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Book SynopsisTrail of Painted Ponies Coloring Book: Native American Edition reflects equine ethos and artistic expression. The Trail of Painted Ponies and Blue Star Coloring have collaborated to create twenty-six designs inspired by some of the most popular Painted Pony figurines rooted in Native American lore. Fifteen figurines are depicted through brilliantly detailed expressive designs. Each pony is presented within its historical legacy and brought to life through the interpretive lens of selected artists. Horses have been a rich source of inspiration since prehistoric times, when large wild animals were first drawn on cave walls by Paleolithic artists. This book celebrates the rich collaborative tradition of The Trail of Painted Ponies and encourages you, the colorist, to take part in this artful journey.

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Book SynopsisWhat effect can horses develop in a setting based on depth psychology? In moving conversations with patients and therapists, Birgit Heintz gains insights into the fascinating work with horses. The author frames her very personal perspectives with current findings from neurobiology and infant research as well as the evolutionary history of empathy. She describes in detail the phenomena of resonance and influences on the transference process in the relationship triangle therapist - horse - patient. This in-depth insight into the practice of horse-assisted psychotherapy is a must for all those who are interested in both the psychological relationships and the nature of horses.

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Book SynopsisInspired by our age-old fascination with equids, Materiality of the Horse brings the latest academic research in equine history to a wider readership. Themes examined within the book by specialist contributors include explorations of material culture relating to horses and what this discloses about the horse-human relationship; fresh observations on significant medieval horse-related texts from Europe and the Islamic world; and revealing insights into the effect of the introduction of horses into indigenous cultures in South America. Thought-provoking and original, Materiality of the Horse is the second volume in Trivent Publishing's innovative Rewriting Equestrian History series.Trade ReviewThe Materiality of the Horse brings life and three dimensions to our understanding of the Medieval horse. Clichés are overturned and new perspectives opened up. We understand the very different case studies from all over the world both at a theoretical level and in details that give us a sense of immediacy."" - Dr. Susanna Forrest, Author of The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey through Human History""From cover to cover, this book provides a highly readable and riveting account of the horse-human relationship in three contexts. From the breeding and management of horses in a range of time and place, to literary representations, to an exploration of archaeological understanding, each chapter provides well-researched and insightful account on the significance of the horse-human relationship."" - Dr. Sarah Sargent, University of BuckinghamTable of Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1. Pony Breeding in the New Forest: A Continuation of Medieval Practice, by Gail Brownrigg CHAPTER 2. Practical Advice on Equine Care from Jordanus Rufus, c. 1250 CE, by Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 3. A Tapuya "Equestrian Nation"? Horses and Native Peoples in the Backlands of Colonial Brazil, by Felipe Vander Velden CHAPTER 4. Counting Your Blessings in Froissart's "Debate of the Horse and the Greyhound", by Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 5. Equids in Late Byzantine Hagiographies: A Comparison with the Middle Byzantine Period, by Alexia-Foteini Stamouli CHAPTER 6. Alexander's Arabian: Noble Steed or Fantastic Beast?, by Miriam A. Bibby CHAPTER 7. Hish?m ibn al-Kalbi's Kit?b al-Khayl: A Premodern Arabic Pedigree for the Horse?, by Hylke Hettema CHAPTER 8. Equestrian Military Equipment of the Eastern Roman Armies in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries, by Mattia Caprioli CHAPTER 9. Horse Burials among the Lombards and Avars: Some Differences and Similarities between the Germanic and Nomadic Rituals, by Annamaria Fedele CHAPTER 10. The Irish "Deer" Series of Cheek-Pieces, by Brian G. Scott

