The story of the Rio 2016 Olympic dressage gold medal winner with Team GB rider Charlotte Dujardin Valegro is nothing short of a worldwide phenomenon: a horse who has taken the sporting world by storm. In an unprecedented career, he has gone from rejection to concurrent Olympic, World and European Gold and a World No 1 ranking - leaving a trail of broken World records in his wake. From gangly youngster to 'the best the world has ever seen', this is the heart-warming story of the horse that revolutionized a centuries-old sport and won the hearts of equestrian and sports fans everywhere. Voted the Nation's favourite horse, he has achieved international fame and admiration and has a character and intelligence that the public clearly adores. This modern-day Black Beauty story is told by his owner and trainer, Carl Hester, who had the vision to bring together the potential of a young rider - Charlotte Dujardin - with a horse whose outstanding ability has proved that dreams can still come true.With honesty, humour and contributions from leading lights across the equestrian world, this book is an inspiring and indispensable must-have for equestriennes, sports fans and anybody interested in achieving success against the odds.

The second book in a series for children that tells the real-life story of Valegro, informally known as Blueberry. Valegro! Everyone has heard of the most famous dressage horse in the world, star of two Olympic Games, known at home as Blueberry. The second book in The Blueberry Stories documents his phenomenal rise to fame, brought to life by his trainer and co-owner, Carl Hester, told to equestrian author Janet Rising. The little brown horse has to learn his craft and it isn't long before Carl has him entered for some important competitions. But will Blueberry be able to display his amazing potential? Will Carl be pleased with his pupil and continue training? Or will the prejudices of the other horses he encounters, who look down on him because of his lack of height, affect Blueberry's confidence? Valegro - The Early Years continues Blueberry's story in his own words and not only tells his life before he became famous, but gives an insight into one of the world's top dressage yards, together with all its inhabitants. Follow Blueberry's amazing journey as he works hard to follow his dream of becoming the best dressage horse the world has ever seen. This book continues the series and includes learning and technical aspects to pass on some equestrian knowledge and morals in a fun and friendly way, edited to Key Stage 2 making them suitable for use in schools and learning programmes. Ideal for readers aged 7-12, the young at heart and all animal lovers.

For riders at all levels, Carl Hester aims to make dressage training accessible with step-by-step guides for improving the horse's paces, riding dressage movements, and competing.

In Real Life Dressage Carl Hester shares his training methods and shows how they can be adapted to suit individual horses. Assisted by co-writer Polly Ellison, he outlines his training regimes and favourite exercises, following some of his own horses up the levels to Grand Prix. As the training progresses Carl examines the problems that are commonly encountered, and explains how he and other riders might overcome them. As Carl says, 'I have deliberately chosen horses with differing conformations and mental attitudes in order to illustrate the factors that need to be taken into account when training a horse to these levels.' Carl's training philosophy is very much on the lines of the German training system, the 'Richtlinien' or broad path, that German trainers use so successfully. 'With each of my horses, no matter what type or temperament, the fundamental ground rules from the "scales of training" apply. In working up the levels to Grand Prix you will see that I regularly refer back to various aspects of the training scale, as I believe these ground rules should be applied constantly if you want to get the best out of your horse.'

Valegro - Going for Gold - is the fifth book in the Blueberry stories, written by one of the most admired and respected dressage riders and trainers in the world, Carl Hester. Anyone who has ever wondered about the life of a top-class dressage horse will enjoy these stories, with exclusive extras containing Carl's take on his horses, training and competitions, questions to add another dimension to the reading experience, and wonderful illustrations (paperback version). With six books to collect, The Blueberry Stories will become a must-read for any young - and not so young - dressage and horse enthusiast, as well as everyone who delights in tales of friendship, overcoming confidence issues and the turmoil of the changing world around them, ambition and triumph.

Valegro: The Legend, is the sixth and final book in The Blueberry series, specially written for all readers, young and old, who have been captivated by the most successful dressage horse of all time - Valegro!

