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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100385335008
ISBN-139780385335003
eBay Product ID (ePID)1957273
Product Key Features
Book TitleShe Flies Without Wings : How Horses Touch a Woman's Soul
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMind & Body, Ethnic Studies / General, Animals / Horses, Spiritualism, Animals / General
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Social Science
AuthorMary D. Midkiff
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.7 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-065692
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Lyrical. Poetic. Powerful...Destined to become a classic...a stirring volume about the profound and intense relationship between women and horses. Midkiff is a splendid writer and has produced a truly breakthrough book. Run out and buy a copy for yourself, and pick up an extra for your favorite girlfriend." Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar "Lyrical and compelling, Midkiff's prose speaks to the depth of a woman's soul." Susan Chernak McElroy,New York Timesbestselling author ofAnimals As Teachers & Healers, "Lyrical. Poetic. Powerful...Destined to become a classic...a stirring volume about the profound and intense relationship between women and horses. Midkiff is a splendid writer and has produced a truly breakthrough book. Run out and buy a copy for yourself, and pick up an extra for your favorite girlfriend." Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar "Lyrical and compelling, Midkiff's prose speaks to the depth of a woman's soul." Susan Chernak McElroy, New York Times bestselling author of Animals As Teachers & Healers
Dewey Decimal636.1/001/9
SynopsisFrom a renowned horsewoman and gifted storyteller comes this groundbreaking new book that explores a powerful relationship like no other: the magical kinship between women and horses. Drawing from myth and literature, the author's own experiences, and interviews with countless women, we learn, through women's deeply personal stories, how horses enrich our lives and connect us to naturemaking us readers of rhythm and invisible signs, helping us harness our youthful sexuality, sharing the "horsepower" we need to reach our dreams. And here we see how, for thousands of years, the deep kinship between women and horses has connected us to our most intimate feelings of delight, helped us learn to solve problems, and set our creativity free. From the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer to the fiction of Jane Austen to folktales from around the world, She Flies Without Wings uses great literature and myth to encompass a wide spectrum of beliefs and perspectivesand creates a true celebration of speed, air, and the spectacular animal that connects us with both. Filled with the moving lessons-about sensuality, commitment, power, nurturance, and spiritualitywomen riders have known for centuries, written with a loving hand by an expert equestrian, She Flies Without Wings is an eloquent paean to a pairing that enlivened history, inspired literature, and continues to enchant us all., From a renowned horsewoman and gifted storyteller comes this groundbreaking new book that explores a powerful relationship like no other: the magical kinship between women and horses. Drawing from myth and literature, the author's own experiences, and interviews with countless women, we learn, through women's deeply personal stories, how horses enrich our lives and connect us to nature-making us readers of rhythm and invisible signs, helping us harness our youthful sexuality, sharing the "horsepower" we need to reach our dreams. And here we see how, for thousands of years, the deep kinship between women and horses has connected us to our most intimate feelings of delight, helped us learn to solve problems, and set our creativity free. From the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer to the fiction of Jane Austen to folktales from around the world, She Flies Without Wings uses great literature and myth to encompass a wide spectrum of beliefs and perspectives-and creates a true celebration of speed, air, and the spectacular animal that connects us with both. Filled with the moving lessons--about sensuality, commitment, power, nurturance, and spirituality-women riders have known for centuries, written with a loving hand by an expert equestrian, She Flies Without Wings is an eloquent paean to a pairing that enlivened history, inspired literature, and continues to enchant us all.
