Pettersen's sweet cowboy romance challenges the notions of trust and forgiveness when those you love betray you...a well-written love story." Kirkus Reviews WINNER, Reader Views, Best Romance HOLT Medallion Finalist, 2015 Book Buyers' Best Finalist, OCCRWA 2015 PRISON CHANGES EVERYTHING.It's been two rough years since Dani Tattrie has seen her husband. She didn't plan on running their California ranch by herself, but she's scraped by. Now though,...

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize, an exquisite tale of romance and rivalry, gambling and greed, from one of England's finest writers. As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Down?high life and low life, society beauties and White chapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and thieves. Hopes are high, nerves are taut, hats are tossed in the air? This is Derby Day. For months people have been waiting...

My e-book looks at a specific era in the horse and dog racing industries, i.e. 1965-1976. The text discusses specific crimes committed during this time. The crimes were the work of a monopoly established by a Buffalo, New York concessionaire and its ties to the Mafia in major U.S. cities. Mobsters did the bidding on Emprise Corp. in Detroit, Phoenix, West Memphis, Arkansas, Chicago, Canandaigua, NY, Pensacola, Omaha and many other locations. The monopoly...

Robert "Big Bob" McCullough was a hit man for Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. Later he served as a policeman for several prominent race organizations. Specifically, these were the Miami Beach Kennel Club and the Sportsman's Park racetrack in Chicago. McCullough came under scrutiny following the murder of newspaper reporter and crime investigator William Drury. He was slain on September 25, 1950 while parking his Cadillac in the driveway of his northside...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success...

With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton caters an exclusive luncheon at the Two Thousand Guineas horse race, a party devastated by a bomb blast that kills many of the guests.

Introduces horse racing to young readers, including the history of the sport, how a horse becomes a racing horse, and what goes on behind-the-scenes at a race track.

First in the Kentucky trilogy from the #1 bestselling author. "Prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing a story rather than reading about it." —Los Angeles Sunday Times

The Colemans and Thorntons, the unforgettable American families of Fern Michaels' Texas and Vegas series, are back in an exciting trilogy that combines the heady thrills of Kentucky horse racing with strong, accomplished women who fight for...

Raymond Starbuck ruined star jockey Coley Killebrew's reputation- so why is Coley cutting a deal with him? When Killebrew was barred from the track after a race-fixing scandal, he also lost his irresistible girlfriend, Francie Dorn. Starbuck says that if Coley can keep some unsavory cronies from muscling in on the old Magnolia Park track, he'll give Coley $10,000- and Francie's address. Is this the opportunity he's been waiting...

Trabajar sobre barras es la primera etapa para que su caballo aprenda a saltar, además de ser el mejor modo de adiestrar a su animal para que sea obediente y flexible en una superficie llana. Gracias a este sistema los caballos estarán más atentos y tendrán más ganas de aprender, al tiempo que reforzarán los músculos del dorso. Asímismo, el adiestramiento sobre barras será beneficioso tanto para el caballo como para el jinete. Este libro...