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Publisher's summary
Are you interested in learning about the fascinating world of horses? Learn about many species of amazing horses here!
This audiobook is for children of all ages. It is for those who love horses, and for those who simply want to know more about our captivating world and its creatures. This audiobook is full of interesting facts that you surely would want to know about.
The chapters of this audio cover general facts about horses, fun facts and trivia about these beautiful creatures, and a closer look at some of the most popular horses known to man.
Humans have been breeding horses for the past 4,000 years. But I bet there are still some things about these creatures you don't know.
This educational audiobook will keep you listening from start to finish, and you will even wish that there was more to hear.
Here are just some of the things that you will learn from this audiobook:
- The long history of horses and human relationship
- The differences and similarities among the different horse breeds
- The notable qualities of horses
- How horses have been helpful to humans
- Their unique abilities
- Some of the common health problems they face
- How they should be handled
- And much, much more!
Did you know that horses started out as small creatures?
Horses are mostly known for their enormous size, which they evolved over the past 50 million years!
Did you know that horses own the biggest eyes among all land mammals?
In addition to having large pairs of eyes, horses are also capable of seeing 360 degrees.
It is about time you learn more about these wonderful creatures. Explore their world and get to know them a little better.
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An Engaging Biography of the King
- By Erik on 08-06-18
By: David Hone
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Last Chance Mustang
- The Story of One Horse, One Horseman, and One Final Shot at Redemption
- By: Mitchell Bornstein
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world, where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful and hated, maladjusted beast - until the day he found his way to a rural Illinois farm, an ill-equipped owner, and one last chance.
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Great story
- By ggvan on 04-30-17
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The Thing with Feathers
- The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
- By: Noah Strycker
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, and other mysteries.
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Interesting book, terrible reader
- By MGM123 on 03-16-18
By: Noah Strycker
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Animals in Translation
- Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
- By: Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Temple Grandin’s professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Grandin and coauthor Catherine Johnson present their powerful theory that autistic people can often think the way animals think—putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate “animal talk.”
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Wonderful, but I have a bone to pick...
- By Tango on 05-06-13
By: Temple Grandin, and others
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In the Company of Bears
- What Black Bears Have Taught Me About Intelligence and Intuition
- By: Benjamin Kilham
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine raising an orphaned bear cub, carefully reintroducing her to the wild, then being welcomed back, almost daily, to observe her wild world for more than 17 years. Imagine visiting her in her feeding spots, watching her with her mates and her young, peering into her den, and, over time, observing the lives of all the other wild bears in her territory and surrounding ones. That is what happened to Ben Kilham.
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Best Bear book I have read!
- By Walking With Bears on 06-02-21
By: Benjamin Kilham
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American Serengeti
- The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
- By: Dan Flores
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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America's Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa. Pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears: less than 200 years ago these creatures existed in such abundance that John James Audubon was moved to write "it is impossible to describe or even conceive the vast multitudes of these animals".
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Could have been great, but
- By An Amazon Buyer on 08-29-18
By: Dan Flores
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Cat Sense
- How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet
- By: John Bradshaw
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. In Cat Sense, renowned anthrozoologist John Bradshaw takes us further into the mind of the domestic cat than ever before, using cutting-edge scientific research to explain the true nature - and needs - of our feline friends. Tracing the cat’s evolution from solitary hunter to domesticated companion, Bradshaw shows that cats remain independent, predatory, and wary of social contact.
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Not what I had expected
- By Terry on 03-11-14
By: John Bradshaw
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Do Dogs Dream?
- By: Stanley Coren
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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In a conversational Q&A format, a leading dog expert answers the most commonly asked questions about how dogs think and act. Do dogs dream? Can they recognize themselves in the mirror or understand what they’re seeing on television? Are they more intelligent than cats? People have a great curiosity - and many misunderstandings - about how dogs think, act, and perceive the world. They also wonder about the social and emotional lives of dogs. Stanley Coren brings decades of scientific research on dogs to bear in his unprecedented foray into the inner lives of our canine companions, dispelling many common myths in the process.
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Must read for dog lovers
- By Elad on 08-01-13
By: Stanley Coren
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Nature in Horsemanship
- Discovering Harmony Through Principles of Aikido
- By: Mark Rashid
- Narrated by: Matt Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The popular and highly respected horse trainer Mark Rashid brings together Western and Eastern philosophies to demonstrate a seamless new incarnation of horse training. After years of helping "difficult" horses, Mark Rashid understands how to build the foundation of a horse's training and resolve any problems encountered along the way.
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STRONGLY dislike narrator's voice
- By TraddyBaddy on 12-11-15
By: Mark Rashid
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Saving Baby
- How One Woman's Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption
- By: Jo Anne Normile, Lawrence Lindner
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred with only a few white hairs on his reddish-brown forehead. But she fell in love with the young horse, who had literally been born into her arms. The breeder finally said she could keep the colt, whom she nicknamed "Baby" - but only if she raced him. It was difficult to take Baby away from the safety of his pasture. But Normile had made a promise.
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Excellent book! Worth reading or listening to it.
- By L. Collins on 10-05-17
By: Jo Anne Normile, and others
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Horse People
- Scenes from the Riding Life
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Best-selling author Michael Korda's Horse People is the story - sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes sad and moving, always shrewdly observed - of a lifetime love affair with horses, and of the bonds that have linked humans with horses for more than 10,000 years. It is filled with intimate portraits of the kind of people, rich or poor, Eastern or Western, famous or humble, whose lives continue to revolve around the horse. Korda is a terrific storyteller, and his book is intensely personal and seductive, a joy for everyone who loves horses.
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good yarn for nag lovers
- By bj bell on 03-27-21
By: Michael Korda
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The Five Roles of a Master Herder
- A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership
- By: Linda Kohanov
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Linda Kohanov, author of the bestselling The Tao of Equus, pioneered a deep understanding of "the way of the horse," including the extraordinary nonverbal communication of skilled riders and the collaborative power of "herding cultures" through the centuries. She has adapted this profound, time-tested approach to modern life and the organizations in which top-down management hierarchies have become obsolete.
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Fantastic approach to leadership and life in general
- By Tiffany on 07-20-17
By: Linda Kohanov