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Modern day lifestyles can be highly sedentary, meaning certain core muscles may become inactive. If you don’t exercise your core muscles regularly, you will lose the ability to engage them instinctively while performing everyday movements such as bending and lifting. The Core Strength Training Book is packed with more than 150 exercises with additional variations and progressions to make each as versatile and challenging as possible. Clear annotations
...The highlights of Michael Jordan’s historic career are like a basketball bedtime story. Everyone knows how it goes: from his disappointment in initially failing to make his high school varsity team, to years of frustration at the (fouling) hands of the Detroit Pistons, to the six rings, the brief baseball career and... yes, even his comeback with the Washington Wizards. But what about the details—specific games, moments and facts that separate
...Peter Parker is a well-meaning person who wants to do what’s right but often falls a little short and usually feels misunderstood and maligned. That relatability has made his alter ego, Spider-Man, endearing and enduring for more than 60 years. He is the accidental superhero—an everyday person with real problems and emotions that we all can relate to. From his early beginnings on the newsprint pages of a comic book to his web-slung leaps to
...Superman is not like the rest of us—but, symbolically, he’s the best of us. The epitome of goodness, perhaps his greatest strength is his moral center. He strives to help everyone whenever he can, and no task is too great or too small. For those who love the hero—as well as his affable alias, Clark Kent—he’s a role model. No one else can be Superman, but we can all strive to be like Superman. All it takes is a willingness to use whatever
...The All About History Book of the Wild West separates fact from fiction, uncovering the fights for survival and the gruelling trials of the American frontier. Trace the adventures that took people beyond the edge of the map in search of gold, new land and trade goods. Find out why Jesse James and his infamous gang robbed banks and trains and committed murder, how he met his grisly end and why he became an American legend. Learn about Native American
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