Horse
Elaine Walker
Reaktion books 
Популярный рассказ о лошадях, о породах, лошадях домашних и диких, их роли в жизни природы и людей. The horse is a familiar animal. We do not think of it as rare or exotic. Even in an urban setting, horses graze in paddocks on the edges of many cities, control crowds at public events and pull carriages for tourists. Horses appear in films, adverts and logos and are among the few large animals that will interact gently with a small child, so that most of us have memories of offering handfuls of grass to an animal that loomed above us, its alarming size compensated for by tickling whiskers and a willingness to stand while we patted its neck. The presence of horses in our everyday lives is something we take for granted, regardless of our own familiarity or knowledge of them beyond the casual encounter.