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"A wild, rollicking ride into the heart of horse country-these essays get at what it means to love horses, in all that love's complexity." -Anton DiSclafani, author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
A compelling and provocative essay collection that smashes stereotypes and redefines the meaning of the term "horse girl," broadening it for women of all cultural backgrounds.
As a child, horses consumed Halimah Marcus' imagination. When she...
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This edition of a “Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book” is a comprehensive, illustrated compilation of essays by some of the world's foremost authorities on horses. Horses through Time examines in laymen's terms the development of the lineage of horses through the paleontological record, the domestication of horses based on the archaeological record, the history of the interplay between humans and horses, the lively history of equestrian...
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Horses have been at the right hand of man for thousands of years. They have helped build empires and helped bring them down. Horses have carried the doctor swiftly to the door of a dying mother and galloped across the vast distances of the American West, bringing news to the settlers. Horses today are our companions in sport, dashing to the finish line or leaping impossibly high fences for the sheer glory of the win. Horses also lurk in the mists...
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Lameness, one of the most common and most troublesome of all equine ailments, remains the primary reason why horses are unable to fulfill their potential and their riders' and trainers' expectations. More preparation time is lost, more competitions are missed, and more careers are prematurely ended because of lameness than any other condition.
This book analyzes the causes, diagnoses, and management of the myriad causes of lameness:
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From the dawn of time, horses have been at once our idols and our companions, awakening in us feelings of awe and inspiration while serving as our partners in almost all human endeavors. Philosophers, artists, and writers have sought to describe their-and our-attraction to these magnificent creatures that have become all things to all people.
This book will reflect the variety of our fascination with and love of horses, from classic texts of Greek...
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From miniature donkeys to enormous draft horses, from regal Arabian stallions to sassy Shetland ponies, horses and other equines bring us delight and comfort whenever we encounter them. Even more so, perhaps, when humans and horses are brought together through a rescue. Whether someone has started a rescue ranch on purpose or circumstances align to match up the right horse with the right person, stories of second chances warm our hearts and restore...
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Spanning the fifth to the sixteenth centuries, from Afghanistan to Spain, Night & Horses & The Desert includes translated extracts from all the major classics in an invaluable introduction to the subject. Robert Irwin has selected a wide range of Arabic poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure. Alongside the extracts, Irwin's copious commentary and notes provide an explanatory history of Arabic...
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Plato's Animals examines the crucial role played by animal images, metaphors, allusions, and analogies in Plato's dialogues. These fourteen lively essays demonstrate that the gadflies, snakes, stingrays, swans, dogs, horses, and other animals that populate Plato's work are not just rhetorical embellishments. Animals are central to Plato's understanding of the hierarchy between animals, humans, and gods and are crucial to his ideas about education,...
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Guy Chiasson (Contributor)
Guy Chiasson est professeur de science politique et développement régional à l'Université du Québec en Outaouais. Ses principaux intérêts de recherche sont la politique municipale et la gouvernance urbaine ainsi que les politiques de ressources naturelles. Il a publié Minorités francophones et gouvernance urbaine avec Greg Allain en 2017 et il a codirigé l'ouvrage L'économie politique des ressources naturelles...
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Les motards hors-la-loi et les clubs de motards 1% ont toujours soigneusement protégé leur vie privée, mais ces dernières années, de plus en plus de livres ont été écrits par et sur les motards hors-la-loi, le mode de vie et les réalités de la vie dans le monde des clubs de motards patchés.
Cette anthologie rassemble certains des meilleurs auteurs au monde, qui ont récemment écrit sur les clubs de motards, les motards hors-la-loi et...
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We all know about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death, War, Famine, and Pestilence riding on pale horses and all that Book-of-Revelation stuff. But why does it have to be four guys on horses? Why not the Four Cheerleaders of the Apocalypse? The Four Cats of the Apocalypse? The Four PTA Moms of the Apocalypse? The Four Lawyers, Librarians, or Lunch Ladies of the Apocalypse? The Four Drummers, Rock Stars, or Opera Singers of the Apocalypse? Or...
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The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western embodies America and its values. In recent years, scholars had declared the western genre dead, but a steady resurgence of western themes in literature,...
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The Disney princesses star in tales of friendship in this four-book set! Merida discovers a strange horse who just might be magical. Belle surprises a friend on his birthday. Cinderella introduces Gus and Jaq to a new friend. Tiana and Prince Naveen find a surprising guest at Tiana's restaurant. Young readers can take their princess stories wherever they go!
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From Jo Monaghan, the Southern-belle-debutant turned Idaho cattlewoman, to Fanny Sperry Steele, the Bucking Horse Champion of the World, the Wild West was populated with untamed women who worked and played as men did in the saddles of their favorite bucking broncos. This book brings together their stories, including their own thoughts about being cowgirls, and archival art that celebrates the Western experience.
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An all-new edition of the popular regional cookbook, The Great Entertainer features over 500 recipes in fourteen sections, from hors d'oeuvres to desserts. Three unique sections, "Camp Cooking," "Game Dishes," and "Cooking for a Crowd," focus specifically on recipes from the American West, honoring traditions established around campfires and chuck wagons long ago. Beautifully illustrated with magnificent art and artifacts from the Buffalo Bill Historical...
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The American West. Just as America attracted millions to her shores by building upon a foundation of freedom, democracy, and a new start, the lands beyond the Mississippi would also attract people from all over the world with visions of opportunity and wide open spaces and provide America with legends and myths that have yet to die.
In Westward, the history of the Old American West unfolds in twenty-eight original stories written especially for this...
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Mary Bennett Ritter was a farmer's daughter who in the 1880s defied all conventions to pursue her passion: to receive medical training and become a physician. Ritter's memoir is a riveting account of her accomplishments and a revealing peek into an earlier era through her keen sense of observation, humor, savvy, and her courage to challenge gender norms. It is filled with adventures- house calls via horse and buggy rides through the dark streets of...
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An extensive and entertaining question-and-answer trivia book about the amazing Empire State.
Test your New York knowledge with this engaging trivia book. “New York State Trivia” is filled with exciting questions and answers about the who, what, when, where, and how of the Empire State. You'll discover countless facts about the history, culture, people, and places of this great state, including:
• Which Great Lakes border New York State
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