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Fundamentals of Free Lungeing is an excellent little book that clearly discribes and illustrates through handy line diagrams what you need to know to work in a round pen.  Filled with practical information, and not with hype, this book is a must for both those of a more natural slant and those of a more traditional slant.
 
True Horsemanship Through Feel This is quite a book! This is the "practical guide" of natural horsemanship as told by Bill Dorrance. He is the top teir of the teaching line that has spawned most of the Natural Horsemanship Movement. Here he outlines the groundwork in a well illustrated, step by step way, and provides a good framework for the physical aspects of natural horsemanship. Excellent, though quite long so be sure to read carefully.
 
The Birdie Book  This is an interesting and unique work on what the author calles "The Inner Landscape" of the horse and rider. She has really given lots of thought to the horses attention, how to get it, why you need it, and what it can do for you. As the root of training, the horse's attention is the core foundation of the work. Well presented, good organization, though readers might be disapointed at a lack of extensive how-to information. Very nice addition to the field.
 
The Inner Horseman Becoming a member of the Equine Studies Institue gets you a subscription to this publication. I reccomend you buy the back issues as they are also amazing. They encompass hundreads of pages of work and many segments of rare and out of print books. Well worth the money!