Driving a Harness Horse: A Step-by-Step Guide
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    Driving a Harness Horse: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Sallie Walrond
    Manufacturer: J. A. Allen & Company, Limited
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    Book Description

    This step-by-step guide takes the reader through the complexities of horse, harness, vehicle, clothing, and driving technique.
    Breaking a horse to harness: A step-by-step guide
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Breaking a Horse to Harness: A Step-by-Step Guide
    • Excellent Beginner Driving Book
    • This book is quite informative but has its flaws.
    Breaking a horse to harness: A step-by-step guide
    Sallie Walrond
    Manufacturer: Pelham
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    Binding: Unknown Binding
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    Book Description

    A classic work on training horses to drive.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Breaking a Horse to Harness: A Step-by-Step Guide.......2006-02-26

    I read the reviews for this book, which were not particularly glowing, before I bought it and I bought it anyway to decide for myself. I found the book to be exactly what I wanted; a step by step guide to harness breaking. It is precise, almost to a fault, and informative. Anyone with horse knowlege can make sense of it. IT IS NOT FOR A NOVICE HORSE OWNER/RIDER. But if you are confident and comfortable riding and working around a variety of horses at varying levels of training, skill and experience, this is a good book for you. It IS written in "British" so be prepared to do some minor "translating." And there is not a glossary of terms (that I could find) relating to harness or cart parts, so some research on the readers part may be necessary. But informationally, I found the book to be sound and useful.

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent Beginner Driving Book.......2003-05-26

    This is a great book for a new person teaching a horse to drive. I have a lot of horse experience, but not in driving. I found the steps very clear, very sensible, and in small enough increments so that both the horse and I felt like we had accomplished something each lesson towards our goal. Highly recommend.

    3 out of 5 stars This book is quite informative but has its flaws........1998-12-26

    "Breaking a Horse to Harness" is an informative book and is quite good for a basic overview of what you are getting yourself into. However, the book is a bit too "British". At times, I found the lingo a bit confusing. It would have been nice to see a "troubleshooting" section for problems you may incur while training; the author didn't seem to anticipate many problems while training. The book is not really detailed enough to use as your only tool for training; a book that is more "well endowed" in the areas this book lacks is recommended as an accompaniment. Overall, the book does a good job of reviewing the steps involved in breaking your horse for harness but should definately not be the primary training tool for first-time trainers.
    Making Harness: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • A must have book for the novice harness maker!
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    Making Harness: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Manufacturer: Daniel S. Preston
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Spiral-bound
    ASIN: 0975397206

    Product Description

    This book gives step-by-step instructions of how each part of the horse harness is made in detail and fully explained. Measurements and materials lists are given. This guide covers the making of six styles of harness in eight different sizes: single driving in three sizes with two different styles of bridles and two different trace arrangements; double driving harness in three different sizes; single draft driving for 1,600 to 1,800 pounds; single pony harness in two sizes; team wagon or farm harness for 1,600 to 1,800 pounds and 2,000 pounds or more; single and team mule harness 850 to 900 pounds. This is a step-by-step book with many illustrations, diagrams, and photos and explained by professional harness makers with a lifetime of experience!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A must have book for the novice harness maker!.......2006-03-31

    This book is an absolute must have for anyone interested in making their own harness or anyone just interested in how a harness is made. Most of the work covered in this book is on very basic "single strap" type harness. Good using, everyday work harness, not fancy show harness. This book is not intended to make you into a Master Harness Maker or show you how to produce fancy show harness. However this book does walk you through, piece by piece, in detail, how to make a basic harness.Another nice feature of this book is that It covers a wide range of harness from single light horse buggy harness to draft team harness. Lots of patterns and dimensions to use as guides. Excellent descriptions on tools and their uses. Fantastic source section in the back of the book where you can find everything you will ever need to make harness with, and best of all the sources are actually there!
    The only thing that I found lacking in this book, which is also its strong point, is that it is very, very, basic, which I suppose is hardly a fault. I would like to have seen a little more on slightly better work, such as padded breast collars or breeching. Even a section on slightly less traditional harness such as how to construct a Gig Saddle, or Yankee style Draft harness would have been appropriate and most informative.
    Overall an excellent book and I would highly recommend it.

    4 out of 5 stars Review of "Making Harness" .......2006-02-17

    I found this book to be most helpful not only in cutting and stitching whole harnesses but in the tools and their uses. It is quite clearly written and easy to follow. The items made are of a basic sort and this would not be a book for advanced harness making. The only facet of the book that irked me was the manner in which the author writes as in his tone of a kindergarten teacher talking to little children. A personal thing but I found it most irksome.

