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New York

A Victorian mystery

National bestselling author Robin Paige brings Victorian England vividly to life in a brand-new mystery featuring Lord Charles Sheridan and his feisty American wife, Kate.It’s Derby day at Epsom Downs, and the Sheridans are on the scene. While Lord Charles sets up his camera to photograph the race for the Prince of Wales, Kate absorbs the atmosphere as fodder for her new novel. Watching the Derby from a box shared with Jennie Jerome Churchill and world-renowned actress/mistress/horse owner Lillie Langtry, Kate senses something strange about the outcome. And that evening’s news bears out her suspicions….It seems that while some gamblers lost their shirts on the race, one unfortunate jockey lost his life. Hard on the heels of that shock comes a British bank’s request that Charles investigates the theft of Lillie Langtry’s jewels from their vault. The case pulls Kate and Charles into Miss Langtry’s fast, frantic social circle as they probe into her secret life, getting caught in a dangerous web of intrigue. There are no safe bets as kidnapping, bitter rivalries, and past love affairs cast suspicion in all directions. Now, as the lord and his lady run neck and neck with thieves and murderers, the race for justice stands to be a photo finish…

Death at Epsom Downs (1st Edition New Hardcover)

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Georgia

The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape. 300,000 first printing.

Shattered

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   Secretariat was one of the greatest athletes ever. The beautiful red colt captivated the nation by becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. This is his story.
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98 pages
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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

50th Anniversary of Racing’s Greatest Champion

The True Story Secretariat

Paper cover shows mild wear. Book has wear at spine. 

Kansas

As a young man, "New York Times" bestselling author John Dunning earned his living for several years working behind the scenes on the racetrack circuit. Now he brings his memories of the horse world and his expertise in collectible books to this mesmerizing new Bookman novel rich with the lore of both books and horses. . . . Denver bookman Cliff Janeway would have liked Candice Geiger. She loved books with a true bookwoman's passion. Her collection of first-edition children's books is the best that Janeway ever hopes to see. Sadly, Janeway and Candice Geiger will never meet. She died much too young. Now, twenty years later, her books remain a testament to an extraordinary woman's remarkable vision. Janeway first learns about the juvenilia collection when Candice's elderly husband, H. R. Geiger, passes away and Janeway travels to their Idaho home to assess the collection. The estate can't be distributed until the books are valued, so there's pressure on Janeway to do the job quickly. But one look at the books tells Janeway something's wrong. Valuable titles are missing, replaced by cheap reprints. Other hugely valuable pieces remain. Why would a thief take one priceless book and leave an equally valuable volume on the shelf? The answer may lie in Candice's story. The daughter of a wealthy industrialist, she married horse owner and trainer H. R. Geiger at a young age. They traveled the racetrack circuit with some success, as evidenced by winner's-circle photographs -- in which Candice is always a mysterious background figure dressed in white. Two decades after Candice's strange death, Janeway finds himself deep in a book mystery that may turn out to be much more than acataloging exercise. It may even involve murder. Candice's daughter, Sharon, may be one of the few people who can help Janeway discover the truth. Sharon has her own Idaho ranch where she takes in sick and injured horses. Janeway worries that her house contains something that could make her very vulnerable: half of her mother's fabulous book collection. The trail of Candice's shadowy past leads Janeway to California's Golden Gate and Santa Anita racetracks, where he signs on as a racehorse hot walker. A novice at racetrack life, he tries to remain inconspicuous while listening to the chatter among the hands. He doesn't like what he hears. And when he goes to the house where Candice died to look for answers, he finds more than he bargained for. With its rich mix of books and horses, "The Bookwoman's Last Fling" is a classic entry in John Dunning's acclaimed Bookman series of suspense novels, sure to bring this superbly talented author even more accolades.

The Bookwoman's Last Fling

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Dick Francis

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In a mixture of horse racing and railroads, this murder mystery takes place on a transcontinental train in Canada.

The Edge

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Laura Hillenbrand

An American Legend

Seabiscuit

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Pennsylvania

True story of how three men and a great racehorse captivated the world.

