Non-Fiction

Sy Brandon - A Composers Guide To Understanding Music With Activities for Listeners, Interpreters, and Composers
Published: 2006
Publisher: Co-op Press
Available for Purchase from: http://www.lulu.com/
Genre: Music Appreciation
Author's Website: http://www.cooppress.net/
Author's Blog: http://www.composinginsights.blogspot.com/
Written: After taking retirement
Authors Note: I use this book in my OLLI Learning Group Music To Your Ears
OLLI Affiliation: Yavapai College OLLI of Sedona and the Verde Valley (Member & Instructor)

Diane Dreher -- Your Personal Renaissance: 12 Steps to Finding Your Life’s True Calling
Published: 2008 by Da Capo Press. Available for Purchase from Amazon
Genre: Personal Growth, Psychology
Website: http://www.dianedreher.com; blog: http://dianedreherblog.blogspot.com/
Written: I’m not retired yet but OLLI has given me a beautiful vision of a joyous and dynamic retirement.
Authors Note: See more books by Ivan Frank in the History category
OLLI Affiliation: OLLI at Santa Clara University (Member & Instructor)

Gainer M K -- Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes: Step by Step Activities for Discovery
Published: 2006 by Springer-Verlag, London. Available for Purchase from Amazon
Genre: Astronomy or Amateur Astronomy.
Website:
Written: In retirement
Authors Note:
OLLI Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon Osher Institute (Instructor)

Sharon M. Lippincott -- The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing
Published: 2007 by Lighthouse Press. Available for Purchase from Amazon
Genre: Biography -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Website: http://sharonlippincott.com/ Blog: http://heartandcraft.blogspot.com/
Written: After taking retirement.
Authors Note: 'I teach both beginning and advanced life story writing classes.'
OLLI Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon Osher Institute (Member & Instructor)

Ned Sharp - Granddad, Did You Wash Your Hands?
Published: 2009
Publisher: iUniverse
Available for Purchase from: Amazon, iUniverse Bookstore
Genre: Non-fiction -- eclectic collection of reminiscences both poignant and humorous
Author's Web Links:
Written: In retirement at age 76
Authors Note: Book is a compilation of essays written in an OLLI class
OLLI Affiliation: University of Nebraska Osher Institute (Member)