The Man Who Listens to Horses - The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer

Zusatztext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting and inspirational.” –The New York Times Book Review “Absorbing . . . engrossing . . . [Monty] Roberts’s story is more fascinating and profound than any told in fiction. . . . [ The Man Who Listens to Horses is] the kind of life-altering book you never want to finish.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Observing Monty’s philosophy and method of working with horses and people is one of the most profoundly deep! awe-inspiring! and heart-opening experiences I’ve ever witnessed. I highly recommend this book to everyone.” –Jack Canfield! co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series “ The Man Who Listens to Horses has a style that’s every bit as graceful as Roberts’s horse-gentling. . . . Roberts’s rememberings will touch the hearts of any who ever have known a deep love and respect for an animal.” –Lexington Herald-Leader “A groundbreaking account . . . All occupants of this earth would be wise to listen to Roberts! who offers a road map to a kinder! gentler place.” – Tulsa World Informationen zum Autor Monty Roberts has spent his whole life working with horses--schooling them, listening to them, and learning their ancient equine language. Roberts was first introduced to the American public on Dateline NBC. He runs Flag Is Up Farms in Solvang, California. Klappentext Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer-an American original whose gentle Join-Up® training method reveals the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing "horse sense” is based on a lifetime of experience. In The Man Who Listens to Horses, Roberts reveals his unforgettable personal story and his exceptional insight into nonverbal communication, an understanding that applies to human relationships as well. He shows that between parent and child, employee and employer, abuser and abused, there are forms of communication far stronger than the spoken word that are accessible to all who will learn to listen. This new edition features engaging photographs, a chapter that traces Roberts's amazing experience gentling with a mustang in the wild, and an Afterword about the remarkable impact this book has had on the world. CHAPTER 1 The Call of the Wild Horses It all dates from those summers alone in the high desert, me lying on my belly and watching wild horses with my binoculars for hours at a time. Straining to see in the moonlight, striving to fathom mustang ways, I knew instinctively I had chanced upon something important but could not know that it would shape my life. In 1948 I was a boy of thirteen learning the language of horses. In the wilderness of Nevada, the soil is silky and cool to the touch at dawn, and at midday will burn your skin. My summer vigils were marked off by the heat of the day and the cold of the night and a profound sense of solitude. It felt right to be there under those vast skies on that dove-gray moonscape in the company of wild and wary horses. I remember, especially, a dun mare with a dark stripe along her back and zebra stripes above her knees. Clearly the matriarch of the herd, she was disciplining an unruly young colt who had been roughing up foals and mares. I vividly recall how she squared up to him, her eyes on his eyes, her spine rigid, her head pointed arrowlike at the adolescent. No longer full of himself, he knew exactly what she meant. Three hundred yards from the herd, the outcast would know by her body position when he could return to the fold. If she faced him, he could not. If she showed him part of her body's long axis, he could begin to consider it. Before...

Product details

• Authors: Monty Roberts
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.12.2008
• EAN: 9780345510457
• ISBN: 978-0-345-51045-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies