The Years of Ripening: Reflections on Aging in the Later Years SS_Gift_Guide From one of the great

From one of the great historians of nineteenth-century America

chagrin into resplendence

but also with humanity and yourself

Nature’s Treasures takes you on a tour of our planet through commonplace-but-incredible objects made by nature itself

clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik’s beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard

The Years of Ripening: Reflections on Aging in the Later Years SS_Gift_Guide From one of the greatThe Years of Ripening focuses on personal transformation, the wonder and goodness of our hidden self, how the qualities of our personhood have been expressed, and in what ways we can claim ever more of the truest reality of our inner being. As old age takes place, our physical being naturally weakens and wrinkles. At the same time, our nonphysical being smooths out with a peaceful satisfaction. The tight ridges of past failures recede and dark