Shelley Fraser Mickle

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

Triple Crown Champion

Shelley Mickle tells the story of the beloved horse, American Pharoah, from birth to his historic achievement of becoming the twelfth Triple Crown winner. He was an unlikely winner with a misspelled name, a chewed-off tail, and a horse who had to wear earplugs when he raced. When American Pharoah won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015 he became the first horse to win the "Grand Slam" of American horse racing, by winning all four races. His story captured American's imagination, and this inspired account will also feature the handlers who saw his promise: owner, Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables, trainer Bob Baffert, and jockey Victor Espinoza.--

American Pharoah

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America's Horse

The fascinating story of the most talked about Thoroughbred since Secretariat. Chronicled from birth through an illustrious racing career to his subsequent retirement at The Kentucky Horse Park. Winner of publishing's Benjamin Franklin Award!

Cigar

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Illinois

A collection of suspense-driven short stories, many of them new and previously unpublished, features the story of a middle-aged racehorse owner who unwisely falls in love with her jockey

Field of Thirteen

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full of morally challenged characters who resolve their problems in unforgettable and unconventional ways." Mystery about the inside world of high-money breeding and selling in the Arabian horse world, set in the 1980s. ;

Ohio

A novel about the horse business

Buying Time

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A little wear around the edges. Pages crisp and clean. Ships same or next day. SKU 11222005 #horseracing 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty

Using many never-reported facts, award-winning writer Anne Hagedorn Auerbach chronicles the compelling and tragic story behind the downfall of Thoroughbred racing's crown jewel.

Wild Ride

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Tennessee

Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own reputation but that of his father, a prospective prime minister. 275,000 first printing. BOMC Main.

10 Lb. Penalty

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The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc. , America's Premier Racing Dynasty

Oklahoma

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Never used/read. Has black dot on bottom edge (see pic) #paperback #fiction #animals #horses #sports #kentucky #horseracing


Daring and inventive, this sprawling family saga set in Kentucky combines southern gothic with the drama of horse racing.


     An ambitious, strikingly original novel from a young writer whose first novel, All the Living, received passionate praise and rave reviews, and earned her one of the highly coveted spots on The New Yorker's list of the "20 Best Writers Under 40." This latest novel's energy bursts out of the gate running and gallops through generations, consuming a multitude of characters and plots. 
     The title The Sport of Kings refers to horse racing, and the novel is centred within that world: a connected web of humans and animals, as well as a fertile patch of land, in the heart of Kentucky. With breathtaking fluency, C.E. Morgan puts us inside the consciousness of an extraordinary range of characters who inhabit that patch of land through the years: an adolescent trying to grow up under the withering gaze of his landowner father; a brilliant black woman struggling with her seeming fate to be a household servant; a whip-smart boy who grows up in the ghetto but seeks to know more about his mysterious origins; and a girl whose uncompromising love of her family's legacy leads her to gamble with her own life. 
     A spiraling tale of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in shadow by the enduring legacy of slavery. A tale as mythic and fraught as the South itself-- this novel is a moral epic for our time.

The Sport of Kings

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#hardcover #nonfiction #horseracing Seabiscuit: An American Legend is a non-fiction book written by Laura Hillenbrand, published 1999. The book is a biography of the Thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the year was adapted as a feature film 2003.

Missouri

Burning from the Start

Chronicles the life of Ruffian, the champion thoroughbred filly whose brilliant racing career was tragically cut short

Ruffian

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Texas

Alexander Kinloch, a reclusive young Scottish painter, is called to London to attend to his stepfather, who in turn is unwittingly about to take his stepson to the grave with him

To the Hilt

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Jaimy Gordon

In the early 1970s, trainer Tommy Hansel attempts a horse racing scam at a small, backwoods track in West Virginia, but nothing goes according to his plan when the horses refuse to cooperate and nearly everyone at the track seems to know his scheme.

Lord of Misrule

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Walter Farley

Michigan

"An exciting, moving piece of fiction based on the facts about one of the greatest horses of all time. The feeling for horses, horse breeding and training, and horse racing is masterfully handled. Thrilling, highly recommended."-(starred) School Library Journal.

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Death at Epsom Downs (1st Edition New Hardcover)

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Shattered

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The Bookwoman's Last Fling

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The Edge

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Lord of Misrule

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