Age is Just a Number: What a 97 year old record breaker can teach us about growing older

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Age is Just a Number: What a 97 year old record breaker can teach us about growing olderRetired dental surgeon Charles Eugster rekindled a love of competitive rowing he'd neglected for most of his adult life at the age of 63. He took up bodybuilding at the age of 87. And at the age of 95 he started sprinting for the first time in his life, becoming World Champion at 200m indoor and 400m outdoor. He is a world record holder for his age group in a number of sports, and has 40 Gold Medals for World Masters Rowing. In this book, Charles

written when the author was just nineteen

award-winning illustrator and first-ever Children's Laureate (1999-2001)

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she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew - a man who died sixty years ago