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Ex-narcotics detective Elena Estes wants nothing more than to live in peace training her horses, but after she finds the abused body of a young female co-worker, she launches an investigation that leads to the Russian mob and a powerful cadre of Palm Beach bad boys.
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Irish Hearts volume 1
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English
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"There's nothing left for Adelia Cunnane in Ireland. The aunt she cared for has passed, and the family farm has been sold for taxes. But her uncle Paddy has written her: Come to America ... Dee has always had a magical touch with animals, and she finds employment with her uncle on the Maryland horse farm owned by Travis Grant. It's a joy to ride Travis's chestnut Thoroughbred--and to spend her first paycheck on luxuries she never had in the old country....
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Lauren Eldridge had avoided returning home to Daily, Texas, until her father confesses to being in over his head. Paying back an old favor, he's invested in a horse that's supposed to be the star of a new Hollywood movie. Only the horse won't behave. And Lauren is the best trainer in the state. Convinced to return, she soon finds more than she bargained for when the movie's screenwriter turns out to be leading-man handsome.
4) Buck
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IFC Films
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English
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"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
5) War horse
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distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
4-disc combo pack, Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy [ed.].
Language
English
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"This ... story begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and his young trainer Albert. When they're forced apart by war, we follow Joey's extraordinary journey as he changes and inspires the lives of everyone he meets"--Container.
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainent
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English
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A young girl has a very special dream. Woodhill is a beautiful race horse who received a bad reputation because he threw and injured his rider in a race in Tijuana. Penny is a teenage horse trainer who dreams of becoming a jockey. She picks Woodhill to race in the upcoming Bluegrass Special. Penny's devotion and determination are an inspiration to anyone who believes that dreams can come true.
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Lee & Low Books Inc
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century. Includes afterword and author's sources"--
8) Seabiscuit
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Universal
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English
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Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.
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Monty Roberts has traveled the world working with difficult horses. He has trained Queen Elizabeth's yearlings, jittery stallions on movie sets, and million-dollar race horses. In each case, he controls the animal without using force or inflicting pain. Monty's father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery that changed his life. As he watched a mare tame...
10) Hands down
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"Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
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Kensington Books
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English
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"When horse trainer Annie Carson rescues a beautiful thoroughbred from a roadside rollover, she knows the horse is lucky to be alive&unlike the driver. After rehabilitating the injured animal at her Carson Stables ranch, Annie delivers the horse to Hilda Colbert--the thoroughbred's neurotic and controlling owner--only to find she's been permanently put out to pasture. Two deaths in three days is unheard of in the small Olympic Peninsula county, and...
12) Irish rebel
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"She was practically royalty, the daughter of a rich, renowned horse-breeding dynasty. He was just a hardworking horse trainer. But Brian Donnelly was in America now, where even he might aspire to possess the breathtaking Keeley Grant. Her wealth and position didn't deter Brian." -- Back cover.
13) Stitches in time
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"New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. When Luke Schrock, new to his role as deacon, asks the church to take in foster girls from a group home, she's the first to raise her hand. The power of love, she believes, can pick up the dropped stitches in a child's heart and knit them back together. The 11-year-old twins she takes in bring her sleepless nights and police visits... and then the girls accuse Mollie of...
14) War horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
15) Irish hearts
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English
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Both Adelia and her cousin Erin are thrilled to find work they love in their new country-- Adelia caring for the Derby winning Majesty, and Erin untangling wealthy businessman Burke Logan's books--and surprised to find their hearts troubled by unexpected feelings for their bosses.
16) Wildflower Falls
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Riverbend romance volume 4
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English
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"When her mother's death leaves Charlotte Simpson bereft, she hopes the Robinson clan will accept her as one of their own and help fill the void. But a startling discovery dashes her hopes and leaves her wondering if she will ever know the father she's always longed for. Horse trainer Gunner Dawson has experienced profound loss and intends to avoid it. So he lives on the move without forming close bonds or putting down roots. When Charlotte hires...
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Big sky romances volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
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English
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Only one pair of boots and the cowboy wearing them can get Annie out of the mess she's in. Annie Wilkerson is Moose Creek's premiere horse trainer and equine columnist for Montana Living. Money is tight as she tries to put her kid-sister through college and provide for her young nephew. When Annie's column is cancelled, she's given first shot at a new lovelorn column and she can't afford to turn it down. Only problem is . . . Annie's never been in...
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Findaway World, LLC
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English
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"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time." -Eowyn Ivey
"Shares the trail with the likes of Edward Abbey, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry." -Craig Johnson, best-selling author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries, the basis for the hit show Longmire
When Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother's murder, he is followed by both the police and his brother's wife, Lena, who is intent on exacting...
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Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington mass market edition.
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English
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At first, horse trainer and Carson Stables owner Annie Carson blames the random losses of local livestock on feral animals stalking Olympic Peninsula county's farms and ranches. But when one of her own flock is found savagely slaughtered, it gets personal. Then it turns dangerous, when Annie discovers the body of a young woman hanging in her new hay barn. Suddenly, she's up to her neck in complicated mysteries--one involving her private life. But...
20) Indomable
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Scholastic Inc
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Español
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"Carolina Aguasvivas se crio en el Rancho Paraíso y conoce a todos los animales del lugar. Sin embargo, las cosas parecen cambiar cuando aparece Chelsie Sánchez, la hija de la nueva dueña, quien tiene una actitud arrogante y es dueña de una enérgica purasangre llamada Terciopelo. La yegua es asustadiza, testaruda y tiene una pata lastimada, pero Carolina está decidida a montarla. Chelsie, quien no se quiere rebajar a limpiar la caballeriza,...
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