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Young John Roberts thought life in Missouri exciting as he watched the border wars with Kansas turn bloody. But it was the stealing of a horse that got him in trouble. Escaping a hanging, he raced north and hid in a wagon train going west. The wagon-master intended to turn him in at the next fort, but when they were attacked by Indians, he changed his mind.

Despite the disfiguring injury that ended Old Sam's career as a champion thoroughbred trotter, he is still as fast and as canny as ever, an indispensable help for the Scott family in their new home. Then, Old Sam mysteriously goes missing. Johnny figures that any thief who dares to steal that horse will soon be sorry. With the help of Lee and their gang of friends, Johnny soon has things well in hand, finding Old Sam's track, setting up a communication system that works with mirrors and well-placed minions, and generally running circles around his elders.

After a heavy storm, help is needed at Falkenstein Castle. Bibi and Tina take the carriage ponies Max and Moritz there to pull away fallen trees. But during the cleanup, the ponies suddenly disappear. Have they escaped or is this the work of a horse thief? Bibi, Tina and Alex have a suspicion!

From internationally best-selling author, Elle Marlow. The love and lore of a canyon crippled by danger. In 1887 Horse thieves massacred over 30 Chinese gold miners near the Snake River and Hells Canyon. The Horse thieves affected many lives including that of Macy and Foley. Macy, whose husband built a homestead near the canyon, and Foley Ehrling who had traveled from California to follow the miners into the canyon, both find themselves swept up in the beauty of the land and of the tragedy unfolding all around them. Finding love during turmoil is rare, but it is the only emotion that ...

Mace Nichols is an "I'll die with my boots on" cowboy. Old-school. Tough, silent, and honorable. Which is why he’s leaving his wife, Jenny. She has helped him build his dream - the Montana ranch they loved. Now he can’t give her the family she’s always dreamed of, so he has no choice: He needs to set her free. It makes perfect sense to him. It doesn’t make any sense to Jenny! She loves her stubborn, bull-headed husband. She admires his courage, his tenacity, and his determination to always do the right thing - even if, in this case, it is the stupidest thing he's ever done.

“A gift to the worthy” is what one witch calls it, but fifteen-year-old Nolan would have to disagree. A jar filled with stars and dying planets is a poor reward for saving a woman from drowning. When the rescued woman asked him what he wanted, he never meant his answer of "the moon and the stars" to be taken literally. He just meant that the sea life he’d started fell far short of his dreams for heroic adventure. But now Nolan’s words have stopped the tides, the night sky is dark, panicked mobs are stoning witches in the street, and he’s carrying the fate of millions of people in ...

Rodeo bull rider Shane Nichols will do anything for a friend. So when his pal Cash’s girl is about to marry the wrong man, Shane does what needs to be done: He kidnaps the bride. Poppy Hamilton isn’t expecting to be slung over some gorgeous cowboy’s shoulder and spirited off to a remote mountain cabin in the middle of a blinding Montana snowstorm - even if it's only until the wedding is over. Poppy still thinks that's a bit extreme, but she has her own reason for missing the wedding. Besides, she's the florist, not the bride!

He asked for her help. But he didn’t tell her the whole story. When Morgiana’s master tells her of the cave full of riches he has found, he doesn’t tell her everything. And when she agrees to help him, she doesn’t realize it will put all of their lives at risk. How can she keep them safe when she doesn’t know what he’d really discovered? Who can she turn to for help? And what can a slave girl do when her master’s family becomes more important to her than her own life? With wild desert rides, visits to the baths, a beautiful harem woman, and a growing affection for someone she ...

Panchtantra are the stories that were told to young princes in ancient times in India to make them wiser. Literally meaning five sections, the wisdom they impart today is as relevant as it was years ago. The stories are short and have animal characters which appeal to children.

She is trying to hold on to her past. He’s clinging to a memory. Both need to let go and look toward the future.

