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Endeavour

The Ship That Changed the World

by Peter Moore ...

"A joy of a biography, offering up a blizzard of maritime and political fascinations . . . an immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun." —Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book ReviewA Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for HistoryAn unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped a... ... Read more

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"A joy of a biography, offering up a blizzard of maritime and political fascinations . . . an immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun." —Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book ReviewA Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for HistoryAn unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped a...
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The Weather Experiment

The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

by Peter Moore ...

A history of weather forecasting, and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possibleBy the 1800s, a century of feverish discovery had launched the major branches of science. Physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy made the natural world explicable through experiment, observation, and categorization. And yet one scientific field remained in its infancy. ... Read more

$14.39 USD

A history of weather forecasting, and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possibleBy the 1800s, a century of feverish discovery had launched the major branches of science. Physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy made the natural world explicable through experiment, observation, and categorization. And yet one scientific field remained in its infancy.
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Britain and the American Dream

by Peter Moore ...

"Gripping . . . Vibrant . . . A wonderfully absorbing and stimulating book." —Sarah Bakewell, NBCC Award–winning author of How to Live and Humanly Possible"[A] rollicking account . . . The book's compulsive readability is a tribute to Moore's skill at cracking open the pre-revolutionary period." —Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington PostA spirited group biography that explores the origins of the ... Read more

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"Gripping . . . Vibrant . . . A wonderfully absorbing and stimulating book." —Sarah Bakewell, NBCC Award–winning author of How to Live and Humanly Possible"[A] rollicking account . . . The book's compulsive readability is a tribute to Moore's skill at cracking open the pre-revolutionary period." —Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington PostA spirited group biography that explores the origins of the
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Carolina's Lost Colony

Stuarts Town and the Struggle for Survival in Early South Carolina

by Peter N. Moore ...

2023 George C. Rogers Jr. Award Finalist, best book of South Carolina historyAn examination of the dual Scottish–Yamasee colonization of Port RoyalThose interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern borderlands will find much to discover in Carolina's Lost Colony in which historian Peter N. Moore examines the dual colonization of Port Royal at the end of the ... Read more

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2023 George C. Rogers Jr. Award Finalist, best book of South Carolina historyAn examination of the dual Scottish–Yamasee colonization of Port RoyalThose interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern borderlands will find much to discover in Carolina's Lost Colony in which historian Peter N. Moore examines the dual colonization of Port Royal at the end of the
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Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday

by Peter Moore ...

Narrated by Peter Moore, Dave Moore, Don Shelby ...

Abridged

47 min

Humorous poetry from the television program hosted by a beloved Minnesota news anchor.In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV-a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making ... Read more

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Humorous poetry from the television program hosted by a beloved Minnesota news anchor.In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV-a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making
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Red Moon Rising

by Peter Moore ...

Narrated by Pavi Proczko ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

Being only half-vampyre in a school like Danny Gray's makes you a whole loser. But Danny manages to escape the worst of the bullying at his school. Thanks to genetic treatments he had as an infant, most people assume Danny's other half is human, not wulf. It’s easy to pretend that his wulf-half doesn’t exist, but lately every time there’s a full moon he’s been having strange symptoms. If Danny’s ... Read more

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Being only half-vampyre in a school like Danny Gray's makes you a whole loser. But Danny manages to escape the worst of the bullying at his school. Thanks to genetic treatments he had as an infant, most people assume Danny's other half is human, not wulf. It’s easy to pretend that his wulf-half doesn’t exist, but lately every time there’s a full moon he’s been having strange symptoms. If Danny’s
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DISASTER PREPARATION

A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Disaster Preparedness (2023)

by Percival Moore ...

Narrated by Peter Finch ...

Unabridged

17 min

"Disaster Preparation: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Disaster Preparedness" is a vital resource for individuals and families looking to proactively safeguard themselves against unforeseen emergencies. This book offers a step-by-step approach to preparing for various disasters and ensuring the safety and well-being of loved ones.· Assessing Vulnerabilities: Identify potential risks and ... Read more

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"Disaster Preparation: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Disaster Preparedness" is a vital resource for individuals and families looking to proactively safeguard themselves against unforeseen emergencies. This book offers a step-by-step approach to preparing for various disasters and ensuring the safety and well-being of loved ones.· Assessing Vulnerabilities: Identify potential risks and
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Vroom By The Sea

The sunny parts of Italy on a bright orange Vespa

by Peter Moore ...

