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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hellsmouth, a willful thoroughbred filly with the blood of Triple Crown winners flowing through her veins, has the legacy of the Forges riding on her. One of the oldest and proudest families in Kentucky, the Forge family is as mythic as the history of the South itself. Descended from one of the first settlers to brave the Gap, Henry Forge, through an act of naked ambition, is attempting to blaze a new path, breeding horses on the family's crop farm....
4) Irish dreams
Author
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Brian looks forward to his new job training Royal Meadow's thoroughbreds, as the lovely and innocent Keely is a challenge he can not resist, while just-fired Cassidy is delighted to accept Colin Sullivan's offer of employment, but fears that he will findout about her true feelings for him.
6) Black gold
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a champion racehorse and its Native American owner Charlie Eagle has a big heart and big dreams of seeing his thoroughbred mare Black Hope mothering a Kentucky Derby winner. After he and his faithful wife adopt an orphan Chinese boy, their fortunes change when developers strike oil on their property, and they can afford to breed Black Hope.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The night of the following day: Professional criminals successfully kidnap a young girl from her wealthy family, but their plans become undone as they realize there is no trust between them.
The ugly American: As a compassionate American Ambassador to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation of Sarkhan, Brando tries to keep Communists in the North from overrunning the weakened democracy in the South by making sure a vital road into the country's inaccessible...
Author
Publisher
Strategic Book Pub
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As human ambassadors for the Tall White Beings, Tashi and Althea's current assignment takes them to Mayan country in Mexico. Petra, a recent ambassador graduate from the Hidden City who lives on a famous horse-breeding ranch, is overwhelmed with the ignorance and blatant corruption that is taking over her homeland in the mountains near Mexico City; she needs Tashi and Althea's help. Althea finds her past life at the ancient ruins of Teotihuacan has...
11) Pegasus
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English
Description
Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle, titled members of the German aristocracy, have been best friends since childhood. Both widowers, they are raising their children - Nick's two lively boys and Alex's adored teenage daughter - in peace and luxury on the vast Bavarian estates that have belonged to their families for generations. While Nick indulges in more glamorous pursuits, Alex devotes himself to breeding the renowned white Lipizzaner horses...
12) The Rose legacy
Author
Series
Rose legacy novel volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned Anthea Cross hopes to finally find a home with her long-lost uncle, but she soon learns not only that he secretly breeds forbidden horses, but that she can communicate with them.
14) Arizona nights
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English
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A collection of short stories about being a cowboy in the early days of Arizona Territory. "Riding the range as a cowpoke in those days was precisely the way [White] describes it."--Publisher's preface.
15) King of the Wind
Author
Series
Newbery medal award volume 1949
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
16) Horse heaven
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English
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A novel set in the world of thoroughbred racing follows a group of trainers, jockeys, and "track brats" on a two-year journey through the racing cycle.
"It's not true," says a character in Jane Smiley's funny, passionate, and brilliant new novel of horse racing, "that anything can happen at the racetrack," but many astonishing and affecting things do -- and in Horse Heaven, we find them woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery,...
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English
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"Horse trader Dude McQuinn is on the move with his two sidekicks, Coyote Walking and Uncle Billy Lockhart. Dude is the good-looking front mam, who talks as fast as his horses can fly. Coyote is the whip-smart jockey with Comanche breeding and a college education. And Uncle Billy is the horse doctor, the grizzled veteran of the quarter horse circuit who can fix anything - including a race. The trio's pride and joy is Judge Blair, the one-of-a-kind...
19) The button horse
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English
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"Texan Warner Grayson uses his skills to defeat a ruthless thoroughbred breeder who intends to take over Warner's ranch and breeding operation"--
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of multicultural poetry compiled by a mother and daughter team of poets. The authors are both known and unknown, and one of the more unusual subjects treated is selling your soul to integrate, then one day regretting it with shame. With extraordinary honesty, dignity, and insight, an impressive array of poets displace the myths and stereotypes that pervade our culture. The first multicultural poetry anthology to give voice to the lives...
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