Books

Cowgirls Cook for the Great Outdoors is a wonderfully crafted slice of American culture. The pictures and stories between recipes weave the scent of something fantastic cooking. Readers will want to follow that scent to the more than ninety recipes included in the colorful book.  There are easy-to-follow recipes for every meal of the day. Start the morning...

Falling Off Horses is a poignant and moving story of a friendship born out of a common love for horses that lasted a lifetime. Equestrians Karen Donley-Hayes and Lash Carrell were in high school when they met and became fast friends. They supported one another through the ups and downs of their teenage years, of loves lost...

Author Steven Kraus, the head of farrier services at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and instructor at the Cornell Farrier School, doesn’t horse around when it comes to hoof care.  Shoeing the Modern Horse: The Horse Owner’s Guide to Farriery and Hoof Care provides an unparalleled look at advances in shoeing and general...

Authors Natalie Bright and Denise McAllister’s contemporary Western romance trilogy involving the Olsen family on the Rafter O Ranch in Texas is a series that possesses complex characters that will steal your heart.  The first book, Home is Where You Are sets the stage for the clan of cattle ranchers with ties to the land...

Thirteen-year-old Sam Forster is sent to live her with aunt in San Francisco after suffering a head injury from a bad fall off her horse, Blackie.  She learns to adjust, but longs for her father and the Nevada ranch where they lived prior to the accident. Her father has missed her as well, and after...

It’s rare that an author dares to expose themselves in writing as accomplished wordsmith Courtney Maum has in The Year of the Horses, but in so doing she has created a gem of a book. When depression threatened to overcome Maum, she reflected on a time when she felt life was less difficult—a time on...