Download or read book On Swift Horses written by Shannon Pufahl and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1950’s America at a time when people stopped looking west and started looking up: a breathtakingly beautiful debut novel of revolution, chance and the gambles we take with the human heart.

Download or read book Swift Horses Sharp Swords Medieval Battles Which Shook India written by amit agarwal and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider view of one of the bloodiest conquest of the world.5000 BCE:Indians built first planned cities on earth and built homes for 80000 people in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. India was numero uno in urban planning, sophisticated drainage systems, advanced supply systems, baked brick houses, great baths and granaries and innovative techniques and metallurgy . 500 CE:India was basking through the golden period making stupendous progress in Science, astronomy, Literature and architecture with whole world looking up to India .1200 CE :India was reduced to a vassal state and became a source for never ending supply of slaves and wealth, reducing the Hindu population by 80 million at one count. What had gone wrong in these five or six centuries? What mistakes Indians have committed to deserve this inhuman degradation? Was anything wrong in their religious and cultural viewpoint that made Hindus lose repeatedly?Why could not they think of making something like Great Wall of China to keep the invasions at bay despite having all the money and skills?Why Turks were so interested in India? Why was there a mad scramble among them to invade India?What India had or didn't have which attracted them in hordes?Why did they burn whole cities and wiped out whole population even after winning?Because for Hindus, it was a game while for Turks, it was a war, a bloody war.To be won at any cost. This is also the story of the brave warriors who resisted them heroically. Raja Dahir. Lalitaditya. Pulakeshin. Nayaki Devi. Jaipal. Suhel Dev. Prithvi RajAnd the list goes on.

Download or read book Centered Riding written by Sally Swift and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-01-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of "soft eyes," proper breathing, centering, and balance, Sally Swift has been a pioneering riding instructor for half a century. In book form for the first time, her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally, without pain. Unlike traditional teachers, Sally Swift does not believe in forced training techniques that cause stiff bodies and tense riding. Instead, through the use of vivid, unusual, and highly creative images that transcend mechanics ("Pretend you're a spruce tree; the roots grow down from your center as the trunk grows up"), plus a thorough knowledge of human and equine anatomy, this wise and inspiring teacher enables the conscientious equestrian to reassess habitual responses, in order to ride in natural positions, break through frustrating plateaus, and achieve ever-rising goals with comfort, vitality, and precision. Precise illustrations and photographs never before used in riding books explain anatomy and image work to give mind and body new and relaxed approaches to the inner process of riding. Centered Riding is for those with little experience all the way up to world class.

Download or read book Shadow Horse written by Alison Hart and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old foster kid Jasmine Schuler is immediately drawn to the scrawny, broken-looking brown gelding huddled in the corner of an auction house stall. Feeling a kinship with the lonely animal, Jas convinces her new foster mom, who rescues and rehabilitates abused horses on her Virginia farm, to buy him. Slowly, the horse Jas names Shadow begins to blossom and even to thrive. But when Jas uncovers a startling clue to Shadow's true identity, she becomes entangled in a mystery which could have serious consequences for the two of them. Both the heartwarming story of a young girl's love for her horse and an intriguing mystery, this inspiring middle-grade novel will appeal to horse lovers and mystery fans alike.

Download or read book The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories written by Alisa Surkis and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the style of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s pulp fiction novels, a rollicking collection of novellas, including Miss Barnard's Unit in which a country bumpkin finds love with a classy debutante, captures the passion that erupts between women who love women--and the horses they ride. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Download or read book The Outside of a Horse written by Ginny Rorby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Gale starts volunteering at a horse stable because she needs a place to escape. Her father has returned from the Iraq war as an amputee with posttraumatic stress disorder, and his nightmares rock the household. At the stable, Hannah comes to love Jack, Super Dee, and Indy; helps bring a rescued mare back from the brink; and witnesses the birth of the filly who steals her heart. Hannah learns more than she ever imagined about horse training, abuse, and rescues, as well as her own capacity for hope. Physical therapy with horses could be the answer to her fatherÕs prayers, if only she can get him to try.

Download or read book Horses and Their Riders written by Nuno Oliveira and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Horse written by Geraldine Brooks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can’t look away.” —Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Download or read book Horses They Rode written by Sid Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midway through Sid Gustafson's new novel, Horses They Rode, I found myself put in mind of all the second chances I have had. His take on the reknitting of family, friendship, and one man's tumultuous life is such a story-a tale of second chances where hope effervesces across a storyscape of high country, horse corrals, drunkenness, and regret that seems, at moments, irresolvable. It's a wholly American novel, for of course, America is a land forgiving of first mistakes-where a shot at trying again is fair and right.Wendel Ingraham, Gustafson's protagonist, is a ranch hand who has roamed Washington State's Inland Empire, Idaho's panhandle, and Big Sky Country on a multi-year binge, leaving a daughter and a broken marriage in his wake. A series of experiences, including encounters with a high-school sweetheart and with mentor, companion, and part-time Blackfoot medicine man Bubbles Ground Owl, leads to his sobriety and amends.Wendel and Bubbles take jobs as hands on a ranch where they worked as youths. And this is where the novel cries its message in earnest. The protagonist is never so competent as when he's reunited with his beloved horse. The symbiosis that is rediscovered between them, a language of faithfulness and trust, portends atonements awaiting Wendel. A gathering of horsemen and their mounts prompts language from Gustafson that is a gorgeous but gritty admixture of potential: "Whoever they were, whatever breed of horsemen, they brought horses and they brought hope, hope that horses could revive a manifest heart."At the ranch there are additional reconciliations required of Ingraham. In their execution, he emerges whole, ". . . grateful for all the people who'd gathered to live the life they knew best, everything and everyone connected, men and animals, fishes and birds, grass, trees and stars."As in his first novel, Prisoners of Flight, Gustafson often joyfully eschews writing conventions. By turns, his forms are starkly tangible or cloaked in mythology. His prose is exuberant and accessible. Rhythmic, he often reads like a long poem: "Parents want their children with them, children of the land, something about having your children with you on the land, native children on native land."Horses They Rode is a one-sitting book. And it's the kind of book about something important in a world full of books about unimportant things. Readers of classic Montana fiction will like it.Reviewed by Brian Ames '85Washington State Magazine Steeped in Native American spirituality and stories, Horses They Rode is a compelling tribute to contemporary ranch culture. Like his debut novel, Prisoner's of Flight, Gustafson's latest is thick with metaphor, weaving together both inner and outer journeys. By rail, by horse, and by mountain highway, Gustafson paints a magical landscape as his protagonist recreates his life and connections with others, the land and himself. Annahttp: //wsm.wsu.edu/r/index.php?id=37#.Wamzv62ZNE5http: //www.outsidebozeman.com/fall-2006/horses-they-r