The summer before his daughter was born Peter returned to Italy to ride through the sunny parts of Italy on a Vespa the same colour as Donatella Versace, a bright orange 1972 Rally 200 with white go-fast stripes.The journey was a last two-stroke fling before fatherhood and took him through Sardinia, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast. If the trip that became Vroom with a View was like an old B&W movie, ... Read more

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The summer before his daughter was born Peter returned to Italy to ride through the sunny parts of Italy on a Vespa the same colour as Donatella Versace, a bright orange 1972 Rally 200 with white go-fast stripes.The journey was a last two-stroke fling before fatherhood and took him through Sardinia, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast. If the trip that became Vroom with a View was like an old B&W movie,
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Vroom with a View

In search of Italy's dolce vita on a '61 Vespa

by Peter Moore ...

In the summer he turned forty Peter bought an old Vespa on eBay and rode it from Milan to Rome.The Vespa was a beautiful coffee coloured ’61 model with saddle seats and a little too much chrome. Peter called her Sophia after Sophia Loren and the Italians loved her as much as he did.From the Italian Alps to the hilltop towns of Tuscany she showed Peter a side of Italy very few people get to see.‘I ... Read more

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In the summer he turned forty Peter bought an old Vespa on eBay and rode it from Milan to Rome.The Vespa was a beautiful coffee coloured ’61 model with saddle seats and a little too much chrome. Peter called her Sophia after Sophia Loren and the Italians loved her as much as he did.From the Italian Alps to the hilltop towns of Tuscany she showed Peter a side of Italy very few people get to see.‘I
... Read more
The Wrong Way Home

London to Sydney the hard way

by Peter Moore ...

It was a severe case of hippie envy that impelled Peter Moore to travel home from London to Sydney without ever stepping on to an aeroplane. Hippies had the best music, the best drugs, the best sex. But most of all, they had the best trips.With woefully inadequate funds and little hope of actually making it through such notorious hot-spots as the Balkans, Iran and Afghanistan, Peter – never one to ... Read more

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It was a severe case of hippie envy that impelled Peter Moore to travel home from London to Sydney without ever stepping on to an aeroplane. Hippies had the best music, the best drugs, the best sex. But most of all, they had the best trips.With woefully inadequate funds and little hope of actually making it through such notorious hot-spots as the Balkans, Iran and Afghanistan, Peter – never one to
... Read more
Where are the Dead?

Exploring the idea of an embodied afterlife

by Peter Moore ...

Where are the dead? What are they doing? What kind of a process is dying? What relationships exist among the dead themselves, and between the dead and those in the world they have left behind? Modern philosophers argue that the idea of disembodied survival - to which many believers pay lip service - is incoherent, and that there can be evidence neither for nor against something incoherent. By ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Where are the dead? What are they doing? What kind of a process is dying? What relationships exist among the dead themselves, and between the dead and those in the world they have left behind? Modern philosophers argue that the idea of disembodied survival - to which many believers pay lip service - is incoherent, and that there can be evidence neither for nor against something incoherent. By
... Read more
Badger To The Rescue

by Peter Moore ...

Series Book 1 - Adventures in the Woods
Join the Badger and Fox families and their friend, a Tawny Owl, on an adventure!One day, the badger family goes out hunting for food. The badger cubs go off to play, but come across two young fox cubs that are hiding. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Fox, were out looking for food when dogs chased them, and the foxes haven't returned.Mr Owl and Mr Badger both go to look for the missing foxes. Badger ... Read more

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Join the Badger and Fox families and their friend, a Tawny Owl, on an adventure!One day, the badger family goes out hunting for food. The badger cubs go off to play, but come across two young fox cubs that are hiding. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Fox, were out looking for food when dogs chased them, and the foxes haven't returned.Mr Owl and Mr Badger both go to look for the missing foxes. Badger
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