English Horses

After one injury too many, Cade gave up the rodeo for a simpler life working at his cousin's horse-rescue ranch. But his life turns upside down when his estranged daughter is placed in his custody after a tragic car accident. Wanting nothing to do with her father, 13-year-old Allie struggles to adjust to her new life, but Cade hopes the physical therapist he's hired to live at the ranch can give them a start in the right direction.

In THE DRESSAGE DEFIANT, the first exhilarating installment of Amy Simone’s Dressage Maverick Series, readers are thrust into the sun-scorched heart of Texas, where Clary Voss battles a relentless drought and a ruthless rival to save her family’s legacy, Spurs of Grace Dressage. With foreclosure looming and her prize horse Jericho as her last hope, Clary’s grit and unconventional training methods shine against the polished perfection of Elise Thornton, a formidable adversary with a personal vendetta. This isn’t just a tale of equestrian prowess—it’s a pulse-pounding story of ...

After several years dreaming of a different lifestyle, we finally hit the road. We set out on our journey from Brighton, England, with our boy, a dog and three horses... fate led us to Paradise...a derelict, dirt floored ruin on the banks of a crystal clear river in the mountains of Portugal. Steve, my husband, and myself, were both enchanted at first sight by the stunning location of the ruin. It was surrounded by trees, and so quiet, just birdsong and the burble of the river. But the ruin had no electricity, running water, or telephone connection. There were no services at all. It would ...

>In 1938, 19-year-old cowboy Bud Frazer sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies. Fantasizing about rubbing shoulders with the great screen cowboys of his youth, he leaves his home in Echol Creek, Oregon, and heads for Hollywood. On the long bus ride south, Bud meets a young woman who also harbors dreams of making it in the movies, though not as a starlet but as a writer, a real writer.

The second volume of the Hugo-nominated Aquila series by World Fantasy Award Winner S.P. Somtow continues the outrageous adventures of the Romans as they bumble their way through their newfound Empire in the New World. The original story was a 1983 Hugo Award Nominee. Equus Insanus, son of the intrepid Aquila, finds the civilized life of Rome tedious. So he is eager to return to his native land of Terra Nova to assist in the construction of Caesar’s latest fancy - a transprovincial railroad. But on this alternate Earth where the Roman Empire rules America, things seldom go as planned. ...

Have you ever watched your horse do something that defies human logic and wondered, “Why does my horse act this way?” If so, you’re not alone. Horses are designed to survive in the wild, yet occasionally the wires between domestication and instinct get crossed. Meredith Hill is back with her equine expertise

Outback horseman Lane Dimity is one of the most powerful social media personalities on the planet. Although unable to speak since the tragedy that took place on his eighth birthday, his words reach out across the world, changing lives. When he learns that more than a thousand stallions have been bred by the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pilatos, he is determined to free them. The heir to Pilatos, Karen Lawford, will do everything in her power to stop him. Pilatos has gambled its future on the revolutionary drug Stablex, and the genetically unique stallions are needed to produce it...and there...

I’ll admit I’m a romantic and heroic. But to be honest, it’s not my fault: it’s the fault of all the horses I’ve ever known. In my romantic struggle for beauty in an unromantic mechanical age, my horses, simply by how they were, and how we looked, and how we were together, although no more than a tiny broadside against the ghost ship of mediocrity of this crazy age, were some kind of victory just by the fact that we still existed. Horses inspire courage against hopeless odds just by their courage and beauty.

It's the next adventure for The Women In Pants. Mary, Katie, Ernestine and the other women reunite for Pearl’s wedding. But when disaster happens, they must once again trade their dresses for workpants and take the reins in pursuit of a bad bunch. This time the women are more seasoned. This time the women know they’re tough. Good. They’ll need to be.

In a powerful blend of history and contemporary reporting, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America: their introduction by the Spanish conquistadors, their role in the epic battles between Native Americans and settlers, their vital place in American self-mythology. He travels through some of the most remote parts of the American West, known as Wild Horse Country, to investigate the wild horse's current dilemma, caught between the clashing ideals of ranchers, scientists, and more.

