Ponies at the Edge of the World

Author: Catherine Munro
Publisher: Rider
ISBN: 9781846047275
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the course of her first year, she is welcomed into the rhythms and routines that characterise life at the edge of the world. When faced with personal loss, Catherine finds comfort and connection in the shared lives of the people, animals and wild landscapes of Shetland. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is a heartfelt love letter to the beauty and resilience of these magical ponies and their native land. This is a book on community, hope and finding home. A meditation on connection between humans and animals, and the homes we make in wild places.

The Ponies at the Edge of the World

Author: Catherine Munro
Publisher: Rider
ISBN: 9781846047268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description

Blind Your Ponies

Author: Stanley Gordon West
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616200359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557

Book Description
Hope is hard to come by in the hard-luck town of Willow Creek. Sam Pickett and five young men are about to change that. Sam Pickett never expected to settle in this dried-up shell of a town on the western edge of the world. He's come here to hide from the violence and madness that have shattered his life, but what he finds is what he least expects. There's a spirit that endures in Willow Creek, Montana. It seems that every inhabitant of this forgotten outpost has a story, a reason for taking a detour to this place--or a reason for staying. As the coach of the hapless high school basketball team (zero wins, ninety-three losses), Sam can't help but be moved by the bravery he witnesses in the everyday lives of people--including his own young players--bearing their sorrows and broken dreams. How do they carry on, believing in a future that seems to be based on the flimsiest of promises? Drawing on the strength of the boys on the team, sharing the hope they display despite insurmountable odds, Sam finally begins to see a future worth living. Author Stanley Gordon West has filled the town of Willow Creek with characters so vividly cast that they become real as relatives, and their stories--so full of humor and passion, loss and determination--illuminate a path into the human heart.

Horses of the World

Author: Élise Rousseau
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167206
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 536

Book Description
Horses of the World is a comprehensive, large-format overview of 570 breeds of domestic and extant wild horses, including hybrids between the two and between domestic breeds and other equids, such as zebras. This beautifully illustrated and detailed guide covers the origins of modern horses, anatomy and physiology, variation in breeds, and modern equestrian practices. The treatment of breeds is organized by country within broader geographical regions--from Eurasia through Australasia and to the Americas. Each account provides measurements (weight and height), distribution, origins and history, character and attributes, uses, and current status. Every breed is accompanied by superb color drawings--600 in total--and color photographs can be found throughout the book.--AMAZON.

Edge of the World

Author:
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
ISBN: 1461724600
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 540

Book Description
Writer and explorer Charles Neider made his first trip to Antarctica in 1969, achieving a lifelong goal of seeing the frozen continent with his own eyes. During this visit and a return trip in 1970, both backed by the U. S. Navy and the National Science Foundation, Neider discovered the rigor and beauty of life so close to the South Pole. In addition to his own experiences, Edge of the World also contains Neider's accounts of Shakleton's and Scott's expeditions, and the story of his own helicopter crash and rescue on the slopes of Mt. Erebus. Neider's account is erudite, literate, and intensely personal.

Horse Breeds of the World

Author: Nicola Jane Swinney
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592289905
Category : Horse breeds
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book celebrates the amazing diversity of horses and ponies around the world. Starting with the universal breeds - the Arab, Barb and Thoroughbred - it provides profiles of 150 horses from every corner of the globe. Each entry includes in-depth details about conformation, color, height and use, as well as fascinating facts about the breed's history.From European horses, like the gracious Lipizzaner and the solidly handsome Noriker, to American varieties such as the distinctive Appaloosa and hardy Morgan, all 150 horse breeds are illustrated with stunning photography.

Snow Ponies

Author: Cynthia Cotten
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250034299
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
When Old Man Winter lets his snow ponies out of the barn, they run into the world, and everything that they touch turns white.

The Girl who Hated Ponies

Author: Jeanne Betancourt
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590866002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Lulu's father asks the Pony Pals to spend time with a friends's daughter. Though Melissa Prince is the same age as the Pony Pals, they have nothing else in common.

At the Edge of the Woods

Author: Cynthia Cotten
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805063547
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
A variety of animals, birds, and insects enjoy the flowers and trees of the forest early one morning.

War at the Edge of the World

Author: Ian James Ross
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468312278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
A Roman centurion sent to the empire’s distant northern edge encounters treachery beyond Hadrian’s Wall in this historical epic series debut. Roman Britain, Fourth Century AD. Once a soldier in an elite legion from the Danube, newly promoted centurion Aurelius Castus now finds himself stuck in the provincial backwater of Britannia. Just beyond Hadrian’s Wall are a savage people allied with Rome known as the Picts. When their king dies under mysterious circumstances, an envoy must be sent to negotiate with their new leader. And Castus is selected to command the envoy’s bodyguard. What starts as a simple diplomatic mission ends in bloody tragedy. As Castus and his men fight for their lives, the legionnaire discovers that nothing about his doomed mission was ever what it seemed. The first book in Ian James Ross’s Twilight of Empire series, War at the Edge of the World is an exciting debut from an author as gifted at telling a story as he is at bringing the Late Roman Empire to life.