Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
By: Lara Prior-Palmer
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, this is the extraordinary debut memoir of a young woma…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Sport is war in disguise."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Horse lovers have excessive feeling."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Horse smell is the same the world over"-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Maybe home is just all that we leave behind."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
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1. The Mare
By: Mary Gaitskill
3.67
Format: 441 pages, Hardcover
The story of a Dominican girl, the white woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who chan… read more
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"They say dogs are man’s best friend,"-Mary Gaitskill, The Mare
"Her mouth smiled, smiled hard, but her eyes did not smile, ever. Her eyes watched and looked for something they knew they’d never find."-Mary Gaitskill, The Mare
"The singer's voice is thin and fake, but it's pretty, and somewhere in the fakery is the true sadness of smallness and failure and believing in beautiful things that aren't real because that's the on…"-Mary Gaitskill, The Mare
2. The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
By: Elizabeth Letts
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable true st… read more
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"An old adage says that a good rider can hear his horse speak and a great rider can hear his horse whisper."-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
"Great dressage demands more than skill; it engages a rider's inner wisdom and his ability to communicate with a mount in the silent language of horsemanship."-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
"Just as ballroom dancing and pair skating command partners to work together seamlessly, in the sport of dressage, the rider performers an intricate pas de deux with his partner—a twelve-hundred-pound…"-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
"The stallion’s crest was arched, his nose was perpendicular to the floor, and his hind legs were gathered underneath him, showing off the powerfully developed muscles in his massive hindquarters. His…"-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
3. No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing
By: Sally Donovan
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
'I love you, no matter what.' This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who bu… read more
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4. The Waiting Years
By: John Bester , Fumiko Enchi
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
The beautiful, immature girl whom she took home to her husband was a maid only in name. Tomo's real… read more
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5. Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse
By: Robin Hutton
3.00
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
Amid an inferno of explosives on a deadly minefield in the Korean War, a four-legged Marine proved … read more
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6. The Faraway Horses: The Adventures and Wisdom of One of America's Most Renowned Horsemen
By: Buck Brannaman
3.96
Format: 425 pages,
Nearly every week of the year, Buck Brannaman is on the road, conducting horsemanship clinics in wh… read more
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7. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership
By: Mark Rashid
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
In his third book, Horses Never Lie, Mark Rashid breaks new ground with the idea that you don't hav… read more
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8. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
By: Elizabeth Letts
3.95
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New… read more
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9. The Conjurer's Bird
By: Martin Davies
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Seamlessly spanning two time periods, The Conjurer's Bird is at once the story of the romance betwe… read more
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10. The Night Is Forever (Krewe of Hunters, #11)
By: Heather Graham
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Ghost Rider in the Sky? What happened here, on a historic ranch outside Nashville, during the Civ… read more
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11. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
By: Elizabeth Letts
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her… read more
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- adventure
- travel
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- horses
"As she passed through Maine, Annie would interpret a certain expression on someone's face as possibly a family trait. She saw the Stuart in a stranger's clear blue eyes, the Libby in someone's advent…"-Elizabeth Letts, The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
12. Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
By: Lara Prior-Palmer
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, this is the extraordinary debut memoir of a young woma… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Lara Prior-Palmer's Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race book and Lara Prior-Palmer's Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- horses
- sports
- audiobook
"Sport is war in disguise."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Horse lovers have excessive feeling."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Horse smell is the same the world over"-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
"Maybe home is just all that we leave behind."-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
13. Barking Up the Right Tree (A Poppy Mystery Tale, #1)
By: Leigh Russell
2.91
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The launch of a brand new British cozy crime series perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursda… read more
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14. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
By: Crystal Wilkinson
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more
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15. A Trip of One’s Own
By: Kate Wills
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A travel story is the best story of them all ... Travel journalist Kate Wills wasn't expecting t… read more
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16. Life and Otter Miracles
By: Hazel Prior
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Nineteen-year-old Phoebe and her widower father Al have recently moved to Devon, to a small cottage… read more
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17. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
By: Will Grant
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more
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18. The Principles of Training: Understanding The Relationship Between You and Your Horse, and Why Effective Training Works.
By: Warwick Schiller
4.83
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps pri… read more
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19. Can You Hear Me? An NHS Paramedic's Encounters with Life and Death
By: Jake Jones
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life as a paramedic. A young man has s… read more
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20. Half Broke
By: Ginger Gaffney
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
At the start of this remarkable story of recovery, healing, and redemption, Ginger Gaffney answers … read more
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21. The Boy With Two Hearts
By: Hamed Amiri
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Me… read more
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