Most Popular Books by Peter Moore

Everyone believes that sophomore honors student Ethan Lederer is a top-notch scholar and a great guy, but a new student helps Ethan to discover and disclose that he is just acting a role, even as she reveals her own mental instability.

In a stunning debut novel of psychological suspense, a man must uncover the secret of his sister''s disappearance 20 years earlier, or lose his mind trying.

A beautiful neighbor''s arrival and her eerie disappearance knocks Angel Veronchek''''s solitary, reclusive life off-balance, and plunges him into the sinister world of Los Angeles nights, a world of secrets that aren''t meant to be told, and people who aren''t meant to be found.

"Opened to the public in 1910, McKim, Mead & White''s Pennsylvania Station gave the traveller, visitor, and commuter alike an experience of grandeur never before seen in the United States. With its dramatic vaulted glass ceiling over its expansive main concourse, Pennsylvania Station was a monument not only to train travel but an architectural icon of New York City and one of the grandest public buildings of the 20th century. In 1962 the decision was made to demolish the station as train travel gave way to the speed of the airplane. No one could have foreseen that the destruction of Pennsylvania Station would prove to be one of the key moments in the birth of the historic-preservation movement. Visiting the station between 1962 and 1966, Peter Moore documented the station''s demise in photographs that combine elegant images of architectural form and detail. There are haunting pictures of glass and masonry stripped away from steel girders as the building is progressively destroyed. The commuters and the public seem to be unaware of what is happening directly overhead in photographs that convey a poignancy for a building lost forever."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

In the peaceful Worcestershire village of Oddingley farmers are returning from Midsummer Day festivities, shadows are lengthening on the June grass, and the Reverend George Parker is making his daily excursion to fetch his cows from pasture. It was a day like any other, but the events of this day would resonate for years to come, and the name of the village would be blackened for centuries. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in 1806, shot and beaten to death, his body left smouldering in his own glebe field, rocked the country''s media from Edinburgh to London in its time and the legend is still discussed in local pubs to this day. The investigation lasted twenty-four years over numerous trials and inquests, responsibility passing from one fervent judge or coroner to the next, each more determined to solve this gruesome crime. Unravelling the story of the murder, Peter Moore takes us back to the day when George Parker first arrived in Oddingley, to the feuding over church tithes, the machinations of powerful local farmers, the hidden evidence and fevered prison confessions, so we can almost smell the stench of fear and threat in the air. With a cast of characters straight out of the pages of Dickens or Hardy, and an atmosphere ripe with suspicion as Britain lives through the Napoleonic Wars, Damn His Blood is a gripping true story of moral corruption, greed and ruthlessness brought vividly to life.

The progress of the whole of humanity has often rested on a theory, a law or even a simple formula. From finding a basic understanding of our place in the Universe to harnessing the very forces of nature to our own ends, this book stands as a testament to the ingenuity of the human mind and in particular the achievements of our brightest and best. From the Classical thinkers to modern astronomical theories and from the ground-breaking advances in medicine to the cutting-edge concepts in computing and game theory, the Little Book of Big Ideas: Science discusses those scientists, breakthroughs and theories that have advanced knowledge, society and human life. Understand the early concepts of mathematics from Pythagoras, Archimedes, Hypatia and Euclid. Review the great leaps forward in understanding physics and chemistry from Newton, Faraday, Rutherford and Einstein. Trace the development of modern medicine and our knowledge of the human body with a review of Fleming, Sanger and McClintock. Consider how we came to understand our Universe with the insight and genius of Ptolemy, Galileo, Hubble and Hawking.

He was an Australian author approaching 40. She was a fading Italian beauty from the sixties. They spent one unforgettable summer together, a magical road trip from Milan to Rome. Only one thing stood in the way of perfect love. Sophia was a motor scooter. After a late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warns him that his life will be over after 40, Peter Moore decides to pursue a boyhood dream sparked by watching old black and white movies of Sophia Loren - to tour Italy on a Vespa, in pursuit of la dolce vita. From picnicking in the Italian alps to exploring tumbledown seaside villages, gate-crashing Frances Mayes''s villa and re-enacting Roman Holiday, this is as much a romance as a travel adventure. Not only does Peter sweep the woman of his dreams off her feet, he falls in love with a side of Italy others rarely see, along with Sophia of course...

Just when things start coming together for Kirk Tobak, it looks like it all might fall apart. He just starts to like his new class, his new girlfriend and his new job--then his mom up and leaves for California, leaving Kirk alone. Can he make it on his own now?

The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. From Johnson''s Dictionaryto campaigns for liberty to schemes for measuring the dimensions of the solar system, Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects, undertaken at speed. ''Endeavour'' was also the name given to a Whitby collier bought by the Royal Navy in 1768 for an expedition to the South Seas. A commonplace, coal-carrying vessel, no one could have guessed that Endeavour would go on to become the most significant ship in the history of British exploration. Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first great voyage, visiting Pacific islands unknown to European geography, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia and almost foundering on the Great Barrier Reef. But Endeavour was a ship with many lives. She was there at the Wilkes Riots in London in 1768. During the battles for control of New York in 1776 she witnessed the bloody birth of the United States of America. As well as carrying botanists, a Polynesian priest and the remains of the first kangaroo to arrive in Britain, she transported Newcastle coal and Hessian soldiers. According to Charles Darwin, she helped Cook add a hemisphere to the civilised world. NASA named a space shuttle after her. To others she would be a toxic symbol, responsible for the dispossession of the oldest continuous human society and the disruption of many others. No one has ever told Endeavour''scomplete story before. Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship, from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex legacy.