There are many books and DVDs devoted to the technical training of horse and rider - how to perform movements correctly, clear obstacles, communicate efficiently, and in other ways attain the idealised image of an athletic partnership that results in competitive success. But this book is different: its focus is how the rider and trainer can make it easier for the horse to perform optimally. This includes improved understanding of what are reasonable expectations for a particular horse at a certain level of schooling, how to improve his fitness (including strength and conditioning), as well as background on how injuries may develop as a result of interaction between internal and external factors, such as genetics, conformation, management, and training. Relying on her veterinary background, in-depth research, and dozens of interviews with top riders and trainers from around the world - including Beezie Madden, Carl Hester, and Pippa Funnell, to name just a few - Lonnell provides guidelines for nurturing a happy, healthy equine athlete. With special focus on conscientious pacing when building the horse's physical capability over time, diversification of schooling practices, detail-oriented management and care, and putting the horse's needs above competitive ambition, readers are given a solid grasp of what it takes to truly reach the pinnacle of equestrian sport - and remain there - on a consistent basis. Throughout, gorgeous colour photographs of world-class horses and the people who work with them visually demonstrate the success of these methods.

Carl Hester is one of the greatest ever equestrians, leading Great Britain to Gold Medal victory at the London 2012 Olympics. In these vibrant memoirs, he tells the incredible story of the passion for horse-riding which revolutionised his life and made him the champion he is today.Carl grew up on the remote Channel Island of Sark, moving to the UK mainland at the age of 16 to work with horses, mainly as a way to leave home. He could never have predicted what a great affinity he would have for dressage. Carl's career enjoyed a stratospheric rise as he progressed from working as a groom/rider to riding international dressage horses full time for renowned owners Dr and Mrs Bechtolsheimer, to training his own horses, and other top riders, to international success.Carl's early career revealed someone capable of monumental achievements. He provides a rare insight into both the people and the horses that drove him to victory, initially the skewbald mare Jolly Dolly on which he won the 1985 Young Riders Dressage Championship. During the early 1990s he rode in the World Championships, the European Championships and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, becoming Great Britain's youngest ever rider to compete in the Games. His riding skills have increased with age, culminating in the hugely successful years as part of the Gold Medal teams that won the 2011 European Dressage Championships and, of course, that made history at London 2012. He achieved both feats on the same extraordinary horse, Uthopia, while as a trainer he produced the even more remarkable combination of Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro.A first-class sportsman and a witty and engaging writer, Carl now offers his admirers the opportunity to read an intelligent, humorous and, above all, inspiring account of his life - from the ups and downs of his career to the motivations and techniques which have helped him to win 66 national titles, represent Team GB at four Olympic Games, two World Championships and seven European Championships, and become one of the best riders - and horsemen - in the world.

Polo, horse-racing, show jumping, endurance riding, ploughing, pit ponies, mounted police, carriage driving: all these different activities require different tack. Paula Sells shows how the tack used in 27 different disciplines has become specialised for each. She describes the tack rooms and their contents, conversations with the owners and the history, current status and challenges of each discipline. Each tack room has been selected for its importance in the discipline it represents: Badminton House (Duke of Beaufort's Hunt); the Household Cavalry; the dressage, eventing and racing tack rooms of Carl Hester, Mary King and Andrew Balding. Tack rooms are treasure houses of traditional and innovative modern craftsmanship. The wide range of tack they hold reflects its evolution through our social history and the changing partnerships with horses in modern culture.

Merging the knowledge of equestrian sport with commercial business management, this innovative book teaches how to unlock the potential in equestrian athletes, enabling riders to become 'the best they can be'. Exploring such subjects as: self-awareness, emotional resilience, mindset affecting performance and self reflection. Useful case studies are included along with full colour photography and a foreword by Olympian, Carl Hester MBE.

'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound"To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. It's a sound I will never, ever forget."Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012 Olympics. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse.But no one quite knew what it took to get there, nor how hard the path to success would be - until now. Dujardin began riding horses at the age of two, but dressage was firmly the domain of the wealthy, not the life of a girl from a middle-class family. Her parents sacrificed all and with a undeterred focus, Charlotte left school at 16 to follow her dream. When she was invited to be a groom for the British Olympian Carl Hester, she began to ride Valegro, a dark bay gelding and an unbreakable bond was formed. This is their incredible story.

