Download or read book Horse an Unhealthy Obsession written by Soo Broster and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wow! What a raw and authentic account. This touched me deeply and it is sure to have a profound effect on all its readers. ~ Natasha McPherson For author Soo Broster, horses have always been her refuge. They are, and have been,her companions, her teachers, her therapists, and at times, her oxygen. In Horse: An Unhealthy Obsession? she shares an authentic, raw, and personal account of how horses have been there for her through the ups and downs of her life. This memoir narrates Soos personal journey to explain where shes come from, what shes gone through, the lessons shes learned, and the healing shes experienced. Horse: An Unhealthy Obsession? touches on a variety of subjects not always openly discussed, including eating disorders, parenting, divorce, addictions, childhood trauma, attachment, and Aspergers. An open and honest rendering of Soos time with horses, she tells how these animalssentient beings with extraordinary powers often not recognized by mortalshave helped her rediscover herself via her work with them. Through her story of both her challenges and accomplishments, Soo seeks to instill a feeling of hope and belief in self.
Download or read book Runaway Alex written by Natalie Keller Reinert and published by Natalie Keller Reinert. This book was released on with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horse racing isn’t for nice girls like Alex. She’s been told again and again: stick to horse shows, stick to riding lessons, stick to the relative safety of the suburban equestrian center where she has been a working student since grade school. But Alex can’t shake the conviction that the Thoroughbred life is her destiny. When her unstable trainer cuts her off from horses, Alex finally has to obey her instinct to run away from the safe version of life. She heads to Ocala, where horse racing is king, with no plan and no leads on jobs. When she meets handsome, successful racehorse trainer Alexander White, she feels an instant connection with him. Could this be her dream come true? Falling for Alexander and learning to stay on young racehorses all at once: that’s risky business. But it’s a risk Alex is willing to take — until a storm of emotion threatens to founder her new life. Nothing at Alexander’s gorgeous Thoroughbred farm is as simple as it seems, and she’s not the only one lining up for Alexander’s affection — or his horses. How many times will Alex obey her urge to run away when things get too real? And what happens to her dreams if she can’t stay the course? The Alex & Alexander Series Critically acclaimed and featuring several award finalists, The Alex & Alexander Series explores the hearts and minds of the people who make a living in Thoroughbred horse racing. It's perfect for readers who love country life, animals, and family sagas. 1. Runaway Alex 2. The Head and Not The Heart (Bonus Novella) 3. Other People's Horses 4. Claiming Christmas (A Holiday Novella) 5. Turning for Home Praise for The Alex & Alexander Series “[Alex is] easy to relate to–equal parts doubt and hope, insecurity and confidence. I think she’s inspiring, and will nudge her readers to face their own crises.” – Melaina Phipps, Saratoga.com “The writing is beautiful, and if you love horses, she doesn’t dumb it down. She concentrates what makes horses so compelling.” – Alexa Shelton, Amazon review
Download or read book Javier Mar as s Debt to Translation written by Gareth Wood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Javier Marías has explained many times that working as a translator of literary works from English into Spanish helped shape him as a writer. This study explores those claims by analysing two things: firstly, his translations themselves; and secondly, seeing how those translations have left discernible traces in his own fiction.
Download or read book THREE BROTHERS written by Nicole Williams and published by Nicole Williams. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I grew up with three brothers. They weren’t tied to me by blood, but our connection went beyond genetics or bearing the same last name. Our connection was forged the summer I turned thirteen, the summer my mom ended her life and left me in the custody of John Armstrong, a man I’d never met. Packing all I owned in a couple of boxes, I left the familiarity of the big city and headed west to Red Mountain Ranch, set in a lonely valley outside of Jackson Hole. Nothing was as it seemed at Red Mountain—it didn’t take long for me to figure that out. John was kind to me but distant, as if he was afraid to let anyone get too close. His three teenage sons had their own devices for keeping love as far away as they could. The eldest distracted himself with cheap relationships that had a shelf-life of one night. The middle son threw himself into the rigor of running a ranch, and the third wielded cruelty and mind-games in his quest to keep people from getting close. Time has gone by, and I’ve spent those years trying to forget the brother I’d fallen for—the biggest mistake of my life. Finally, I’ve moved on. Finally, I’m back. But what I didn’t realize was that running away from the wrong brother meant I’d also run away from the right one. The one who’d been there for me all along, waiting in his brother’s shadow for the day I either would or could move on. But a decade is a long time to wait. Has the brother I should have chosen all of those years ago moved on too? Am I about to discover that my biggest mistake wasn’t falling in love with the wrong brother, but failing to return the love of the right one sooner? Does unrequited love have an expiration date? I’m about to find out.
