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Book Synopsis Horse: an Unhealthy Obsession? by : Soo Broster
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 140 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.
Book Synopsis If Wishes Were Horses by : Susanna Forrest
Download or read book If Wishes Were Horses written by Susanna Forrest and published by Atlantic. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertaining, beguiling and surprising in equal measure, this is the story of one girl's childhood obsession with ponies and the complex relationship that women have had with horses across the centuries.
Book Synopsis The Horse as Cultural Icon by : Peter Edwards
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.
Book Synopsis Deck The Stalls: Horse Stories for the Holidays by : Natalie Keller Reinert
Download or read book Deck The Stalls: Horse Stories for the Holidays written by Natalie Keller Reinert and published by Natalie Keller Reinert. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get in the holiday spirit with this Christmas-themed set of short stories from some of your favorite equestrian writers! Some of the top authors in the genre have banded together to share Christmas stories from the heart. Look for best-selling authors Maggie Dana, Mary Pagones, Mara Dabrishus, Brittney Joy, Kim Ablon Whitney, Kate Lattey, and Natalie Keller Reinert -- plus an exclusive Canterwood Crest holiday short story from Jessica Burkhart! And in the true spirit of the holidays, all proceeds will go to benefit Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement home providing life-long homes for former racehorses. Inside, you'll find stories from some favorite characters and new ones: - Jessica Burkhart returns to Canterwood Crest with an all-new holiday story. - Mara Dabrishus takes us back to Saratoga with July from "Stay the Distance." - Natalie Keller Reinert visits her best-selling Eventing Series with a peek into Jules' early days as a working student. - Brittney Joy offers a warm-hearted holiday tale with characters from her Red Rock Ranch series. - Mary Pagones contributes the prequel to "The Horse is Never Wrong" and "Fortune's Fool." - Kate Lattey revisits Pip from "Flying Changes," along with a new friend. - Maggie Dana, author of Timber Ridge Riders, writes an all-new holiday story, "The Ticket." - Kim Ablon Whitney, author of hunter/jumper series The Circuit, shares a Christmas story in "The Barn Party." With prequels, new stories of old friends, and brand new characters to fall in love with, "Deck the Stalls" is a Christmas gift from your favorite authors that you'll want to read again and again. It's a perfect ebook stocking stuffer for horse-crazy kids and adults alike!
Book Synopsis Interesting Stories about Curious Words by : Susie Dent
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
Book Synopsis A Whisper of Horses by : Zillah Bethell
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.
Book Synopsis The Science of Equestrian Sports by : Inga Wolframm
Download or read book The Science of Equestrian Sports written by Inga Wolframm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Equestrian Sports is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of the rider in equine sport. While most scholarship to date has focused on the horse in competition, this is the first book to collate current data relating specifically to riders. It provides valuable insight into improving sporting performance and maintaining the safety of both the horse and the rider. Drawing on the latest scientific research, and covering a wide range of equestrian disciplines from horseracing to eventing, the book systematically explores core subjects such as: physiology of the rider sport psychology in equestrian sport preventing injury biomechanics and kinematics coaching equestrian sport the nature of horse-rider relationships This holistic and scientific examination of the role of the horse rider is essential reading for sport science students with an interest in equestrian sport and equitation. Furthermore, it will be an invaluable resource for instructors, coaches, sport psychologists, or physiologists working with equestrian athletes.
Download or read book After the Horses written by Jeffrey Round and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a notorious bar owner is found dead, Dan Sharp is approached by a couple who claim they know the killer’s identity. Reluctant at first, Dan reconsiders when he learns about the club’s shady payments to the cops. As suspicious disappearances mount, Dan finds himself targeted by someone who wants the case — and anyone connected — dead.