En ukjent kilde, muligens en kvinne under femti, ringer County Communication: "Min Gud, min Gud, vær så snill hjelp oss her..". Den første som kommer til åstedet er assisterende sjeriff Carl Houseman. Han finner eieren av gården slaktet og lemlestet, men kvinnen er borte. Lenger nede i veien, i et annet isolert hus er det tre lik til, og alle har merker etter tortur og voldsom død. Assistert av en etterforsker med dysleksi, en frekk radioreporter og FBI spesialagent Hester Gorse, må Houseman innen 11 dager løse mysteriet som truer et lite bondesamfunn i Iowa.

En ukjent kilde, muligens en kvinne under femti, ringer County Communication: "Min Gud, min Gud, vær så snill hjelp oss her..". Den første som kommer til åstedet er assisterende sjeriff Carl Houseman. Han finner eieren av gården slaktet og lemlestet, men kvinnen er borte. Lenger nede i veien, i et annet isolert hus er det tre lik til, og alle har merker etter tortur og voldsom død. Assistert av en etterforsker med dysleksi, en frekk radioreporter og FBI spesialagent Hester Gorse, må Houseman innen 11 dager løse mysteriet som truer et lite bondesamfunn i Iowa.

How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.Today, DIY-do-it-yourself-describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitter revolution" of 2011) and to repurpose corporate content (or create new user-generated content) in order to offer political counternarratives. This book examines the usefulness and limits of DIY citizenship, exploring the diverse forms of political participation and "critical making" that have emerged in recent years. The authors and artists in this collection describe DIY citizens whose activities range from activist fan blogging and video production to knitting and the creation of community gardens.Contributors examine DIY activism, describing new modes of civic engagement that include Harry Potter fan activism and the activities of the Yes Men. They consider DIY making in learning, culture, hacking, and the arts, including do-it-yourself media production and collaborative documentary making. They discuss DIY and design and how citizens can unlock the black box of technological infrastructures to engage and innovate open and participatory critical making. And they explore DIY and media, describing activists' efforts to remake and reimagine media and the public sphere. As these chapters make clear, DIY is characterized by its emphasis on "doing" and making rather than passive consumption. DIY citizens assume active roles as interventionists, makers, hackers, modders, and tinkerers, in pursuit of new forms of engaged and participatory democracy.ContributorsMike Ananny, Chris Atton, Alexandra Bal, Megan Boler, Catherine Burwell, Red Chidgey, Andrew Clement, Negin Dahya, Suzanne de Castell, Carl DiSalvo, Kevin Driscoll, Christina Dunbar-Hester, Joseph Ferenbok, Stephanie Fisher, Miki Foster, Stephen Gilbert, Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Yasmin B. Kafai, Ann Light, Steve Mann, Joel McKim, Brenda McPhail, Owen McSwiney, Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Graham Meikle, Emily Rose Michaud, Kate Milberry, Michael Murphy, Jason Nolan, Kate Orton-Johnson, Kylie A. Peppler, David J. Phillips, Karen Pollock, Matt Ratto, Ian Reilly, Rosa Reitsamer, Mandy Rose, Daniela K. Rosner, Yukari Seko, Karen Louise Smith, Lana Swartz, Alex Tichine, Jennette Weber, Elke Zobl

Veiledningens hemmelighet handler om relasjonens betydning i god veiledning og samfunnets behov for personsentrert veiledning. Forfatteren skriver om hvordan veilederen forholder seg til den som blir veiledet, og om hvordan de sammen skaper den gode relasjonen og kommunikasjonen i veiledningen. Har noen mennesker en evne fra naturens side som gjør at de møter den andre på en god måte, eller kan vi lære å oppøve evnen til å bli gode på dette? Tordis Lien skildrer hvordan vellykket veiledning fører til vekst og utvikling. Boken er godt illustrert. Veiledningens hemmelighet henter kunnskap hos kjente forfattere og forskere, blant andre Carl R. Rogers, Gregory Bateson og Knud Illeris, og presenterer en del sentrale verktøy og eksempler fra veiledningspraksis som analyseres i forhold til teoritilfanget. Veiledningens hemmelighet henvender seg i første rekke til studenter i videreutdanninger i veiledning, men også til studenter ved bachelorutdanningene ved høgskolene. Boken er også aktuell for personell som tilrettelegger for læring av veiledning, for ledere i ulike organisasjoner og for utøvende veiledere. Tordis Lien er utdannet sykepleier og cand.polit. med hovedfag i pedagogikk og fordypning i veiledning. Hun har lang erfaring som opplæringsleder og veileder i helseinstitusjoner, offentlige og private virksomheter og med videreutdanning i veiledning ved Høgskolen i Oslo.

