Jill's Pony Trek
Author : R. Ferguson
Publisher :
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1993
Category :
ISBN : 9780340590812
Jill and the Perfect Pony
Author : Ruby Ferguson
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Horsemanship
ISBN : 9780340590799
Book Description
Jill and the Lost Ponies
Author : Jane Badger
Publisher : Jane Badger Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release :
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
"Last night I finished reading your Jill and the Lost Ponies. I can honestly say that It is one of the best sequels I’ve read... I love the way you tie in previous events from the Jill books and the way you weave the various characters into the plot. I love the way Jill talks to the reader, the comments she makes and the language she uses, because they are all so “Jill-like” and feel authentic to such an extent that it really feels as if RF is actually writing it... Thank you for a wonderful book." (Kate) "I read Jill and the Lost Ponies, and it was brilliant, thank you! It completely brought Jill back. I haven't enjoyed anything that much for a long time." (Helen) In Ruby Ferguson's Pony Jobs for Jill, Captain Cholly-Sawcutt told Jill and Ann to put ponies aside as a hobby and go and do a shorthand course. I always wondered what would happen if they went off and did just that. And so in this sequel to the Jill books, set in the 1950s, we find Jill and Ann are at a London secretarial college, doing what they've been told to do. WIth ponies left firmly behind them. Or so they think.
The Exmoor Files
Author : Liz Jones
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 10,71 MB
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0297857835
Book Description
Moving from Islington to Exmoor; one small step for mankind but a very large one for MAIL ON SUNDAY columnist Liz Jones. Liz Jones lived the perfect urban life. The immaculate Georgian townhouse in a leafy London square. The glamorous career. The Italian wardrobe stuffed with designer bags and shoes. The much younger novelist husband. But then it all goes horribly wrong. She discovers her husband has been having numerous affairs (with women who are younger, dimmer, slimmer) and realises that her pursuit of perfection has never made her happy, and probably never will. And so she decides to start all over again, burying herself alive in the middle of the bleak, unforgiving wilderness that is Exmoor National Park. She buys a wreck of a farmhouse, with an original stable block, 46 acres, an ancient wood and a lake. She rescues a nervous and abused but breathtakingly beautiful racehorse and hopes to live out the rural dream. The reality, of course, is much, much harder. THE EXMOOR FILES is a funny, honest, often brutal real-life account of what it is like to start all over again in an alien environment. It is about discovering that you cannot find peace just by moving somewhere peaceful. It is about mourning for a relationship and letting go of the life you thought you deserved.
Quotable Star Trek
Author : Jill Sherwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1471107175
Book Description
Organised into categories such as friendship, diplomacy and management, Quotable Star Trek demonstrates the truly universal appeal of Gene Roddenberry's extraordinary creation. Words of wit, wisdom and compelling insight applicable to everyday life have been selected from over 500 hours of television episodes and eight Star Trek motion pictures. For more than thirty years the Star Trek universe has used its much-loved characters and consistently literate scripts to argue thought-provoking ideas, to tackle moral dilemmas, to deal with issues of humanity and responsibility, or to come up with intriguing solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Quotable Star Trek selects over 300 pages of gems which together encapsulate that unique and inimitable spirit.
Jill Enjoys Her Ponies Kgt
Author : Ruby Ferguson
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Horsemanship
ISBN : 9780340162804
Book Description
The Plague Dogs
Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101970693
Book Description
This modern-day classic is an unforgettable tale of fantasy and adventure, a powerful exploration of the limits of human cruelty and kindness. A “gripping ... compelling tale of emotional force and high suspense” (The Wall Street Journal). Rowf, a shaggy black mongrel, and Snitter, a black-and-white fox terrier, are among dozens of animals being cruelly held in a testing facility in North West England. When one of the handlers fails to close Rowf’s cage properly, the two dogs make a daring escape into the English countryside, where they befriend a red fox who helps them survive in the wild. But as rumors circulate that the dogs may have been the test subjects for biological weapons and could be carrying a terrible plague, they soon find themselves targets of a great dog hunt. Local farmers, politicians, scientists, and even the military join in the search to track them down.
Paperbacks in Print
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Book Description
The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781-2004
Author : Allyson N. May
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1317031385
Book Description
August 1781 saw the publication of a manual on fox hunting that would become a classic of its genre. Hugely popular in its own day, Peter Beckford's Thoughts on Hunting is often cited as marking the birth of modern hunting and continues to be quoted from affectionately today by the hunting fraternity. Less stressed is the fact that its subject was immediately controversial, and that a hostile review which appeared on the heels of the manual's publication raised two criticisms of fox hunting that would be repeated over the next two centuries: fox hunting was a cruel sport and a feudal, anachronistic one at that. This study explores the attacks made on fox hunting from 1781 to the legal ban achieved in 2004, as well as assessing the reasons for its continued appeal and post-ban survival. Chapters cover debates in the areas of: class and hunting; concerns over cruelty and animal welfare; party politics; the hunt in literature; and nostalgia. By adopting a thematic approach, the author is able to draw out the wider social and cultural implications of the debates, and to explore what they tell us about national identity, social mores and social relations in modern Britain.
Heroines on Horseback
Author : Jane Badger
Publisher :
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 9781847451545
Book Description
"Heroines on Horseback looks at the pony book through its beginnings in the 20s and 30s, to the glory days of the 40s and 50s, and beyond. Pony book expert Jane Badger writes about the lives and contributions of noted exponents, including Primrose Cumming, Monica Edwards, Patricia Leitch, Ruby Ferguson and the Pullein-Thompson sisters, as well as providing a wide-ranging view of the genre as a whole, its themes and developments, illustrators and short stories."--Lower cover.
