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 err on the side of caution – followed the trail overland to the East over the next ei...

"Treat yourself and your man-root to a thorough and often uproarious read-through. Your health prospects will be pointing at the ceiling in no time."—Peter Moore, former editor of Men's HealthMen are notoriously reluctant to see a doctor. Only three in five men report going for an annual physical, and over 40 percent only ever visit the clinic when their symptoms become unbearable. Many know little or nothing about their bodies, with dire consequences for ...

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 finds Mr Fox, who is hurt, and Owl finds Mrs Fox being kept in a coop with other f...

This book is about one man’s personal journey in dealing with pain over different periods of his life. It is a personal journey that deals with living with chronic pain and the effects that it has on one’s life. The aim of the book is to provide readers who are suffering in such a state with a story that will hopefully resonate with them. For readers who do not live in such a condition, it may provide some insights into the lives of others who do and support for the partners of people who ...

Winter has brought a snowstorm to Adventure Woods!Thick snow and sparkling ice covers everything, making it a Winter Wonderland. Badger and Fox and their families are out looking for food and having a lovely visit.The strong winds have brought down some trees, and in a tree by the pond, an owl hen is trapped! Mr Otter runs to find help to save her before it is too late.With help from Mr Owl and the friends, and the neighbourhood spiders, can the owl hen be saved? Ca...

This book considers how art actually works, how the various art forms connect with the world of ordinary human experience. Many books approach the subject from the top down, through topics such as the nature of beauty, the meaning of art, aesthetic judgement, and so on. The present book examines the subject from the ground up, so to speak, showing how the creation and appreciation of art spring from innate human needs and capacities. What we call ‘the arts’ emerge organically from the habi...

Poultry Business in Africa: Poultry Management and Best Practices serves as a practical guide and reference point for enthusiastic and passionate individuals like yourself who are interested in starting their own poultry business either now or in the foreseeable future.This book provides you with the required information needed to start and operate your own poultry business as an absolute beginner with little or no prior knowledge in poultry production. This book c...

"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 most iconic words in American h...

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 procedur...

In an age when the airwaves were tightly controlled by the authorities, pirate radio was the illicit and illustrious haven for music lovers across the nation. From the first broadcast in 1964, the cowboys of the radio world fed their listeners’ desire for pop and rock music and, by doing so, changed British radio forever. Through more than 100 crisp, black-and-white photographs, Pirate Radio: An Illustrated History brings to life the ‘golden years’ of pirate radio. Featuring pictures of th...

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 views, Peter Moore argues, work only to obscure the truth that religion is essentially humanity’s quest to become fully human.This enlightening exposition questions our very understan...

After two decades of marketizing, an array of national and international actors have become concerned with growing global inequality, the failure to reduce the numbers of very poor people in the world, and a perceived global backlash against international economic institutions. This new concern with poverty reduction and the political participation of excluded groups has set the stage for a new politics of inclusion within nations and in the international arena. The essays in this volume e...