A Court On Horseback

Author : Michael G Chang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684174560

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A Court on Horseback by Michael G Chang Pdf

"Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, traveling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. These tours were exercises in political theater that took the Manchu emperor through one of the Qing empire’s most prosperous regions.This study elucidates the tensions and the constant negotiations characterizing the relationship between the imperial center and Jiangnan, which straddled the two key provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Politically, economically, and culturally, Jiangnan was the undisputed center of the Han Chinese world; it also remained a bastion of Ming loyalism and anti-Manchu sentiment. How did the Qing court constitute its authority and legitimate its domination over this pivotal region? What were the precise terms and historical dynamics of Qing rule over China proper during the long eighteenth century?In the course of addressing such questions, this study also explores the political culture within and through which High Qing rule was constituted and contested by a range of actors, all of whom operated within socially and historically structured contexts. The author argues that the southern tours occupied a central place in the historical formation of Qing rule during a period of momentous change affecting all strata of the eighteenth-century polity."

Author : Grant Golliher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780593331934

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Think Like a Horse by Grant Golliher Pdf

In Think Like a Horse, veteran “horse whisperer” and leadership expert Grant Golliher applies his hard-won horse sense to teach invaluable lessons anyone can use to live a fuller, more successful life. Grant Golliher is what some would call a “horse whisperer,” able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of force. Through training thousands of horses, many traumatized or abused, Golliher was able to learn essential lessons about communication, boundaries, fairness, trust, and respect—lessons that apply not just to horses but to humans as well. It’s why celebrities, Fortune 500 ex­ecutives, professional coaches, supreme court justices, and even ordinary families from around the world flock to his Wyoming ranch every year to take part in what one CEO called “the most transformational experience I have ever encountered.” Horse whispering may sound like magic, but as Grant explains in Think Like a Horse, it’s not really all that mysterious. The lessons he shares are as fundamental and ageless as the relationship between horses, the people who ride them, and the beauty of the West. In fact, it’s an approach that anyone can learn, and should learn, in order to better understand our common humanity, overcome trauma, foster more fulfilled relationships, and unlock untapped potential in virtually every aspect of our lives. All you have to do is think like a horse.

Author : Brian Steidle,Gretchen Steidle Wallace
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781586485979

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The Devil Came on Horseback by Brian Steidle,Gretchen Steidle Wallace Pdf

Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals, notebook after notebook and nearly 1,000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, his sister, who wrote this book with Brian, corresponded with him throughout his time in Darfur. Fired upon, taken hostage, a witness to villages destroyed and people killed, frustrated by his mission's limitations and the international community's reluctance to intervene, Steidle resigned and has since become an advocate for the world to step in and stop this genocide. The Devil Came on Horseback depicts the tragic impact of an Arab government bent on destroying its black African citizens, the maddening complexity of international inaction in response to blatant genocide, and the awkward, yet heroic transformation of a formerMarine turned humanitarian. It is a gripping and moving memoir that bears witness to atrocities we have too long averted our eyes from, and reveals that the actions of just one committed person have the power to change the world.

Author : Monica Mattfeld
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271079721

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Becoming Centaur by Monica Mattfeld Pdf

In this study of the relationship between men and their horses in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Monica Mattfeld explores the experience of horsemanship and how it defined one’s gendered and political positions within society. Men of the period used horses to transform themselves, via the image of the centaur, into something other—something powerful, awe-inspiring, and mythical. Focusing on the manuals, memoirs, satires, images, and ephemera produced by some of the period’s most influential equestrians, Mattfeld examines how the concepts and practices of horse husbandry evolved in relation to social, cultural, and political life. She looks closely at the role of horses in the world of Thomas Hobbes and William Cavendish; the changes in human social behavior and horse handling ushered in by elite riding houses such as Angelo’s Academy and Mr. Carter’s; and the public perception of equestrian endeavors, from performances at places such as Astley’s Amphitheatre to the satire of Henry William Bunbury. Throughout, Mattfeld shows how horses aided the performance of idealized masculinity among communities of riders, in turn influencing how men were perceived in regard to status, reputation, and gender. Drawing on human-animal studies, gender studies, and historical studies, Becoming Centaur offers a new account of masculinity that reaches beyond anthropocentrism to consider the role of animals in shaping man.

Author : Richard POWELL (Captain, 54th Regiment.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020301983

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Proceedings of a General Court Martial held at the Horse Guards, on the 24th and 27th of March 1792, for the trial of Capt. R. Powell, Lieut. C. Seton and Lieut. J. Hall, of the 54th Regiment, ... on ... charges preferred ... by W. Cobbett, late Serjeant-Major of the said Regiment. Together with several curious letters which passed between ... W. Cobbett and Sir C. Gould, ... and various other documents connected therewith by Richard POWELL (Captain, 54th Regiment.) Pdf

Author : Carly Findlay
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781743821374

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Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay Pdf

A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voices are not heard often enough My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it? I didn’t grow up disabled; I grew up with a problem. A problem that those around me wanted to fix. We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us. The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything. Don’t fear the labels. That identity, which I feared for so long, is now one of my greatest qualities. I had become disabled – not just by my disease, but by the way the world treated me. When I found that out, everything changed. One in five Australians has a disability. And disability presents itself in many ways. Yet disabled people are still underrepresented in the media and in literature. In Growing Up Disabled in Australia – compiled by writer and appearance activist Carly Findlay OAM – more than forty writers with a disability or chronic illness share their stories, in their own words. The result is illuminating. Contributors include senator Jordon Steele-John, paralympian Isis Holt, Dion Beasley, Sam Drummond, Astrid Edwards, Sarah Firth, El Gibbs, Eliza Hull, Gayle Kennedy, Carly-Jay Metcalfe, Fiona Murphy, Jessica Walton and many more.

