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1) Horseman
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The Raven Wing Clan have fought off their enemies and prosper on their island home. A sibling rivalry threatens to break apart the fabric of their lives and Hrolf the Horseman is sent on a mission deep in into the heart of Frankia to heal the rift. When Jarl Gunnar Thorfinnson decides to take a wife it embroils the clan in an alliance which takes the clan far from home to fight overwhelming numbers of wild and fierce warriors. It is a novel filled...
3) The horseman
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"Somerset, 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched. Leo, a talented rider and son of the underkeeper to the head groundskeeper, grows up alongside the master's spirited daughter Charlotte"--
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Horseman, Pass By is a post-World War II classic first published in 1961 and later made into a feature film. Cattleman Homer Bannon is a walking advertisement for traditional, old-frontier morals-in contrast to his stepson, Hud. Homer's grandson Lonnie is torn between emotions for his father and grandfather as he struggles to define his own identity.
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Martin Bora war mysteries volume 6
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Spain, summer 1937. The civil war between Spanish nationalists and republicans rages. On the bloody sierras of Aragon, among Generalissimo Franco's volunteers is Martin Bora, the twenty-something German officer and detective whose future adventures will be told in Lumen, Liar Moon, The Road to Ithaca and others in the Bora series. Presently a lieutenant in the Spanish Foreign Legion, Bora lives the tragedy around him as an intoxicating epic, between...
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The Cowboy Meets His Match
Everything Gideon Thornton has worked for is in jeopardy, all because of one stubborn woman. Evelyn Montgomery insists that Gideon's new claim from the Oklahoma Land Rush legally belongs to her. Both refuse to budge-even when the law says that until their dispute is settled, they must share the land.
Their family feud has taught Evelyn that Thortons can't be trusted. Yet day by day Gideon's thoughtfulness to Evelyn,...
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Spanning six decades, these three novels follow a man and his family as they struggle to adapt to life in a new world. From the death of Queen Victoria through the swinging sixties, this acclaimed saga is an unforgettable story of a farming family and a vanishing way of life. Long Summer Day: Lt. Paul Craddock returns to England after the Boer War to resume civilian life. His father has died, leaving Craddock heir to a scrap-metal business. But instead...
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Perhaps no other of his novels better reveals Giono's perfect balance between lyricism and narrative, description and characterization, the epic and the particular, than The Horseman on the Roof. This novel, which Giono began writing in 1934 and which was published in 1951, expanded and solidified his reputation as one of Europe's most important writers.
This is a novel of adventure, a roman courtois, that tells the story of Angelo, a nobleman who...
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On a warm afternoon in the fall of 1861 Carter Druse is on picket duty on top of a cliff overlooking a valley where five regiments of the Union army are resting. The enemy is near, and the Union force means to surprise them in the night unless "accident or vigilance" forewarns them.
Druse had been sleeping but wakes to see a man on a horse surveying the activity in the valley below. He sights his rifle, but hesitates when the rider turns and seems...
11) The Horseman
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In the world of professional killers, few survive. As part of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, Death stands apart. He really gets into the minds of his targets. Watch him work.
12) The Horseman
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A man of legend. A town of mysteries. A never-again love.
Peta Woodward was born into a horse-breeding dynasty, but she fled the family stud 11 years ago in the wake of a tragedy that split her family apart. Carrying wounds that have never truly healed, Peta has focused on helping others. But when, an injury during a solo trip through the high country leaves her stranded, the man who comes to her rescue is Craig Munroe, a born-and-bred high-country...
13) The Horseman
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Life events brought J. D. Holloway, a self-taught horse trainer, back to the big city for a high-paid job with a real future. There he meets a just-retired old wrangler that had worked some sixty years for a historic, high-country Wyoming cattle ranch. After a long conversation about life on the ranch, he quits his job and heads for the high country. When he arrives at the ranch and offers to train horses for a bunk and meals, the ranch owner tells...
14) The Horseman
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Troy Rattigan devotes most of his time and energy to horses rescuing them, training them, understanding them. Some might say he has a spiritual connection to the equine species. .... Because of his brutal schedule and an escalating series of attacks on his family, his own connections haven't gone beyond meaningless hookups... However, there's something about the fractious, blood-bay horse in his current workshop that raises all kinds of red flags....
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His son was his life, until he met his new "wife." From the moment he first saw his son, ranchman Dylan Greer knew the baby he'd adopted was his in every way that mattered. And no one, not even the beautiful, strong-willed cop who claimed she was the child's mother, was going to change that. Collena Drake swore a criminal ring had stolen her baby and that someone was crossing every line to keep the illegal adoption secret. Now, in order to protect...
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A father with something to hide, a jockey with a taste for blackmail, a man with an agonising secret . . . and a young woman in love, defying them all.Sophie Dixon is determined to leave her tragic past behind and forge a bright future on her beloved farm. While looking to buy a new horse, she is drawn into her neighbour Aaron's Laidlaw's orbit, despite the bad blood between their families.As the racing season unfolds, Sophie and Aaron's feelings...
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Not even a remote Colorado ranch can shelter Jace Denby while he's on the run. He voluntarily took the blame for his brother-in-law's murder, but one danger this fugitive doesn't see coming is impulsive Clara Seavers. With the law on his back he must leave, though her beauty and fierce courage entice him to stay….
Clara doesn't trust this hired farmhand, but she can't deny the rugged, unexpectedly caring man ignites her spirit…and heart. The...
18) The Horseman
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When Christian's daughter dies, so does any sense of remorse as he searches for vengeance at all costs. Tracking down the men responsible one by one, he reaches a new level of brutality and discovers how far he has to go to settle the score. A shocking and merciless experience, THE HORSEMAN pushes the limits of gritty revenge tales.
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Wanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible!
Not in name only . . .?
Single father, horse whisperer, Stony Stratton was sure he was safe from the meddling matchmakers of Shotgun Ridge . . . until Eden Williams arrived on his ranch with an outrageous proposal.
Eden had only six months to make a baby or forever hold her peace. Stony was just the man for the job. A gentle giant if there ever was one, he embodied...
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First published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1889, Ambrose Bierce's A Horseman In the Sky‚ uses suspense and dreamlike imagery to help describe an unusual wartime episode. Set during the Civil War, a lookout in the Union army sees a mounted confederate spy across the river. Realizing the spy is his own father, the soldier faces a terrible ethical dilemma.