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by Bill Shoemaker
Hardcover with dust jacket, first edition, 311 pages.
I meant to read it, I really did. Now you can read it and tell me all about it. This copy is in very good condition but it is a used book, however unread. It has a little shopwear and the former owner wrote the date on the endpaper. It's yours for $3 plus post.
Flying Changes
by Sara Gruen
Author of "Water for Elephants"
Emotions run deep at Maple Brook Farm. Whehter it's galloping across country or a collision course with self-truth, this author guides the story with a gentle rein. Like New. $5 plus post.
Horse Play
by Judy Reene Singer
"A horse may throw you...but he'll never dump you!" This book will make you laugh. Published in 2004, it immerses you in the world of dressage, where an adult working student from the real world paints an endlessly entertaining picture of dressage riders who don't really have to deal with much reality. This is an x-library copy in like-new condition. Have a laugh! $5 plus post.
The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans
AUDIO BOOK on four cassettes (abridged)
The book was better than the movie, that's all I can say. And this is a good reader, Peter Coyote. The description of the truck wreck is sooooo realistic, keep your hands on the wheel if you are going to listen to that part! $5 plus post.
Kentucky Heat
by Fern Michaels
Hardcover, first edition, 2002
Kentucky's Diamond clan is battling the legal system and each other to breed and train a Derby prospect. Can Nealy pull it off? A great beach read or long plane ride. Like-new condition with perfect dust jacket. $5 plus post.
Horse Heaven
by Jane Smiley
Here's the trade paperback edition. Big enough to get your hands around and you will keep them there for all 561 pages. This book is one that I enjoyed immensely, though I sometimes got confused about which horse was which. This isn't the copy I read, though. I wish it had been so nice. This is a brand new copy that I thought would sell, but my farrier and vet customers weren't convinced they wanted to read it. But you know better. Jane Smiley did win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, after all. It is a little worn around the edges from its travels to trade shows. $8 plus post.
Bolt
by Dick Francis
Hardcover, dust jacket, new condition, 1987
Someone is shooting the horses of Newmarket. Can Kit Fielding find the shooter without getting shot himself? I love Dick Francis and you will too once you dive into this one. $4 plus post.
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
Hardcover, dust jacket, very good condition, first US edition, 1979
Why is someone trying to harm the racehorses in investigator Sid Halley's ex-father-in-law's stable? You know it will be an exciting ride to find out the answer! This is classic Dick Francis and all about racing! The binding is a little pulled on this copy but the pages are all still sewn in and the dust jacket is in good shape, though faded a bit. Gift inscription written in front. $3 plus post.
Airs Above the Ground
by Mary Stewart
Hardcover, no dust jacket, 286 pages
This book is a little beat up, but it's all there. A great reading copy. This is the mystery set amidst the Spanish Riding School's Lipizzaners in post-World War II Vienna. A great escape! $3 post post.
The New Treasury of Great Racing Stories
Edited by Dick Francis and John Welcome
Hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition, 1994
Fourteen great stories, mostly British and Irish themed, will help you escape. Great book for a long flight. These are the classics--Damon Runyon included! $6 plus post
Driving Force
by Dick Francis
Hardcover, dust jacket, 318 pages, like new.
What angle of horse racing has Dick Francis not used as a device for a murder? In this one, he's set the plot inside a horse van delivering Thoroughbreds to a racecourse. What can possibly go wrong? Lots! $4 plus post.
MOO
by Jane Smiley
Softcover, 414 pages, used, well-read.
Hilarious and insightful novel set at a midwest university where the ag school ("Moo U") is like an industrial complex. A genetically enhanced hog is hidden in a university warehouse, a horse suffers from eternal navicular disease, and everything hinges on huge grants, alumni funding, and the future of the family farm. Oh, and how the sports teams do. Worth a read $2 plus post.
Ruff Way to Go
by Leslie O'Kane
Hardcover, like new. Ok, it's not about horses. Allie Babcock is a pet therapist/detective who knows that the dog knows who dunnit. For mystery lovers and dog fans! $2 plus post.
Our Horses in Egypt
by Rosalind Belben
Hardcover, 310 pages.
The best storyline for a novel in years. Emma Thompson will definitely play the lead when they make this a movie. At the end of World War I, a British woman is distressed when the local boys come home but her mare who was donated to the army does not. She finds out she was abandoned in Egypt with all the other British mounts. So...she goes to bring back her favorite hunter. And what she finds and how she manages is quite a tale. Told also from the horse's experience. You will never forget the Dorset Yeomanry marching across Palestine and the farriers who had no shoes for the horses...and how they suffered. What an unusual and remarkable book. I'm selling it just because I think someone else should read it. I had it sent over from England. $10 plus post
Love and Country
by Christina Adam
Soft cover, 276 pages
Hey, a rodeo novel! A single mom and her son move out west and get caught up in rodeo and the horse world. The western lifestyle and country and western music as a cure for what ails the eastern neurosis. It could be right...well-written. Like new. $2 plus post.
MOO
by Jane Smiley
Softcover, 414 pages, used, well-read.
Hilarious and insightful novel set at a midwest university where the ag school ("Moo U") is like an industrial complex. A genetically enhanced hog is hidden in a university warehouse, a horse suffers from eternal navicular disease, and everything hinges on huge grants, alumni funding, and the future of the family farm. Oh, and how the sports teams do. Worth a read $2 plus post.
Ruff Way to Go
by Leslie O'Kane
Hardcover, like new. Ok, it's not about horses. Allie Babcock is a pet therapist/detective who knows that the dog knows who dunnit. For mystery lovers and dog fans! $2 plus post.
Our Horses in Egypt
by Rosalind Belben
Hardcover, 310 pages.
The best storyline for a novel in years. Emma Thompson will definitely play the lead when they make this a movie. At the end of World War I, a British woman is distressed when the local boys come home but her mare who was donated to the army does not. She finds out she was abandoned in Egypt with all the other British mounts. So...she goes to bring back her favorite hunter. And what she finds and how she manages is quite a tale. Told also from the horse's experience. You will never forget the Dorset Yeomanry marching across Palestine and the farriers who had no shoes for the horses...and how they suffered. What an unusual and remarkable book. I'm selling it just because I think someone else should read it. I had it sent over from England. $10 plus post
Love and Country
by Christina Adam
Soft cover, 276 pages
Hey, a rodeo novel! A single mom and her son move out west and get caught up in rodeo and the horse world. The western lifestyle and country and western music as a cure for what ails the eastern neurosis. It could be right...well-written. Like new. $2 plus post.
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