Fury Son Of The Wilds

Born in the wild, son of a TB mare and a brumby sire, Fury grows into a magnificent stallion. Captured by cattle farmer and horse-lover Dan, at first he rebels agaisnt captivity. But Dan is special and he soon learns to trust his master, although his heart yearns for freedom.

"Think the next Educated or Wild. Palmer’s memoir of beating the odds to become a horse champion is an inspiring saga of perseverance—and a classic underdog tale." —Entertainment Weekly At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty–five wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. As she boarded a plane to East Asia, she was utterly unprepared for what awaited her. Riders often spend years preparing to compete in the Mongol Derby, a course that re–creates the horse messenger system developed by Genghis Khan. Many fail to finish. Prior–Palmer had no formal training. She was driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses. She raced for ten days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she decided she had nothing to lose. Each dawn she rode out again on a fresh horse, scrambling up mountains, swimming through rivers, crossing woodlands and wetlands, arid dunes and open steppe, as American television crews chased her in their jeeps. Told with terrific suspense and style, in a voice full of poetry and soul, Rough Magic captures the extraordinary story of one young woman who forged ahead, against all odds, to become the first female winner of this breathtaking race. "Taking off on a horse into the Mongolian Steppe sounds like the bracing inverse to an overpopulated, busy urban life, but having the skills and grit to pull it off is another thing entirely. . . . Lara Prior–Palmer attempted the Mongol Derby not really knowing what she was getting into; she ended it knowing much more about herself, and a race champion besides." ―Estelle Tang, Elle

Images of Australia: a history of Australian children's literature 1941-1970.

Yabel McQụhirr's wrath knows no bounds. But as he stands amid the wreckage of his rage, he realizes the irreversible consequences of his actions. Haunted by regret and consumed by guilt, Yabel pleads for mercy to save those he loves. Can he find redemption in the face of devastating choices? Discover the gripping tale of a man's destructive wrath and the harrowing consequences that follow in "Fury's Embrace." A compelling story of anger, the consequences of unchecked anger, guilt, and the relentless pursuit of redemption in the face of devastating choices. Sneak Peak One gloomy Monday morning in late autumn, things came to a head in the barn during threshing. Thomas and his father exchanged bitter words, retorting back and forth until Yabel violently struck Thomas down with a clenched fist. Blood stained the clean straw as Thomas got up, went inside the house, opened his small chest, took all the money he had, silently bid farewell to his mother, and disappeared over the Rig of Bennanbrack, never to be seen again. After this, Yabel McQuhirr closed off his heart even more. He steeled himself against his wife's gentle suffering and reproachful silences. He clenched his hands tight when he saw tears rolling down her withered cheeks from the corner of his eye. He never uttered a word of remorse for the past, and the names of his departed sons never passed his lips.