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Lookin’ for some help with your horse or riding skills? Interested in the Cowboy lifestyle? Here are just a few suggestions from the book shelves at Barnes and Noble: | ISBN: 1580170781
Title: Getting Your First Horse
Author: Judith Dutson
Publisher: Storey Communications, Inc.
Format: Trade Paper
A must read for owners, horse lovers, and vet students who haven’t been around horses before. Well organized, and full of wonderful information that will help your first experiences with horses be positive ones. | | ISBN: 0882669567
Title: Horse Handling and Grooming; A Step-by-Step Photographic Guide to Mastering over 100 Horsekeeping Skills
Author: Cherry Hill, Richard Klimesh (Photographer)
Publisher: Storey Communications, Inc.
Format: Trade Paper
A user-friendly guide to essential horse skills: feeding, haltering, tying, grooming, clipping, bathing, braiding, and blanketing. The practical advice offered is thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experienced riders improving or expanding their skills. | | ISBN: 0882667009
Title: Safe Horse, Safe Rider: A Young Rider’s Guide to Responsible Horsekeeping
Author: Jessie Haas, Amanda Haar (Editor), Foreword by Jan Dawson
Publisher: Storey Communications, Inc.
Format: Trade Paper
Here’s the book every young rider should own. The first young person’s book to deal specifically with safe horsekeeping. Beginning with a review of the nature and instinct of horses, this easy-to-read book moves on to cover safe stables and pastures, secure fences, safe tack, grooming, riding in groups, showing, and more. 100 photos and line drawings. | | ISBN: 0486280640
My Horse Coloring Book
Author: Dover Publications
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Format: Paperback, 48 pp.
The art work is very nicely done and works well for everyone from very young kids to accomplished artists. The coloring pages also do a good job of teaching basic horsemanship in a way that anyone can understand. | | ISBN: 1580170315
Title: Competing in Western Shows and Events
Author: Charlene Strickland
Publisher: Storey Communications, Inc.
Format: Trade Paper
Using a bunch of photos and illustrations, this 160 page book tells Western competitors how to get themselves and their horses ready for the arena. | | ISBN: 0882669605
Title: Starting and Running Your Own Horse Business; Cost-Saving Ideas, Stable Management Techniques, Riding Programs, Boarding and Breeding Information
Author: Mary Ashby McDonald
Publisher: Storey Communications, Inc.
Format: Trade Paper
An experienced stable manager, Mary knows what works (and what doesn’t). This practical handbook covers facilities, equipment, beginning a variety of income-generating activities and programs, managing promotional events that bring in business; saving cash on stable management, horse care, and equipment – plus 20 forms and contracts. | | ISBN: 0879802979
Title: Stallion Management; A Guide for Stud Owners
Author: A. C. Leighton-Hardman
Publisher: Wilshire Book Company
Format: Trade Paper
An inexpensive guide to what can be a risky business. [The last time I checked, this book was out of print, but you can use the Barnes and Noble link to check with various out-of-print dealers.] | | ISBN: 0684839954
Title: The Whole Horse Catalog
Author: Steven D. Price,Werner Rentsch (Illustrator)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade
Format: Trade Paper
This well-researched, lavishly illustrated book is the complete guide to every aspect of owning and enjoying a horse. | | ISBN: 0789401703
Title: The Complete Horse Care Manual
Author: Colin J. Vogel
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
Format: Trade Cloth
Written by a veterinary surgeon, this book contains everything you need to know to give your horse the best care possible. Topics include basic care, daily routines, stabling, grooming, feeding, health, first aid, and types of tack and care. | | ISBN: 0939481278
Title: Klimke on Dressage: From the Young Horse through Grand Prix
Author: Reiner Klimke, Werner Ernst
Publisher: Half Halt Press
Format: Trade Cloth
No one ranked higher in the world of dressage than the late Dr. Klimke, and he coached many other premier riders and trainers. If you want top-level dressage advice, he’s the one you turn to. | | ISBN: 1558533656
Title: The All-American Cowboy Cookbook: Home Cooking on the Range
Author: Ken Beck, Jim Clark
Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
Format: Spiral
With favorite recipes from much-loved television and movie stars as well as from cowboys on working ranches, The All-American Cowboy Cookbook is a definitive look at home cooking on the range, featuring over 300 recipes–everything from quail to cheesecake–from Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and many others. 130 photos. | | ISBN: 0922029253
Title: Cowboy Gear: Cowboy Gear: A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboys and their Equipment
Author: David R. Stoecklein
Publisher: Stoecklein Publishing
Format: Trade Paper
Authentic, pre-1920’s, cowboy stuff on modern cowhands and their horses, photographed outdoors in color – in all types of weather. A great coffee table book, this volume is also used as a reference book by museums, collectors, and Hollywood movie producers. | | ISBN: 0312127340
Title: Centered Riding
Author: Sally Swift, Jean McFarland (Illustrator) Mike Noble (Photographer) Foreword by Edward E. Emerson
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Inc.
Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 183pp.
Although I don’t agree with all of Sally’s philosophies, she has a unique knack for helping folks visualize the correct posture and movements that will make them better riders. All-in-all, it’s one of the best riding instruction books on the market. | | ISBN: 0486999483
Title: Cowboy and Western Cuts with CD rom
Author: Dover Publications
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Format: Trade Paper
In a high-tech remake of the classic Dover clip art books, this volume also gives you the artwork on a CDrom disk. | | Don’t see what you need? Use this handy link to search the tens of thousands of books in Barnes and Noble’s inventory: | | |
