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How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People...

How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People... Paperback - 2010

by Alford, Henry

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In this witty guide, Alford seeks instant enlightenment through those who have lived long and lived well. Armed with recent medical evidence that supports the clich that older people are, indeed, wiser, he sets off to interview people over 70 to glean from their knowledge.

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  • Title How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People...
  • Author Alford, Henry
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Twelve, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-01
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR003299063
  • ISBN 9780446196048 / 0446196045
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.67

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  • New York Times Book Review, 01/24/2010, Page 20

About the author

Henry Alford is the author of three acclaimed works of investigative humor: How To Live: A Seach for Wisdom from Old People (While They are Still on this Earth); Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top; and Municipal Bondage: One Man's Anxiety-Producing Adventures in the Big City. He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and Vanity Fair, and a staff writer at Spy. He has also written for the New Yorker, GQ, New York, Details, Harper's Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, the Village Voice, and the Paris Review. He lives in Manhattan.