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Collection Or Contortion?

Author : Gerd Heuschmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570767777
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Collection Or Contortion? written by Gerd Heuschmann and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann rocked the equestrian world with his international bestseller Tug of war, a searing indictment of modern training and riding techniques that are sometimes used to the detriment of the horse. Now Dr. Heuschmann returns with this new book: a critical examination of two conceptsflexion and bendthat are necessary to understand in absolute terms when the goal is to achieve collection on horseback. Citing the many masters of classical dressage who wrote essays and even entire books about flexion at the horse's poll and longitudinal bend of the horse's body, Dr. Heuschmann strives to conflate the often complex classic literature with the results of his own studies as an expert in equine anatomy and biomechanics, supporting his explanations with precise illustrations and numerous photographs. The outcome is a book that finally makes the concepts of flexion and bendand ultimately, collectioneasy to understand, promising more correct, conscientious riding, better results in training and competition, and happier, healthier horses in the long run.

Collection or Contortion?

Author : Gerd Heuschmann
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570768544
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Collection or Contortion? by : Gerd Heuschmann

Download or read book Collection or Contortion? written by Gerd Heuschmann and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann rocked the equestrian world with his international bestseller Tug of War, a searing indictment of modern training and riding techniques that are sometimes used to the detriment of the horse. Now Dr. Heuschmann returns with this follow-up book: a critical examination of two concepts—flexion and bend—that are necessary to understand in absolute terms when the goal is to achieve collection on horseback. Citing the many masters of classical dressage who wrote essays and even entire books about flexion at the horse’s poll and longitudinal bend of the horse’s body, Dr. Heuschmann strives to conflate the often complex classic literature with the results of his own studies as an expert in equine anatomy and biomechanics. He meticulously describes various movements used, their desired effects, and the truth behind the rider’s role in each. In addition, he unveils his recommendations for dealing with the horse’s “natural crookedness” and “false bend,” providing basic guidelines for schooling that ensure correct gymnasticization with the end-goal of a more athletic, collected horse in mind, and happier, healthier horses in the long run.

Contortion, German Wheels, and Other Mind-Bending Circus Science

Author : Marcia Amidon Lusted
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515772861
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (157 download)

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Book Synopsis Contortion, German Wheels, and Other Mind-Bending Circus Science by : Marcia Amidon Lusted

Download or read book Contortion, German Wheels, and Other Mind-Bending Circus Science written by Marcia Amidon Lusted and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever watch the circus and wonder, "how do they do that?" Find the answers in this book! Readers will learn about some of the most mind-bending circus acts, from contortionists to human pyramids, and the science that makes them possible. Short, simple activities help demonstrate the science for readers.

The Educational Role of the Museum

Author : Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415198264
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The Educational Role of the Museum by : Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

Download or read book The Educational Role of the Museum written by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in the strengths of its first edition, this book has been restructured to include new papers and recent articles, and presents front-running theory and practice as it addresses the relationships of museums and galleries to their audiences.

Behavioral Flexibility in Primates

Author : Clara Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387232973
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (329 download)

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Book Synopsis Behavioral Flexibility in Primates by : Clara Jones

Download or read book Behavioral Flexibility in Primates written by Clara Jones and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous figures, illustrations, and tables; integration of new literature and concepts into field of primatology; emphasis upon both behavioral and cognitive mechanisms.

Seeing the Body: Poems

Author : Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 132400567X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Book Synopsis Seeing the Body: Poems by : Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Download or read book Seeing the Body: Poems written by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award in Poetry An elegiac and moving meditation on the ways in which we witness "bodies" of grief and healing. Poems and photographs collide in this intimate collection, challenging the invisible, indefinable ways mourning takes up residence in a body, both before and after life-altering loss. In radiant poems—set against the evocative and desperate backdrop of contemporary events, pop culture, and politics—Rachel Eliza Griffiths reckons with her mother’s death, aging, authority, art, black womanhood, memory, and the American imagination. The poems take shape in the space where public and private mourning converge, finding there magic and music alongside brutality and trauma. Griffiths braids a moving narrative of identity and its possibilities for rebirth through image and through loss. A photographer as well as a poet, Griffiths accompanies the fierce rhythm of her verses with a series of ghostly, imaginative self-portraits, blurring the body’s internal wilderness with landscapes alive with beauty and terror. The collision of text and imagery offers an associative autobiography, in which narratives of language, absence, and presence are at once saved, revised, and often erased. Seeing the Body dismantles personal and public masks of silence and self-destruction to visualize and celebrate the imperfect freedom of radical self-love.