Poultry Business in Africa: Poultry Management and Best Practices is part of a series of books by the publisher aimed at providing a practical guide to anyone new to poultry production and interested in starting their own poultry business either now or in the foreseeable future. This book can also be of great use to existing poultry producers who are on a quest to get the most out of their poultry business by adopting the efficient poultry management practices and procedures that are presented in this book. This book provides you with the fundamental but required information needed to start and operate your own poultry business from scratch as an absolute beginner with little or no prior knowledge in poultry production. The book talks about the proper criteria for building your first poultry house, the types of equipment required to commence your poultry venture, and the management of your first batch of day-old chicks from brooding through to maturity stages, and how to tackle poultry diseases and infections as they occur in the poultry house. Other books in the series include Poultry Business in Africa: Cost Estimates and Opportunities and Poultry Business in Africa: Market Niches and Potentials. You''re at the right place if you plan to start your poultry business for sustainable and incremental profits each year and to gain the most out of your financial commitment on starting a poultry farm. This book is here to guide you to achieve just that. If you''re ready, let''s get started!

Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed—a long distance drover. In My Droving Days we follow his progress through the 1950s as he rubs shoulders with the larger-than-life characters—and their dogs and horses—who trekked along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales. Meet the world''s worst cattle dog and the station hand, Charlie, who blows a laden outside toilet (and its contents) sky high; thrill to the high drama of a night rush (stampede); catch a poddy dodger in the act and live to tell the ta≤ literally get caught by a beast''s horns; take on a brown snake while collecting wild duck eggs; or shoot a few kangaroos to feed the 27 dogs in the team. My Droving Days captures the real taste of the outback and the vanishing world of the overlanders, bulldust and all.

Poetry. Taking its title from a song by the Memphis musician Harlan T. Bobo, ZIPPERS AND JEANS tells the story of a man who upon having his heart broken finds that he can commune with inanimate objects. At regular intervals, the real world leans in on our loveless speaker, cajoling him through the language of Anglo- Saxon riddles, plying him with snapshots of the past, pushing him on his search for the simple life. Along the way, the reader will find a series of short essays on the aesthetics of vernacular culture, which focus on topics such as mass-produced musical instruments, professional wrestling, and the history of deadpan comedy. Like the story of unrequited love, each of these topics relate back to the central trajectory of the book, a descent into the cultural mythology of Memphis.

Based on 30 years experience this book gives an insight into the day to day work of a Police Surgeon in Devon, UK. Each chapter concentrates on a specific area such as murder, sexual offences, mental illness or illegal drugs; how do we ensure basic human rights; how do we ensure people are fit to be detained and interviewed? It is filled with genuine cases; modified to protect patient confidentially. But it is also a personal book describing how he fell into the work, almost by accident. This is the real action which occurs at every UK local police station; where medicine meets at law. It will prove a fascinating read for anyone interested in real crime or considering a career in forensic nursing, medicine or the police.

By global superpower standards, what happened in Cyprus during the summer of 1974 was a mere miscalculation. It was, however, a disaster for thousands of ordinary Cypriots, both Greek and Turk. This account of those times is exceptional because it is written by an artist who is both a detached outside observer and a passionate insider who cares very much for the well-being of all Cypriots. This book does not focus on the politics of a now-divided island or apportion blame for its current state or dwell relentlessly on the suffering of its refugees. Rather it tells the stories of a few ordinary people caught up in the catastrophic events of that summer, of how they lost their homes but not their dignity and how they started to rebuild their lives with determination and courage. As such it has a universal relevance going far beyond the people of Cyprus. This short book, enriched with more than forty contemporary photographs, is a compulsive read and almost impossible to put down.

Quels sont les trois plus grands tueurs de l''histoire de l''humanité ? La guerre ? La famine ? Les catastrophes naturelles ? Non, il s''agit de la grippe, de la peste et du sida. Aujourd''hui, notre monde moderne favorise la prolifération des maladies, voire l''émergence de nouvelles maladies comme Ebola ou encore la réapparition de vieilles maladies telle la dengue. Voici un livre simple et concis qui présente 50 maladies infectieuses parmi les plus virulentes. Le lecteur y trouvera des informations sur l''histoire de chaque maladie, sa répartition dans le monde, les troubles qu''elle provoque, les traitements possibles et quelques conseils pratiques.

Travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next door, to join him on a romantic sojourn through Central America. The trip would take them into an area of the world emerging from decades of civil war, an area racked with poverty, disease and natural disasters. Over the next six months they battled hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and over-sexed Mexican commuters, and along the way they learnt rather more about each other than they really wanted to. 2001.