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Ravelling by Peter Moore Smith
Category: Fiction
Pilot, James Airie was named, curiously, after his father's passion - he flew for an airline. It wasn't a profession pilot ever considered for himself but Pilot had not exactly been himself since his little sister, Fiona, disappeared. Father, mother and Pilot's elder brother all believed that Fiona had ...Show more
Reinventing Religion - Beyond Belief and Scepticism by Peter Moore
Category: Theology
Many of us, proponents and critics alike, commonly make assumptions about religion. We may presume that religion is mainly about having beliefs or being good, or that it is concerned with spiritual rather than material issues, or that religious ideas and practices are meant to be somehow timeless. Such ...Show more
Science: 50 Ideas in 500 Words - 50 Ideas in 500 Words by Peter Moore
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas in 500 Words Ser.
Science: 50 in 500 discusses the most groundbreaking ideas of 50 of the most important scientists who have shaped the world as we know it. Not only are the key theories and discoveries of each scientist presented in a concise and compelling way, but also the stories behind each figure_s brilliance _whet ...Show more
Swahili For The Broken-Hearted by Peter Moore
Category: Travel Literature
Presents a hilarious instalment in the travels of Peter Moore. This time Peter has found the perfect antidote for a broken heart: pick up his backpack and trek from the southernmost tip of Africa to the pyramids of Egypt by any means possible.
The 8-Hour Diet by David Zinczenko; Peter Moore
Category: Health Diet
A paradigm-shifting diet plan that allows you to eat anything you want, as much as you want--and still strip away 20, 40, 60 pounds, or more. After conducting extensive research at the Salk Institute and the National Institute on Aging, poring over copious amounts of new research in intermittent fastin ...Show more
The 8-Hour Diet : Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat! by Peter David; Moore Zinczenko
Category: Health and Wellbeing
A paradigm-shifting diet plan that allows you to eat anything you want, as much as you want--and still strip away 20, 40, 60 pounds, or more. After conducting extensive research at the Salk Institute and the National Institute on Aging, poring over copious amounts of new research in intermittent fa ...Show more
The Full Montezuma: Around Central America and the Caribbean with the Girl Next Door by Peter Moore
Category: Travel
In 1998, Australian travel writer Peter Moore met the girl next door. Six weeks later, they went to Central America for six months - battling hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and oversexed Mexican commuters, and visiting Mayan sites. Along the way they found out more about each oth ...Show more
The Night Before Christmas by Peter Yarrow (Contribution by); Noel Paul Stookey (Contribution by); Mary Travers (Contribution by); Clement C. Moore; Eric Puybaret (Illustrator); Paul Peter (Contribution by); Mary Peter (Contribution by)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Book and CD Ser.
"America's most-loved holiday poem is now presented by one of the world's favorite musical groups and a best-selling artist. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without a reading of Clement C. Moore's classic verse, which has brightened the season ever since it was first published in 1823. And now this ...Show more
The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future by Peter Moore
Category: Science
In 1865 a broken Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm-warning system and 'forecasts' would return, the model for what we use today. In an age when a storm at sea was evidence o ...Show more
The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future by Peter Moore
Category: Science
Book of the Week on Radio 4. "Gripping". (The Times). "Exhilarating". (Sunday Times). In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a gener ...Show more
The Wrong Way Home by Peter Moore
Category: Travel
The Wronmg Way Home is a hip, hilarious and highly entertaining travelogue that takes the author on the old hippie trail â from the UK to Australia â without flying. Why would anyone decide to take on such a journey in the 90s, you might aske The answer was perversity and a severe case of hipp ...Show more