Reading Picks

Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Have a logical look at human motivation - Forget your image of an economist as a crusty professor worried about fluctuating interest rates: Levitt focuses his attention on more intimate real-world issues, like whether reading to your baby will make her a better student.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The story is captivating and the prose is the best I've ever read. Here's an excerpt: "A tiny woman was perched in the bed, old and birdlike, with a blackberry face. Her mouth opened when she saw us, and her tongue curled out like a misplaced comma." A wonderful look into the world of black and white in the south at the time of the Civil Rights Act.
Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan This man is my hero! Dog behaviorist with an excellent show on National Geographic channel, The Dog Whisperer. It's the human, not the dog - sound familiar to you horse folks?? Watch his TV show and videos, and read his book. You will learn as much from watching him as you will from watching me - even though he's playing with dogs, not horses!
Beautiful Jim Key : The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World This a MUST READ for all horse folks and history buffs.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark Bittner
A wonderful autobiographical report of how a flock of wild parrots living in San Francisco changed a man's life. A charming look into the connection between human and animals.
Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
Tells how treating humans with dignity and respect is great for business.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
A wonderful story with insights into Jewish emigration from Nazi threatened Prague, and Comic Book Heros! Impossible to put down.
The Tao of Equus by Linda Kohanov
Amazing accounts of the intuitive connection between horses and humans. Theme is horses in healing.
Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students. -- Talmud