Begrepet om det politiske er en av statsvitenskapens mest omstridte bøker - en klassiker fra det 20. århundrets politiske teori, ført i pennen av "Det tredje rikets kronjurist". Hva slags skrift er dette? En iskald analyse av det som er? En eksistensialistisk oppblåsning av krigens grusomhet til politikkens vesen? Grunntanken er at det er skillet eller distinksjonen mellom venn og fiende som kjennetegner det politiske, at alle politiske handlinger kan føres tilbake til dette. Dermed blir det å bestemme fienden, en mulig krigsmotstander, det politiskes grunnleggende operasjon. Blir noen definert som fiende, er krig - fysisk kamp på liv og død mellom kollektiver - alltid en reell mulighet. Carl Schmitts teorier var beryktet i sin samtid og provoserer i dag, men er de blitt mindre aktuelle? Det politiske, det potensielt voldelige skille mellom oss og de andre, henter gjerne sin kraft fra de forskjelligste motsetninger - religiøse, økonomiske, etniske, etiske, estetiske. Koker slike motsetninger opp til et visst intensitetsnivå, hvor fiendskap oppstår og krig er mulig, da har vi å gjøre med politikk i den primære betydning av uttrykket, ifølge Schmitt. Man kan være uenig med ham i denne definisjonen; men hvem kan nekte for at analysen har aktualitet i en verden der konflikt-eskalering og nye fiendebilder er blitt en del av hverdagen?

Møt Norges mest ukjente oppdagelsesreisende! Den selvlærte biologen og etnografen Carl Alfred Bock ville opp og fram, klatret høyere enn ventet, og falt dypere enn fryktet i jakten på The Missing Link. Kristiansanderen Carl Alfred Bocks (1849-1932) eventyr på Borneo, Sumatra, Siam og Laos er tørt og kort beskrevet i oppslagsverk om etnografiske og zoologiske ekspedisjoner. Men hans utallige reiser var så mye mer enn det! Den oppfinnsomme og selvgode nordmannen Bocks kongstanke var å oppdage «en besynderlig folkestamme», med pels og hale, og ingenting skulle stå i veien for drømmen. Med støtte fra den eksentriske markien av Tweeddale og selveste kongen av Siam, med bagasjen full av champagne, plumpudding, knapper og glansbilder, kjempet han seg gjennom ugjennomtrengelige jungler og sjarmerte morderiske innfødte. På sin ferd ble han overrislet med medaljer, ordensutnevnelser og rosende ord fra Knut Hamsun, Sigurd Ibsen og Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Carl Bock var pågående, handlekraftig, og idérik, men dessverre blottet for alt som likner kritisk sans. Han var en av sin tids store norske helter, og på 1880-tallet kalte Morgenbladet ham ikke uten grunn en av «de mer betydelige oppdagere i vårt århundre». Siden den gang har han befunnet seg på historiens søppelhaug. Men 2020 er resirkuleringens æra; tiden er kommet for å løfte denne underlige, og modige, lille mannen opp i lyset atter en gang.

Velkommen til en ny Donald-pocketserie som kun konsentrerer seg om en mester innen tegneserie-faget: Nemlig Carl Barks! I denne første pocketen har vi valgt ut noen av hans «heldige-Donald-historier»! Ja, du leste riktig: Donald har også vært heldig, dyktig, snill og omtenksom. Ofte er han en sann helt! Selv om han ikke ville være Donald hvis han ikke snublet en del fram til denne rollen. Carl Barks er Andebys skaper, og hans historier har preget alle leserne som noengang har kommet i kontakt med dem. Han har en unik strek, en perfekt timing, og en uovertruffen måte å fortelle en historie på. Carl Barks levde nesten hele det forrige århundre, fra 27 mars 1901 til 25 august 2000! Her finner du de beste Donald-historiene fra legenden Carl Barks!