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Title: 1,003 Great Things About Getting Older by Birnback ISBN: 0-8362-2699-2 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great senior book!
Comment: My company has given out at least 500 of these books. We have senior citizen seminars and read a few excerpts from this book and give one away when attendees make an appointment with us. It is the "light" side of our seminar and we get so many questions on where to get this book - people love to use it as a gift! Some people tell us there are more than 1003 things and some tell us there isn't one good reason! However this book can lighten up even the cogiest old coot!! Love it!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Good as a Gift...
Comment: More like three and a half stars than four, this is a decent little gift.
I received this book as a gift when I turned -- well, that's not important. What is important is that this turned out to be a nice gift - not roll over laughing funny, but good for a cheerful, smile-provoking gift for friends turning one of the Big O's.
In this thick, but palm-sized paperback, the editors combined more than just a selection of platitudes, but provides a variety of semi-useful bits of information.
"What's so great about turning...." gives sappy reasons why your age - from 1 to 100 - is so good. There are reasons kids think being old is better ("I want to be older so I can make out checks and be a millionaire." John Semple, age seven) ; great things people have said about getting older; parting statements; how old you'd be if you lived on various planets (I personally prefer Mars, where a 50 year old is 27); a list of things life is now to short to do (doing push-ups; wondering if you should have gone to medical school instead); birthdates of several stars (from Mickey Rooney to Maccauley Caulkin) and bunches of other useless but amusing tidbits.
Those not amused by maturing might not find this a good gift, but for office gag gifts and add-ons to more meaningful gifts for that someone going over the hill (from 30 to 50 or so), this is a nice purchase for that "under $10.00" limit.
Rating: 5
Summary: incredibly funny
Comment: Here was the surprise book of the era. Something I give to every friend who turns 40 and over. Lots of laffs--yes with two ffs and seasoned pros behind it. Well done.
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Title: Age Happens : The Best Quotes About Growing Older by Bruce Lansky ISBN: 067156112X Publisher: Meadowbrook Pub. Date: 30 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: Forty Reasons Why Life Is More Fun After The Big 40 by Liz Curtis Higgs ISBN: 0785276157 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 24 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: You Know You're Fifty When by Richard Smith ISBN: 0767902106 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 04 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese by Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras ISBN: 0761125183 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: 100 Things I'm Not Going to Do Now That I'm over 50 by Wendy Reid Crisp ISBN: 039951936X Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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