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Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle, titled members of the German aristocracy, have been best friends since childhood. Both widowers, they are raising their children - Nick's two lively boys and Alex's adored teenage daughter - in peace and luxury on the vast Bavarian estates that have belonged to their families for generations. While Nick indulges in more glamorous pursuits, Alex devotes himself to breeding the renowned white Lipizzaner horses...
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Do you like horses? Then you'll love learning all about the Lipizzan. Lipizzans have beautiful white coats and flowing manes. But did you know that Lipizzans aren't born white? They often start out gray or brown, and their coats lighten as they get older. These horses are also known for putting on shows at Austria's famous Spanish Riding School. Learn more about Lipizzans in this fun and fascinating book!
5) The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis
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In the chaotic last days of World War II, a small troop of American soldiers captures a German spy and learns that on a secret farm behind enemy lines, Hitler has stockpiled the world's finest purebred horses in order to breed the perfect military machine -- an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army's last great...
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Horse diaries volume 4
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Random House
Pub. Date
2010
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Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
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PBS Distribution
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[2013]
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The story of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions from their origins in ancient times to the almost unknown drama of their rescue in 1945, beginning with the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, where the white stallions perform an impressive display of beauty and power that celebrates a perfect harmony between horse and rider. Movements originally intended for use in war.
11) Lipizzans
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Rourke
Pub. Date
1998
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Describes the history and physical characteristics of the horses known for their performances at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.
12) Lipizzan horses
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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An introduction to the characteristics, life cycle, and uses of the Lipizzan horse breed.
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Breyer horse portrait collection volume 4
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011
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"In 1930's Austria, life for Favory Mercurio, a Lipizzaner stallion bearing the crest of the renowned Piber stud, begins with the loss of his mother. From that moment on, the young horse feels different, as if he has a missing piece--even though, despite his doubters, he has talent enough to be accepted into the famed Spanish Riding School. Slowly, but doggedly, Mercury perseveres through the rigors of his years of training, But then, as war beas...
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Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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"As the Red Army closes in on the Third Reich, a German colonel sends an American intelligence officer an unusual report about a POW camp soon to be overrun by the Soviets. Locked up, the report says, are over a thousand horses, including the entire herd of white Lipizzaners from Vienna's Spanish Riding School, as well as Europe's finest Arabian stallions--stolen to create an equine "master race." The horses are worth millions and, if the starving...
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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[2004]
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During the last perilous months of the conflict, Vienna's famed Spanish Riding School is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent Nazi commanders. Despite the dangers involved in evaculating the Lipizzan stallions, the school's director and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and, keep the historic breed alive.
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