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. ...

It is the Seventies & Horse's Arse is the affectionate name for Handstead New Town a North Manchester overspill & an unholy dump. The police use it as a penal posting
- all the bad egg coppers end up there. Worst amongst the residents of Handstead are the Park Royal Mafia a gang of violent thugs who terrorise their neighbourhood. They & the officers doomed to serve at Handstead wrestle constantly for dominance. This is the story of some of those police officers
- the Grim Brothers Psycho Pizza Piggy Malone & others a group of hooligans in uniform & their journey through excess despair & finally some form of salvation...

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In a memoir as vivid & unpredictable as any novel we follow Roger Garfitt on his journey from stable boy to jazz dancer from Oxford dandy to Sixties drop-out. We see him on horseback with the Riding Master to the Kings of Portugal & in a beatnik pad with Redmond OHanlon. We watch as he is introduced to David Bowie & realises that the wrong one has come as the rock star. We follow him back to the Norfolk village where as a small child he had glimpsed the world through his grandfathers eyes & we are inside his head as he gradually cuts loose from the real world eventually being committed to a locked ward in a mental hospital. Written with a poets gift for language The Horsemans Word" is an account of what it is like to feel the world too acutely to love too obsessively to go right to the very edge & miraculously survive." ...

Children everywhere will adore this photographic collection of horses in wildly varying poses by the world-renowned Yann Arthus-Bertr&. In a series of dramatically lit & beautifully composed photographs horses & their owners appear together in studios or in the open air against plain backdrops in some of the most stunning & far-flung parts of the world. Noted childrens author Christophe Donners engaging stories complement the photographs. ...

Monty Roberts is known as the man who listens to horses because of his amazing ability to understand & communicate with his equine partners. He has written this book to celebrate the horses throughout his life that have had a special significance: from his first mount Ginger through the champion show horses & sprinters to those he is working with tirelessly today. THE HORSES IN MY LIFE gives a unique insight into his non-aggressive methods & how his relationship with each horse developed. It is an inspirational collection of vignettes that reveals his love & respect for these noble animals. We are invited not only to get to know the individual horses but to share the immense joy that Monty found with them. ...

Horses in Training lists in alphabetical order over 700 British Irish & French trainers their horses the owner & breeder of each horse foaling dates of two-year-olds & the trainer's address & phone numbers. Fully indexed it has over 200 pages of statistics. ...

Following the success of Healing for Horses in this her new book Margrit Coates explains how readers can learn to interact with equines on a deep level. She gives practical advice on how to tune into your horse & understand what he or she is trying to communicate to you about wellbeing. You will discover how to sense what your horse is feeling & when it is healthy or suffering. You will also learn how to exchange healing messages soul to soul with your horse in order to strengthen the bond between you. Included are many fascinating case histories of horses & those who care for them showing how they have mutually benefited by learning to open channels of communication. Intended for every horse owner rider & handler
- & the many thousands of people around the world who work with horses including vets complementary therapists grooms stable hands trainers instructors & breeders. This book is for anyone who loves horses.
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Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie birds egg while she goes on holiday. Hortons kindness & faithfulness are sorely tested when he & the egg are kidnapped & sold to a circus
- but his reward for being faithful is more wonderful than he could ever have dreamed! With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr Suess has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UKs top ten favourite childrens authors Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching Dr Seusss best-selling books. In response to consumer demand bright new cover designs incorporate much-needed guidance on reading levels. The standard paperbacks divide into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. This is a Yellow Back book.

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The wonderful Seuss classic now in a beautiful picture book format. Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust
- no one else believes they are there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that 'a person's a person no matter how small'! With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller with over half a billion books sold worldwide.
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Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust
- no one else believes they are
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