Michael Stafford was on top of the world. A proud member of the British Olympic dressage team and Olympic gold medalist, his life was perfect. Then, he lost his mount, his fiancée left him for another man, and now, his brother has been arrested for manslaughter. He believes his luck has turned when he learns that a beautiful and talented stallion is available in Germany, just in time to compete in the next World Cup competition. The horse’s name is Tempest.

Nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has long wanted to make American history come to life for the children of his listeners. In Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, he created the character of a fearless middle-school history teacher named Rush Revere, who travels back in time and experiences American history as it happens, in adventures with exceptional Americans. In this second book in the series, Rush Revere is transported back to the people and events leading up to the American Revolution.

In the tradition of his best-selling Shoeless Joe, W.P. Kinsella has created another literary baseball classic. A warm tale of magic, humor and the power of a second chance, its hero is Joe McCoy, an unemployed newspaper writer who by some bizarre circumstances is now a fugitive from the FBI. There's only one thing left for Joe to do - go home to Iowa and tell his story to the only two men who just might believe it - Shoeless Joe's Ray Kinsella and The Iowa Baseball Confederacy's Gideon Clarke.

Lord Blair yearns for a second chance at love with his long-lost lieutenant. But there’s a hitch in his well-laid plans: he’s about to wed. Haunted by his former lover’s betrayal, Reid Blair vows once and for all to forget the enigmatic lieutenant who slipped in and out of his life. Resolved to move on, he will fulfill his duty and find a wife. Yet, beneath his stoic exterior, Reid's heart is a battlefield of conflicting emotions. The memory of David's touch lingers, a ghostly reminder of a love that once burned bright. Each step towards the altar feels like cranks of a vice, crushing...

With 50 million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. The story is narrated in the first "person" as an autobiographical memoir told by a horse named Black Beauty—including his carefree days as a colt on an English farm, his later difficult life pulling cabs in London, and his happy retirement in the country.

Advice on what to take, what to leave behind, and how to travel in order to minimize damage to the trail, camp, horses, and yourself. Many horse packers require three or four horses for each rider. This manual aspires to only two, so that you can ride one, and pack the other.

It will soon be another cold winter in the Ukraine. But it's 1941, and things are different this year. Max, the devoted caretaker of an animal preserve, must learn to live with the Nazis who have overtaken this precious land. He must also learn to keep secrets - for there is a girl, Kalinka, who is hiding in the park.

A new order. An ancient evil. A battle about to begin. It is the near future. Adrian De Vere, president of the European Union, oversees the signing of an unprecedented international treaty, ushering in a new era of one-world government. Jason De Vere, media mogul, finds himself forced out of the empire he helped create. With friends, allies, and even family turning against him, help comes from an unexpected quarter.... Nick De Vere, archaeologist and playboy - and newly returned from the dead - leads Jason into an underground world of hidden knowledge and forbidden secrets.

Ex-football star. Smart-mouthed PI. Last hope for a kid accused of murder. Jim Knighthorse doesn’t take cases he doesn’t believe in. So when a lawyer begs him to prove a high school football player didn’t murder his white, wealthy girlfriend in the middle of suburban Orange County, Jim says yes... despite the evidence, the racial tensions, and his own better judgment. Knighthorse knows Derrick Booker is no killer. But try convincing the cops, the school, or the girl’s grieving family of that. As Jim digs deeper, he uncovers a web of lies, old money, teenage secrets, and a murdered ...

Cowboy Hazard Wagoner is happy working on the H and L ranch. It’s a great place to live and it’s his home. Hazard will do nothing to jeopardize that, even if he has had his eye on the handsome oldest son, Bryce, for a long time. Bryce Maverick has known he will take over the family ranch practically since the day he was born. Still, he longs for a life outside their small ranching community. But when his father becomes ill, responsibility and duty settle on his shoulders, and it doesn’t help that his younger brother isn’t pulling his weight. The one surprising bright spot is Hazard....