In this sequel to "Break In", Kit Fielding, champion jockey, attracts trouble on all fronts. He has problems with racing and his fiancee, as well as the old Fielding-Allerdeck feud.
In this sequel to "Break In", Kit Fielding, champion jockey, attracts trouble on all fronts. He has problems with racing and his fiancee, as well as the old Fielding-Allerdeck feud.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 22 October 2010
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Crossfire
Shell-shocked and missing a foot-lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent home by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the first lady of British racing, has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather.
A biography of an author whose varied experiences provided background for many of his adventure stories, historical novels, sports books, and nature stories.
Gary Paulsen has used his adventurous life to enrich his writing for young children. Experiences such as living in the Philippines after World War II, joining a traveling carnival, and racing in the Iditarod have found their way into his novels. Paulsen is a passionate writer, and his book Hatchet won the Newbery Award.
English Test Driver is an educational program for increasing your English vocabulary. It has good instruments both for acquiring and testing the knowledge of English words. The program appears in the form of a car racing game in which your race position means a certain grade. Racing the tests you also gain points and bonuses for speed and accuracy of your performance.
