Finding happiness at 80+, from the perspective of an octogenarian.Author Ralph Milton wants readers to know that old age is not a disease circling the world ready to pounce on anyone over eighty. Many, maybe even most, old people, say they are happier and more contented than they have ever been. And that’s good news because Canadians are living much, much longer. In fact, octogenarians are the county’s fastest growing demographic. To quote the author, "Society has ...

An American Diplomat: How It Happened takes readers on an extraordinary, real-life journey across the globe—from the tense streets of Tehran to the vibrant markets of São Paulo, from Cold War Vietnam to the oil-rich corridors of Riyadh. More than a memoir, this is a powerful, eyewitness account of 20th-century diplomacy at its most human and impactful.Told by a U.S. diplomat who lived through it all, the book reveals the personal side of international service—where...

The iconic graphic designer presents "a self-analysis of his creative process . . . [in] arguably his proudest accomplishment" ( The Atlantic ).Milton Glaser is perhaps the most celebrated graphic designer in the world. As a young man, he read a phrase that stayed with him through his life: "In Search of the Miraculous." One could say that all human experience is a miracle—memory, color, taste, Vermeer, s...