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Book SynopsisThe figure of a knight on horseback is the emblem of medieval chivalry. Much has been written on the ideology and practicalities of knighthood as portrayed in medieval romance, especially Arthurian romance, and it is surprising that so little attention was hitherto granted to the knight's closest companion, the horse. This study examines the horse as a social indicator, as the knight's animal alter ego in his spiritual peregrinations and earthly adventures, the ups and downs of chivalric adventure, as well as the relations between the lady and her palfrey in romance. Both medieval authors and their audiences knew more about the symbolism and practice of horsemanship than most readers do today. By providing the background to the descriptions of horses and horsemanship in Arthurian romance, this study deepens the readers' appreciation of these texts. At the same time, critical reading of romance supplies information about the ideology and daily practice of horsemanship in the Middle Ages that is otherwise impossible to obtain from other sources, be it archaeology, chronicles or administrative documentation.Trade ReviewThe mediaeval knight is a mythic figure, always (like the cowboy) imagined primarily on horseback. Horses used to play a part in many human activities, but twenty-first-century readers have been cut off from all that by the triumph of the internal combustion engine. Anastasija Ropa, however, knows both about horses and about the historic and imaginative worlds in they were once ubiquitous. Observant readers today may notice that when that very modern figure, Chrétien de Troyes's obsessed and controlling Orguilleux de la Lande, forces his mistress to ride a horse that he will not allow to be reshod, that is cruel to the horse, but how many, without Dr Ropa's guidance, will realize that the lady's ride will become inexorably more uncomfortable until it is a painful and inescapably public humiliation? Similarly, modern readers will notice the contrast in the Ellesmere Chaucer miniatures between the Prioress's high-stepping mount and the Second Nun's wretched balky nag; but who, without Dr Ropa's prompting, will realize that the Prioress's style of riding is not as competent as such a good horse needs, or that the Second Nun's horse is unshod? These things extend Chaucer's satire, suggesting that the Top People whom the Prioress wants to impress would find her horsemanship, like her famously provincial French, slightly comic; and that the way she exercises the authority she has been given over her sisters in Christ is, albeit unconsciously, comparable to the behaviour of Orguilleux de la Lande."" - Peter Field, Professor Emeritus of Bangor University, UKTable of Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1: Mounts as Social Identifiers: Describing Knights and Ladies through Their Horses CHAPTER 2: Feeding the Horse of an Errant Knight: Practical and Symbolic Aspects of Horse Care CHAPTER 3: Women and Manly Dirt: Gendering Equestrian Skills in the Queste del Saint Graal and Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Conclusion. Displays of Horsemanship Skills Beyond the Arthurian Romance Selected bibliography

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Book SynopsisNew things are forgotten old things – this rediscovery of the past is especially important in horsemanship and equestrian sports. Despite advances in sciences and technology, the physiologies and psychologies of the two principal agents, the equid and the human, have undergone relatively few changes since horse domestication.The studies collected in this volume outline such essential and recurring challenges in equestrianism as gender issues, equine identification, the use of hyperflexion and groundwork in training, as well as many others, from prehistory to this day.Table of Contents Foreword — Jason Kingsley Introduction. Continuities of Equestrian Practices — Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 1: Envisioning Early Equestrianism: Clues from Archaeology and Ancient DNA — Katherine S. Kanne CHAPTER 2: Feminizing the Hippodrome: Finding the Female in a Male World — Carolyn Willekes CHAPTER 3: The Horses of the Bayeux Tapestry: Where the Art of Roman Riding Meets the Middle — Ages Anneli Sundkvist CHAPTER 4: Appraising the Warhorse: Restaurum Equorum in the Reigns of Edward I and II — Emma Herbert-Davies CHAPTER 5: Horse Head Position in Premodern Times: A Textual, Iconographic, and Archeological Analysis — Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 6: Groundwork with Horses: Learning from Medieval and Early Modern Treatises — Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 7: The Italian Influence on Equestrian Art in Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries — Marcin Ruda CHAPTER 8: An Experimental Case Study of Pluvinel's Horse Training around the Single Pillar — Lisa Marieke Kyre CHAPTER 9: Playing Chicken: The Early History and Modern Revival of an Ancient Game — Jane Badger & Timothy George Dawson CHAPTER 10: Fox-hunting and Classical Horsemanship as Social Performance of Elitism and Power: A Journey Across Time — Sarah Sargent CHAPTER 11: Retrospective: Michel Henriquet on the Vanishing Point of Lightness — Kip Mistral List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisThe historical horse is at once material and abstract, as is the notion of the border. Borders and frontiers are not only markers delineating geographical spaces but also mental constructs: there are borders between order and disorder, between what is permitted and what is prohibited. Boundaries and liminal spaces also exist in the material, economic, political, moral, legal and religious spheres. In this volume, the contributing authors explore the theme of the liminality of the horse in all of these historical arenas, asking how one reconciles the very different roles played by the horse in human history.Trade ReviewReviewed by the Times Literary Supplement "The ten essays in The Liminal Horse recover some of the forgotten aspects of equine material culture. This varied and wide-ranging collection encompasses Bronze Age horse domestication in southern Scandinavia, horsemanship in the Roman empire, late Iron Age Irish bit design and the first English translation of a section of a thirteenth-century training manual."Table of Contents Foreword, by Elizabeth O'Brien Introduction: The Horse as a Liminal Being, Rena Maguire and Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 1. Horse Training in the Thirteenth Century: Insights from Jordanus Rufus, Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 2. Crossing Borders in Equestrian Training: Applying Jordanus Rufus's Advice on Training Young Horses Today, Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 3. Housing Horses on the Edge in Later Medieval England, by Duncan L. Berryman CHAPTER 4. Roman Horses, Enemy Horses and Riders: The Testimony of Historia Romana by Nikephoros Gregoras, by Alexia-Foteini Stamouli CHAPTER 5. Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Study of Horse Type Terms in English, French and Spanish, by Cristina Oliveros Calvo CHAPTER 6. Harnessing Horse Power: Then and Now, by Terry Davis CHAPTER 7. Bridles and Bones: Early Cavalry in Southern Scandinavia, by Xenia Pauli Jensen and Jacob Kveiborg CHAPTER 8. Livin' on the Edge: Roman Influences on the Equestrian Equipment of Late Iron Age Ireland, by Rena Maguire CHAPTER 9. Dimisso equo: Horse-Riding Elites on the Frontiers of Rome, by M. C. Bishop CHAPTER 10. Mist on the Border: Emperor Severus and the Netherby Arabians that Never Were, by Miriam A. Bibby Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisShips of empire carried not just merchandise, soldiers and administrators but also equine genes from as far afield as Europe, Arabia, the Americas, China and Japan. In the process, they introduced horses into parts of the world not native to that animal in historical times. As a result, horses in Thailand, the Philippine Horses, the Cape Horse in South Africa and the Basotho Pony in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho share a genetic lineage with the horse found in the Indonesian archipelago.This book explores the 'invention' of specific breeds of horse in the context of imperial design and colonial trade routes. Here, it focuses on the introduction, invention and use of the horse in Thailand, the Philippines and southern Africa as well as examining its roots and evolution within Indonesia. In addition, it examines the colonial trade in horses within the Indian Ocean and discusses the historiographical and methodological problems associated with writing a more species- or horse-centric history. This is a fascinating study that will appeal not only to scholars but also to the broad horse-reading public interested in all things equine.Table of Contents1. Breeds of Empire and the 'Invention' of the Horse (Greg Bankoff and Sandra Swart); 2. Southeast Asia and Southern Africa in the Maritime Horse Trade of the Indian Ocean, c. 1800-1914 (William Gervase Clarence-Smith); 3. Horse Breeding, Long-distance Horse Trading and Royal Courts in Indonesian History, 1500-1900 (Peter Boomgaard); 4. The 'Arab' of the Indonesian Archipelago: Famed Horse Breeds of Sumbawa (Bernice de Jong Boers); 5. Javanese Horses for the Court of Ayutthaya (Dhiravat na Pombejra); 6. Colonising New Lands: Horses in the Philippines (Greg Bankoff); 7. Adapting to a New Environment: The Philippine Horse (Greg Bankoff); 8. Riding High - Horses, Power and Settler Society in Southern Africa, c. 1654-1840 (Sandra Swart); 9. The 'Ox That Deceives': The Meanings of the 'Basotho Pony' in Southern Africa (Sandra Swart); 10. 'Together yet Apart': Towards a Horse-story (Greg Bankoff and Sandra Swart); Notes); Bibliography); Index

