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The Third Chapter: Life Between 50 and 75

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

March 25, 2009

01:12:26

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot discusses a major cultural shift in how older people are re-defining the word "retirement", in her new book, The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk and Adventure in the 25 Years after 50.

Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years after 50

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

March 5, 2009

01:12:56

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot discusses her new book, The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years after 50. In this book she offers a strong counterpoint to the murky ambivalence that shrouds our clear view of people in their third chapters, the years between 50 and 75.

Essential Conversation: Between Parents and Teachers

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

October 28, 2003

01:19:45

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, MacArthur fellow, and author of eight books including Balm in Gilead, The Good High School, and I've Known Rivers, discusses her newest book, Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each

Centrality of Respect in Culture and Learning

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

October 24, 2002

00:47:59

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot discusses her book Respect: An Exploration.

The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other

Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Publisher: Ballantine Books (2004)

Binding: Paperback, 288 pages

Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer (Radcliffe Biography Series)

Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1995)

Binding: Paperback, 368 pages

The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture

Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Publisher: Basic Books (1985)

Binding: Paperback, 416 pages

I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation

Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1995)

Binding: Paperback, 688 pages

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