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Book Synopsis Riding Reflections by : Piero Santini
Download or read book Riding Reflections written by Piero Santini and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains notes and reflections on horse riding, compiled from the author's vast experience with horses in the military and in various equestrian communities. Covering many topics ranging from equipment to jumping, this volume will appeal to modern equestrians, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Schools' and the Forward Seat”, “Geometry of the Forward Seat”, “Contact V. Wings”, “Aids and Jumping”, “Saddles”, “Bridles and Martingales”, “Controversy”, “The Show Ring”, “The Chase”, “Steeplechasing”, and “Conclusion”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on horses.
Download or read book Riding with Rilke written by Ted Bishop and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English professor and motorcycle enthusiast Ted Bishop is taking one last ride before fall term when his bike vibrates out of control and he is flung into a ditch, breaking his back and collapsing his lungs. With limited mobility, Ted finally has time to savour the reading experience. He begins writing about his crash, realizing that two worlds had come together when his head hit the pavement. The more he thinks about it, the more it seems that archival work is the inverse, not the opposite, of motorcycling. Ultimately, what surrounds both reader and rider is silence. In Riding with Rilke, Ted Bishop takes us on the road through some of the richest landscapes in North America and Europe, with numerous stops along the way. Whether describing the archival jolt of holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising Main Street in small-town America on a bike nicknamed “Il Mostro,” Bishop tells a story filled with insight and humour.
Book Synopsis Reflections on Riding and Jumping by : William Steinkraus
Download or read book Reflections on Riding and Jumping written by William Steinkraus and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and updated edition of a classic work on horses and horsemanship by one of the most acclaimed riders in show jumping history.
Download or read book No Easy Ride written by Ian Parsons and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 3, 1961, Ian Parsons reported to RCMP Depot Division in Regina as a raw recruit. It was the beginning of a 33-year adventure that took him from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and many points between. By the time he retired with the rank of inspector, Parsons had a policeman’s trunk full of colourful stories and insightful observations that he now shares in this memoir. Parsons writes candidly of his many roles within the RCMP, from postings in rural detachments, where he dealt with diverse policing issues, to stints teaching at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa and at the RCMP Academy in Regina. Always an independent thinker, Parsons lectured sometimes-resistant RCMP senior officers on the adoption of new ways and helped introduce programs to modernize recruit training and make it more relevant to the demands of a rapidly changing Canadian society. In recent years, Parsons has observed the troubled state and tarnished reputation of his beloved force as it faces crisis after crisis. Against the entertaining backdrop of his life in red serge, he gives a thoughtful assessment of things gone wrong in the iconic institution and identifies the drastic steps necessary to save it.
Book Synopsis Reflections on Equestrian Art by : Nuno Oliveira
Download or read book Reflections on Equestrian Art written by Nuno Oliveira and published by J.A. Allen. This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuno Oliveira was one of the last of the great international riding masters. He revealed much of his own personality and philosophy in his writing, examining and explaining classical techniques with clarity and brilliance. The book emphasizes lightness and harmony, reflecting a deep love and respect for the horse.
Book Synopsis Riding the Rough String by : Toby Thompson
Download or read book Riding the Rough String written by Toby Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years, Thompson has been considering what it means to live and work in the American West, and now, a lifetime's worth of accomplishment is roped together under one cover.
Book Synopsis How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle by : Frances Elizabeth Willard
Download or read book How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle written by Frances Elizabeth Willard and published by Fair Oaks Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nineteenth century leader of the women's reform movement describes how, at thirty-three, she learned to ride a bicycle
Download or read book Armor written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magazine of mobile warfare.
Book Synopsis Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse by : Paul D. Cronin
Download or read book Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse written by Paul D. Cronin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The director of the riding program at Sweet Briar College for more than 30 years, Cronin is a well-known and highly respected trainer and riding instructor. Here he presents a clear and practical guide to getting the most out of a horse in a humane and sensitive way.
Download or read book Life Stories written by Maureen O'Connor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.
