Includes appendices, bibliography, index.

Reference for the breeder and a broadly based account for the equine historian. Describes the origin of painted horses in ancient times, their movement across Europe, their arrival in the Americas, and their acceptance in the 1960s as a distinctive breed. Discusses breed characteristics, bloodlines, and color patterns. Genetic principles involved in breeding authentic Paints, and descriptions and charts of markings of the tobiano, the overo, the criollo, and the Paint cropout.

Many b/w and colour illustrations, appendices, notes on sources, index.

Documents the business from the early era in Tallahassee in the 1800s to its unprecedented growth in Marion County, where limestone deposits in the rolling green countryside provide the perfect nutrients for healthy bones and cartilage in livestock. Interviews with first- and second-generation horse people, including Fred Hooper, winner of more breeder's awards and racing honors than anyone in the United States, and Frank David ("Buddy") Yates, Needles' gallop boy in the fifties and the son of Needles' trainer, Roy Yates. Among more than a hundred photographs in the book are shots of the famous captive flamingoes at Hialeah, Rough 'n Tumble's swimming pool at Ocala Stud, Needles exhibiting his characteristic displeasure during morning exercise, Carryback, the second Florida thoroughbred to win the Kentucky Derby, and Affirmed, the first to win the Triple Crown. Appendixes provide information on tracks, earnings, winners, breeder awards, and more.

History of public transportation in Paris, in the context of the city's urban and social development from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth.

Step-by-step instruction in training the western performance horse.

Memoir of a zoo director's experiences with tigers, rhinos, mountain gorillas, a jaguar on a plane, and David Letterman.

Includes charts, pedigrees.

John Hislop was a champion British amateur jockey and racing writer; he bred Brigadier Gerard, widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of the 20th century, who won 17 of 18 races including the 2000 Guineas and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Translated by Christina Belton.

Covers a range of alternative therapies for horses, hydrotherapy, homeopathy, acupuncture, shiatsu, leeches, cell therapy, and others. With sections on specific ailments.

Illustrated with b&w photos throughout. Includes appendices and index.

1-What's It All About? 2-What Places A Student At-Risk? 3-Teaching The At-Risk Student 4-Making the Connections 5-Personalizing The School Experience 6-Discipline and Attendance 7-Program Approaches 8-School-Business Partnerships 9-District Directions

A critique of industrial forestry practices and their environmental impact, examining the conflict between timber industry interests and forest conservation in the northeastern United States.

Won the $50,000 Seal Canadian First Novel award.

First of the Paul Gallant series of Canadian historical naval fiction; set around the 1745 British siege of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Counterforce series