A Dapper Dan Dressage Mystery What was meant to be a luxury escape becomes a floating nightmare. World-class dressage trainer Sebastian Beaumont boards the ultra-exclusive MS Equus Royale expecting two weeks of champagne, open ocean, and time away from trouble with his partner, Marcus Thorne. No cases. No crimes. No ghosts from Sebastian’s former life as a private investigator. But horses always know before humans do. Deep in the ship’s state-of-the-art stables, panic ripples through the elite equine passengers. One stallion is terrified beyond reason. Another horse witnesses something ...

Saskatchewan's Big Muddy Badlands provided the perfect location for Station No. 1 on the Outlaw Trail. During the last five minutes of the old west, at the turn of the 20th century, these buttes, ravines and canyons were known as The Devil’s Playground. Indeed, the badlands that spread out from the United States/Canada border are full of many untold stories of the old west. For decades, there was plenty a horse thief and outlaw looking to rustle cattle and steal horses, drive them over the border and sell them. By then, many of the infamous riders of the Outlaw Trail had been locked up or...

Cash Callahan has been committed to his rodeo bronc-riding career for years. But get married? No way. Cash isn’t opposed to marriage for other people. It’s just not for him - or for his long-time girl, Milly Malone - the one planning to marry another man. What on earth is she thinking? Milly waited five years for Cash to pop the question. She’s given him enough rope to knit an interstate highway - and he keeps traveling right on down it. So she’s got a new beau, a wedding on Saturday, and no footloose, commitment-shy cowboy is going to mess things up.

After interrupting a burglary of his Corpus Christi townhouse, Jesus Valdez and his business partner David Price are off on a whirl wind chase to recover the priceless heirloom the thief has managed to get away with. Things go from bad to worse for the pair when, in Rio, they find themselves the target of thugs, and the objects of the romantic affection of two American women 'doing Rio'. Will the burglar show up in Rio, as Jesus believes? Will true love bloom between the adventurers and the women they meet at the Red Dog Saloon? And what role does the supposed Treasure of the 'Centenario De...

Peace, the hardest bounty to find. Marlene Masters lived a life of oppression and debauchery. After thirteen years she finds the courage to flee the narcissistic hands of Lowells Elke, a Texas land prospector and prominent businessman, endeavoring to reunite with her lost son and estranged family before death claims her remaining time. Arriving in Chivalry, Texas, alone, sickly, and penniless, she finds a less than hearty welcome and struggles to hold on to reality when the life left behind wasn’t represented as it seems, dashing her dreams, leaving her hopelessly incurable and alone. ...

The beautiful Sheherazade, threatened with death, manages to postpone the fatal day by telling one marvellous story every night. The stories themselves are folk tales, fairy tales and poems collected over many centuries, from ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Mesopotamian, Indian, and Egyptian folklore and literature. This makes The Arabian Nights a priceless treasure, as it takes us to the very roots of our culture in a delightful and passionate way...

Beaver Lake was a refuge for animals, waterfowl, and a wide variety of fish. The 36,000-acre lake was located within the Grand Kankakee Marsh. Its many islands also became refuge for horse thieves and counterfeiters; hence one island earned the name Bogus Island. The beauty and grandeur of the Great Kankakee Marsh was marred by a bad element that found sanctuary within its shores. The average resident could ignore it when bad things happened to someone else. When it affected Cedar Creek, Sheriff Tyler Tomas was required to deal with it.

After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull with a legendary story… Vivid re-imagining of the legendary hero Robin Hood by thebestselling author of War Horse. “Tell the sheriff, tell Sir Guy of Gisbourne, tell everyone in...

Die Stars dieser etwas anderen Pferdsportstory sind ein Hund, genannt Herr Winzig, ein Pferd namens Wacker und die Voltigierbande, bestehend aus 9 Jungen und Mädchen. Die Geschichte erzählt vom Aufbau und Aufstieg einer Voltigiergruppe und den vielen kleinen und großen Abenteuern, die zu bestehen waren, bevor die Gruppe zum ersten Male vor einem größeren Publikum auftreten darf.