Book Synopsis Review of Current Military Literature by :
Download or read book Review of Current Military Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reflections Daily Devotional by : Barbara Mayden
Download or read book Reflections Daily Devotional written by Barbara Mayden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to share with the world the revelations, devotions, inspirations, and thoughts that God have given to me. I pray that they challenge, stretch, push, empower, and encourage you on your life's journey. For those who don't necessarily read the Word of God on a daily basis, I pray that this helps you connect to God's Word in a way that you've never experienced before. I challenge you not to read this as just another devotional book, but take the journey allowing God to speak to you in a different way.
Book Synopsis The Anxiety of Influence by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book The Anxiety of Influence written by Harold Bloom and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature.
Book Synopsis Riding the Elephant by : Craig Ferguson
Download or read book Riding the Elephant written by Craig Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the comedian, actor, and former host of The Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit. Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he is neither dead nor in a locked facility (at the time of printing) is something of a miracle in itself. In Craig’s candid and revealing memoir, readers will get a look into the mind and recollections of the unique and twisted Scottish American who became a national hero for pioneering the world’s first TV robot skeleton sidekick and reviving two dudes in a horse suit dancing as a form of entertainment. In Riding the Elephant, there are some stories that are too graphic for television, too politically incorrect for social media, or too meditative for a stand-up comedy performance. Craig discusses his deep love for his native Scotland, examines his profound psychic change brought on by fatherhood, and looks at aging and mortality with a perspective that he was incapable of as a younger man. Each story is strung together in a colorful tapestry that ultimately reveals a complicated man who has learned to process—and even enjoy—the unusual trajectory of his life.
Book Synopsis Riding the Iron Rooster by : Paul Theroux
Download or read book Riding the Iron Rooster written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed travel writer chronicles a year of train travel across China in a revealing travelogue that “gives the reader much to relish and think about” (Publishers Weekly). The author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this account of his epic journey through China. The always irascible, infectiously curious author “is in top form as he describes the barren deserts of Mongolia and Xinjiang, the ice forests of Manchuria and the dry hills of Tibet. He captures their otherworldly, haunting appearances perfectly. He is also right on target when he talks about the ugliness of China's poorly planned, hastily built cities” (Mark Salzman, The New York Times). Theroux hops aboard a train as part of a tour group in London and sets out for China's border. He then spends a year traversing the country, where he pieces together a fascinating snapshot of a unique moment in history. From sweeping and desolate natural landscapes to the dense metropolises of Shanghai, Beijing, and Canton, Theroux offers an unforgettable portrait of a magnificent land and an extraordinary people.
Book Synopsis Riding to Arms by : Charles Caramello
Download or read book Riding to Arms written by Charles Caramello and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses and horsemen played central roles in modern European warfare from the Renaissance to the Great War of 1914-1918, not only determining victory in battle, but also affecting the rise and fall of kingdoms and nations. When Shakespeare's Richard III cried, "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" he attested to the importance of the warhorse in history and embedded the image of the warhorse in the cultural memory of the West. In Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, Charles Caramello examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries. He explains how theories of horsemanship, navigating between art and utility, eventually settled on formal manège equitation merged with outdoor hunting equitation as the ideal combination for modern cavalry. He also addresses how the evolution of firepower and the advent of mechanized warfare eventually led to the end of horse cavalry. Riding to Arms tracks the history of horsemanship and cavalry through scores of primary texts ranging from Federico Grisone's Rules of Riding (1550) to Lt.-Colonel E.G. French's Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle (1951). It offers not only a history of horsemen, horse soldiers, and horses, but also a survey of the seminal texts that shaped that history.
Book Synopsis A Geography of Horse-Riding by : Cheryl Nosworthy
Download or read book A Geography of Horse-Riding written by Cheryl Nosworthy and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an in-depth, qualitative exploration of the practice of horse-riding by “disabled” and “non-disabled” riders and their horses. Situated as part of an “affective turn” within human geography, creative and original use is made of poststructuralist theory to bring together animal studies and disability studies in order to decentre the human as we think about the social. Eighteen months of multi-sited performance ethnography “on the hoof” were conducted with riders recruited from local riding schools, an internet forum and three Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) groups. The study employed various methods, including diary-keeping, participant observation and video-recording of riding activities, in order to capture moments of horse-human relating. Through these methods, the embodied expressions of horses are taken seriously as demonstrative of their individual thoughts and intentions.