Author : Richard Powell (Capt.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : UIUC:30112061232556

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Proceedings of a General Court Martial Held at the Horse-Guards on the 24th and 27th of March, 1792 by Richard Powell (Capt.) Pdf

Author : Rektok Ross
Publisher : SparkPress
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781684631100

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Ski Weekend by Rektok Ross Pdf

*Named a Best Book of the Year by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Yahoo!Life, Parade, Brit + Co., Book Riot, and more! *Optioned for a major motion picture! The Breakfast Club meets Lord of the Flies in this gripping tale of survival, impossible choices, and the harrowing balance between life and death that #1 New York Times best-selling author Lauren Kate praises as “a paced thriller with moments of great tenderness—and spine chilling horror.” Six teens, one dog, a ski trip gone wrong . . . Sam is dreading senior ski weekend and having to watch after her brother and his best friend, Gavin, to make sure they don’t do anything stupid. Again. Gavin may be gorgeous, but he and Sam have never gotten along. Now they’re crammed into an SUV with three other classmates and Gavin’s dog, heading on a road trip that can’t go by fast enough. Then their SUV crashes into a snowbank, and Sam and her friends find themselves stranded in the mountains with cell phone coverage long gone and temperatures dropping. When the group gets sick of waiting for rescue, they venture outside to find help—only to have a wilderness accident leave Sam’s brother with a smashed leg and, soon, a raging fever. While the hours turn to days, Sam’s brother gets sicker and sicker, and their food and supplies dwindle until there isn’t enough for everyone. As the winter elements begin to claim members of the group one by one, Sam vows to keep her brother alive. No matter what. Filled with twists, secrets, and life-changing moments, Ski Weekend is a snow-packed survival thriller featuring a diverse cast of teens that will appeal to fans of One of Us is Lying and I Am Still Alive. Brace for impact, “. . . this YA thriller holds little back.” (Kirkus Reviews) *Winner of the CIBA Dante Rossetti Book Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Readers' Favorite Book Awards, the Reader Views Literary Awards, IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist, American Fiction Awards Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, WILLA Literary Awards Finalist, and an Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite.

Author : Peter Edwards,Karl A. E.. Enenkel,Elspeth Graham
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004212060

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The Horse as Cultural Icon by Peter Edwards,Karl A. E.. Enenkel,Elspeth Graham Pdf

In spite of the importance of horses to Western society until comparatively recent times, scholars have paid very little attention to them. This volume helps to redress the balance, emphasizing their iconic appeal as well as their utilitarian functions.

Author : Christopher Myers
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781430130079

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H.O.R.S.E. by Christopher Myers Pdf

Two friends get highly imaginative on an urban basketball court as they try to one-up the other in a popular game that turns into a humorous and inventive celebration of athletics and creativity.

Author : J. Edward Chamberlin
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307368683

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Horse by J. Edward Chamberlin Pdf

Full of wisdom, passion and wonder, Horse is the utterly fascinating and enlightening story of horses and humans from the beginning of time to the present. Ever since the dawn of human history, horses have held a mystical sway over our imagination: we respect and revere them like no other animal. We have conceived of them as both domesticated and free, both belonging to our civilization and to the wild. At first, ours was an encounter of death, as prehistoric humans hunted horses all across the steppes of Asia, and throughout Europe. But they also painted horses full of grace and beauty on the walls of their caves, and gave them a central place in their songs and sacred rituals. Long before the invention of writing and the wheel, horses began to shape the way humans lived. Drawing on archaeology, biology, art, literature and ethnography, Horse illuminates the relationship between humans and horses throughout history – from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, from the Moors in Spain and the knights in France to the great horse cultures of native America. From the Ice Age to the Industrial Age, horses have provided sustenance, transportation, status, companionship and the ability to establish and expand empires. Included are stories of horses at work, at war and at play, both wild horses and famous horses, in paintings, books and movies. Horse looks at the ancient traditions of horse trading and horse stealing, horse racing and games with horses, and at rodeos and circuses, jumping and dressage. It compares techniques of training and traditions of breeding, from the Persians to the Nez Perce, from Lippizaners to Percherons, and ponders the intelligence of horses, their skill and strength as well as their grace and beauty.

Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : California
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017823635

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On Horseback by Charles Dudley Warner Pdf

Author : William Cooper
Publisher : Light Technology Publishing
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0929385225

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Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper Pdf

A former member of the U.S. Naval Intelligence briefing team reveals information that the government has kept secret since the 1940s, on topics ranging from UFOs and the assassination of JFK to the war on drugs

Author : Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1749
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590032457

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Rules and articles for the better government of our horse and foot-guards, and all other our land-forces by Army Pdf

Author : Steven M. Gelber
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801889974

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Horse Trading in the Age of Cars by Steven M. Gelber Pdf

Gelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a colorful and interesting chapter to the history of the automobile.