Shake

Author : Carli Davidson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062271938
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Shake written by Carli Davidson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original, amusing, and brilliantly documented, Shake is a heartwarming collection of sixty-one beguiling dogs caught in the most candid of moments: mid-shake. This glorious, graphic volume will stop you dead in your tracks as you are presented with images of man's best friend caught in contortion: hair wild, eyes darting, ears and jowls flopping every which way. With Shake, photographer Carli Davidson proves how eager and elated we are to see our pets in new ways. The result is a one-of-a-kind book: a colorful assemblage of photographs that are simultaneously startling and endearing, consistently hard to look away from, and revealing.

Engraving and Decorating Glass

Author : Barbara Norman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486144143
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Engraving and Decorating Glass written by Barbara Norman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of glass and glass decoration extends back at least to the ancient Egyptians, who made small vessels of dark glass and decorated them with glass threads of contrasting colors. Occasionally glass vessels were also engraved on the lapidary's wheel. Today, the ancient art and craft of decorating glass continues to flourish among artists and crafters attracted by its combination of artistic beauty and skilled craftsmanship. Unfortunately, until the publication of this book, there were few if any practical instruction guides for beginners in this exciting and deeply rewarding field. A well-known British artist and glass engraver, Barbara Norman has exhibited her glass widely and has won numerous awards. In this clear, profusely illustrated guide, she offers a comprehensive introduction to the history, materials, tools, and techniques of glass engraving and other forms of glass decoration. After introductory chapters on the development of glass, methods of glassmaking, decorating techniques and choosing glass, the author discusses various engraving techniques in detail: diamond point engraving, drill engraving, and copper-wheel engraving. Aspiring glasscrafters will also find excellent coverage of such interesting techniques as gold engraving under glass, painting glass, and applying glass to glass: mosaics, glass collage, glass fusing and glass forming. Most of the methods do not require a studio or workshop and call for relatively inexpensive materials. Ideal for the novice or moderately experienced glassworker, this well-written, easy-to-follow guide will enable glasscrafters to bring decorative beauty and artistic flair to glasses, tumblers, bowls, vases, plates — almost any glass object. Beautiful engraved or decorated glass is perfect for personalized gift-giving or for adding a note of elegance to any home.

The Contortionist's Handbook

Author : Craig Clevenger
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007194153
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Contortionist's Handbook written by Craig Clevenger and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a near fatal overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher is resuscitated in a Los Angeles trauma centre and detained for psychiatric evaluation. However, what the psychiatrist doesn't know is that 'Daniel Fletcher' is actually John Dolan Vincent, a young forger who continually reinvents himself to evade capture. Originally published: London.

Balancing Act

Author : Gerd Heuschmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781646010721
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Balancing Act written by Gerd Heuschmann and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's society, is it indeed possible for riders in any horse sport to put the good of the horse first and foremost?

The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Tredition Classics
ISBN 13 : 9783849188153
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants written by Charles Darwin and published by Tredition Classics. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

The Elements of Dressage

Author : Kurd Albrecht von Ziegner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948717489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Dressage written by Kurd Albrecht von Ziegner and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on centuries of European practice, The Elements of Dressage will help any reader perfect the union between horse and rider. Dressage has been around since the time of the ancient Greeks, but reached its heights in Europe, and particularly in Germany. The German approach is one of the preferred methods and the author has been teaching it for more than fifty years. There are ten principal elements presented in The Elements of Dressage and they include: relaxation, regularity, freedom, contact, straightness, and Durchlässigkeit. Both beginning and advanced trainers and riders will learn why the ten elements exist, how to develop them in a horse, and even when not to use them. Starting with the basics, and moving on towards the most refined aspects, The Elements of Dressage is the complete guide to the art of training and riding a horse.

Tug of War: Classical Versus "Modern" Dressage

Author : Gerd Heuschmann
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1646012585
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Tug of War: Classical Versus "Modern" Dressage written by Gerd Heuschmann and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German rider and equine veterinarian Dr. Gerd Heuschmann is well-known in dressage circles—admired for his plain speaking regarding what he deems the incorrect and damaging training methods commonly employed by riders and trainers involved in competition today. Here, he presents an intelligent and thought-provoking exploration of both classical and "modern" training methods, including "hyperflexion" (also known as Rollkur), against a practical backdrop of the horse's basic anatomy and physiology. In a detailed yet comprehensible fashion, Dr. Heuschmann describes parts of the horse's body that need to be correctly developed by the dressage rider. He then examines how they function both individually and within an anatomical system, and how various schooling techniques affect these parts for the good, or for the bad. Using vivid color illustrations of the horse's skeletal system, ligaments, and musculature, in addition to comparative photos depicting "correct" versus "incorrect" movement—and most importantly, photos of damaging schooling methods—Dr. Heuschmann convincingly argues that the horse's body tells us whether our riding is truly gymnasticizing and "building the horse up," or simply wearing it down and tearing it apart. He then outlines his ideal "physiological education" of the horse. Training should mirror the mental and physical development of the horse, fulfilling "classical" requirements—such as regularity of the three basic gaits, suppleness, and acceptance of the bit—rather than disregarding time-tested values for quick fixes that could lead to the degradation of the horse's well-being. Dr. Heuschmann's assertion that the true objectives of dressage schooling must never be eclipsed by simple "mechanical perfection" is certain to inspire riders at all levels to examine their riding, their riding goals, and the techniques they employ while pursuing them.