Download or read book Tears for a Tall Horse written by Ann Wigley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anna decides to try and help the poor, abandoned horse, but finding his owner seems an impossible task. And the horse is not the only mystery she has to solve. A young girl is haunting the old manor stables, weeping her misery. Who is she and why is Anna the only one who can hear her? Nobody will believe Anna, until one day she makes a startling discover."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Saul and Patsy written by Charles Baxter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune), Saul and Patsy is "stunning, never predictable, glimmering fiction, full of mischief and insight" (The Los Angeles Times). Five Oaks, Michigan is not exactly where Saul and Patsy meant to end up. Both from the East Coast, they met in college, fell in love, and settled down to married life in the Midwest. Saul is Jewish and a compulsively inventive worrier; Patsy is gentile and cheerfully pragmatic. On Saul’s initiative (and to his continual dismay) they have moved to this small town–a place so devoid of irony as to be virtually “a museum of earlier American feelings”–where he has taken a job teaching high school. Soon this brainy and guiltily happy couple will find children have become a part of their lives, first their own baby daughter and then an unloved, unlovable boy named Gordy Himmelman. It is Gordy who will throw Saul and Patsy’s lives into disarray with an inscrutable act of violence. As timely as a news flash yet informed by an immemorial understanding of human character, Saul and Patsy is a genuine miracle.
Download or read book Hard Choices written by David B. Hamilton and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As editor David Hamilton notes in his introduction to this eclectic anniversary volume of nearly eighty poems and stories, "To a considerable extent we have defined ourselves by them; thus Hard Choices, a generous sampling of the best and most interesting writing from the Iowa Review's first years, defines the past and the future of American literature.".
Download or read book The Horse as Cultural Icon written by Peter Edwards and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern Western society horses appear as unexpected visitors: not quite exotic, but not familiar either. This estrangement between humans and horses is a recent one since, until the 1930s, horses were fully present in the everyday world. Indeed, as well as performing utilitarian functions, horses possessed iconic appeal. But, despite the importance of horses, scholars have paid little attention to their lives, roles and meanings. This volume helps to redress the balance. It considers the value that the influential elite placed on horses as essential accompaniments to their way of life and as status symbols, as well as the role that horses played in society as a whole and the people who used and cared for them. Contributors include Greg Bankoff, Pia F. Cuneo, Louise Hill Curth, Amanda Eisemann, Jennifer Flaherty, Ian F. MacInnes, Richard Nash, Gavin Robinson, Elizabeth Anne Socolow, Sandra Swart, Elizabeth M. Tobey, Andrea Tonni, and Elaine Walker.
Download or read book Interesting Stories about Curious Words written by Susie Dent and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG? Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS? And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth
Download or read book Enchanted Execution written by Ann Denton and published by Le Rue Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I bet my boss is worse than yours. Does yours make you run laps, clean up monster spit, or stand guard at the world’s most boring City Council event ever? Yeah. Welcome to the Tres Lunas Police and Investigation Academy. Hooray for me. Why did I join again? Because I’m a wingless part-fairy looking for validation? No. Shut up. I’m a bad mofo. That’s why I joined. And that’s why I’m constantly avoiding the chief. He’s a dragon shifter who’s got the hots for me. But I don’t dip my toes in the company pool, no matter how tempting the skinny dipping might be. Then, there’s this murder. On live TV. At the event I’m guarding. Really, can my life get any worse? It can when the murderer is a serial killer … FML. Buy Enchanted Execution to continue the fun-filled adventure in Lyon Fox's world TODAY! Books in The Lyon Fox Mysteries Series Magical Murder - Available Now! Enchanted Execution - Available Now! Supernatural Sleep - Available Now! Hexed Hit - Available Now!
Download or read book A Whisper of Horses written by Zillah Bethell and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Great Britain: Piccadilly Press, 2016.
Download or read book Bloodborne Pathogens The Complete Series written by C. Rene Astle and published by C. Rene Astle. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One look across the dance floor. One stranger invited home. One playful bite too many. It's just supposed to be a night out for a bit of fun. But one thing leads to another. And Mina Sun's life is changed forever. When Mina wakes up, all she wants is to get through the day -- her uni classes and a shift at the tattoo shop -- but she's plagued by a wicked headache and an unusual hunger. While she struggles to keep her life together, she realizes something is terribly wrong. It's only when she's cornered by a tenacious vampire that she comes face to face with just how wrong. Awakened to a world she never knew existed, she finds herself caught in the middle of an ancient battle. And both sides want a piece of her. As Mina struggles to adapt to her new life, a new threat arises – part terrifying myth, part half-forgotten legend. An ancient creature that jeopardizes a precarious ceasefire between the warring vampire factions, and puts everything she loves – her city, her family, her friends – in danger. Surrounded by gargoyles, shifters, and magical blacksmiths, can Mina protect the people she loves from the evil that's coming? Can she save herself? Find out now in the complete Bloodborne Pathogens series!
