Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140072747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter’s family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy’s life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
Run with the Horsemen
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140072747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter’s family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy’s life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140072747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter’s family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy’s life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
When All the World Was Young
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461734444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The final installment in Sam's epic trilogy about coming of age in the South.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461734444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The final installment in Sam's epic trilogy about coming of age in the South.
Run with the Horses
Author: Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830855483
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence—to run with the horses and live life at its best? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. This special commemorative edition includes a new preface from Peterson's son.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830855483
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence—to run with the horses and live life at its best? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. This special commemorative edition includes a new preface from Peterson's son.
Run, Baby, Run
Author: Bill Heller
Publisher: The Russell Meerdink Company Ltd.
ISBN: 9780929346717
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: The Russell Meerdink Company Ltd.
ISBN: 9780929346717
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse
Author: John Nichols
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 1568587791
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A line-up of the dirty dealers and defenders of the indefensible who are definitely not "making America great again" Donald Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their abuses. John Nichols, veteran political correspondent at the Nation, has been covering many of these deplorables for decades. Sticking to the hard facts and unafraid to dig deep into the histories and ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle, Nichols delivers a clear-eyed and complete guide to this wrecking-crew administration.
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 1568587791
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A line-up of the dirty dealers and defenders of the indefensible who are definitely not "making America great again" Donald Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their abuses. John Nichols, veteran political correspondent at the Nation, has been covering many of these deplorables for decades. Sticking to the hard facts and unafraid to dig deep into the histories and ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle, Nichols delivers a clear-eyed and complete guide to this wrecking-crew administration.
War (The Four Horseman Book 2)
Author: Laura Thalassa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942662242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
As the second horsemen brings war and destruction, he meets a young woman who he believes is destined to be his wife, but unfortunately for him she does everything she can to sabotage his plans.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942662242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
As the second horsemen brings war and destruction, he meets a young woman who he believes is destined to be his wife, but unfortunately for him she does everything she can to sabotage his plans.
In the Middle Are the Horsemen
Author: Tik Maynard
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN: 1570768854
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In 2008, 26–year–old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career–ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a “working student.” In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands–on education. Here Maynard chronicles his experiences–good and bad–and we follow along as one year becomes three, what began as a casual adventure gradually transforms, and a life's purpose comes sharply into focus. Over time, Maynard evolved under the critical eyes of Olympians, medal winners, and world–renowned figures in the horse world, including Anne Kursinski, Johann Hinnemann, Ingrid Klimke, David and Karen O'Connor, Bruce Logan, and Ian Millar. He was ignored, degraded, encouraged, and praised. He was hired and fired, told he had the “wrong body type to ride” and that he had found his “destiny.” He got married and lost loved ones. Through it all he studied the horse, and human nature, and how the two can find balance. And in that journey, he may have found himself.
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN: 1570768854
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In 2008, 26–year–old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career–ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a “working student.” In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands–on education. Here Maynard chronicles his experiences–good and bad–and we follow along as one year becomes three, what began as a casual adventure gradually transforms, and a life's purpose comes sharply into focus. Over time, Maynard evolved under the critical eyes of Olympians, medal winners, and world–renowned figures in the horse world, including Anne Kursinski, Johann Hinnemann, Ingrid Klimke, David and Karen O'Connor, Bruce Logan, and Ian Millar. He was ignored, degraded, encouraged, and praised. He was hired and fired, told he had the “wrong body type to ride” and that he had found his “destiny.” He got married and lost loved ones. Through it all he studied the horse, and human nature, and how the two can find balance. And in that journey, he may have found himself.
Faraway Horses
Author: Buck Brannaman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493035150
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does. This method works well for me because of the kinship that develops between horse and rider. " --Buck Brannaman In THE FARAWAY HORSES, Brannaman shares his methods for training and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer, for which he was the technical advisor.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493035150
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does. This method works well for me because of the kinship that develops between horse and rider. " --Buck Brannaman In THE FARAWAY HORSES, Brannaman shares his methods for training and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer, for which he was the technical advisor.
Daily Walk Devotion
Author: Chuck Musselwhite
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Our faith in Jesus is a daily walk with Him. Each day we look to Jesus for everything we need as we walk through life. Strengthen your daily walk with these 365 daily devotions to encourage and challenge you.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Our faith in Jesus is a daily walk with Him. Each day we look to Jesus for everything we need as we walk through life. Strengthen your daily walk with these 365 daily devotions to encourage and challenge you.
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Author: Todd Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601253736
Category : Pathfinder (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Devils may seek to corrupt your faith and mind, and demons certainly look to twist your body and destroy your home. But the fiends known as daemons seek something altogether more fundamental from mortals -- they seek life itself! Evil without the distraction of binding law or capricious chaos, they look to the world with hungry eyes for fresh souls to consume. Horseman of the Apocalypse continues the Book of the Damned series by taking a detailed look at the daemons -- ushers of catastrophe and harbingers of disaster. Personifying the worst ways a person can die, daemons constitute the third arm of major fiendish races, hailing from the nightmare realm of Abaddon, where they are led by four legendary figures- the so-called Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601253736
Category : Pathfinder (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Devils may seek to corrupt your faith and mind, and demons certainly look to twist your body and destroy your home. But the fiends known as daemons seek something altogether more fundamental from mortals -- they seek life itself! Evil without the distraction of binding law or capricious chaos, they look to the world with hungry eyes for fresh souls to consume. Horseman of the Apocalypse continues the Book of the Damned series by taking a detailed look at the daemons -- ushers of catastrophe and harbingers of disaster. Personifying the worst ways a person can die, daemons constitute the third arm of major fiendish races, hailing from the nightmare realm of Abaddon, where they are led by four legendary figures- the so-called Horsemen of the Apocalypse!