The Bed Moved

Author : Rebecca Schiff
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101875429
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Bed Moved written by Rebecca Schiff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The audacious, savagely funny debut of a writer of razor-sharp wit and surprising tenderness: a collection of stories that gives us a fresh take on adolescence, death, sex; on being Jewish-ish; and on finding one’s way as a young woman in the world. A New Yorker, trying not to be jaded, accompanies a cash-strapped pot grower to a “clothing optional resort” in California. A nerdy high-schooler has her first sexual experience at Geology Camp. A college student, on the night of her father’s funeral, watches a video of her bat mitzvah, hypnotized by the image of the girl she used to be . . . Frank and irreverent, Rebecca Schiff’s stories offer a singular view of growing up (or not) and finding love (or not) in today’s ever-uncertain landscape. In its bone-dry humor, its pithy observations, and its thrilling ability to unmask the most revealing moments of human interaction—no matter how fleeting—The Bed Moved announces a new talent to be reckoned with.

The Gymnasium of the Horse

Author : Gustav Steinbrecht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933316256
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Gymnasium of the Horse written by Gustav Steinbrecht and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the late 19th century, this book is truly a work of remarkable coherence, comprehensiveness and depth of understanding. Steinbrecht's reputation as a master in the art of dressage makes The Gymnasium of the Horse a cornerstone of equestrian literature. Originally published in German; this translation from the 10th German edition by Helen K. Gibble, into English. Sections are: Rider's Seat and Aids; Purpose of Dressage; Systematic Training of the Horse; School Movements; Epilogue. Scarce title and long awaited for the many dressage enthusiasts who are familiar with the thoroughness with which Steinbrecht first addressed this topic.

Autobiography of a Corpse

Author : Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590176960
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Autobiography of a Corpse written by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the 2014 PEN Translation Prize Winner of the 2014 Read Russia Prize The stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and wild paradoxes. This new collection of eleven mind-bending and spellbinding tales includes some of Krzhizhanovsky’s most dazzling conceits: a provincial journalist who moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography of his room’s previous occupant; the fingers of a celebrated pianist’s right hand run away to spend a night alone on the city streets; a man’s lifelong quest to bite his own elbow inspires both a hugely popular circus act and a new refutation of Kant. Ordinary reality cracks open before our eyes in the pages of Autobiography of a Corpse, and the extraordinary spills out.

The Worst Duke in the World

Author : Lisa Berne
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062852388
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Worst Duke in the World written by Lisa Berne and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Attention, Bridgerton fans: if you're ready to delve deeper into the world of historical romances, The Worst Duke in the World by Lisa Berne is a fun place to start." —Pop Sugar A wayward duke must choose: will he be the bad hero in a love story gone awry, or the brave and clever hero who risks everything for true love? The acclaimed Penhallow Dynasty series continues in this fresh, fun, funny tale! Life’s no bowl of cherries for Anthony Farr, the Duke of Radcliffe. Duty demands he remarry to provide a spare to go along with the heir — and eligible ladies keep trying to finagle him into a proposal. All he wants is to be a good father to his 8-year-old son, see the Duchess (his truly terrific pig) win first prize at the harvest fête, and stay single. Even if that makes him a Bad Duke. Maybe the Worst Duke in the World. Then Miss Jane Kent, a long-lost relation of the illustrious Penhallow family, arrives in the neighborhood and is promptly befriended by the Duke’s son. Jane, Anthony comes to realize, is smart and fun and also very kissable and dazzlingly desirable. Still, that’s not enough to melt his resistance to marrying again. He made a stern promise to himself and promises must, of course, be kept. But what if that’s just his head talking, and his heart . . . is saying something entirely different? “Delicious.” —Sarah MacLean, The Washington Post, on You May Kiss the Bride “…It's champagne in book form — bubbly, fun, and intoxicating far more quickly than one might anticipate.” —Entertainment Weekly