The Horses In Our Stars A Story Of Life Love And The Journey Within

Author : Chris Lombard
Publisher : Mill City Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781545661970
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horses In Our Stars: A Story of Life, Love, and the Journey Within written by Chris Lombard and published by Mill City Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN YOU LIVE FROM THE LOVE WITHIN, TRUE FREEDOM REVEALS ITSELF Chris is a horseman, spending his days helping people and their horses to connect with each other. He's living his dream, and happy for it. Then one day a woman he has never met writes an article about him and his horse, Rocky, that forever changes his life. Through the deep connection he feels with the woman and the relationship they enter into, immense challenges arise within Chris that he must find great courage to face. He finds himself in unknown lands, and only by looking to Rocky and the other horses in his life can he find the wisdom and insight to find his way. Stirring and inspiring, The Horses in Our Stars is a deeply honest account of a journey we are all on. The story goes straight to the heart of the love and fear ever-present in our lives, and shows we are truly all in it together. "Chris takes us with him onto the horse's back and by their side, while showing us that human partnerships parallel horse partnerships, that these relationships require the same commitment and face the same questions and struggles, the same pain and happiness." -- Helen Peppe Internationally recognized photographer and author of Pigs Can't Swim Chris Lombard lives in Maine. He travels throughout New England and to other parts of America in his work helping people and their horses. To learn more about him visit www.ChrisLombard.com.

Author : Chris Lombard
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1646010965
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land of the Horses written by Chris Lombard and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intensely moving memoir of a young man who left heartbreak in Maine to seek healing Out West in the company of horses. Growing up in a small Maine town, Chris Lombard had never ridden a horse—never even touched one. But on one fateful night, as what he’d thought was a happy twenty-something life full of love and possibility fell suddenly apart, he met two horses and looked into their eyes. What he saw inspired him to leave everything he had, and everything he didn’t have, behind, and go in search of what was missing. With the little he needed packed in his ten-year-old Pontiac Grand Prix, and little more to go on than a belief that someone would give him a chance, Chris headed west to find work on a horse ranch. His journey took him first to the mountains of Colorado, then the Hollywood Hills of California, and finally, the wild borderlands of Southern Arizona. The settings changed but the same lessons came in quiet moments, movingly captured in these pages: watching horses, reaching out to them, swinging upon their backs. Chris learned new meanings for words—presence, connection, softness, and balance—the elements of good horsemanship feeding a deep hunger he didn’t know he had. But learning to ride a horse, learning to communicate with him, to teach him things, these required qualities Chris was only beginning to cultivate. Human nature plans; it pushes and it rushes. And it would take a terrible accident to awaken a whole new awareness for time and space, and Chris's place within it, beside a horse. In the austere beauty of the Sonora Desert, Chris met a cowboy whose intense love for life on the back of a horse held a deep sadness at bay, but only for so long. Their brief time together, working land and livestock, would bring Chris to the realization that the richly fulfilling new life he’d found held all the answers he sought, but only if he could ultimately leave it behind. Evocatively written, interweaving the author’s growing understanding of horses and how we connect with them with his deeply personal experiences, Land of the Horses brings to life a young man’s transformation alongside the horses, people, and dramatic landscapes of the American West. Healing heartbreak, falling and getting back on, searching for something true—this is a story that is in all of us. And it shows we are all capable of creating the life we truly want to live.

Author : Chris Lombard
Publisher : Mill City Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781545661970
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horses In Our Stars: A Story of Life, Love, and the Journey Within written by Chris Lombard and published by Mill City Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN YOU LIVE FROM THE LOVE WITHIN, TRUE FREEDOM REVEALS ITSELF Chris is a horseman, spending his days helping people and their horses to connect with each other. He's living his dream, and happy for it. Then one day a woman he has never met writes an article about him and his horse, Rocky, that forever changes his life. Through the deep connection he feels with the woman and the relationship they enter into, immense challenges arise within Chris that he must find great courage to face. He finds himself in unknown lands, and only by looking to Rocky and the other horses in his life can he find the wisdom and insight to find his way. Stirring and inspiring, The Horses in Our Stars is a deeply honest account of a journey we are all on. The story goes straight to the heart of the love and fear ever-present in our lives, and shows we are truly all in it together. "Chris takes us with him onto the horse's back and by their side, while showing us that human partnerships parallel horse partnerships, that these relationships require the same commitment and face the same questions and struggles, the same pain and happiness." -- Helen Peppe Internationally recognized photographer and author of Pigs Can't Swim Chris Lombard lives in Maine. He travels throughout New England and to other parts of America in his work helping people and their horses. To learn more about him visit www.ChrisLombard.com.

