The Manual of Horsemanship is a complete basic guide to horsemanship and horse care, suitable for all ages and containing an amalgam of expert knowledge. Boasting numerous improved, updated features and enjoying its biggest overhaul in a decade, the manual has been comprehensively revised with an exciting new format and design. This new edition has been brought up to date by members of the Training Committee of The Pony Club to include major updates to the Bridle, Bitting and Additional Sa...

The one-and-only Pony McTate shows you how in this pattern collection of 26 awesomely accurate (and fabulously unusual) sea creature afghan squares. They’re cute, they’re kooky and so much fun. Delight your loved ones with a unique blanket, or use the versatile creature motifs to create all manner of distinctive embellishments. Featuring a deep sea angler, a narwhal, a porcupine puffer and so many more: this is cool crochet at its finest. And fishiest.Crochet A-B-Sea is wr...

Buying a pony is an exciting prospect, but it can also be daunting and full of pitfalls for the unwary. This publication from The Pony Club helps novice or first time buyers to make the right decisions and avoid slipping up when purchasing a pony. It deals with making plans and working out the likely cost of owning a pony; where to keep him; what sort of pony to buy; assessing conformation of the pony before purchase; viewing and trying; arranging insurance; and making him feel at home.

The new kid in town was quite the looker, but for seventeen-year-old Tim Patterson - gay and single - he didn't think he'd stand a chance - even with his best mate, Ben Walker, doing his best to interfere!What he didn't count on, however, was that the new kid in town had a secret of his own, and that the two of them were more alike than anyone could realise.And so it begins. Boy meets boy... and everything that they both hoped for looked like it was falling into place, despit...

For successful young author Tony Scott, coming home to Thompsonville is a daunting prospect.It has been five years since he left the sleepy seaside town behind to chase his dreams. Five years since he walked away from the only place that ever truly felt like home, the only people he ever considered family, and the only man he has ever loved.When plans begin for an anniversary celebration bringing old friends back together, Tony realises it may be the opportunity he has been...

Leaving home for the first time and heading out into the big, wide world can be a daunting experience for anyone - unless you have your closest friends right there beside you, sharing every high and low along the way.When Matt and Luke move to the small coastal town of Thompsonville, they leave behind troubled pasts and uncertain futures in the hope of building a new life together. Joining friends Tim, Guy, Ben and Samantha in a ramshackle old house near a hidden beach, the group so...

GaWaNi Pony Boy's unique approach to horses is captured in these five books from BowTie Press. GaWaNi Pony Boy is the founder and president of lyuptala University (lyuptala means "one-with" in Lakota), and online college that allows horse lovers to expand their knowledge of these magnificent animals. He regularly writes for equine publications throughout the United States and Europe.

Set against the vibrant and volatile backdrop of Sydney's Mardi Gras, The Mardi Gras Murders follows Detective Sergeant Helen Wheeler — "Hell on Wheels" to her squad — and her young partner, Detective Constable Rick Cooper, a rising star with secrets of his own. When a street kid turns up battered and terrified, the pair uncover a network of exploitation and violence that stretches from Darlinghurst's neon-lit alleys to the city's corridors of power. But as the city prepares for i...

"My grand-father always used to say that everything that happens to us in life happens for a reason. And when we look back on our lives there are some moments that just seem to stick in our minds forever and I can now see what he meant by that."For Scott Fraser there was one such moment that he remembers well. It was the time when, as a teenager, he saved the life of a young boy who was about to be swept out to sea.What he couldn't have prepared himself for, however, was wh...

Endurance riding is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK and this guide is a perfect introduction to the sport. This book describes the origins of the sport and also the equipment, preparation, veterinary, training and practical considerations which are involved, with hints on developing skills in map-reading and pacing the ride. Practical information takes you through the day of a ride and explains the critical part that the 'crew' plays. Its aim is to help riders of all ages and a...

Best friends, Luke and Matt, have been inseparable since primary school and now, after twelve long years of schooling, the end of those school years are finally within sight. All that is left to do now is make it through the night of the school formal, before starting their final exams.So what will the night bring for the boys and their group of friends? What secrets are about to be exposed? How will they, their families and their friends all react to the events that are about to u...

'Anyway, none of that mattered. We were moving to India'Global travel, rare antiques and quite a bit of bad behaviour: you probably haven't met a family like the StarlingsSaylor Starling wants to be normal. Her family has other ideas. And there's the issue with what her father does for a living. He may be an authority on ancient ceramics; he might just be smuggling cocaine.Against a backdrop of 70s counterculture and 80s excess, their journ...