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The Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide to Yoga
*Gives step by step instructions on how to perform over 60 different traditional yoga poses. *Includes dozens of pictures showing how to properly perform each yoga pose discussed. *Includes a Table of Contents For nearly a thousand years, people in...
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The Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide to Yoga for Flexibility
*Includes step by step explanations for 36 poses and stretches, accompanied with pictures of each. *Includes a Table of Contents for 6 chapters breaking down stretches for different parts of your body. For nearly a thousand years, people in the...
$6.99
The Imperial German Army: The History and Legacy of Germany's Armed Forces During World War I
*Includes pictures*Includes soldiers' accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsWorld War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms...
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The Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide to Yoga for Stress Relief
*Includes over 40 different postures and yogic practices are accompanied with photographs of the proper poses and explanations to make sure you’re practicing yoga correctly. *Explains proper breathing techniques for dealing with stress *Includes a Table of Contents. The unrelenting...
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The Incense Trade Route: The History of the Rise and Fall of an Ancient Global Economy
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The trade with Arabia and India in incense and spices became increasingly important, and Greeks for the first time began to trade directly with India. The...
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The Imperial Scramble for the Nile: The History of the Conflict Between the British and French for Control of the Nile River
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.” – Admiral Horatio Nelson before the Battle of the NileIn 1798, an initial review of France’s naval forces had led Napoleon...
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The Indus Valley Civilization and Maurya Empire: The History and Legacy of Ancient India's Most Influential Powers
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents When one thinks of the world’s first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some of the first to come to mind, but if the focus then shifts...
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Indentured Labor: The History and Legacy of the Use of Indentured Workers in the Modern Era
*Includes pictures*Includes investigators' accounts and newspaper accounts about the crimes and suspects*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I...
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The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder
*Includes pictures*Includes the artists' quotes about their lives and careers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIf Sam Cooke, one of the greatest African-American soul singers in the genre’s history, had been Irish, he might...
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The Industrial Revolution: The History and Legacy of the Rapid Scientific and Technological Advancements that Ushered in the Modern World
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of various machines of the era *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” - Stephen Gardiner Between the...
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Inheriting the Ancient Near East after Alexander the Great: The Rise and Fall of the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIn 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was on top of the world. Never a man to sit on his hands or rest upon his laurels, Alexander began planning...
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Ingrid Bergman: The First International Movie Star
Includes Bergman's own quotes about her upbringing, films, and relationships. Includes a bibliography for further reading. Includes a table of contents. "Be yourself. The world worships the original." (Ingrid Bergman) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives...
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The International Polar Expedition: The History of Adolphus Greely's Harrowing Journey to Reach the Farthest North
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the expedition written by members*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“No matter how much forethought may be exercised these thoughts have never so strongly suggested themselves as at this time when we find...
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The Inquisition in the New World: The History and Legacy of the Inquisition after Spain and Portugal Colonized the Americas
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“When you tell someone your secret, your freedom is gone.” – Fernando de RojasNone of these would hold a candle to the one birthed in the 15th century – the Spanish Inquisition. The notorious...
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The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II: The History of the Controversial Decision to Relocate Citizens Across the West Coast
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of camp life written by internees*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The truth is—as this deplorable experience proves—that constitutions and laws are not sufficient of themselves...Despite the unequivocal language of the...
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The Internment of German-Americans during World War II: The History of the American Government's Controversial Decision to Intern and Deport Citizens of G
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor is second only to slavery in terms of America’s most tragic and regrettable chapters in history. While the forced relocation...
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Investigating the Sinking of the Titanic: The Investigations Made in the Wake of the Titanic Disaster
*Includes pictures*Includes passengers' accounts and testimony from the investigations*Explains the different investigations' findings and the changes made*Includes a bibliography for further reading Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an...
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The Internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II: The History and Legacy of the Federal Government's Most Controversial Warti
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor is second only to slavery in terms of America’s most tragic and regrettable chapters in history. While the...
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The Iranian Revolution: The Islamic Revolution That Reshaped the Middle East
*Includes pictures*Profiles Ayatollah Khomeini and his ideology and leadership before, during, and after the Revolution*Highlights the causes, key events, and effects of the Revolution*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been described as...
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The Iran Hostage Crisis: The History of the Standoff that Ended Diplomatic Contacts Between the United States and Iran
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the crisis by hostages, politicians, and Iranian students *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Carter's predecessor, whom he says he emulates -- Harry Truman -- would have...
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Iran's Nuclear Program: The Controversial History of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Research and Uranium Enrichment
*Includes pictures *Includes a table of contents “I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy...In this field my wish is for Iran to put all her efforts towards the peaceful use of atomic...
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards: The History of Iran's Elite Military Organization
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography*Includes a table of contentsIn early November 2016, Salar Abnoush, a leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated that the IRGC “will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon.” This quote...
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The Iron Brigade and Stonewall Brigade: The History of the Civil War's Most Famous Brigades
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles written by soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The title of “Iron Brigade” has been given to a number of different U.S. Army brigades...
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The Irish Potato Famine: The History and Legacy of the Mass Starvation in Ireland During the 19th Century
"I have called it an artificial famine: that is to say, it was a famine which desolated a rich and fertile island that produced every year abundance and superabundance to sustain all her people and many more. The English, indeed,...
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Isis: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God of the Dead
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe...
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The Iron Brigade: The History of the Famous Union Army Brigade During the Civil War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers in the brigade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "They must be made of iron.” – Army of the Potomac commander George McClellan,...
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Island Hopping across the Pacific Theater in World War II: The History of America's Victorious Leapfrogging Strategy against Imperial Japan
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The waters of the Pacific Ocean – stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons – provided World War II's most...
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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL
*Includes pictures *Explains the formation, influences, ideology, and goals of the group *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Also known as ISIS, Da’esh, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and a host of other names,...
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Israel's Wars: The History and Legacy of the Jewish State's Most Important Military Conflicts
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Israel's Wars: The History and Legacy of the Jewish State's Most Important Military Conflicts
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a ToC The Ottoman Empire quickly collapsed after World War I, and its extensive lands were divvied up between the French and British. While the French gained control...
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Israel's Most Legendary Operations: The History and Legacy of the Capture of Adolf Eichmann, Operation Wrath of God, and Operation Entebbe
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Historians once portrayed Eichmann mostly as a colorless, unimaginative bureaucrat who carried out the Holocaust simply because he lacked the imagination to reject the crime. Essentially "banal," this version...
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