Riding Star

Author : Stacy Gregg
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007432461
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding Star (Pony Club Rivals, Book 3) written by Stacy Gregg and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s more backstabbing and drama as loyalties are tested to the limit in the third episode of the high life at elite riding school, Blainford Academy. Georgie tests her skills on the polo field in the latest from the author of the bestselling pony series Pony Club Secrets.

Author : Margaret I. McAllister
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948959230
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urchin of the Riding Stars written by Margaret I. McAllister and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of animals learns about friendship and loyalty when they band together to defend their island kingdom against evil forces, with the help of an orphaned squirrel.

Author : David Garrow
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062641859
Total Pages : 1472 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Star written by David Garrow and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star, David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography—tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time.

Author : M.I. McAllister
Publisher : Disney-Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786854875
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mistmantle Chronicles, Book One: Urchin of the Riding Stars written by M.I. McAllister and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2006-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of animals, led by an orphaned squirrel, learns about friendship and loyalty when they band together to defend their island kingdom against evil forces.

Author : Joanna Cole
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780688138950
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding Silver Star written by Joanna Cole and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1996-04-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told from a young rider's point of view, a young girl and her horse get ready to compete for ribbons at a horse show

Author : Nathan A. Jennings
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574416359
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding for the Lone Star written by Nathan A. Jennings and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfare between 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted to mounted combat north of the Rio Grande. This cavalry-centric arena, which had long been the domain of Plains Indians and the Spanish Empire, compelled an adaptive martial tradition that shaped early Lone Star society. Beginning with initial tactical innovation in Spanish Tejas and culminating with massive mobilization for the Civil War, Texas society developed a distinctive way of war defined by armed horsemanship, volunteer militancy, and short-term mobilization as it grappled with both tribal and international opponents. Drawing upon military reports, participants' memoirs, and government documents, cavalry officer Nathan A. Jennings analyzes the evolution of Texan militarism from tribal clashes of colonial Tejas, territorial wars of the Texas Republic, the Mexican-American War, border conflicts of antebellum Texas, and the cataclysmic Civil War. In each conflict Texan volunteers answered the call to arms with marked enthusiasm for mounted combat. Riding for the Lone Star explores this societal passion--with emphasis on the historic rise of the Texas Rangers--through unflinching examination of territorial competition with Comanches, Mexicans, and Unionists. Even as statesmen Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston emerged as influential strategic leaders, captains like Edward Burleson, John Coffee Hays, and John Salmon Ford attained fame for tactical success.

Author : Sally Swift
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312127343
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Centered Riding written by Sally Swift and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-01-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of "soft eyes," proper breathing, centering, and balance, Sally Swift has been a pioneering riding instructor for half a century. In book form for the first time, her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally, without pain. Unlike traditional teachers, Sally Swift does not believe in forced training techniques that cause stiff bodies and tense riding. Instead, through the use of vivid, unusual, and highly creative images that transcend mechanics ("Pretend you're a spruce tree; the roots grow down from your center as the trunk grows up"), plus a thorough knowledge of human and equine anatomy, this wise and inspiring teacher enables the conscientious equestrian to reassess habitual responses, in order to ride in natural positions, break through frustrating plateaus, and achieve ever-rising goals with comfort, vitality, and precision. Precise illustrations and photographs never before used in riding books explain anatomy and image work to give mind and body new and relaxed approaches to the inner process of riding. Centered Riding is for those with little experience all the way up to world class.

Author : Cari Gelber
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595390730
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Star written by Cari Gelber and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most teens love music and celebrities, but sixteen year-old Manhattanite Nikki Bellinger is not satisfied with just dreaming about them. She wants more than just her humdrum high school classes and modest school newspaper column and she wants it now. With determination, cleverness, and a bit of luck, Nikki evolves from a typical student into a serious entrepreneur and music business industry phenomenon as she represents the pop rock band Long Story Short from its anonymous starting days to its stardom. But, Nikki has some choices to make. Will she put a personal relationship with a sexy band member ahead of her professional dreams? Should high school class work take second priority to her career goals? Will she let some of the recording industries' top moguls take advantage of her youth, inexperience, and femaleness? From Long Story Short's escapades on the road to Nikki's struggle being a young female in the music business, Rising Star takes a realistic look at almost every teenager's fantasy of touring with a rock band.

Author : Sara Gruen
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061753238
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding Lessons written by Sara Gruen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Audrey Pavia
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118051149
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horseback Riding For Dummies written by Audrey Pavia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve always dreamed of riding horses. So what are you waiting for? It’s time you realized your equestrian dreams and learned to ride like a pro on the back of a noble steed. And Horseback Riding for Dummies shows you how. Don’t know a horse’s head from its tail, a trot from a canter, withers from a fetlock? No problem. Coauthored by a medal-winning equestrian and nationally respected equestrian trainer, it tells you what you need to know about that elegant animal, body and soul, to become an accomplished rider. And it trains you in all the technical basics of riding for fun or competition, including how to: Find a good stable and instructor Select riding gear Warm up and keep riding muscles fit Establish a rapport with a horse Cue a horse to walk, jog, trot, lope, and cantor Ride in the ring and on trails Improve your balance and timing Compete in horse shows Buy and care for your own horse Stop dreaming about it and learn to ride like the wind with Horseback Riding for Dummies—the ultimate beginner’s guide to all things equestrian.