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Author: Ivan Doig Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 110198256X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 482
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Named a Best Book of the Year by the Seattle Times and Kirkus Review The final novel from a great American storyteller. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for “female trouble” in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate–bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical—is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German, and Donal can’t seem to get on her good side either. After one contretemps too many, Kate packs him back to the authorities in Montana on the next Greyhound. But as it turns out, Donal isn’t traveling solo: Herman the German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, meeting a classic Doigian ensemble of characters and having rollicking misadventures along the way. Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is a last sweet gift from a writer whose books have bestowed untold pleasure on countless readers.
Author: Ivan Doig Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 110198256X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 482
Book Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by the Seattle Times and Kirkus Review The final novel from a great American storyteller. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for “female trouble” in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate–bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical—is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German, and Donal can’t seem to get on her good side either. After one contretemps too many, Kate packs him back to the authorities in Montana on the next Greyhound. But as it turns out, Donal isn’t traveling solo: Herman the German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, meeting a classic Doigian ensemble of characters and having rollicking misadventures along the way. Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is a last sweet gift from a writer whose books have bestowed untold pleasure on countless readers.
Author: Charlotte Dujardin Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473544270 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
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*THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM THE MOST DECORATED BRITISH FEMALE OLYMPIAN IN HISTORY* 'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound _______________________________________________ "To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. It's a sound I will never, ever forget." Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012 Olympics. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse. But no one quite knew what it took to get there, nor how hard the path to success would be - until now. Dujardin began riding horses at the age of two, but dressage was firmly the domain of the wealthy, not the life of a girl from a middle-class family. Her parents sacrificed all and with a undeterred focus, Charlotte left school at 16 to follow her dream. When she was invited to be a groom for the British Olympian Carl Hester, she began to ride Valegro, a dark bay gelding and an unbreakable bond was formed. This is their incredible story.
Author: Mick O'Reardon Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing ISBN: 1839757760 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 263
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I sat in my interview intending to make decorative iron work after I left school and my future boss said; 'we also do one or two horses are you interested!' That was the beginning of my working life of fifty two years as a farrier instead of blacksmithing. I have amassed many amusing stories from the stables. I met some wonderful clients with one or two exceptions. A long the way I had the pleasure of meeting some amazing characters both animal and human. my life wasn't without its trials and tribulations but my love of my work carried me through.
Author: Daniel Skinner Publisher: Obvious Books ISBN: 9781916431706 Category : Dressage Languages : en Pages : 182
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**The hilarious Amazon bestseller in the UK & Australia!** Horses are wonderful, intelligent creatures that give a lifetime of love, companionship and the potential for incredible competitive sports. On the other hand, if you're the fool that foots the bills, they're dreadful, needy creatures that can suck a bank account dry quicker than you can say "I think we need to buy a lorry". Follow one man's journey into misery, mild alcohol dependence and, ultimately, probable financial ruin as he hilariously explains everything you need to know about the world of horses and horse sports. This book is the first from Daniel Skinner who writes a blog under the name 'Skint Dressage Daddy', where he describes his life as a downtrodden husband and father in a house dominated by his daughter's obsession with horses and dressage. Described as "The funniest thing on the internet" and "So funny you'll laugh till you cry", the blog regularly attracts over 250,000 readers and posts have been featured in Horse & Hound and others. Daniel also writes a monthly column in the national GB Rider magazine. Warning: The book contains much swearing! Book contents: 10 chapters, each beautifully illustrated by Lynn Adams 1. Are horses addictive? 2. How many horses do you need? 3. What colours do horses come in? 4. Are horses expensive? 5. Where do horses live? 6. Are horses dangerous? 7. What do you horses wear? 8. What is matchy matchy? 9. How do you transport your horse around? 10. What horse sports can you compete in?10 Poems Glossary of nag terminology Reviews: "Fabulous, wonderful, exceedingly well written" "It's priceless, I've not stopped crying with laughter" "I just couldn't put it down!!!""So many moments of hysterical giggles and tears" "Absolutely loved the book!! Couldn't put it down" "Received mine, my other half pinched it and loves it" "It's f****** hilarious" "LOVING IT!" "Eager to read more but also not wanting it to end!" "Bloody brilliant!"
