence - and that was before COVID-19! Our relationships with our partners, our parents and our children...
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Picador
Pub. Date
2017
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In 1995, at the age of 42, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke, the subject of his acclaimed memoir 'My Year Off'. Ever since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the shadow of death, unavoidably aware of his own mortality. And now, 21 years on, he is noticing a change: his friends are joining him there. Death has become his contemporaries' every third thought. The question is no longer 'who am I?' but 'how long have I...
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Charnwood
Pub. Date
2010
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Esther Rantzen has spent her life tirelessly campaigning on behalf of children and mental health sufferers. In this personal and anecdotal handbook, she turns her attention to the baby boomer and shows how, ultimately, reaching your 50s and beyond is just the beginning.
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2019.
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Candace Bushnell gets personal in her new memoir - an investigation into what happens when a woman of a certain age (ok, let's call it 'middle') finds herself not-so-young, free and single in the city. MILFs, cougars, love, sex, divorce - Candace's funny and honest first-person account lays bare the truth behind middle-aged romance.
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John Murray One
Pub. Date
2024
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Our society tells us over and over that if we're going to achieve anything, we'd better do it while we're young. We fixate on stories of prodigies; we put our children in piano lessons or language classes as toddlers, hoping to give them the best shot at success we can. As for ourselves, too many people feel it's too late to change the course of their own lives. Whether we are at the start of our careers and sense we're on the wrong path, or feeling...
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Food and lifestyle writer Sam Rice explores why it is so much harder to lose weight as we get older and - what we can do about it. Rather than focusing exclusively on restricted eating, as so many diets do, Sam guides us through her 'method' for midlife weight loss based on extensive research into the specific physiological changes that occur in our middle years. Including over 80 delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch and family-friendly dinners,...
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Piatkus
Pub. Date
2024
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Not ready for elastic waist bands and beige slacks just yet? Do you want to thrive in, not just survive, your midlife years? Inspired by the hit podcast The Mid-Point, 'The Mid-Point Plan' is your midlife survival kit - an indispensable guide to reflecting on where you are, redefining mid-life and creating a new narrative for your second half.