Author : Ros Hill
Publisher : Milk & Cookies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9781596878617
Presents brief, quirky stories featuring African animals, including the story of a zebra that loses its stripes, and a cheetah that chases down and catches an impala in order to give it a Valentines Day kiss.
Author : Cat Hill
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1646011635
A handy quick-reference with step-by-step color photos and easy-to-follow instructions from two top professional grooms. Braiding a horse’s mane kind of comes with the territory—who can resist playing with all that hair? While it may begin as a downtime activity on a rainy afternoon or fun with friends after riding lessons, braiding takes on a life of its own when it comes to competition. Professional grooms and others who braid on the show circuit can make a living doing just that when they have the skills to do it fast and do it well. Professional grooms Cat Hill and Emma Ford, co-authors of the bestselling World-Class Grooming for Horses, have braided thousands of horses for a variety of disciplines over the course of their esteemed careers in the equestrian industry. Now they’ve highlighted those skills in a book conceived to be a helpful barn companion—one you can take with you and keep in your tack trunk, providing a go-to reference whenever you need it. Chock full of full-color photographs that illustrate every step of the process, readers learn techniques for: Braiding down—a nice, tight, smooth braid is the key to a sophisticated finish. Using thread, yarn, or rubber bands. Properly finishing and removing braids to avoid hair damage. Button braids two ways. Hunter braids. Running braids. Unpulled manes and long manes. Braiding forelocks. With their expertise, top-tier standards, and trademark clarity as professionals who have made teaching their trade an integral part of their lives, Hill and Ford provide everything you need to know to turn a horse out with professional polish, ready to impress the judges and wow the crowds.
Author : Robert Weintraub
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0316205907
The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II. In 1945 Major League Baseball had become a ghost of itself. Parks were half empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and mediocre replacements roamed the fields, as hundreds of players, including the game's biggest stars, were serving abroad, devoted to unconditional Allied victory in World War II. But by the spring of 1946, the country was ready to heal. The war was finally over, and as America's fathers and brothers were coming home, so too were the sport's greats. Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and Joe DiMaggio returned with bats blazing, making the season a true classic that ended in a thrilling seven-game World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. America also witnessed the beginning of a new era in baseball: it was a year of attendance records, the first year Yankee Stadium held night games, the last year the Green Monster wasn't green, and, most significant, Jackie Robinson's first year playing in the Brooklyn Dodgers' system. The Victory Season brings to vivid life these years of baseball and war, including the littleknown "World Series" that servicemen played in a captured Hitler Youth stadium in the fall of 1945. Robert Weintraub's extensive research and vibrant storytelling enliven the legendary season that embodies what we now think of as the game's golden era.
Author : Jayakrishnan Nair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1316511731
An accessible yet rigorous package of probabilistic and statistical tools for anyone who must understand or model extreme events.
Author : Julie Klassen
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493416049
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to give up her inn and destine another man to a childless marriage. Then someone she never expected to see again returns to Ivy Hill. . . . Mercy Grove has lost her school and is resigned to life as a spinster, especially as the man she admires seems out of reach. Should she uproot herself from Ivy Cottage to become a governess for a former pupil? Her decision will change more lives than her own. A secretive new dressmaker arrives in the village, but the ladies soon suspect she isn't who she claims to be. Will they oust the imposter, or help rescue her from a dangerous predicament? In the meantime, everyone expects Miss Brockwell to marry a titled gentleman, even though her heart is drawn to another. While the people of Ivy Hill anticipate one wedding, an unexpected bride may surprise them all. Don't miss this romantic, stirring conclusion to Tales from Ivy Hill.
Author : Robert Adler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 30,31 MB
Release : 1998-10-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780817639518
Twenty-four contributions, intended for a wide audience from various disciplines, cover a variety of applications of heavy-tailed modeling involving telecommunications, the Web, insurance, and finance. Along with discussion of specific applications are several papers devoted to time series analysis, regression, classical signal/noise detection problems, and the general structure of stable processes, viewed from a modeling standpoint. Emphasis is placed on developments in handling the numerical problems associated with stable distribution (a main technical difficulty until recently). No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Cat Hill
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1646010183
When owning, training, riding, and showing horses, there is a certain “look” to which one aspires. World-class “turnout”—a horse in peak condition, perfectly coiffed and luminous with health, outfitted with gleaming and well-fit tack appropriate for his sport—can take your breath away. And while it can certainly play a significant role in a competitive rider’s success, it is just as appealing to have any horse “groomed to the nines,” whether he’s headed for an afternoon lesson or just out on the trail. Achieving this superior look is not just about clean tack, shiny brass, spotless stockings, or perfect braids. The most important steps are in the day-to-day nitty-gritty of grooming and caring for the horse: noticing “something not-quite-right” about the way the horse looks or moves before it becomes “something wrong”; brushing and combing and trimming a little every day so the horse’s skin and coat remain healthy; knowing how to prepare a horse properly for training, and how to cool him down afterward. Now, two of the best professional grooms in the business share their trade secrets, with over 1200 color photographs accompanying the ultimate modern-day guide for all riders who want their horses to look and feel their best.
Author : Janet Deltuva
Publisher : Halo Publishing International
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781637651148
Janet, the intrepid retired Colonel decided to return to college and use her G.I. Bill to learn photography. After some coursework at the local community college, Jackie discovered her passion was photography and looked for a formal training program to accelerate her skills and prepare her for a business of her own. And so it was, that in January 2015 Jackie & Janet met at the Art Institute of San Antonio. Through the many courses they took together at the Art Institute Jackie & Janet's friendship matured into one that would extend beyond school into an enduring and adventurous bond. They have traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Utah, and many places in Texas - always with their cameras in tow and sharing the settings, lenses and angles of the image they were going to capture. This is their first book project.
Author : Ezra M. Hill
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 2013-07
Category : African American air pilots
ISBN : 9781625634344
In the 1990's the Original Tuskegee Airman Ezra M. Hill Sr. and his wife Mable began an effort at home in Newport News, Virginia, to lift up the children of the Southeast Community through comprehensive reading programs. Master Sergeant Hill and his wife discovered early that giving kids an appetite to read would help them to excel in school and become future leaders. Ezra Hill knows that the success of the Tuskegee Airmen was based on the airmen's ability to read. He wrote in his book The Black Red Tail Angels, which helped to inspire the film Red Tails, about the journey of his life and how it intertwines with the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Now the Congressional Gold Medalist re-introduces his commitment to his community and others across the US who are inspired to read by the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen in his book The Black Red Tail Angels. With your support of The Black Red Tail Angels, you are receiving a rare piece of history and a collector's item, which will provide support to improving literacy for children worldwide.
Author : Jayakrishnan Nair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1009062964
Heavy tails –extreme events or values more common than expected –emerge everywhere: the economy, natural events, and social and information networks are just a few examples. Yet after decades of progress, they are still treated as mysterious, surprising, and even controversial, primarily because the necessary mathematical models and statistical methods are not widely known. This book, for the first time, provides a rigorous introduction to heavy-tailed distributions accessible to anyone who knows elementary probability. It tackles and tames the zoo of terminology for models and properties, demystifying topics such as the generalized central limit theorem and regular variation. It tracks the natural emergence of heavy-tailed distributions from a wide variety of general processes, building intuition. And it reveals the controversy surrounding heavy tails to be the result of flawed statistics, then equips readers to identify and estimate with confidence. Over 100 exercises complete this engaging package.
