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Yankees in the Afternoon: An Illustrated History of American Bullfighters

Yankees in the Afternoon: An Illustrated History of...
Author: Lyn Sherwood , Barnaby Conrad ISBN: 9780786437696 Format: Paperback	$92.40
Offers an introduction to bullfighting as it relates to American culture. This book focuses on American matadors,... Read More >>

Rodeo in the Blood

Rodeo in the Blood
Author: Dylan Winter ISBN: 9781905523276 Format: Digital	$25.88
Takes a look at rodeos while addressing the question: Why do ordinary young men hunker down on the back of an angry... Read More >>

The Death of Manolete

The Death of Manolete
Author: Barnaby Conrad ISBN: 9781597771580 Format: Audio	$39.47
On August 38, 1947, in the bull ring at the Spanish town of Linares, a 30-year-old millionaire called Manolete and... Read More >>

Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo

Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo
Author: Joel H. Bernstein ISBN: 9781586857455 Format: Hardback	$65.87
Presents the history of Rodeo, a Western American institution. This book captures the mystique of the cowboy and... Read More >>

Showing Dogs: The Exhibitors' Guide

Showing Dogs: The Exhibitors' Guide
Author: Juliette Cunliffe ISBN: 9781846890024 Format: Hardback	$86.99
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Apassionata: Horses on Parade

Apassionata: Horses on Parade
Author: ISBN: 9783937406763 Format: Mixed media product	$131.87
Apassionata is Europe's most successful and spectacular horse show. Consummate horsemanship and noble steeds are... Read More >>

Cat Orchestra and the Elephant Butler

Cat Orchestra and the Elephant Butler
Author: Jan Bondeson ISBN: 9780752439341 Format: Paperback	$51.75
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Canadian Indian Cowboys in Australia: Representation, Rodeo, and the RCMP at the Royal Easter Show, 1939

Canadian Indian Cowboys in Australia: Representation,...
Author: Lynda Mannik ISBN: 9781552382004 Format: Paperback	$65.87
In 1939, a troupe of eight rodeo riders accompanied by an RCMP officer travelled to Sydney to compete in the Royal... Read More >>

Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide: All About Rodeo

Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide: All About Rodeo
Author: Melody Groves ISBN: 9780826338228 Format: Hardback	$65.87
Examines the sport of rodeo, from a brief history of the ranch-based competition to the rodeos of today and what... Read More >>

Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West

Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken...
Author: W K Stratton ISBN: 9780156031219 Format: Paperback	$36.96
In ""Chasing the Rodeo,"" Stratton creates a portrait of rodeo that is at onceloving and critical, personal and... Read More >>

Cockfighting Ban of Oliver Cromwell

Cockfighting Ban of Oliver Cromwell
Author: J. Batty ISBN: 9781857364934 Format: Paperback	$38.81
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Man, Beast, Dust: The Story of Rodeo

Man, Beast, Dust: The Story of Rodeo
Author: Clifford Peter Westermeier , Bill Crawford ISBN: 9780803298439 Format: Paperback	$50.03
Ever since the early cowboys cut a swath through the open range and the bawdy cow towns, rodeo has been part of... Read More >>

Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome

Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome
Author: George Jennison ISBN: 9780812219197 Format: Paperback	$57.95
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Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West

Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the...
Author: Dirk Johnson ISBN: 9780803276246 Format: Paperback	$39.47
Account of a year spent on the rodeo circuit. Read More >>

Montana Hometown Rodeo

Montana Hometown Rodeo
Author: Joanne Berghold , Kim Zupan ISBN: 9780890134696 Format: Hardback	$85.80
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Rodeo Queens: On The Circuit With America's Cowgirls

Rodeo Queens: On The Circuit With America's Cowgirls...
Author: Joan Burbick ISBN: 9781586482046 Format: Paperback	$36.96
This ""delectable slice of Americana"" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) explores ""the glitter and the glamour of... Read More >>

Women and the Bullring

Women and the Bullring
Author: Muriel Feiner , Robert Ryan ISBN: 9780813026299 Format: Hardback	$92.27
The presence of women in the bullring was banned in Spain until 1975, when the country's political transition to... Read More >>

Riding Buffaloes and Broncos: Rodeo and Native Traditions in the Northern Great Plains

Riding Buffaloes and Broncos: Rodeo and Native Traditions...
Author: Allison Fuss Mellis , Allison Mellis ISBN: 9780806135199 Format: Hardback	$65.87
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Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida: The Saga of Cesar Rincon

Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida: The Saga of Cesar...
Author: Allen Josephs ISBN: 9780813024622 Format: Hardback	$92.27
"A portrait of life in and around the world's most prestigious bullrings, demonstrating how and why the """"corrida""""... Read More >>

Oro Plata

Oro Plata
Author: Daniele Carbonel , Peter Muller ISBN: 9782843230356 Format: Hardback	$198.00
Oro Plata is a show-case both for the history and tradition of these costumes and for the living legends of the... Read More >>

Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon: The Complete Annotations

Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon: The Complete Annotations...
Author: Miriam B. Mandel ISBN: 9780810839960 Format: Hardback	$250.95
In this definitive study of Hemingway's masterpiece on bull-fighting, Miriam Mandel addresses not only Hemingway's... Read More >>

Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight

Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish...
Author: Adrian Shubert (Professor and Chair, Department of History, Professor and Chair, Department of History, York University) ISBN: 9780195144123 Format: Paperback	$91.95
A history of bullfighting in the context of its status as the first commercialised sport in Western society. Before... Read More >>

Cowboy Up: The History of Bull Riding

Cowboy Up: The History of Bull Riding
Author: Gail Woerner ISBN: 9781571685315 Format: Paperback	$65.87
"What started as an exhibition to entertain audiences has turned into the most popular-and dangerous-event in rodeo:... Read More >>

Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon
Author: Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 9780099285021 Format: Paperback	$22.99
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On Bullfighting

On Bullfighting
Author: A.L. Kennedy ISBN: 9780224060998 Format: Paperback	$22.99
Acclaimed novelist A.L.Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical... Read More >>

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