Web Resources

Midlifematters - a professional coaching service for women at midlife to explore opportunities and new directions. An elearning programme is available that has useful strategies for change and personal discovery.

The Cherry Project - a self help manual and workshop material for women wanting to explore their past, present and future.

Books for the Cultivator:

How To  Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins by Don Langevin. 

Barnyard In Your Backyard:  A Beginner's Guide To Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows by Gail Damerow. 

How To Grow World Record Tomatoes - a Guiness Champion Reveals His All-Organic Secrets by Charles Wilber

Gaia's Garden:  A Guide To Home Scale Permaculture byToby Hemenway and John Todd

All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

How To Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (And Nuts, Berries, Grains, And Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons 

Four Season Harvest:  Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Long by  Barbara Damrosch and Kathy Bray

Beekeeping For Dummies by Howland Blackiston

Reconnecting With Nature by Michael J. Cohen

Circle of Simplicity: Return To the Good Life by Cecile  Andrews

Books for the Creative

Breaking Into Acting for Dummies by Larry Garrison and Wallace Wang

The Draw 50 Way:  How To Draw Cats, Puppies, Horses, Buildings, Birds, Aliens, Boats, Trains, and Everything Else Under the Sun by Lee J Ames

How To Draw 101 Funny People by Dan Green

Complete Idiot's Guide To Making Money With Your Hobby by Barbara Arena

How To Draw Flowers by Barbara Soloff Levy

The New Drawing on The Right Side Of The Brain by Betty Edwards

Books for the Sage

The Memory Book:  The Classic Guide To Improving Your Memory at Work, At School and at Play by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas

Ageless Memory:  Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young - Foolproof Methods For People Over 50 by Harry Lorayne

Discover Your Genius:  How To Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds by Michael J. Gelb

How To Be Twice as Smart by Scott Witt

How To Study:  A Short Introduction by Joan Turner

Books for the Warrior

Discovering Your Inner Samurai:  The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey To Business Success by Dr Susan L Reid

Full-Time Woman, Part-Time Career by Karen Steede-Terry

Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials For Women Entrepreneurs by Kaira Sturdivant Rouda

The Complete Idiot's Guide To Starting a Home Based Business (2nd Edition) by Barbara Weltman

When Money Isn't Enough:  How Women Are Finding THe Soul of Success by Connie Glaser and Barbara Smalley

Books for the Daredevil

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

Woman Alone:  Travel Tales From Around The Globe by Faith Conlon et al

Going Alone:  Women's Adventures in the Wild by Susan Rogers

A Woman's Passion For Travel:  True Stories of World Wanderlust by Marybeth Bond and Pamela Michael

General Books for Women at Midlife

The Art Of Midlife:  Courage And Creative Living For Women by Linda N. Edelstein

The Next Fifty Years:  A Guide For Women At Midlife and Beyond by Pamela D. Blair