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Given the ultimate chance to prove herself when a Russian defector walks into her post, brilliant young CIA officer Amanda Cole teams up with a fearless--and legendary--spy to unravel an international conspiracy--one shockingly linked to her father, a spy during the Cold War.
"Berlin. 1963. The height of the Cold War. An early morning spy swap, not at the familiar setting for such exchanges, or at Checkpoint Charlie, where international visitors cross into the East, but at a more discreet border crossing, usually reserved for East German VIPs. The Communists are trading two American students caught helping people to escape over the wall and a lower level CIA operative. On the other side of the trade: Martin Keller, a physicist who once made headlines, but who then disappeared into the English prison system. Keller's most critical possession: his American passport. Keller's most ardent...
El comportamiento extraño de un caballo lleva al mundialmente famoso entrenador Rashid a un nuevo camino de lecciones de vida que incluyen la importancia de no confrontar, planificar con anticipación, ser paciente, persistente y consistente, y seguir adelante. Las fotos incluyen el traslado del ganado MacGregor por el centro, los caballos en el campo de rocas debajo de Longs Peak y los caballos en el recinto ferial de Stanley Park.
Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. Honey is looking to prove that she doesn't need anyone telling...
"Two courageous female spies, one with MI6 and the other with CIA during the Cold War in Moscow, must work together before the KGB closes in and destroys them both"--
"The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans' obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of Jia Tolentino"--
"An inspiring picture book about Rosa Bonheur, the most famous and best-selling painter of her century In a stunning ode to underrepresented women everywhere, award-winning illustrator Ruth Sanderson tells the untold story of French artist Rosa Bonheur in this picture book biography. Rosa Bonheur was born in 1822 in France at a time when young women had limited options beyond being a wife and mother. But Rosa wouldn't stand for this. She wore pants, rode horses astride, and often broke society's rules. She wanted to be a famous painter just like her father. Female artists at the time were encouraged...
"Del autor bestseller del New York Times El Mosquito, la increíble historia de cómo el caballo dio forma a la historia de la humanidad"
Recounts the author's epic journey on foot from the Yucatán peninsula through six countries and across the border into Colombia, describing the history and culture he discovered and the natural obstacles encountered, including the wild jungle of the Darién Gap.
"A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bookshop involved in an espionage network, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff"--
By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains. <> In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name is "Anish, " conveys not only her athleticism and wilderness adventures, but also shares her distinct message of courage--her willingness to turn...
"El Libro de las Reinas se remonta a siglos atrás, al Imperio Persa, y a una mujer disfrazada de hombre, que se enfrenta a un ejército invasor, protegida sólo por una armadura ligera y el semental que montaba. Mahdavi traza un hilo del pasado al presente: de su intrépida abuela iraní , que guió a supervivientes de violencia doméstica a colonias montañosas independientes en Afganistán, donde las mujeres, lideradas por un general llamado Mina, se convirtieron en la primera línea de defensa de su país contra los señores de la guerra merodeadores. A las guerreras que ayudaron a entrenar y criar los caballos utilizados por los Verdes de EE.UU. Boinas cuando aterrizaron en octubre de 2001, con...
"Dear Bob and Sue narra el viaje de Matt y Karen Smith, quienes se tomaron un descanso a mitad de su carrera para viajar a los 58 parques nacionales de EE. UU.. Escritos como una serie de correos electrónicos a sus amigos, Bob y Sue, describen su sensación de asombro. explorar nuestros parques nacionales y compartir observaciones divertidas y extravagantes"--
"The inspiring true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909."
"A new story about domestication of the horse and how horses forever altered the course of human history. Hoof Beats brings together cutting-edge science and archaeological discoveries from around the globe to explore how momentous events in the story of humans and horses helped create the world we live in today. William Taylor, one of the foremost experts on the subject, traces the legacy of the horse from its initial domestication to the invention of horse-drawn transportation, through the explosive shift to mounted riding and dispersal to every corner of the globe. Illustrated with striking images and drawings highlighting horse...
Forced to leave London for a new home in the country after their father refuses to join the military during World War II, Wolfie and his brother, Dodo, bond with an orphaned foal that they risk their lives to rescue.
