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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets
- A fascinating true tale: When city girl Shreve Stockton set out
to ride her Vespa from San Francisco to New York, she never
imagined she'd end up staying in Wyoming, falling in love with a
trapper, and working as a ranch hand. Nor could she have forseen
meeting Charlie, the orphaned coyote pup who made Stockton's log
cabin his home. In a world where coyotes are hunted as killers,
Stockton and Charlie faced challenges--as well as joys--throughout
their first year, each of which came with revelations about life,
love, and the bond between humans and nature. . - Based on an
award-winning blog: The Daily Coyote was inspired by Stockton's
blog of the same name. Wildly popular and hailed by Rosie
O'Donnell, Vanity Fair, and the L.A. Times, the site receives over
a million hits per month and was the winner of the 2007 Weblog of
the Year Award only a month after its inception. . - A moving
visual memoir: Stockton documents Charlie's first year in stunning
full-color photography. Each month's entry is accompanied by rich
images of Charlie as he grows from adorable pup to wily adult,
alongside Stockton's tomcat, Eli, and set against the wide-open
landscapes of Wyoming. .
Not Quite a Horsewoman" has, since its publication in 1982,
delighted thousands of aspirant riders and horse owners. Now in its
third edition and embellished with even more delightful cartoons by
Anne Pilgrim, it will entertain a new generation of horse lovers as
Caroline Akrill reveals the frequent disasters and the occasional
triumphs of her long association with a string of equine
characters. Ambitions and aspirations fall by the wayside as she
tells the story of her leading rein pony, the saga of her show hack
and the tale of her season as a hunting columnist. She remembers
her first stable yard where she was exploited by her own working
pupils, her brief career as a dealer operating from a small village
pub, and the agonies of professionally producing show ponies as
their owners waited at the ring-side with their livery cheques
still unwritten. Engagingly witty, endearingly frank, sometimes
surprising, but always amusing, Caroline Akrill regards the horse
from the safety of the stable door and scrutinises him with candour
and affection.
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