how good riders get GOOD by Denny Emerson

This book is exactly what you need to become a better rider. It's a smart, honest, on-target kick-in-the-pants, guaranteed to rev your engines as you see how a few changes in your life, a few smart choices and strategic moves, can transform you from a run-of-the-mill rider into a GOOD one.

How does Denny Emerson know what makes a good rider? For one thing, he IS one--he is the only rider in the world to have won both a gold medal in international eventing and a Tevis Cup buckle in endurance.Plus, he's been around great riders, and taught those on their way to becoming great, for over 40 years.

How will what Denny knows help YOU become a good rider? Its simple, really. He's boiled the whole thing down into seven broad "areas of choice" that collectively determine whether you are a "gonnabe"--you're going to get it done--or whether you'll be stuck into the "wannabe" category for decades.

You'll examine how your choices of riding sport may or may not be the best for who you are and where you live, and how those frustrating hurdles known as "life circumstances" don't necessarily hold you back like you think they do. Plus, find out how to build a strong support team by winning people to your cause and choosing the right teachers and mentors.

Analyze your physical self (your body, how it is formed and how you care for it.) and your intellectual self (your "horse smarts" and how you are adding to them.. or not) and apply the results to your "gunnabe-good" equation. Learn to take a good hard look at your partner--your horse-- and think critically about his ability to help you attain your riding goals. In addition, discover the nine key character traits of successful riders and how you can learn to call each one of them your own.

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a revered classic written by Nobel- prize winning author John Steinbeck in 1937. It portrays the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two companions trying to make a living. Their goal is to raise enough money to buy their own plot and settle down on a small farm. Of Mice and Men takes place during the great depression in Soledad, California.

Vermont Wild: Adventures of Fish and Game Wardens Volume three by Megan Price

 Wacky, true stories of a cagey cougar, Battlin' beavers, wily woodchuck, jinxed snowmobile, hapless poachers, legendary warden, Red Hooper, and his dog, Smokey and many more...

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

This classic story of a pair of unlikely friends is probably the most moving of Steinbeck's novels. A discerning comment on the loneliness and alienation of California's farm laborers in the 1930's. Of Mice and Men is also a gripping tale of a man's selfless love for another.
lennie,a lumbering hulk of a man with the mind of a child, and his caretaker and good friend, George, dreaming of owning a farm together. Now the boss' son has a flirtatious wife, and guileless lennie is no match for her. And as friends George and lennie has to make the most difficult decision of their lives.

Safe Haven By: Nicholas Sparks

When a mysterious young women named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with her plainspoken neighbor, Ho; and another with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to relax her guard, putting down roots in the community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her... a past that set her on a fearful journey across the country, to the oasis of Southport. With Jo's support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards...and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Doyle

Legend

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

The Clan Corporate by: Charles Stross

Miriam Beckstein has gotten in touch with her roots in The Family Trade and The Hidden Family, and they have nearly strangled her.

A young, hip business journalist from Boston, she discovered that her family comes from an alternate reality, that she is very well connected, and that family is too much like the mafia for comfort. In addition, women are family property and are required to breed more family members with a unique talent to walk between worlds; however, she has tried to remain an outsider and her own woman. And start a profitable business in a third world that she has discovered, outside the family reach.

She fell in love with a distant relative, but he's dead, killed saving her life. There have been murders and betrayals. Now, however, she may be overreaching. And if she gets caught, death or a fate worse is around the bend. There is, for instance, the brain-damaged son of the local king who needs a wife. But they'd never make her do that, would they?

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

A storm at sea... a doomed ship... a sole survivor... here is Daniel Defoe's immortal tale of a young merchant seaman cast ashore on an uninhabited tropical island, destined to spend twenty-four years in isolated loneliness. But more than a story of man against nature, Robinson Crusoe is a penetrating study of a universal problem--man against himself. In this great work Defoe introduces us to an immature Crusoe, floundering as aimlessly through life as he later is to flounder helplessly in the grip of a savage sea. We share his struggle for survival; feel his despondence at hearing no human sound but the echo of his own despairing prayers;suffer his hostility toward a god he fells has unjustly forsaken him. And at the end of his long ordeal we witness a rebirth: We see a mature Robinson Crusoe who has doggedly conquered his environment and rekindled his faith in his Savior... a Robinson Crusoe who has finally master himself.

Avalon Web of Magic By: Rachel Roberts

Deep in the woods, a secret place beckons...What if you found it - and it changed your life forever?
Emily: She's the shy one, the new girl in town. She doesn't believe in magic.

Deep in the woods, magical animals are living - and dying. What if only you could save them?
Adriane: She's the strange girl, the outsider. She doesn't believe in friends.

Deep in the woods, magic is gathering... What if only you could use it - or misuse it?
Kara: She's the spoiled, snobby, and popular one. The magic believes in her. And two girls who can't stand her need her desperately.

Welcome to a world where magic is real and friendship is everything.

Kara, Adriane, and Emily are mages but they don't know it. Emily's the healer, Adriane is the warrior and Kara is the blazing star. Ozzie is looking for these three girls! All the animals from Phel's and Ozzie's world came to Phel to be healed from the "Black Fire." The Black Fire comes from the Manticore, an evil monster who follows magic and destroys it with the black fire.  Kara, Adriane, and Emily are all my favorite characters but my two real favorite characters are Ozzie and Phel. Ozzie is an elf who fell through a portal and is turned to a talking ferret! Phel is a purple bear that is made of magic.