Arabian Horse

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The Ride of Her Life and The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the “winningly readable” (The Christian Science Monitor) true story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II. “Hard to put down . . . One need not...

The untold story of generations of Middle Eastern freedom fighters—horsewomen who safeguarded an ancient breed of Caspian horse—and their efforts to defend their homelands from the Taliban and others seeking to destroy them. "A breathtaking book that revisits nearly one hundred years of...

"A twelve-year-old who has never spoken a full sentence. A stolen Arabian stallion. And a bond that would carry them both through the worst years in history." World War II is raging. Hitler is hiding away the world's most beautiful purebred horses in a little village in Czechoslovakia. Lipizzaners, Thoroughbreds, and the prize Polish Arabians are being used in his experiments to create the perfect war horse. A peculiar twelve-year-old boy from the village named Teodor becomes the groom for one of those special horses - Witez II, one of the most famous Arabian stallions of all time. Witez ...

At the festival of the New Year, the King of Persia is given a horse carved from ebony. It has the power to fly riders anywhere they wish to go, and it flies the king's son all the way to Bengal. There he meets and falls in love with Princess Ameera. But to marry her, Prince Firouz will have to convince her father by defeating an army, then fool a sultan by pretending to be a doctor. Luckily anything is possible with a magic horse.

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 ...

These tales are told with a rare beauty, rhyme, and rhythm. Richard Burton's translation catches the epic beauty in his unique style. It takes time to get used to Burton's prose poetry, but once you do, the reward is as deep as Shaharazad's story. As a storyteller, it was a joy to narrate these tales and bring the music of the work to life.

From her horse farm in Nebraska, Cara Whitney--wife of Dan Whitney (aka "Larry the Cable Guy")--shares down-to-earth stories about how ordinary people can share their faith in extraordinary ways. In the midst of uncertain and sometimes frightening times, sharing God's love with others gives us...

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...

There is nothing like leading a horse through endless labyrinth-like circles or listening to the trickle of water running over swollen legs, to place me into a state of contemplation. And this is how my story begins. Nursing my ten-year-old Arabian mare through a mysterious week-long illness while my mind, and this book, remembers the five years of work, errors, triumphs and tragedies that ultimately led to a true partnership with my dressage and trail horse. Horseback riding is my passion, part of my daily existence and happiness, and when my riding horse unexpectedly died, I needed to ...

Horse vet, Liz Barnett, moves her practice from Kentucky to rural California, excited by the chance to partner with an established equine clinic, as well as show her beautiful Arabian horses. She soon finds that she's living in an area by-passed by time and progress, as she butts heads with stubborn old ranchers who want nothing to do with a young female vet. Hunky Arabian horse trainer, Kurt DeVallio, has spent the past ten years struggling with a tragic past and the mystery of a horse-drugging frame-up that destroyed his professional career. His tunnel vision for finding a way to find out...

Between 1992 and 2002, I served as a Muslim Chaplain in correctional facilities across Michigan and California. My final post was at a juvenile correctional facility for girls in Ventura County, California — a place where stories of hardship and lost innocence filled every corridor. Over the years, I saw countless faces, and most began to look the same — worn by pain, regret, and the slow erosion of hope. But one day, a new arrival walked into the facility — and changed everything. She was unlike anyone I had ever seen. Her long blonde hair caught the light even in that dim hall, and ...