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This informative guide to horse and pony care is ideal for budding equestrians as well as those who dream of owning their own horse. Packed with top tips, safety hints, and step-by-step instructions, this book ensures that young readers have the knowledge they need to keep a horse well fed and clean, happily stabled and healthy. Learn useful tips for grooming and bathing your pony, and important etiquette when you are out for a ride. Award-winning...
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"In this entertaining and informative book, science writer Till Hein shares the most tantalizing findings from the world of seahorses, opening up some of the secrets of these magical creatures of the sea. He reveals their intriguing biological features, such as their unique prehensile tails, their fins, and their lack of a stomach (seahorses only have intestines!). He speaks to experts about the fossil record of prehistoric seahorses, and examines...
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The most comprehensive single volume dedicated to horses, The Original Horse Bible is a celebration of the long relationship that humans and horses enjoy, written by two highly regarded horsewomen, the late Moira C. Allen and Sharon Biggs. This 480-page volume, elaborately illustrated by world-renowned horse photographer Bob Langrish, is divided into eleven sections, covering topics that span the world of horses, from evolution and domestication to...
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An irresistible treat for horse lovers
With more than 300 morsels of intriguing information and one-of-a-kind illustrations, this is a fascinating romp through the world of horses. Along the way, you'll find answers to questions like:
* What was so unique about Caesar's horse?
* How do you lead a horse to water and make him drink?
* Exactly how many horses did they use in Hidalgo, anyway?
* Why would you use a leaf blower inside of a barn?
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When Elvis Presley decided he wanted to buy a horse in 1966, he didn't want just any horse. "He wanted a Golden Palomino," Priscilla Presley remembers. "He would get up at 3:00 in the morning, go to certain farms and ranches and say, 'Do you have a Golden Palomino for sale?' People would say, 'That was Elvis Presley!"
Elvis's legendary love of horses drove him to find the Golden Palomino who would become his beloved companion Rising Sun, and to fill...
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For almost twenty years, Horses has been the definitive horse care manual, an indispensable reference for anyone who shows, races, breeds, or rides horses.
Now Horses is available for the first time in paperback in a completely revised and updated new edition, offering all the latest information necessary for the competent care and recreational use of horses today. It covers every vital phase of buying, managing, enjoying, and raising horses and features...
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Founder, Only a Pit Stop, is based on Potter's direct and effective experience in working with foundered horses and provides guidelines on how to help your horse. In years of speaking with frustrated and concerned horse owners, Potter came to realize that many questions in the equine industry are often answered with treatments that prove to be ineffective--especially when dealing with foundered horses. The book covers some of the follies of an industry...
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An extraordinary view of the wild horse bands in the Rocky Mountains like you've never seen before, Wild Stallions of the Rockies chronicles the life of the leader stallion, Cloud (1995-2016). This remarkable account details his reign among the wild horse herds in the Rockies, as well as both his immediate family band and rival bands that occupy the same region on the Montana-Wyoming border. Phenomenal photography and interactive QR codes grant you...
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Dans ce livre, plongez dans l'univers fascinant des chevaux à travers un guide complet qui explore leur anatomie, leur comportement, leur élevage, et leur relation unique avec les humains. Ce best-seller propose une approche holistique, alliant connaissances scientifiques, conseils pratiques et réflexions éthiques pour tous les passionnés de ces majestueux compagnons.
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Wie funktioniert denn so ein Pferd? Was ist nötig, damit es atmet, frisst und sich bewegt? Welche Strukturen hat es und wie benutzt es sie? Was können wir davon sehen und ertasten? Welche Funktionen beobachten? Wie hängen Struktur und Funktion zusammen? Auf welchen Mechanismen beruhen Durchblutung, Steuerung und Fortpflanzung? Diese Fragen und noch viele mehr werden von der Autorin beantwortet! Schnell ermöglicht das Buch auch Rückschlüsse auf...
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Plongez dans le monde extraordinaire de la communication animale avec ce livre. Ce best-seller révèle les histoires fascinantes de créatures du règne animal capables de transcender les barrières linguistiques et de partager des moments profonds avec les humains. À travers des récits poignants, des études de cas étonnantes et des avancées scientifiques remarquables, ce livre explore la diversité des langages animaux et démontre la profondeur...
15) Moon shadow
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Thirteen-year-old Callie is determined to save and raise a beautiful but sickly mustang foal after the filly is orphaned in a Nevada desert round-up.
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Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful and hated, maladjusted beast until the day he found his way to a rural Illinois farm, an ill-equipped owner, and one last chance. Mitch Bornstein's task was to...
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Aunt Lisa and her horse Matilda arrive over for a visit from Ireland. Her niece, 12 year old Clodagh and her horse Ozzie are invited to join them on a sponsored charity ride through three counties. But when a serious accident happens during a bad storm, all of the riders and horses are in grave danger. Can Clodagh and Ozzie get help and save the charity ride before it's too late?
Join Clodagh and Ozzie on their next exciting adventure to find out....
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Born Free!
Among a patterned herd of wild Appaloosa mustangs running free in the Idaho wilderness lives Blue, a spirited filly the color of rain. Surrounded by her family, including her gentle sister Doe, and protected by her father, the band stallion, Blue lives a life both harsh and beautiful in the rugged terrain of an undiscovered habitat.
That all changes, though, when Blue and Doe are captured by rogue cowboys, setting in motion a chain of...
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