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The Well Bookstore is now open for in-person shopping on Sundays from 8:30-12:30 (curbside pickup not available). The Well is only open for curbside pickup, phone in, shopping by appointment and online orders orders Mondays-Thursdays from 9-4:00. All orders placed online or over the phone after 3:30p.m. on Thursdays will not be processed until the following Monday.
Our curbside pickup is on the North side of Building B at the intersection of 137th and Briar. There is a Well Bookstore Curbside Pickup sign at the base of the staircase. Call the number on the sign during our operating hours and we will bring your order to your car.
Originally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Now in a new and updated edition, this best-selling book features thoroughly revised chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of dementia, and finding appropriate living arrangements for the person who has dementia when home care is no longer an option.
Boomer Spirituality: Seven Values for the Second Half of Life
Conversations with My Mother A Keepsake Journal for Celebrating a Lifetime of St
Don't Write My Obituary Just Yet: Inspiring Faith Stories for Older Adults
Grace for the Unexpected Journey: A 60-Day Devotional for Alzheimer's and Other Dementia Caregivers
For the weary dementia or Alzheimer's caregiver
If you are a caregiver to someone with Alzheimer's or another type of dementia, you carry a heavy load. On top of having to watch someone you love suffer, you are probably losing sleep, growing frustrated, and struggling with loneliness or even depression. With little to no help and no time for a break, this unrelenting stress is hard to carry.
Whether that's you or someone you know, the caregiver needs care, too. Grace for the Unexpected Journey: A 60-Day Devotional for Alzheimer's and Other Dementia Caregivers provides that support.
Each daily devotion:
Debbie Barr is a speaker, health educator, and the author of multiple books, including Keeping Love Alive As Memory Fades (coauthored with New York Times bestselling author Gary Chapman). As a health educator with a deep concern and compassion for dementia caregivers, she saw their need for faith-based encouragement. With compassion and understanding she uses Scriptures to address their practical hardships and spiritual concerns.
When the struggles seem insurmountable, this devotional offers strength. When stress floods in, it points to peace. And when darkness falls, it illuminates hope. Caregivers walk a long, difficult road. This devotional gives grace for their journey.
Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance (Special)
Your midlife doesn't have to be a crisis. In fact, the second half of your life can be better than the first. Bob Buford's bestseller shows you how.
What do you want to do with the rest of your life?
In Halftime, Buford provides the encouragement and insight to propel your life on a new course to true significance--and the best years of your life. Buford focuses on this important time of transition to the second half of your life, leading you to . . .
This updated and expanded 20th Anniversary edition also includes new questions for reflection or discussion at the end of each chapter, brand new "halftime" stories of men and women enjoying a second half of significance, specific halftime assignments to guide readers into their second-half mission, and more.
Healing Your Grieving Heart When Someone You Care about Has Alzheimer's: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends, and Caregivers
Launch Your Encore is a game plan for life after one's main-act career. Hans Finzel and Rick Hicks show boomers how to enter this new stage of life poised for personal satisfaction and contributions to society. They offer tested advice on finding new life potential and thriving in these later decades of life. With real-life examples of people who have made the transition from full-time work to volunteering, ministry, or even second careers, Launch Your Encore shows boomers how to make an impact later in life.
Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults
Retirement as Spiritual Pilgrimage: Stories, Scripture, and Practices for the Journey
The book recommended by dementia experts and family caregivers as the most complete, practical guide to Alzheimer's and other dementias-now updated and expanded through end-of-life care.
This new edition of Surviving Alzheimer's offers the best, most current thinking on how to help a loved one with memory loss and related symptoms without sacrificing YOU. You'll learn:
All in a fast, scannable format perfect for busy or overwhelmed dementia helpers.
Buchanan invites readers of both generations to stand in each other's shoes through a series of 20 scenarios, presented as paired conversations with God. First she introduces the adult child's perspective on a common situation, such as the need for the parent to give up driving or move to a more manageable living arrangement. She follows with the older adult's feelings and concerns. Buchanan provides a scripture passage, suggestions to help both generations talk about and face the challenging situation, and a closing prayer
From writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife. When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the sagging effects of aging. Grant acknowledges the complexities and loss inherent in midlife and tells stories of sustaining disappointment, taking hard blows to the ego, undergoing a crisis of faith, and grieving the deaths not only of illusions but of loved ones. Yet she illuminates the confidence and grace that this season of life can also bring. Magnetic, good-humored, and full of hope in the sustaining power of the Spirit, this is a must-read for anyone facing the flux and flow of middle age.
Free downloadable study guide available here.
Your Next Season: Advice for Executives on Transitioning from Intense Careers to Fulfilling Next Seasons
Fully dedicated to current career-check. Succession activities in progress-check. Financial planning underway-check. Retirement real estate books on the nightstand-check. But what exactly will you do after you leave your main-stage corporate career? And how will you get started?
If you feel trepidation about retirement, or about what you will do next, you are not alone. Your Next Season brings you candid, unvarnished, authentic advice from hundreds of executives, who understand that the transition of "seasons" for an executive is one of the most fragile phases of adult life. Take comfort in this extraordinary book, which brings you companionship, empathy, encouragement, and sage advice-plus valuable tools to create your own purposeful and fulfilling Next Season.
Remember, regardless of what you do next, you are taking along the very best part of your career...YOU!