Books with title Riding High

Tom West stood in the derelict cottage and gazed out of the window across the shimmering lake. "One day I shall carry Sam over the threshold of this cottage and it will be our home forever." he thought. Both Tom's career and life with his girlfriend Sam were taking giant steps. Soon he was to ride the beautiful talented stallion Black Velvet and he and Sam had vowed they would marry on her eighteenth birthday. The British Team Selectors soon noticed Tom and the stallion and his life should have been wonderful but there was a huge black cloud on the horizon slowly drawing nearer and nearer waiting to tear Tom and Sam apart. Their love is strong but Sam is afraid "It will never be another girl or boy that comes between us, it can only be a big black horse that haunts us both" she told Miranda Wright -Smith whose husband Charles was also disturbed by this horse who she hated but Tom was destined to ride Lady Hermione's evil Black Satin on his fast approaching seventeenth birthday.

Billie and her beautiful gray gelding, Valentine's Kiss, are three-day eventing naturals--winning every regional trial they enter. But suddenly, Billie loses interest in the sport and avoids training with her beloved horse. While her rivals say that she's lost her nerve, the truth is that Billie witnessed a terrible accident during her last cross-country event, in which the horse broke its leg, and she's terrified that the same fate could befall Valentine's Kiss. A new trainer makes Billie face her demons and trust in her horse's exceptional ability.

The reader is faced with the story of a couple that works for the International Olympic Committee, traveling the world organizing the details of the games, and that at a certain point have a son, who comes to be known as André. In this moment, the life of the wife Elizabeth takes a turn and her life is completely transformed. Her husband, Mario, keeps on working for the COI, and seeks to provide his son an education that will turn him into an international citizen with conscience and the ability to think for himself. Despite the distance, the family unit and the importance of bonds between the family nucleus' members are quite emphasized throughout the plot.Rolando FerreiraFirst Brazilian player in the NBA - RDJ Institute Founder 12 years in the Brazilian National Basketball Teammore than 200 games in International, Pan-American and Olympic Games “While I read "Riding," I was immersed in the narrative, for there has never been a book, other than biographies of athletes, that made me feel so close and so knowledgeable about something, much less something with modern and accessible language. In truth, I felt this way because besides talking about self-improvement, the search for results, commitment, focus and other virtues that are part of the life of an athlete, the biggest part of the story takes place in Curitiba, the city in which I was born and currently reside. Furthermore, I participated in two of the Olympic Games cited in the novel: the writing made me go back in time. The story happens between the South Korean Olympics (1988) and the London Olympics (2012). The Olympics are the conducting string, the dorsal spine that temporizes and gives us a notion of the time narrated. Despite basing itself on the journey of an athlete that seeks his objectives, "Riding" is not merely a story about cycling. It goes much further. The lessons taught of self-improvement, commitment and focus are a full plate to the people who search for inspiration in their lives.As an ex-athlete of old, I was touched to notice that, despite my difficulties and fights in the world of sports, the para-athlete, as André, suffers from the fight a lot to reach his objectives. The culture does not value the Paralympics as much as the regular Olympics, but there that you find athletes that are truly full of drive and willpower.”

Rolando Ferreira First Brazilian player in the NBA - RDJ Institute Founder12 years in the Brazilian National Basketball Team more than 200 games in International, Pan-American and Olympic Games “While I read "Riding," I was immersed in the narrative, for there has never been a book, other than biographies of athletes, that made me feel so close and so knowledgeable about something, much less something with modern and accessible language. In truth, I felt this way because besides talking about self-improvement, the search for results, commitment, focus and other virtues that are part of the life of an athlete, I participated in two of the Olympic Games cited in the novel: the writing made me go back in time. The story happens between the South Korean Olympics (1988) and the London Olympics (2012). The Olympics are the conducting string, the dorsal spine that temporizes and gives us a notion of the time narrated. The reader is faced with the story of a couple that works for the International Olympic Committee, traveling the world organizing the Olympic events, and that at a certain point have a son, who comes to be known as André. In this moment, the life of the wife Elizabeth is completely transformed. Her husband, Mario, keeps on working for the COI, and seeks to provide his son an education that will turn him into an international citizen with conscience and the ability to think for himself. Despite the distance, the family unit and the importance of bonds between the family nucleus' members are quite emphasized throughout the plot. Despite basing itself on the journey of an athlete that seeks his objectives, "Riding" is not merely a story about cycling. It goes much further. The lessons taught are a full plate to the people who search for inspiration in their lives. As an ex-athlete of old, I was touched to notice that, despite my difficulties and fights in the world of sports, the para-athlete, as André, suffers from the fight a lot to reach his objectives. The culture does not value the Paralympics as much as the regular Olympics, but there you find athletes that are full of drive and willpower.”