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Product Description: Retirement brings with it the promises of leisure and freedom as well as the risks of boredom and isolation. When retirees rid their schedules of anything resembling the kinds of obligations that once had been imposed by work, they will experience a sometimes-uncomfortable absence of structure...read more

Product Description: The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Bereavement, the loss by death of someone loved, is one of the most severe psychological traumas that people suffer. This text is about how widows and widowers deal with the loss of a spouse. Why do some recover from the loss relatively easily, while others never seem to completely recover? The authors, who are authorities on loss and bereavement, discuss the factors that play a role in successful recovery, and in doing so offer a guide for all clinicians who work with the bereaved...read more

Surveys the lives of successful businessmen and tries to determine the reasons for their long-term effectiveness

Discusses the causes, circumstances, and emotional and social consequences of separation and divorce, their effects on children, family, and friends, and the process of starting over