"In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with horses. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America, even more than when they were the only means of transportation, and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn't stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving...
Documenta los viajes de la bióloga aventurera en la vasta región salvaje que abarca la selva tropical del Pacífico hasta el Ártico de Alaska, donde ella y su esposo pusieron a prueba sus límites físicos mientras establecían profundas conexiones con el mundo natural.
"El corresponsal de CBS Sunday Morning, ganador de un Emmy, narra su año viajando a cada uno de nuestros parques nacionales, descubriendo los lugares más bellos y las personas más interesantes que Estados Unidos tiene para ofrecer. Cuando Conor Knighton decidió pasar un año deambulando por la "mejor idea" de Estados Unidos ", le preocupaba que todo el asunto pudiera terminar siendo su peor idea. Pero después de un compromiso roto y un corazón roto, Conor necesitaba desesperadamente un cambio de escenario. El ambicioso plan que preparó se fue un poco por la borda en ese departamento; Knighton estableció Salga a visitar cada uno de los parques nacionales de Estados Unidos, desde...
"In The Last Empty Places, bestselling author Peter Stark takes the reader to four of the most remote, wild, and unpopulated areas of the United States outside of Alaska and mainly not part of protected wilderness: the rivers and forests of Northern Maine; the rugged, unpopulated region of Western Pennsylvania that lies only a short distance from the East's big cities; the haunting canyons of Central New Mexico; and the vast, arid basins of Southeast Oregon. Stark discovers that the places he visits are only "blank" in terms of a lack of recorded history. In fact, each place holds layers...
Stormy, el potro de Misty.
A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her famous mother help raise money to repair the storm damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies on Assateague Island.
La historia de dos botánicas pioneras, Elzada Clover y Lois Jotter, y su histórico viaje en barco por el río Colorado en 1938, que las llevó a ser las primeras en estudiar y catalogar la vida vegetal del Gran Cañón.
"The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who possessed the ideal combination of stamina and speed, attributes that pioneering Americans prized. The stallion Lexington, named after the city in Kentucky where he was born, exemplified these winning qualities, encouraging a war-torn nation in those perilous times that the extraordinary was...
Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.
The author chronicles his journey across America's waterways in his dory Nikawa (River Horse), encountering strange people, hostile cities, and hair-raising dangers
In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.
The author describes how, at the age of nineteen, she became the youngest and first-ever female winner of the punishing horse race known as the Mongol Derby, a ten-day course that recreates the horse messenger system developed by Genghis Khan.
Relates the story of how one of Britain's best-known ultra-athletes undertook a journey of over 15,000 miles to recreate the fictional run of Forrest Gump while immersing himself in American life during the turbulent Trump era.
Inspired by the likes of Mark Twain, Sir Richard Burton, and Horace Greeley, a cowboy and journalist takes an epic and authentic horseback journey across the American West as he rides the Pony Express trail from Missouri to California.
Más que unas memorias de viajes a carcajadas, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 dará vida a la alegría del descubrimiento, la pura satisfacción del logro y el humor que conlleva experimentar nuevos lugares y actividades. La segunda temporada es la continuación de Dear Bob and Sue, una crónica encantadora y a veces irreverente de una pareja de mediana edad que visita cada uno de los cincuenta y nueve parques nacionales del país, poniendo a prueba su temple y poniendo a prueba su resistencia. En su segundo libro de la serie, sigue a Matt y Karen mientras recorren el oeste de los Estados Unidos descubriendo algunos de nuestros...
To save her sister, who, along with her American diplomat husband and children, is trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Ruth Macallister embarks on a dangerous mission, and as the sisters race toward safety, a dogged Soviet agent forces them to make a heartbreaking choice.
Each June, Tory Bilski meets up with fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where they head to northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea. They escape their ordinary lives to live an extraordinary one at a horse farm perched at the edge of the world. If only for a short while. These women leave behind the usual troubles at home: affairs, sick parents, troubled teenagers, financial worriesand embrace their desire for adventure. Buoyed by their friendships with each other and their growing attachments and bonds with the otherworldly horses they ride, the warmth of Tingeryar's midnight sun carries these women through the...
