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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For thousands of years one animal has contributed to human survival more than any other. It has been a source of food, a means of transportation, a provider of physical labor and an instrument of war. This extraordinary creature is the horse. Throughout human history people have loved, owned and ridden horses. Horses fascinate us; they silently speak to our hearts. Young and old, rich or poor we are drawn; whether to books like The Horse Whisperer,...
Author
Language
English
Description
First in the Kentucky trilogy from the #1 bestselling author. "Prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing a story rather than reading about it." —Los Angeles Sunday Times
The Colemans and Thorntons, the unforgettable American families of Fern Michaels' Texas and Vegas series, are back in an exciting trilogy that combines the heady thrills of Kentucky horse racing with strong, accomplished women who fight for...
The Colemans and Thorntons, the unforgettable American families of Fern Michaels' Texas and Vegas series, are back in an exciting trilogy that combines the heady thrills of Kentucky horse racing with strong, accomplished women who fight for...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
379 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell comes a romance about a headstrong young lady determined to marry . . . Mary Gates longs to restore the family stables to their former glory . . . so she bids on the famous Spender Stud. The only way she can pay for the beast is to marry, but her only prospect is her neighbor and chief rival, Tye Barlow. She has been tempted by his charms in the past-but she's determined not to give in to him now....
5) Chicken soup for the horse lover's soul II: inspirational tales of passion, achievement and devotion
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
346 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Will the Wounded Soldier She Rescues From Certain Death be Able to Break Down the Walls of Bitterness That Surround Her Heart? Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War. Jesselynn is also...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this edge-of-the-seat finale to the trilogy that has reunited the Coleman and Thornton families, New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels sets our pulses pounding as horsewoman Nealy Coleman faces her greatest challenge--to produce another Derby winner and show the world that a determined woman never quits...
Kentucky Sunrise
When it comes to men, Nealy is very content with her new husband, lawyer Hatch Littletree. When it comes to horses,...
Author
Publisher
Soho Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Proof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the page; intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch... Damn great.”—Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Passion
“A bold and sensitive memoir of what it means to open one’s heart to love... A magnificent read.”—Adele...
“A bold and sensitive memoir of what it means to open one’s heart to love... A magnificent read.”—Adele...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Virginia's mother is killed in a freak riding accident, her father sells the offending mare, Twister, and forbids Virginia to ever ride. When Twister later dies giving birth to a foal, Virginia breaks the ban and grooms Twister's offspring, Stormy, to compete in the big Memorial Day 50 Mile Endurance Race.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of Chosen by a Horse explains how caring for an animal taught her to care for herself. One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed? Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, and, as she says: "It had something...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Musical romance about Glenda, a rich New Yorker who collects fine horses and Ricardo, an Argentine rancher renowned for his prize jumpers. Their families have been feuding for years so they have to conduct a Romeo and Juliet romance.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with horses. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America-even more than when they were the only means of transportation-and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 6 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Susan Richards agreed to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, she didn't know it was about to open a new chapter in her life. Things had not always been easy for Susan-she had lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives, married unhappily and divorced, and suffered from alcoholism. But while Susan is trying to capture the horse assigned to her, a skeletal mare named Lay Me Down...
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