Author: Genevieve McKay Publisher: Stonepony Studios ISBN: 9781777136994 Category : Languages : en Pages : 324
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Everything is finally going perfectly for Bree and the October Horses project. Horses are being adopted out, new racehorses are arriving steadily and her fundraising campaign has brought them some much-needed income. Even the more difficult rehab horses are starting to come around.But when Chloe is sidelined with an injury, Bree is suddenly scrambling to make sure the farm keeps running smoothly. And she'll need to use every trick she knows to keep Jeremy and Chloe from engaging in a full-out war. Meanwhile...Maisy Fletcher has the whole world at her fingertips. She has fame, fortune and a Grand Prix horse that's just about to enter the international stage.But when a terrible accident cuts her partner's life short, Maisy doesn't have the heart to start over with another horse. She doesn't know if she ever wants to ride again.When she's roped into volunteering at a retraining center for retired thoroughbreds and meets a funny horse named Chilly, she begins to remember why she fell in love with horses in the first place.
Author: Julian Roup Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 196
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Into the Secret Heart of Ashdown Forest is a love letter after a forty-year affair. Wry, funny, moving and vivid, this memoir chronicles the life of the author and the ten square miles of country he calls his Kingdom. This book is as good as a brisk walk in the woods on an autumn day. Written with love and passion, it is a hymn to landscape and freedom. It is a close and deep observation of the writer’s adopted country, the fabled Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, (the home of Winnie the Pooh), where he has lived and ridden for the past forty years. His gift is the ability to take you deep into the landscapes that make this place resonate in his heart: its streams, woods, heathlands. You meet its literary residents, A.A, Milne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats. You get beneath its skin among the networks of fungi that allow the trees to speak. You taste its foods, meet its locals, both the living and the ghosts, and see its huge importance during the plague year 2020-21 through the pandemic lockdowns. His passion for horses shines through these pages and his writing is, as he himself says, a form of ‘moving meditation’. He takes you under the soil of this place and he leaves a soft glow on the landscape when he is gone.
Author: Naomi Oreskes Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408828774 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 368
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The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.
Author: Patricia Leitch Publisher: Jane Badger Books ISBN: 9781916104006 Category : Languages : en Pages : 202
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'In all my life, I had never seen anything as beautiful as this grey pony ... 'Gill Caridia and her family are on the move. Gill's father writes the sort of book that literary papers love, but which few people actually buy. And then he writes a detective story that sells so well he buys back the house in the countryside where he grew up. It means change for all the children, but for Gill it means the chance to find horses, and not just horses but to ride at Wembley. But Gill learns that no dream comes without cost. This passionate and vivid story, which takes Gill from the age of 11 to 13, looks at what it really means to own something.
Author: Sylvia Loch Publisher: Kenilworth Press ISBN: 9781910016343 Category : Languages : en Pages : 144
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"This is a much needed book on the Weight Aids which should be close to the heart of all who teach and coach riding." - Patrick Print OBE FBHS This book is designed for all riders from the very novice to the most advanced. Sylvia Loch teaches through illustrations and photos how each tiny shift of the riders weight will affect the horses balance. The weight aids are generally taught only to higher level students especially those learning the more advanced skills. Yet, by including them from the beginning, novice riders will develop a much greater understanding of their own bodies and abilities and those of the horse from day one. In Sylvia's words...: The time has surely come to show all riders how their body-weight impacts on the horse for good or bad. Feel and balance should govern the whole ethos of equitation. In this book, I show through pictures how the giving of the aids can transform the horse in each and every movement so that our communication with this wonderful animal takes us to new levels of understanding and empathy. The Rider's Balance is well written and easy to understand, and is yet another classic riding book from one of Britain's leading classical riding advocates, Sylvia Loch.
Author: Genevieve McKay Publisher: Stonepony Studios ISBN: 9781777136970 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 328
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When Serafina's parents decided to give up everything to raise their kids on a remote homestead on the rugged Canadian west coast, it was supposed to be forever. Life on the homestead might be hard but to Fina, it's a paradise that she never wants to leave. She knows the mountains and rivers like the back of her hand, and every day she can spend exploring with her horse, Beatrice, is a great one. But, tragedy strikes and the whole family is forced to move to the sprawling, manicured estate of grandparents they've never met. And their Grandfather makes it no secret that he doesn't want any of them there. The only bright spot is that there are horses everywhere and Fina soon finds herself caught up with the wild, charismatic girls who own the fancy stable next door. But will following her new dreams mean giving up on Beatrice and the family she loves?
Author: Ivan Doig
Author: Ivan Doig
Author: Charlotte Dujardin
Author: Mick O'Reardon
Author: Daniel Skinner
Author: Genevieve McKay
Author: Julian Roup
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Author: Patricia Leitch
Author: Sylvia Loch
Author: Genevieve McKay