"Everyone knows about Route 66. Now it's time to discover the next Great American Road Trip--Route 36. Tracing a path from the foothills of the Appalachians to the soaring Rocky Mountains, Route 36 was once America's way west from the Heartland to the Rockies. This is Allan Ferguson's Love Letter to the Midwest. It's a heart-warming tour through the villages, towns, and small cities of the Heartland...with stops at two of the country's most exciting big cities--Indianapolis and Denver."--from back cover.
"A unique, revelatory portrait of small-town America: the activities, changes, and events that shape this mostly unseen part of our national landscape, and the issues and concerns that matter to the ordinary Americans who make these towns their home. For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-prop airplane, visiting small cities and meeting civic leaders, factory workers, recent immigrants, and young entrepreneurs, seeking to take the pulse and discern the outlook of an America that is unreported and unobserved by the national media. Attending town meetings, breakfasts at local coffee shops,...
Learn to train your horses with compassion and understanding. In Horses Never Lie, renowned horse trainer Mark Rashid introduces us to his revolutionary method for training horses. He emphasizes the importance of balance: "It has always been my contention that working with horses is, or at least should be, a delicate balancing act between finding how much or how little direction it will take to help the horse we are working with understand whatever it is we are trying to teach. Too little direction and our efforts might become ineffective. Too much direction and we may develop resistance and animosity...
Examines twenty different horses with colorful photographs of both adult horses and foals, a horse diagram, a coat color chart, and detailed information about horse care.
Traces the history of wild horses in America and discusses the dilemma they currently face, as thousands are held in captivity by the government with the rest caught between the competing interests of ranchers, animal activists, and scientists.
"When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road.' Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with three professional nomads--her retired son Tim, his wife Ramie, and their standard poodle Ringo--in a thirty-six-foot RV. Driving Miss Norma is the charming, infectiously joyous chronicle of...
Isabella Bird used a small inheritance to travel the world. In 1873 she journeyed to North America and spent time in the area which would become Estes Park as well as other parts of Colorado.
"Learn all about horses, from how to care for them to how to ride one, in this informative children's guide to horse and pony care. Covering favorite breeds, from Shire horse to Shetland pony, what kit to use, and equestrian sports, this visual book is something that every young horse enthusiast aged 5-7 will want to own. Eye-catching images are featured alongside friendly illustrations, giving children plenty to take in and enjoy"--
"Until the popularization of the family car, horses and humans lived, worked, and played side by side. With the invention of the wheel, saddle, bit, and bridle; horses pulled far-flung lands closer together at the speed of a gallop. Trade, agriculture, exploration, and war-none of these would have been possible in the same way without horses. In dazzling spreads packed with maps, sidebars, and other hidden gems, Jennifer Thermes tackles the history of the horse. Horse Power explores horses' evolution. It tracks their migration as they find homes on six continents, and it shows readers what kinds of jobs they've...
Chronicles the true story of a recently declassified counterintelligence mission and the two remarkable agents who uncovered a network of strategically placed Soviet spies whose goal was to steal critical American military and atomic secrets.
"At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing - seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear - to some - that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. THE QUIET AMERICANS chronicles the exploits of four spies - Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern...
"The epic road trips--and surprising friendship--of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--
"A beautifully illustrated nonfiction story following wild horses like mustangs, zebras, donkeys, and ponies over the course of one day"--
"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength,...
"A tribute, in text and photographs, to a real-life herd of wild horses running free in Arizona"--
Presents a guide to five hundred carefully curated "musts" to see and do in the United States, including Grand Canyon camping, cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, walking through sunflowers in Kansas, and partying at Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
"This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband's masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years after Frank's passing, Maud is the only person who can help the producers stay true to the spirit of the book--because she's the only one left who knows its secrets. But the moment she hears...
�"Join author and outdoor enthuasiast Sandi Pierson as she brings you from Massachusetts to Canada over the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. Following the historic Long Trail, the first long-distance hiking trail in America, discover the splendor of this diverse and rugged landscape and the joys and tribulations of attempting to walk it carrying everything you need on one's back. Each chapter is sprinkled with fascinating anecdotes of peculiar historical events and accounts of those who figured prominently in the early settling of the Green Mountains and of the Long Trail's colorful, hundred year history." -- From p. 4 of...