A stunning celebration of the equine world The Horse Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated look at all the major horse & pony ...

In the still of a snow-covered morning in upstate New York a girl out riding her horse is hit by a 40-ton truck Though horribly injured both thirteen-year-old Grace Maclean & her horse Pilgrim survive But the impact on their lives is devastating Grace's mother Annie hears about a man called Tom Booker a 'whisperer' who is said to have the gift of healing troubled horses Abandoning her job Annie sets off across the continent with Grace & Pilgrim to find him Under the massive Montana sky all their lives are changed for ever ...

This title aims to show how the horse's muscles work & explains how this knowledge can be put to good use in riding whether in competition or for recreation Using her own careful anatomical drawings the author studies the skeleton the action of the muscles & the role of the nervous system before applying this information to various riding situations The demands placed on the horse's systems in dressage jumping eventing racing & even polo are all examined with advice on how good riding practice can help avoid problems With the knowledge of the horse's anatomy gained in this book the rider should better understand what is being asked of the horse & how to achive it with sympathetic riding & horse care making this a useful manual for all riders ...

From the prize-winning author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves comes a beautiful hypnotic pastoral novel reminiscent of Thomas Hardy about an unexpected friendship between two children set in Devon in 19111911 In a forgotten valley on the Devon-Somerset border the seasons unfold marked only by the rituals of the farming calendar Twelve-year-old Leopold Sercombe skips school to help his father a carter Skinny & pale Leo dreams of a job on the estate's stud farm He is breaking a colt for his father when a boy dressed in a Homburg breeches & riding boots appears Peering under the stranger's hat he discovers Miss Charlotte the Master's daughter & so begins a friendship between the children bound by a deep love of horses but divided by rigid social boundaries
- boundaries that become increasingly difficult to navigate as they approach adolescence
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Spain summer 1937 the civil war rages A Wehrmacht officer assigned to Franco's Spanish Foreign Legion investigates the murder of the poet Frederico Garcia Lorca as does his opponent an American member of the International Brigades 376 pages Pastor Ben ...

Of all the Emperor's immortal sons the primarchs it is Konrad Curze whose legend is the darkest Born in the shadows of Nostramo a world of murderers thieves & worse is it any surprise that he became the figure of dread known only as the Night Haunter? Heed now the tragic story of the creature Konrad Curze master of the Night Lords Legion of how he became a monster & a weapon of terror He who once served the Imperium saw the truth in a maddening universe & the hypocrisy of a loveless father From the blood-soaked gutters of his hiveworld upbringing to the last days of his ill-fated existence Curze is a primarch like no other & his tale is one to chill the very bone ...

On the thirteenth day of Secundus the bombardment of Terra began With the solar defences overcome through the devastating strength of the Traitor armada & the power of the warp Horus launches his assault on the Throneworld in earnest After withstanding a ferocious barrage of ordnance an immense ground war commences outside the Palace with every inch gained paid for in the lives of billions The front lines are beyond horrific & the very air is reduced to poison & blood Bodies are thrown into the meatgrinder but the outer redoubts cannot possibly hold for long even with the loyal primarchs to reinforce them For Horus has his own generals to call upon Between the plague weapons of Mortarion & the fury of Angron the defenders face a losing battle ...

Explore the final stages of The Horus Heresy in this fantastic series a must have for all fans! New York Times Bestselling Series After seven years of bitter war the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy Terra now lies within the Warmasters sights the Throneworld & the seat of his fathers rule Horus desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind & the utter subjugation of the Imperium He has become the ascendant vessel of Chaos & amassed a terrible army with which to enact his will & vengeance But the way to the Throne will be hard as the primarch Rogal Dorn the Praetorian & protector of Terra marshals the defences First & foremost Horus must challenge the might of the Sol System itself & the many fleets & bulwarks arrayed there To gain even a foothold on Terran soil he must first contend the Solar War Thus the first stage of the greatest conflict in the history of all mankind begins ...

For long years the Horus Heresy has ground on Now the Death Guard have been sent to begin the final battle But Mortarion & his sons must face their gravest challenge first for Nurgle has claimed them as his own & he will not be denied The skies darken over Terra as the final battle for the Throne looms ever closer As the Traitor primarchs muster to the Warmasters banner it is Mortarion who is sent ahead as the vanguard of the Traitor forces But as he & his warriors make way they become lost in the warp & stricken by a terrible plague Once thought of as unbreakable the legendary Death Guard are brought to their knees To save his Legion Mortarion must strike a most terrible bargain that will damn his sons for eternity Meanwhile in the cloisters of Holy Terra a plot is afoot to create sedition & carnage in advance of the Horuss armies Taking matters into his own hands Malcador the Sigillite seeks to put a stop to any insurrection but discovers a plot that he will need all of his cunning & battle-craft to overcome ...

The Sunday Times top ten bestseller' Nobody knew what was going on behind those doors We were human toys Just a piece of meat for someone to play with' Barbara O' Hare was just 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Aston Hall in 1971 From a troubled home she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there But within hours Barbara was tied down drugged with sodium amytal
- a truth-telling drug
- & then abused by its head physician Dr Kenneth Milner The terrifying drug experimentation & relentless abuse that lasted throughout her stay damaged her for life But somehow Barbara clung on to her inner strength & eventually found herself leading a campaign to demand answers for potentially hundreds of victims A shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care & why it must never happen again

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