Read this book to: See "The Rockville Variations" of El Greco's Fabula and Michaelangelo's Last Judgment. Understand mysterious Indian castes and Jewish secret societies. Learn about those famous and naughty 17th century French salons. Get some pretty good information about Christian relics.

What some well-known people said:
"There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it."
--Denis Diderot

"There are only two kinds of money in the world: your money and my money."
--Milton Friedman

"There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring:...

This book is about how to grow older without growing old. If you are fortunate and do not die early by accident or disease, you will become elderly in this century, a period which will produce more older people and centenarians than any other time in history.

To get older is one task; to make old age valuable is another. This book assumes you have had or will want to have a long life and, more importantly, you have the desire to find significance and value in being older. This book is meant to help you, but it may not. It depends, of course, on you. That is why the book is also called 'The...

Read this book to: See "The Rockville Variations" of El Greco's Fabula and Michaelangelo's Last Judgment. Understand mysterious Indian castes and Jewish secret societies. Learn about those famous and naughty 17th century French salons. Get some pretty good information about Christian relics.

What some well-known people said:
"There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it."
--Denis Diderot

"There are only two kinds of money in the world: your money and my money."
--Milton Friedman

"There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring:...

This book is about how to grow older without growing old. If you are fortunate and do not die early by accident or disease, you will become elderly in this century, a period which will produce more older people and centenarians than any other time in history.

To get older is one task; to make old age valuable is another. This book assumes you have had or will want to have a long life and, more importantly, you have the desire to find significance and value in being older. This book is meant to help you, but it may not. It depends, of course, on you. That is why the book is also called "The...

"Time Sensitive: Upper East Side Stories" follows the life and times of one Jack Diamond, a Death Doula. Death Doulas are sometimes called Thanadoulas (thanatos is Greek for "death") or Death Coaches or Death Guides or, if female, Death Midwives. Doulas are prepaid companions and assistants to the dying who later offer emotional and physical support to the deceased's family. "Time Sensitive" shares the end-of-life stories of some of Jack's many clients, as he is confronted with the realities of life, death, and life on the Upper East Side of New York City.