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By Joseph H. Pilates:

A Pilates Primer: The Millenium Edition
by Joseph H. Pilates, Judd Robbins and William Miller
Paperback/Published 2000
This book contains both of Pilates' books (listed individually below). Explains Pilates' principles and theories about health and fitness as well as the details of the exercises, poses and instructions developed by Joseph and Clara Pilates.
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A Pilates Primer

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Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercises That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education
by Joseph H. Pilates and Judd Robbins
Paperback/Published 1998
First published in 1934, this book explains the principles and theories about health and fitness developed by Pilates.
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Your Health

Return to Life Through Contrology
by Joseph H. Pilates and William Miller
Paperback/Published 1998
First published in 1945, this book provides details of the exercises, poses and instructions developed by Joseph and Clara Pilates.
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By F. Matthias Alexander:

The Alexander Technique:
The Essential Writings of F. Matthias Alexander

edited by Edward Maisel
Paperback/Published 1989
A skillfully-edited collection compiled from Alexander's books with an excellent introduction to Alexander and his ideas by Maisel.
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The Essential Writings of F. Matthias Alexander

The Use of the Self
by F. Matthias Alexander
Paperback/Published 2001
First Published 1932
Alexander's third, and most readable book. Details the discovery process he went through. Must reading for the serious student of the Alexander Technique.
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The Use of the Self

The Authorised Summaries of F. M. Alexander's Four Books
by Ron Brown
Paperback/Published 1992
This is a good place to start if you want to read Alexander's words in a skillfully edited - and far more readable - form.
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The Authorised Summaries of F. M. Alexander's Four Books

Mans Supreme Inheritance:
Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation to Human Evolution

by F. Matthias Alexander
Hardcover and Paperback
First Published 1918
Alexander's first book in which he sets out many of his basic ideas. Must reading for the serious student of the Alexander Technique.
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Man's Supreme Inheritance

Original Writings of F. M. Alexander:
Constructive Conscious Control

edited by Deniel McGowan
Paperback/Published 1997
A lightly edited version of Alexander's second book. Contains an informative introduction by the American philosopher John Dewey.
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Original Writings of F. M. Alexander

The Universal Constant in Living
by F. M. Alexander, edited by Jean Fischer
Hardcover/Published 2000
Alexander's final book, originally published in 1941.
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The Universal Constant in Living

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About the Pilates Method and the Alexander Technique:

The Mind Body Workout
with Pilates and the Alexander Technique

by Lynne Robinson and Helge Fisher
Paperback/Published 1998
This book explores some of the connections between Pilates' and Alexander's ideas, and includes a series of gentle stretch exercises based on the Pilates Method and the Alexander Technique.
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The Mind Body Workout

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