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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal

ONE OF USA TODAY'S "20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS"

In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people--including herself--are obsessed with horses.

It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America--even more than when they were the only means of transportation--and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn't stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who--like her--are obsessed with them. It is also a coming-of-age story of Nir growing up an outsider within the world's most elite inner circles, and finding her true north in horses.

Nir takes readers into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and profiles some of its most captivating figures. We meet Monty Roberts, the California trainer whose prowess earned him the nickname "the man who listens to horses," and his pet deer; George and Ann Blair, who at their riding academy on a tiny island in Manhattan's Harlem River seek to resurrect the erased legacy of the African American cowboy; and Francesca Kelly, whose love for an Indian nobleman shaped her life's mission: to protect an endangered Indian breed of horse and bring them to America.

Woven into these compelling character studies, Nir shares her own moving personal narrative. She details her father's harrowing tale of surviving the Holocaust, and describes an enchanted but deeply lonely upbringing in Manhattan, where horses became her family. She found them even in the middle of the city, in a stable disguised in an old townhouse and in Central Park, when she chased down truants as an auxiliary mounted patrol officer. And she speaks candidly of how horses have helped her overcome heartbreak and loss.

Infused with heart and wit, and with each chapter named after a horse Nir has loved, Horse Crazy is an unforgettable blend of beautifully written memoir and first-rate reporting.

Horse Crazy

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Blister

Janet Dailey

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Vermont

He's the prodigal son ready to claim his legacy . . .
 
He came home to sell his family's failing ranch, but once twenty-year-old Bull Tyler sets foot on the Rimrock, he's determined to tame the rugged land and make it his own. First he'll have to take on the powerful Prescott clan, who'll do anything to get their hands on the Tylers' holding--even murder. Then Bull sets eyes on the breathtaking woman earmarked to be Ferg Prescott's bride. Now nothing will stop Bull from taking the land--or the lady who stirs his blood like no other--and building a dynasty worthy of both . . .
 
She's the pampered beauty he won't let get away . . .
 
She was born to privilege, and raised to do the right thing. But Susan Rutledge has never felt anything like the fire she feels for Bull Tyler. Yet can she defy her father's strong will and leave her secure life for a ramblin' rodeo man? She'd have to be crazy--or crazy in love . . .


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"Dailey confirms her place as a top mega-seller." --Kirkus Reviews
 
"She moves her story ahead so purposefully and dramatically . . . readers will be glad they've gone along for the ride." --Chicago Sun-Times on Heiress
 
 "Murder . . . scandal . . . romance . . . it's all here." --Kirkus Reviews on Tangled Vines
 
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 "A sure-fire winner." --Publisher's Weekly on Rivals

Texas Fierce

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Pam Muñoz Ryan

Massachusetts

After her grandmother has a stroke, orphaned Maya leaves her restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.

Paint the Wind

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Jessica Burkhart

Some Girls Just Have To Be The Best At Everything. If any two girls know about being the best, it's Heather Fox and Jasmine King. Just ask them; they'll be happy to tell you. But every girl knows that there can only be one "best." Can Sasha keep the girls from turning the arena into a war zone and still snag a spot on the coveted Youth Equestrian National Team?

Best Enemies

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In Chasing Blue, Sasha and her horse, Charm, have proven that they’re worthy competitors for the elite Canterwood Crest equestrian team. Things are definitely looking up . . . until Sasha finds out who her riding partner for the semester is: her archnemesis, Queen Bee Heather. Not. Good. And when Heather starts spending a little too much QT with Sasha’s almost-boyfriend, Jacob, the partnership is put to the ultimate test. The tension builds in Behind the Bit when Sasha and her team are accepted to a prestigious horse clinic. Can Sasha and Callie work together when it counts?

Chasing Blue

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Behind the Bit

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In Rival Revenge, the truth is out about whether Julia and Alison really cheated on the test that got them kicked off the riding team. Now they're back, and this time, they're not just in it to win it--they're out for revenge. A dish that's definitely best served cold.

Rival Revenge

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Triple Fault

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Some bent corners in front matter and small tear in front cover (see pictures). 

Missouri

Mountain Pony and the Pinto Colt

Sara Gruen

Colorado

A Novel

As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl . . . and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch. But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.

Riding Lessons

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Somebody’s Horse

The Great Pony Hassle

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Horses 

James Patterson

Mike Lupica

Michigan

"Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe--mother and daughter, both champion riders--vowed to never, ever, go up against one another, until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics"--Dust jacket flap.

The Horsewoman

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#fiction #juvenilefiction #ya #youngadult #paperback #horses #misty

Maryland

Misty’s Twilight, Misty of Chincoteague,  Sea Star, and Stormy, Misty’s Foal

Misty Boxed Set

Maggie Stiefvater

Virginia

Returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

The Scorpio Races

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#paperback #fiction #relationships #jojomoyes #love #family #horses #romance 

New York

A quintessential Jojo Moyes novel about a lost girl and her horse, the enduring strength of friendship, and how even the smallest choices can change everything When Sarah's grandfather gives her a beautiful horse named Boo--hoping that one day she'll follow in his footsteps to join an elite French riding school, away from their gritty London neighborhood--she quietly trains in city's parks and alleys. But then her grandfather falls ill, and Sarah must juggle horsemanship with school and hospital visits. Natasha, a young lawyer, is reeling after her failed marriage: her professional judgment is being questioned, her new boyfriend is a let-down, and she's forced to share her house with her charismatic ex-husband. Yet when the willful fourteen-year-old Sarah lands in her path, Natasha decides to take the girl under her wing. But Sarah is keeping a secret--a secret that will change the lives of everyone involved forever.

The Horse Dancer

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Catherine Anderson

Minor normal tears on edges, no ripped pages, used but not a problem

Sun Kissed

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Jojo Moyes

California

Tennessee

Sasha and Callie are finally back to BFF, and Sasha is determined not to let anything come between them ever again. But when Jacob makes a shocking confession to Sasha, she has to decide whether to tell Callie the truth and risk ruining their friendship for good, or lie to her best friend in order to keep Jacob's secret.

Little White Lies

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Sharon Wagner

Though her filly Gypsy knows where the Moonstone Stallion is, Wendy has not been able to locate him to save him from developers.

Gypsy and the Moonstone Stallion

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Pennsylvania

A collection of 18 horse stories written by well-known authors, including Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, James Herriot and Anna Sewell.

Best Horse Stories

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#determination #love #strength #racing #horses #woman

Florida

The Making of a Champion

“Secretariat is an elegantly crafted, exhilarating tale of speed and power, grace and greatness, told with such immediacy that the reader is lost in the rush of horses and the clatter and ring of the grandstand.” —Laura Hillenbrand, bestselling author of Seabiscuit Updated with a new preface by the author In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple Crown. The only horse to ever grace the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated in the same week, he also still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. He was also the only non-human chosen as one of ESPN’s “50 Greatest Athletes of the Century.” The tale of “Big Red” is an enduring and inspiring classic, more than thirty years after its initial publication.

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