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BOOKS RECEIVED

The Scientific Conquest of Death: Essays on Infinite Lifespans, by Immortality Institute. Libros En Red, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004, 296 pp., $22.00 (paper).

End of Life

Living Under the Sword: Psychosocial Aspects of Recurrent and Progressive Life-Threatening Illness, edited by Harold B. Haley. Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004, Lanham, MD, 200 pp., $65.00 (cloth).

Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice, edited by Timothy E. Quill and Margaret P. Battin. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004, 342 pp., $49.95 (cloth), $26.95 (paper).

GLBT Studies

Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians, by Cheryl Claassen. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2004, 284 pp., $44.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).

Life Course

Developmental Influences on Adult Intelligence: The Seattle Longitudinal Study, by K. Warner Schaie. Oxford University Press, New York, 2005, 496 pp., $69.95 (cloth).

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our Past, by Douwe Draaisma. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 288 pp., $28.99 (cloth).

Law

Elders on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System, by Howard Eglit. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL, 2004, 315 pp., $49.95 (cloth).

Leisure

Leisure in Later Life, 3^rd Edition, by Michael J. Leitner and Sara F. Leitner. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2004, 473 pp., $69.95 (cloth), $49.95 (paper).

Older Workers

Thriving on an Aging Workforce: Strategies for Organization and Systematic Change, edited by Paulette T. Beatty and Roemer M. S. Visser. Krieger Publishing Company, Melbourne, FL, 2005, 228 pp., $38.50 (cloth).

Self Help

Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul: Stories to Inspire Caregivers in the Home, the Community and the World, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and LeAnn Thieman. Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, 2004, 350 pp., $12.95 (paper).

When Your Loved One Has Dementia: A Simple Guide for Caregivers, by Joy A. Glenner, Jean M. Stehman, Judith Davagnino, Margaret J. Galante, and Martha L. Green. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004, 128 pp., $35.00 (cloth), $16.95 (paper).

Writers Have No Age: Creative Writing for Older Adults, 2^nd Edition, by Lenore M. Coberly, Jeri McCormick, and Karen Updike. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2005, 150 pp., $29.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).

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