New Releases by Roger Moore

... at five thirty, the bullfight will begin, and at 3 o''clock we gather in the city center and slowly wend our way from bar to bar, up the Calle de Burgos, past the street where you live and upwards, ever upwards, towards the bull ring at the top of the hill, from bar to bar, I say, and the bota, the wine-skin fills and re-fills with that dark red fluid that will set us all baying for the bull''s blood, or the matador''s blood, it doesn''t matter whose blood, as long as someone bleeds and the bull is butchered, torn from this life by men afoot or on horseback, armed with lances and swords ...

"Beneath my balcony, the handy man tumble-dries a tv advertisement in the washing machine of his song sparrow throat. An old man now, I dream of white rabbits, running down tunnels, far from the hunter''s hands. The alarm clock shuffles its pack of sleeping hours: a clicking of claws, needles knitting outwards towards death''s guillotine while the sharp beaks of roosters dig for the dawn." At the Edge of Obsidian is the second book in The Oaxacan Trilogy. It was first published in 2005 and outlines the events of a single day in the City of Oaxaca (Mexico). I have always loved the Liturgical Books of Hours and wondered if they would transfer into a Secular Book of Hours based on a day in a place with which I was familiar. This is my effort to do just that. Obsidian''s Edge begins at daybreak with church bells and early morning street sounds that shake the sleeper from his dreams. It continues with the bells awakening the sleeper for yet another day.

"They tore down our walls," Mono whispered, "stone by stone. A new church they built on the land they stole from us." These opening lines begin the verbal adventure of Sun and Moon. Written in Oaxaca, Mexico, between 1995 and 1999, the poems tell some of the tales of the voiceless, of the conquered, of the displaced, of the survivors, of the people who eat and sleep in the streets of Oaxaca, spinning their myths and legends and recalling their oral histories and memories. Sun and Moon traces the relationships between two civilizations, the indigenous and the conquerors, from the first contacts between Europeans and the people of the Oaxaca Valley up to the modern day interactions between locals and tourists. In these pages, some of the ancient ceremonies and beliefs, as described by indigenous people, are brought back to life in vivid images and colorful metaphors, so sharp, they can be grasped between the fingers and examined by the light of the sun by day and the moon by night. The multiple voices in the poems are those of human beings who, like the author, himself an émigré, find themselves in exile, lost, abandoned, and displaced. As the final character cries out in the final poem: "You do not worship at our sacred places ... you don''t know even know the meaning of my name."

This material was developed for the second term of the first year calculus-based, introductory physics course at the University of Alberta. It contains a richer, more in-depth mathematical treatment of the material than many standard texts for first year courses and starts with the assumption that the reader is already familiar with calculus of polynomials and trigonometric and exponential functions. The book has the following chapters each of which has its own end of chapter problems: Mathematics - Complex numbers, complex exponentials, partial derivatives, experimental uncertainties. Elasticity - Stress, strain, moduli of elasticity, bulk stress, strain and modulus Fluid Statics - pressure, Pascal''s law, measuring pressures, Archimedes'' principle Fluid Dynamics - continuity equation, Bernoulli''s equation, Torricelli''s law, viscosity, Poiseuille''s law, Stokes'' law Oscillations - simple harmonic motion, simple and compound pendulums, damped harmonic motion, driven oscillators Waves - types of waves, mathematical description of a wave, waves on a string, acoustic waves, wave power and intensity Wave Interactions - principle of superposition, reflection at a boundary, interference, beats, standing waves, the relativistic and non-relativistic doppler effect Light Waves - basic geometric optics, Huyghens'' principle, dispersion, polarization, thin film interference, diffraction Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - atomic spectra, blackbody spectrum, photo-electric effect, Bohr atom, de Broglie wavelength, Schrodinger equation In addition there are two appendices which cover some of the more mathematically challenging topics in detail: Wave Equations - derivation and general solution of the partial differential wave equation, derivation of the pressure and displacement wave equation for acoustic waves Blackbody Spectrum - 2D and 3D standing waves, density of states for a cavity, calculation of Planck''s spectrum, derivation of Wien''s displacement law

While there have been many actors who have taken on the coveted role of James Bond, the most renowned 007 - and the one with the most panache and charisma - is undoubtedly Sir Roger Moore, KBE.

Becoming Slender For Life offers a different way to think about weight release and management. Roger Moore suggests healthy eating strategies, with an emphasis on low-fat, high-starch eating. He also recommends reinventing yourself as a flexitarian-someone who is not overly rigid about food choices, and allows for occasional indulgences on holidays, birthdays and so on. And, of course, there is no avoiding the importance of exercise, though he does offer some unconventional ideas about adding more movement to your life. What really separates this diet book from the rest is the addition of self-hypnosis techniques, which are absolutely safe and easy to learn. Using an innovative one-minute exercise, anyone can make time for this powerful component several times a day. Mastering these techniques empowers you to reinforce your healthy new lifestyle habits for the rest of your life, plus you can use these same techniques to makes changes in any other area of your life.Filled with visualization and journal exercises, the book presents a highly practical and fresh approach to a chronic problem. Other topics covered include:* Evaluating your readiness for change* Understanding how your brain works* Giving yourself hypnotic suggestions* Dealing with family and peer pressures* Silencing negative mind chatter* Looking behind your protective layers* Discovering your emotional motivators* Counteracting food cravings* Learning the true meaning of what you eat* Getting a grip on stress* Debunking food myths* Coping with eating out, holidays and special occasions* Overcoming resistance to healthier eating* Finding what motivates you to move* Making exercise actually fun-really!* Creating good habits* Releasing 100 pounds or more* Correcting your course when you wander off* Squelching saboteurs* Taming temptations