Author : Molly Gloss
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618799909
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hearts of Horses written by Molly Gloss and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an elegant sweetness and a pitch-perfect sense of western life reminiscent of Annie Dillard, Glosss breakout novel is a remarkable story about the connections between people and animals and how they touch one another in the most unexpected and profound ways.

Author : Joe Camp
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307449491
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of a Horse written by Joe Camp and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming story of a couple and their horse exploring what caring for a horse can teach us about companionship—whether it’s with a four-legged friend or a fellow human. A surprise birthday gift plunged Joe and his wife, Kathleen, into the world of horses as complete neophytes without a clue as to what a horse needed or wanted. They searched for logic and sense in the rule books of traditional horse care. What they found was not what they had expected. Written for everyone who has ever loved a horse or ever loved the idea of loving a horse, this memoir leads us on a voyage of discovery as Joe and Kathleen navigate uncharted territory on their way to achieving a true relationship with their horses. Joe Camp’s inspiring book unlocks the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-five million years and teaches us that the lessons he learned apply not only to horses but also to our relationships with people.

Author : Kelly Wilson
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1775536777
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Love of Horses written by Kelly Wilson and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three sisters and an unforgettable journey to tame New Zealand’s Kaimanawa horses For the Love of Horses is a heartfelt story about a life familiar to many young Kiwis who love horses – the trials and tears of Pony Club, the joy of riding bareback, and the pressures of adolescence and competitive showjumping. It is also the story of an unlikely childhood dream coming true. Every year in the wilderness of the Central Plateau, wild Kaimanawa horses are rounded up and sent to the slaughterhouse. It’s upsetting, but what else can be done? The Wilson sisters decide something could be done. They saw future champions behind the fiery eyes and beneath the shaggy coats. In this touching book, Kelly Wilson tells the true story of how they embarked on a courageous journey to train horses that most people believed were untrainable.

Author : Elizabeth Letts
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0525619321
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ride of Her Life written by Elizabeth Letts and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion “The gift Elizabeth Letts has is that she makes you feel you are the one taking this trip. This is a book we can enjoy always but especially need now.”—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Story of Arthur Truluv In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor’s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men’s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didn’t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956, the three travelers pushed through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by them at terrifying speeds. Annie rode more than four thousand miles, through America’s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebrities—from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers—a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when television’s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.

Author : Adele Von Rust McCormick
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577317394
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horses and the Mystical Path written by Adele Von Rust McCormick and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a trip to Scotland, the psychotherapist family team of Adele, Deborah, and Thomas McCormick — pioneers in the psychotherapeutic use of horses — discovered that early Celtic mysticism held important insights into an equestrian-partnered spirituality. The McCormicks show how to integrate this spirituality with psychology, forming a new, powerful form of healing. Horses and the Mystical Path recounts their memorable journey and the lessons they learned from their amazing equine guides.

Author : Linda Kohanov
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608688984
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tao of Equus written by Linda Kohanov and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than 20 years in print, an updated edition of the evocative and transformational classic about the powerful bond between women and horses When Linda Kohanov wrote The Tao of Equus over twenty years ago, she posed questions that few were asking: Do horses make choices? How do they seem to know what people are thinking and feeling? Are horses spiritual beings? What do they have to teach people? Why are women so attracted to horses? The answers, detailed in this extraordinary chronicle that synthesizes science, behavioral research, and personal insight, transformed how we think about one of humanity’s oldest companions and established Kohanov at the vanguard of the emerging field of animal-assisted learning/therapy. In this updated edition, Kohanov weaves new developments in neurological science and scholarship into her original exploration of spiritual awakening, cultural history, and mythology. The Tao of Equus delves into the mental and spiritual processes behind the magical connections that people often experience with horses. It remains a powerful exploration of the feminine wisdom horses model, subtleties that women riders have intuited for centuries.

Author : Ren Hurst
Publisher : Vegan Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1940184142
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding on the Power of Others written by Ren Hurst and published by Vegan Publishers. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ren Hurst finds her way to horses as a teenager, following a turbulent and painful childhood. They are her saving grace, her first experience of pure joy and freedom. She soon becomes a passionate horsewoman, intent on riding her way to the top. Her ascent takes an unexpected turn when compassion becomes the key component to success after she discovers an entirely new paradigm regarding equine understanding and practices. This understanding leads her to walk away completely from riding and training horses and into a world where relationship is all that matters. These innovative currents of change reveal themselves to be demanding and controversial, but also exceptionally rewarding and unavoidably far-reaching into Ren's personal life. She embarks on a wild quest of radical transformation, finding an ever-deepening compassion for herself and all life around her. This book is the story of a woman's metamorphosis through her falls, rises, and life-changing insights, under the wise and benevolent guidance of a powerful animal.