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Old Age & the Elderly

Wit grows sharper, time moves stranger, and the ordinary world reveals its hidden absurdities in this shelf of reflections on old age and the elderly. Through keen observation, gentle satire, and the wisdom of experience, these works invite you into a realm where memory, manners, and mortality quietly take center stage.

40 Audiobooks

The old man's guide to health and longer life : With rules for diet, exercise, and physic; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one

The old man's guide to health and longer life : With rules for diet, exercise, and physic; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one

by John Hill

Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes

Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Romance of an Old Fool

The Romance of an Old Fool

by Roswell Martin Field

分甘余話

分甘余話

by Shizhen Wang

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death

by Giacomo Casanova

Treatises on Friendship and Old Age

Treatises on Friendship and Old Age

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies

The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies

by Elie Metchnikoff

The Splendid Fairing

The Splendid Fairing

by Constance Holme

Some Roundabout Papers

Some Roundabout Papers

by William Makepeace Thackeray

The Comings of Cousin Ann

The Comings of Cousin Ann

by Emma Speed Sampson

Looking toward sunset

Looking toward sunset

La marchande de petits pains pour les canards

La marchande de petits pains pour les canards

by René Boylesve

Vanhuudesta

Vanhuudesta

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The loves of Pelleas and Etarre

The loves of Pelleas and Etarre

by Zona Gale

The Seven Ages of Man

The Seven Ages of Man

by Ralph Bergengren

Old Lady Number 31

Old Lady Number 31

by Louise Forsslund

Madame Claire

Madame Claire

by Susan Ertz

Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod

Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod

by James A. Cooper

A vénülés elhárítása és az élet meghosszabbítása Célszerű életmóddal és gyógyeszközökkel

A vénülés elhárítása és az élet meghosszabbítása Célszerű életmóddal és gyógyeszközökkel

by Arnold Lorand

La chanson des vieux époux

La chanson des vieux époux

by Pierre Loti

The Impossible Voyage Home

The Impossible Voyage Home

by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

Submission to Divine Providence in the Death of Children Recommended and inforced, in a sermon preached at Northampton, on the death of a very amiable and hopeful child, about five years old

Submission to Divine Providence in the Death of Children Recommended and inforced, in a sermon preached at Northampton, on the death of a very amiable and hopeful child, about five years old

by Philip Doddridge

The Morning of Spiritual Youth Improved, in the Prospect of Old Age and Its Infirmities Being a Literal and Spiritual Paraphrase on the Twelfth Chapter of Ecclesiastes. In a Series of Letters.

The Morning of Spiritual Youth Improved, in the Prospect of Old Age and Its Infirmities Being a Literal and Spiritual Paraphrase on the Twelfth Chapter of Ecclesiastes. In a Series of Letters.

by J. (John) Church

Old Age Deferred The causes of old age and its postponement by hygienic and therapeutic measures

Old Age Deferred The causes of old age and its postponement by hygienic and therapeutic measures

by Arnold Lorand

The long road of woman's memory

The long road of woman's memory

by Jane Addams

The Twilight Years

The Twilight Years

by Kirk Drussai, Garen Drussai

Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing

Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing

by Irving Bacheller

Finding youth : A human experience

Finding youth : A human experience

by Gertrude Nelson Andrews

How to Face Life

How to Face Life

by Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) Wise

The Old Folks' Party 1898

The Old Folks' Party 1898

by Edward Bellamy

Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein Is Demonstrated, by His Own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age

Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein Is Demonstrated, by His Own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age

by Luigi Cornaro

Journey Work

Journey Work

by Dave Dryfoos

Senescence, the Last Half of Life

Senescence, the Last Half of Life

by G. Stanley (Granville Stanley) Hall

Over the Fireside with Silent Friends

Over the Fireside with Silent Friends

by Richard King

The Lettsomian Lectures on Diseases and Disorders of the Heart and Arteries in Middle and Advanced Life [1900-1901]

The Lettsomian Lectures on Diseases and Disorders of the Heart and Arteries in Middle and Advanced Life [1900-1901]

by J. Mitchell (John Mitchell) Bruce

The Love Story of Abner Stone

The Love Story of Abner Stone

by Edwin Carlile Litsey

How It Feels to Be Fifty

How It Feels to Be Fifty

by Ellis Parker Butler

Some Medical Aspects of Old Age Being the Linacre lecture, 1922, St. John's college, Cambridge

Some Medical Aspects of Old Age Being the Linacre lecture, 1922, St. John's college, Cambridge

by Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston

The old man's home

The old man's home

by William Adams

Els vells : Drama en tres actes

Els vells : Drama en tres actes

by Ignasi Iglesias