    Around the Block Again: More Rotary-Cut Blocks from Judy Hopkins (That Patchwork Place)
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    • Around the Block Again : More Rotary-Cut Blocks from Judy Ho
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    Manufacturer: Martingale and Company
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    If you fancy classic blocks and quick-cutting techniques you'll love this handy quilting reference, packed with a whopping 200 quilt-block patterns! Browse through this incredible variety of beautiful, traditional rotary-cut patterns, and then get ready to play with your fabric.

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    4 out of 5 stars Great Pattern SourceýBut.......2004-07-13

    The first book in this series is a favorite source of patterns, and so is this one, but....

    Instead of listing the measurements of common blocks, like a 2-5/8 " square it will say T1 or some such and you have to look in the back to figure out what size this is. I hate templates! It was a much better format in the first book.

    2 out of 5 stars Templates, Templates, Templates!.......2004-06-20

    My neighbor had purchased the first book in the series called, Once Around the Block, so I thought I would get the second book. I had read a review stating that the third book would not be for beginners, since I am a fairly new quilter, I thought the second book would be okay. However, I missed the fact that the majority of the blocks require templates! I hate templates. They are so time consuming compared to just rotary cutting everything. The templates I have used aren't even standard measurements on a quilter's ruler either so strip cutting doesn't work--less than a eighth inch increments.

    The blocks are more unique than in the first book but I would not make a large quilt using these blocks!

    5 out of 5 stars So you'd like to make a quilt but can't decide on a pattern?.......2003-02-01

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    The Ornamental Vegetable Garden
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • Nice pictures -- of the same three gardens!
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    Diana Anthony
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    3 out of 5 stars Nice pictures -- of the same three gardens!.......2002-07-19

    This book is filled with color pictures, but as soon as you examine them closely you realize that they are pictures from different angles of the same three gardens -- most of them incomplete (as stated in their own captions) or violating the author's own rules of not planting your potager with poor-preforming, slow-growing plants. The introduction goes into detail about the first potager, and how she went to visit it in France, but there are no pictures of it! Also disappointing, is that all the potagers displayed are filled with annual vegetables. I didn't see any suggestions on what to plant, or what to do with empty potager beds once the growing season is over. This is a good book to browse in a book store or library but not for the hard-core landscaper or vegetable grower.
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        The Ornamental Kitchen Garden
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                  Promise You Won't Freak Out: A Teenager Tells Her Mom the Truth About Boys, Booze, Body Piercing and Other..
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                  When teens misbehave, sometimes they break the law, but every time, they break your heart. Among other horrors, Doris Fuller has lived to tell the story of her daughter Natalie crossing state lines to attend a keg party at the house of an older boy she hardly knew--after lying by saying she'd be at a sleepover. Fortunately, this was during Natalie's self-described "wild" phase, which petered out after a couple of unpleasant binge-drinking episodes during her sophomore year of high school. For any parent wishing their teen's hedonistic phase would fade away--or parents in such denial that they don't think their kid is capable of being wild--Promise Me will provide much guidance for navigating the emotional quagmire of adolescence.

                  Doris and Natalie provide mother-and-daughter perspectives on school, friends, dating, drug use, and sex, revealing an inherited self-deprecating sense of humor as well as a remarkable relationship that eventually came to be centered on mutual trust. Unlike some parents she knows, Doris doesn't depend on spy-ware, snooping, or diary reading to find out what Natalie's up to. Instead, she taps her journalism background to ask oblique questions that tend to get Natalie talking, not rolling her eyes or running to her room. Doris's list of useful questions for each topic may be too effective; she admits it was nearly impossible to act nonchalant when Natalie confessed that a 14-year-old friend had been experimenting with oral sex. (She also provides a helpful glossary of slang sexual expressions).

