Böcker av Melissa Holbrook Pierson

Melding memoir, sociology, history, anecdote, and a bit of prose poetry, "Dark Horses and Black Beauties" delves beneath shallow hypotheses to look at how this communication with horses opens women up to a new apprehension of the larger "natural" world. Illustrations.

An intimate, surprising look at man's best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves.

"Smart and defiant. Rich with characters and anecdote and heart. A great success." --Anthony Swofford, New York Times Book Review

Here are the pleasures and perils of compulsive long-distance motorcycling-and one man's mission to outride everyone else.