Download or read book If I Ran the Horse Show All About Horses written by Bonnie Worth and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh and learn with fun facts about horses including mustangs, Appaloosas, Icelandic ponies, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! “The judges are waiting. It’s time for the show. So pick up the reins . . . giddyup and let’s go!” The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to nonfiction topics from the real world! Take a trip to the Super-Tremendous Stupendous Horse Show and learn: • how horses are measured by hands • what different horses are used for around the world • how horse shoes are made • and much more! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series! Clam-I-Am! All About the Beach Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles A Whale of a Tale! All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and Whales Safari, So Good! All About African Wildlife There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps Oh, the Lavas That Flow! All About Volcanoes Out of Sight Till Tonight! All About Nocturnal Animals What Cat Is That? All About Cats Once upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric Mammals Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? All About Weather The Cat on the Mat: All About Mindfulness

Download or read book The Horsecatcher written by Mari Sandoz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unable to kill, a young Cheyenne is scorned by his tribe when he chooses to become a horse catcher rather than a warrior.

Download or read book The Everything Book of Horses and Ponies written by Andrea Mills and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the world of horses and ponies in this fact-filled guide. Find out about horse behavior, and learn lots of useful tips on how to take care of a pony. Meet more than 20 breeds, from Arabians to Shetland ponies.

Download or read book Hold Your Horses written by Bonnie Timmons and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and illustrated by Timmons, the award-winning artist from NBCUs "Caroline in the City, Hold Your Horses" is full of irresistible pleasure and unexpected horse sense. Full color.

Download or read book The Perfect Horse written by Elizabeth Letts and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR RESEARCH NONFICTION In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed the perfect military machine—an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army’s last great cavalrymen, Colonel Hank Reed, makes a bold decision—with General George Patton’s blessing—to mount a covert rescue operation. Racing against time, Reed’s small but determined force of soldiers, aided by several turncoat Germans, steals across enemy lines in a last-ditch effort to save the horses. Pulling together this multistranded story, Elizabeth Letts introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters: Alois Podhajsky, director of the famed Spanish Riding School of Vienna, a former Olympic medalist who is forced to flee the bomb-ravaged Austrian capital with his entire stable in tow; Gustav Rau, Hitler’s imperious chief of horse breeding, a proponent of eugenics who dreams of genetically engineering the perfect warhorse for Germany; and Tom Stewart, a senator’s son who makes a daring moonlight ride on a white stallion to secure the farm’s surrender. A compelling account for animal lovers and World War II buffs alike, The Perfect Horse tells for the first time the full story of these events. Elizabeth Letts’s exhilarating tale of behind-enemy-lines adventure, courage, and sacrifice brings to life one of the most inspiring chapters in the annals of human valor. Praise for The Perfect Horse “Winningly readable . . . Letts captures both the personalities and the stakes of this daring mission with such a sharp ear for drama that the whole second half of the book reads like a WWII thriller dreamed up by Alan Furst or Len Deighton. . . . The right director could make a Hollywood classic out of this fairy tale.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Letts, a lifelong equestrienne, eloquently brings together the many facets of this unlikely, poignant story underscoring the love and respect of man for horses.”—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Fritz and the Beautiful Horses written by Jan Brett and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.

Download or read book Swift Current written by Angela Dorsey and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fish That Got Away The 2021 Sisters in Crime Guppy Anthology written by Mary Adler and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Linda M. Rodrigues and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! Included are: TO EVERY SEASON, by Mary Adler BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK, by MB Dabney THE PEARL NECKLACE, by E.B. Davis KNOW NOTHING, by C. M. Surrisi GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD, by Mary Dutta QUARRY, by Susan Alice Bickford CATCH AND RELEASE, by Mark Thielman DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE, by Kari Wainwright THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE, by Cynthia Sabelhaus WILD ABOUT SAFFRON, by Marcia Adair GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Victoria Kazarian STRESS KILLS, by Cheryl Marceau GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT, by Gene Garrison THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY, by Melinda Loomis RELEASING LIVES, by P. A. De Voe KILLER’S CRUISE, by Joseph S. Walker BOOK DROP, by Sarah A. Bresniker THE LAST LAUGH, by Lori Roberts Herbst THE CANINE CAPER, by Michele Bazan Reed TRUE COLORS, by C. M. West