Book Synopsis Living The Lingo of Linguine by : Teresa De Luca
Download or read book Living The Lingo of Linguine written by Teresa De Luca and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for a lesson in language and in life? If the answer is yes, look no further. Luckily for us, Italians have gifted the globe with their many contributions in the realms of art, opera, cinema, pizza—the list is endless. Although, one area which is often overlooked is the Italian gift of the gab. The greatest gift of them all. Italians possess a bevy of phrases to get you through all of life’s phases. So, if you want to change your life, it’s simple. All you must change is your vocabulary. Living The Lingo of Linguine will provide you with some of Italy’s wisest words, expressions, and proverbs. It will strike up a conversation of cultural comparison and translate these words, not only into English but into a carefully curated way of life. You are welcomed to embrace this language of longevity. To value a vernacular which will raise your vibration. To proudly pronounce an existence of peace and positivity. And to dive into a dialogue like no other.
Book Synopsis Keeping It In the Family by : Sinéad Moriarty
Download or read book Keeping It In the Family written by Sinéad Moriarty and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her fifth novel, Keeping It In the Family, 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. Keeping It In the Family is Sinéad at her very best. (It is also published under the title Whose Life Is It Anyway?) 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.
Book Synopsis Whose Life is it Anyway? by : Sinéad Moriarty
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 368 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.
Book Synopsis Runaway Alex by : Natalie Keller Reinert
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
Book Synopsis Javier Marías's Debt to Translation by : Gareth Wood
Download or read book Javier Marías'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.
Book Synopsis Javier Marías's Debt to Translation by : Gareth J. Wood
Download or read book Javier Marías's Debt to Translation written by Gareth J. Wood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about translation and literary influence. It takes as its subject Spain's most important contemporary novelist, Javier Marías (1951-), who worked as a literary translator for a significant portion of his early career. Since then, he has maintained that translation had a crucial impact on the development of his writing style and his literary frame of reference. It examines his claims to the influence of three writers whose works he translated, Laurence Sterne, Sir Thomas Browne, and Vladimir Nabokov. It does so by engaging in close reading of his translations, examining how he meets the linguistic, syntactic, and cultural challenges they present. His prolonged engagement with their prose is then set alongside his own novels and short stories, the better to discern precisely how and in what ways his works have been shaped by their influence and through translation. Hence this study begins by asking why Marías should have turned to translation in the cultural landscape of Spain in the 1970s and how the ideological standpoints that animated his decision affect the way he translates. His translation of Sterne's Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is set alongside his pseudo-autobiographical novel Negra espalda del tiempo (Dark Back of Time), while his translation of Sir Thomas Browne's Urn Burial is then analysed in tandem with that produced by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Subsequent chapters examine how Browne's prose has shaped Marías's thinking on oblivion, posterity, and time. The final chapters offer an analysis of the partial translation and palimpsest of Lolita he undertook in the early 1990s and of his most ambitious novel to date, Tu rostro mañana (Your Face Tomorrow), as a work in which characterization is underpinned by both literary allusion and the hydridization of works Marías has translated.
Download or read book Game Changer written by Jami Davenport and published by Cedrona Enterprises. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When horse racing and football collide, Hunter McCoy, star football player and neophyte horse owner, finds himself in a battle of wills with a sexy horsewoman and a stubborn, champion Thoroughbred.
Book Synopsis Alex & Alexander Collection: Books 1 - 5 by : Natalie Keller Reinert
Download or read book Alex & Alexander Collection: Books 1 - 5 written by Natalie Keller Reinert and published by Natalie Keller Reinert. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saddle up and ride with Alex & Alexander, a passionate horse racing duo! From the country hills of Ocala, Florida to the storied turns of Saratoga Racecourse, this racing adventure is perfect for fans of classic series like The Black Stallion or Thoroughbred. Think of them as horse books -- all grown up! Including all five books in the series, including two award finalists, this collection will take you into the heart of equestrian life. Start with Runaway Alex. She's a young horsewoman trying to get her life in order, but no one is on Alex's side when she says she wants to work with Thoroughbred racehorses. To chase her passion, Alex will have to give up everything she knows -- and face working for the man she's admired from afar for years. The story continues, exploring equestrian life, racehorse retirement, and more along the way. If you love horses, strong women, and absorbing sagas, Alex & Alexander is a can't-miss series.
Book Synopsis Tears for a Tall Horse by : Ann Wigley
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.