                  When Natalie does push the limits, Doris (generally) implements appropriate consequences for her to face. In the case of the out-of-state kegger, that meant no more car privileges for two months. (It's likely there's a copy of Parenting with Love and Logic on the bookshelf at their house.) Some of the most comically eye-opening passages in Promise Me feature tales of teens whose parents were extremely strict, only to find that their teen went to great lengths to hide hell-raising behavior from them (as in the case of the nerdy reverend's daughter who gets pregnant). Fuller's found the recipe for building trust and respect from teenagers, and parents would do well to heed her hard-earned advice. -- Erica Jorgensen

                  Book Description

                  In this honest and insightful she said/she said guide, sixteen-year-old Natalie Fuller tells all about her adventures and misadventures from ages thirteen through sixteen. Her brother, Greg, fills in on the later teen years. And Doris, the questioning, caring (and occasionally shell-shocked) mom offers her take on such mildly eye-opening and downright life-threatening topics as...

                  alcohol and other drugs * sex and dating * school * appearances * partying * stealing * obsessions * secrets * lying

                  Promise You Won't Freak Out gives parents a complete picture of how teens really think, feel, and act. And it gives kids a better understanding of why this picture freaks their parents out. For both, it offers some very helpful information-and an inspiring example of successful parent/teen communication.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars Life of teenagers.......2007-09-07

                  This book is probably very true however it may be more applicable for families living in larger more metropolitan cities. Still, it is worthwhile reading for any parent of a teenager.

                  5 out of 5 stars It's how I want to raise my teens.......2005-08-29

                  Finally, a book that reflects the way I want to raise my soon-to-be teens, but I didn't know it! I'd read several books, all of which didn't touch a nerve until this one. It also helped me to realize it's time to connect up with other non-judgmental guerilla moms.

                  I don't want to put my teens in a bubble, and then be in denial whenever the bubble bursts behind my back. Instead, I want to weather their teens with them, keep an open dialogue to a reasonable degree, and maintain my composure in their presence. How else can they develop their judgment than by some experimenting coupled with accountability and a parent to talk to? This parenting approach is not for the faint of heart, as it requires objectivity and self-honesty, but I'm ready. It also requires confidence that you've instilled good judgment in your kids.

                  It's a relief to finally have a way of thinking about raising teens that works for me.

                  4 out of 5 stars Bak Middle of the School of Arts .......2005-03-01

                  "Promise you won't freak" out is book with great characters considering all of them are real. That is right, a teenager is putting her, and her close friends and family's lives on a plate for you to eat up. There is a lot of flavor on the plate that she is handing us including the first two most racy topics you could think about talking to a teen on. Sex and drugs. Well those are just two of the many juicy chapters. The setting changes from time to time but is set in common day, as in 2004. It teaches, parents, and teens alike new vocabulary, most of which is rated R. But if you can put up with the views of an over-protective mother, and her rebellious teenagers, Greg (in collage now) and Natalie, then this is a pretty good book.
                  It moves along quickly but it's content makes it so that you keep looking over your shoulder to make sure that the person behind you does not see that word that you just read. It kind of makes you feel guilty when you are sitting in the back of your car with your mother driving, and she asks you about the book you are reading as glance up learning the definition of an even more interesting word from the chapter titled Sex Period, and your reply is "oh, just a teen novel!" I must admit that it is educational. Not just the sex and drugs part about it either. It tells you how to start conversation with your mother on hard topics, and how to handle the stress of teen-hood.
                  I have gotten to know and love Natalie, not always agreeing with her decisions, but still seeing her point of view. Every mother and daughter should read this book together. Aside from dreading the fact that my mother now knows the Web sites for security programs that e-mails her every time any obscene language or Web site is used on my account (not that I ever would) thanks to Nat's mother, it helped me reach a level of understanding with her. Now every time I go to school, I will be more aware: More aware of the new language that my supposed best friends are pushing on me, more aware that any second I might have to refuse drugs, more aware that I am now a teenager, and that I have no choice in the matter of whether I should grow up or not, because it's happening right now.

                  5 out of 5 stars Time Well Spent.......2004-10-10

                  Wish I'd had this book earlier in my parenting. I learned a tremendous amount, but the biggest value was in ideas for conversation starters with my teens. I tried a few suggestions and was amazed at the discussions that followed. I left the book on the kitchen table during a teen party and the kids zeroed in on it immediately, particularly the chapter on sex (no surprise there!) I have made gifts of the book to my younger sisters, telling them it is an easy read, well written, and packed with useful information and suggestions. Read this book if there are teenagers in your life.

                  5 out of 5 stars Promise You Won't Freak Out is Very Impressive.......2004-09-26

                  Extremely well written and interesting. Every teenager and every parent of one should read it, regardless of their own situation (and even if they can't relate to the examples). A good study book for schools and churches. Although the subject matter covers many of the lapses of integrity in today's teens, the book itself reeks of honesty. The authors are courageous in putting their lives out for public view. The excellent conversation starters should help any parent.

                  From a grandparent in Flagstaff, AZ.

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