Calling all sports fans! We’re thrilled to announce that the online edition of The Athletic will be added to OPL’s online resources starting November 15, 2024.
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Well Aged
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Making the Most of your Platinum Years2021"This book is a free wheeling, down to earth, inside look at what it's really like to be old, written by an insider and sprinkled liberally with humour.... When the situation of elderly Canadians…Catalogue Item
Life Wisdom From Someone Who Will (probably) Die Before You2023"The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly shows readers how to prepare for and understand the process of growing older and the joys and sorrows it can bring. Magnusson's ultimate message is that we…Catalogue Item
How Keeping Fit Taught Me That Growing Older Needn't Mean Slowing Down2018"At the age of 50, Eddie Brocklesby decided to run her first half marathon. Until that point, she’d done little running, and her exercise regime consisted of little more than chauffeuring her…Catalogue Item
2020Practiced in the East for centuries, the flowing movements of the ancient martial art of tai chi have been known to promote health and inner harmony. Welcome to Tai Chi for Aging with Strength and…
Pride Month
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2025After making the buzzer-beating shot at the Georgia basketball state championships, Derrick Chan becomes the star of Bayard Middle School, and Derrick's single dad could not be prouder. But there are…Catalogue Item
2025Follow Brian, his friends and their families as they celebrate love and learn about the meaning and significance of Pride in this inclusive, joyful and informative picture book. Discover the joy and…Catalogue Item
2025"For as long as they can remember, Mac, Lina, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in "the smallest, gayest town in the world"--Provincetown, Massachusetts. But this summer, their big…Catalogue Item
2025"Edwin loves his sister Patsy's closet. He adores dresses and earrings and boots with high heels. And when he's finished getting dressed, Edwin is transformed...into the fabulous Edweena! Today is a…
Slipping Through Time
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A Novel2025"Lena Westbrook, a perfectionist and workaholic, has carefully planned and orchestrated every detail of her life. So when her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her on the night she expects him to…Catalogue Item
A Novel2023"Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet…Catalogue Item
A Novel2023"In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm--and the mysterious curse that has…Catalogue Item
A Novel2024Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers--a lonely yet…
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