Download or read book The Suffragette Derby written by Michael Tanner and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Wednesday 4 June 1913, fledgling newsreel cameras captured just over two-and-a-half minutes of neverto-be-forgotten British social and sporting history. The 250,000 people thronging Epsom Downs carried with them a quartet of combustible elements: a fanatical, publicity-hungry suffragette; a scapegoat for the Titanic disaster and the pillar of the Establishment who bore him a personal grudge; a pair of feuding jockeys at odds over money and glory; and, finally, at the heart of the action, two thoroughbred horses - one a vicious savage and one the consummate equine athlete. Taken together, this was a recipe for the most notorious horse race in British history. One hundred years on, this particular Derby Day is remembered for two reasons: the fatal intervention of Emily Davison, a militant suffragette who brought down the King's runner, and the controversial disqualification of Bower Ismay's horse Craganour on the grounds of rough riding - the first and only time a Derby-winner has forfeited its title for this reason. The sensation of Davison's questionable interference in the name of suffrage has overshadowed the outrage of Craganour's disqualification and the intricate reasons behind it. Now, with a view to allowing this scandal the attention it deserves, Michael Tanner replays the most dramatic day in Turf history - and finally uncovers the truth of the Suffragette Derby.
Download or read book The Novels of Nora Roberts Volume 1 written by Nora Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 2557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a collection that includes five thrilling romantic suspense novels. HONEST ILLUSIONS The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father’s talents—and his penchant for jewel thievery. Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart—and keeps secrets that could shatter all her illusions… PRIVATE SCANDALS Deanna Reynolds had it all planned: she’d start out in the newsroom of a small Chicago station, then move up to host her own talk show. The network’s sexiest journalist, Finn Riley, admires Deanna’s daring ambition. But soon they must unmask the hidden betrayals of Deanna’s fiercest rival by taking the biggest risk of all… HIDDEN RICHES When antiques dealer Dora Conroy purchases a few curiosities at an auction she unknowingly brings home a priceless cache that makes her the target of an international criminal. Entwined in a reckless chase, Dora turns to her new neighbor, Jed Skimmerhorn, an ex-cop whose desire for Dora puts him back in the line of fire… TRUE BETRAYALS Kelsey Byden is trying to sort out a lifetime of deception—and her feelings about the mother she once thought dead. As the two women rebuild their relationship, Kelsey finds herself swept into an unsettling new romance and must decide once and for all who she can trust, and who threatens to betray her… MONTANA SKY When Jack Mercy's three daughters gather to hear the reading of his will, they are shocked to learn that before any of them can inherit, they must live together on his ranch for one year. Now they face a challenge: put their bitterness aside and protect each other from danger—and unite against an enemy who threatens to destroy them all...
Download or read book Three Complete Novels written by Nora Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three dramatic tales of romantic suspense journey from a Montana ranch to a Virginia horse farm to an island off the coast of Georgia in an omnibus anthology that features True Betrayals, Montana Sky, and Sanctuary. 20,000 first printing.
Download or read book Whose Life is it Anyway written by Sinéad Moriarty and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also published under the title Keeping It In the Family. In her fifth novel, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Sinéad Moriarty has done it again: taken a complex topic - what happens when a young woman falls in love with someone dramatically different than the kind of man her family would have expected - and created an insightful, gripping and moving story filled with delightfully sparky characters, plenty of straight-talking, and all her trademark fun and humour. In balancing of light and shade, pathos and comedy, Sinéad manages to pull off a unique feat - a story that combines the provocative qualities of a Jodi Picoult story with the warmth and humour of Marian Keyes. It's tricky for Niamh O'Flaherty, growing up in a North London home that's a shrine to all things Irish. But it's even trickier being an adult and realizing that her family expects her to settle down with a nice Irish lad, especially now that she's living in Dublin. When Niamh finally meets the love of her life he is the last person she would expect to fall for her. Pierre is older and an intellectual, but she loves his ability to laugh at himself, his calmness and strength of character, and, of course, his stunning looks. There's just one problem: if Pierre's parents - Jean and Fleur - are sniffy about their pride and joy hooking up with a girl who writes a fluffy newspaper column, her parents, Mick and Annie, are going to go ballistic when they hear that their daughter intends to marry someone who couldn't be less Irish if he tried . . . Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over half a million copies in Ireland and the UK and she is a four times nominee for the popular fiction Irish Book Award. She has won over readers and critics telling stories that are funny, humane, moving and relevant to modern women. Whose Life Is It Anyway? is Sinéad at her very best. Sinéad Moriarty lives with her family in Dublin. Her other titles are: The Baby Trail; A Perfect Match; From Here to Maternity; In My Sister's Shoes; Pieces of My Heart; Me and My Sisters and This Child of Mine.
Download or read book Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt written by Steven H. Gittelman and published by Hamilton Books. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a young age, Alfred Vanderbilt inherited a massive fortune of $40 million and control of the Vanderbilt railroading empire. With no interest in business matters, the youth squandered his wealth on horses and women on two continents. None of the Vanderbilts gave as much fuel for gossip to the curious public as Alfred. By the time the extravagant playboy boarded the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, he was the subject of numerous scandals, including the suicide of four different women. But as the ship went down, he spent the last minutes of his life rescuing women and children and forgoing his own life. How is it that this wraith, this gluttonous, opulent youth, could undergo an entire change of character in his last few moments? Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt follows Alfred’s journey from philanderer to hero in this incredible, never-before-told story of the hero of the Lusitania.
