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Books about the History of Sports and Recreation discuss the invention, and development of games, sports and leisure activities dating back 5,000 years. Titles include: Sporting Sketches, and Silver fields, and other sketches of a farmer-sportsman.

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Books on Exercise Promote to readers the achievement or maintenance of fitness and overall health. For good health exercise is essential to develop and strengthen muscles, prevent aging, and heart disease. Titles in this category include: A Review of Swedish Gymnastics, An easy system of calisthenics and drilling, including light dumb-bell and Indian club exercises, Jackson's Gymnastics for the Fingers and Wrist, and The Tricycle in Relation to Health and Recreation.

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Books about Christian Holidays note the timing of and describe the history of, stories about, and practices behind feast days or other religious holidays that are part of the liturgical year, with the major Christian holidays being Easter and Christmas. Titles include: A Christmas Carol and the Cricket on the Hearth, A Dog of Flanders. A Christmas Story, St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Role in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs, Mr. Blake's Walking-Stick: A Christmas Story for Boys and Girls, Babouscka: A Russian Christmas Story, and Other Stories, Die Erzählung des letzten Hirten; ein Weihnachtsspiel, Yule and Christmas: Their Place in the Germanic Year, and The Merman and the Figure-Head: A Christmas Story.

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