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Book SynopsisThe Garden of Eden is a novel written by Max Brand. The novel tells the story of a man named David, who lives in the wilderness with his father and brother. David's father is a hunter and his brother is a trapper, but David is different. He longs for civilization and education and dreams of leaving the wilderness to attend school and become a lawyer. When David's father and brother are killed by a gang of outlaws, David sets out on his own to pursue his dreams. He travels to the nearest town, where he meets a beautiful woman named Hope. Hope is the daughter of the local rancher, and David falls in love with her instantly. However, there are obstacles in the way of David and Hope's happiness. The local sheriff is corrupt and is in cahoots with the outlaws who killed David's family. The sheriff is also in love with Hope, and he sees David as a threat. Meanwhile, the outlaws are after David, as they know he is seeking revenge for his family's deaths. David and Hope must navigate these dangerous situations while trying to build a life together. They also uncover a secret about Hope's father that could change everything. Throughout the novel, David's character develops as he learns to adapt to the world outside of the wilderness and to navigate the complex relationships and power dynamics of civilized society. The Garden of Eden is a classic Western novel that explores themes of love, revenge, justice, and the conflict between civilization and the wilderness. It is known for its vivid descriptions of the American frontier and its complex and well-developed characters.

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Book SynopsisIn Alcatraz by Max Brand, the story revolves around the wild horse Alcatraz and his journey from being a free and untamed stallion to a trusted mount. The story also involves several other characters, including Marianne Jordan, the daughter of a wealthy rancher, who falls in love with the cowboy Bill Warden, the man who captured Alcatraz. However, their relationship is complicated by the presence of Señor Cordova, a wealthy landowner who also has feelings for Marianne. As Alcatraz continues to resist being tamed, Bill enlists the help of a notorious horse trainer, Arizona Charley. Charley is known for his harsh methods of breaking horses, but he takes a different approach with Alcatraz, recognizing the horse's exceptional intelligence and spirit. Meanwhile, Marianne's father, Oliver Jordan, becomes embroiled in a conflict with a group of rustlers in the nearby Eagle Mountains. The rustlers are led by a dangerous outlaw named Red Reckoner, who also has his sights set on Alcatraz. As the story unfolds, Alcatraz gradually becomes more trusting of Bill and the other humans around him, but his freedom and safety are constantly threatened by the rustlers and Red Reckoner in particular. In the end, Alcatraz proves his loyalty and bravery by helping to rescue Marianne from Red Reckoner and the rustlers, and he becomes a beloved and trusted mount for Bill and Marianne.

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