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The Abominog (Paperback)
Gail Williams; David Ashford, Amy a. Thomas
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R174
Discovery Miles 1 740
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The year is 1969 and two best friends, Kirk and David, are enjoying
the most of their carefree summer in a small, rural town in
southeastern Kansas. Life is pretty predictable, until one day,
while playing catch in David's basement, the boys are startled by a
mysterious voice. Soon, Kirk and David are confronted with
something straight out of the worst nightmare ever dreamt. David is
challenged with an impossible task, one that if failed, will result
in death. This is a story of true friendship and will leave you
asking yourself just how far you would go to save a friend.
Anatomy, particularly functional anatomy, is a vital and dynamic
subject, an appreciation of which leads not only to superior
husbandry and welfare, but also to a better understanding of the
anatomical challenges associated with riding, training,
overtraining, injury and rehabilitation. Using Alexa McKenna's
fabulous illustrations, this book shows the correlation of the
skeleton, muscular system and locomotion, providing a clear insight
into the functional and dysfunctional horse. It also addresses the
largely misunderstood concept of 'perfect conformation' and looks
at the effect on function of the rider and tack, using cutting-edge
diagnostic techniques such as thermal imaging and gait analysis.
Again with the emphasis on the visual, readers will be able to
appreciate how muscles function in differing athletic disciplines
by analysing the heat generated in musculoskeletal structures after
exercise. This will also highlight the importance of
post-competition recovery. The book concludes with a range of
useful techniques to improve the function of any horse, including
stretches, taping, wrapping and other proprioceptive techniques to
increase balance, flexibility, awareness and posture.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
On February 25, 1946, African Americans in Columbia, Tennessee,
averted the lynching of James Stephenson, a nineteen-year-old,
black Navy veteran accused of attacking a white radio repairman at
a local department store. That night, after Stephenson was safely
out of town, four of Columbia's police officers were shot and
wounded when they tried to enter the town's black business
district. The next morning, the Tennessee Highway Patrol invaded
the district, wrecking establishments and beating men as they
arrested them. By day's end, more than one hundred African
Americans had been jailed. Two days later, highway patrolmen killed
two of the arrestees while they were awaiting release from jail.
Drawing on oral interviews and a rich array of written sources,
Gail Williams O'Brien tells the dramatic story of the Columbia
""race riot,"" the national attention it drew, and its surprising
legal aftermath. In the process, she illuminates the effects of
World War II on race relations and the criminal justice system in
the United States. O'Brien argues that the Columbia events are
emblematic of a nationwide shift during the 1940s from mob violence
against African Americans to increased confrontations between
blacks and the police and courts. As such, they reveal the history
behind such contemporary conflicts as the Rodney King and O. J.
Simpson cases. |Exploring the famous 1956 race riot in Columbia,
Tennessee, this book reveals the roots of black distrust and
conflict with the criminal justice system. The Columbia events are
viewed as emblematic of the nation's postwar shift from mob
violence against blacks to increased confrontations between blacks
and the police and the courts.
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