In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, he’s an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but he’s also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is well known as one of the nicest guys in the business, on and off the screen he has always been up for some fun. In this fabulous collection of true stories from his stellar career, Moore lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood. One Lucky Bastard features outrageous tales from his own life and career as well as those told to him by a host of stars and filmmakers including, Tony Curtis, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, David Niven, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, John Mills, Peter Sellers, Michael Winner, Cubby Broccoli, and many more. Wonderfully entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny, these extraordinary tales from the world of the movies is vintage Moore at his very best.

In this fabulous collection of true stories from his stellar career, Roger lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood.

In Didactic Approaches for Teachers of English in an Internacional Context, the editors have selected articles that provide an overview of the current methodology of integrated language and culture instruction, with the understanding that the English language is completely embedded within a broader cultural framework. The papers further define this topic into creative inter-cultural approaches to teaching, including: content-based instruction in English through CLIL, holistic language-learning for children, the parallel development of linguistic and cultural competence, and a study of language structures and discourse.

Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to function effectively in real-world settings. Among the most difficult and complex is the ability to understand and use language. Speech-enabled automata are already serving as interactive toys, teacher''s aides, and research assistants. These robots will soon be joined by personal companions, industrial co-workers, and military support automata. The social impact of these and other robots extends well beyond the specific tasks they perform. Contributors tackle the most knotty of those issues, notably acceptance of advanced, speech-enabled robots and developing ethical and moral controls for robots. Topics in this book include: •Language and Beyond: The True Meaning of "Speech Enabled" •Robots in Myth and Media •Enabling Robots to Converse •Language Learning by Automata •Handling Noisy Settings •Empirical Studies of Robots in Real-World Environments •Acceptance of Intelligent Robots •Managing Robots that Can Lie and Deceive •Envisioning a World Shared with Intelligent Robots.

I 2012 er det 50 år siden James Bond for første gang ble en filmhelt og et ikon på lerreter verden over i Dr.No. Denne boken er en feiring av alle årene med James Bond-filmer, og er skrevet av en av de mest avholdte skuespillerne i rollen gjennom tidene, Roger Moore. Her er det egne kapitler om blant annet skurker, piker, gadgets, biler og stil.

One of the most recognizable big-screen stars of the past half-century, Sir Roger Moore played the role of James Bond longer than any other actor. Beginning with the classic Live and Let Die, running through Moonraker and A View to a Kill, Moore brought his finely honed wit and wry charm to one of Hollywood''s most beloved and long-lasting characters. Still, James Bond was only one in a lifetime of roles stretching back to Hollywood''s studio era, and encompassing stardom in theater and television on both sides of the Atlantic. From The Saint to Maverick, Warner Brothers to MGM, Hollywood to London to extreme locations the world over, Roger Moore''s story is one of the last of the classic Hollywood lives as yet untold. Until now. From the dying days of the studio system and the birth of television, to the quips of Noël Coward and David Niven, to the bedroom scenes and outtakes from the Bond movies, Moore has seen and heard it all. Nothing is left out—especially the naughty bits. The "special effects" by which James Bond unzipped a dress with a magnet; the spectacular risks in The Spy Who Loved Me''s opening scene; and Moore''s preparation for facing down villains (he would imagine they all have halitosis): the stories in My Word is My Bond are priceless. Throughout his career, Moore hobnobbed with the glamorous and powerful, counting Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Seymour, and Cary Grant among his contemporaries and friends. Included are stories of a foul-mouthed Milton Berle, a surly Richard Burton, and a kindhearted Richard Kiel, infamous as Bond enemy Jaws. As much as it is Moore''s own exceptional story, My Word is My Bond is a treasure trove of Hollywood history.

This proceedings volume contains the latest developments in particle physics in collider experiments. The contributions cover new results such as the production of quark-gluon plasma in the heavy-ion collider, the new techniques for precision measurement at low energies, and the status of neutrino physics at various laboratories including the new facilities that are at the planning stage. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (1,408 KB). Contents: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (H J Frisch); Evidence for a QuarkOCoGluon Plasma at RHC (J Harris); Neutrino Physics: A Selective Overview (S Oser); Low-Energy Tests of the Standard Model (M Pospelov); Leptonic B Decays (M-C Chang); Cosmic Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model (U Harbach); Proton Structure from HERA (K Nagano); New Phenomena Searches at CDF (A Soha); Electroweak Results at LEP2 (P Spagnolo); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in particle and nuclear physics."