What if all the best Tour stages happened in one race? In Etape, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore weaves first-person interviews with cycling's great riders to assemble a "dream team" of the best Tour de France stages in modern history.What if all the best Tour stages happened in one race? In Etape, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore weaves first-person interviews with cycling's great riders to assemble a "dream team" of the best Tour de France stages in modern history.Feat...

Here it is. Finally, a book that explains the details of the Latin used in the Extraordinary Rite of the Mass and the Novus Ordo. It is meant for priests, the laity, and anyone else interested in details about the Latin of the Mass. You'll find how to pronounce the words properly and where to put the accents as you speak them. It has a vocabulary of words for those who have studied some Latin but who don't have a wide vocabulary. You will see some psalms, some well-known hymns, and a short...

Historic Churches of Italy from Early Christian to RomanesqueThis substantive yet easy-to-use book provides a guide to eight historic Italian basilicas and cathedrals, with the background and profiles of each. Their locations range from central to northern Italy, and they offer a complex mix of architectural and decorative styles. The comprehensive approach begins with the secular Roman basilica model which would become the basis of all Christian churches from thei...

In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take readers on a virtual Tour de France, with each chapter focusing on a single rider in a single stage that came to define the Tour’s history.In Étape, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore tells the stories behind some of the defining stages in the Tour de France’s history through the eyes of the protagonists: the heroes and villains, stars and journeymen.Featuring exclusive new interviews with Mark Cavendish, L...

This volume explores the new interdisciplinary field of evolutionary pragmatics, which encompasses research on both the evolution of abilities needed for pragmatics and the role of pragmatics in the evolution of language. The biological evolution of linguistic capacities and the cultural evolution of natural languages were both driven by the communicative interactions of our ancestors; since these communicative interactions are the province of pragmatics, evolutionary pragmatics is the cor...

To what extent is a great comic writer the product of his time? How far is he (or she) influenced by factors of personal psychology upbringing and environment? To what is the writing actually part of a long continuum in which there is continuity within change and change within continuity? The Progress of Fun considers principally the last of these areas, focussing on the case of W.S. Gilbert and challenging the frequently held view that he is pre-eminently a typical Victorian. Thi...

Wally Touch is a funeral director that has the gift of touch! He is given an opportunity to purchase a beautiful funeral home from a funeral director that lost his wife to cancer. Wally is called into a home of a wealthy banker to remove the wife after her death. As Wally makes physical contact with the woman, he sees her entire life before his eyes. He sees her as a young woman, middle aged as well as older...he sees the wonderful and important times in her life lived. This just from a si...

This well-researched, easy-to-use guide to eight Spanish cathedrals and a basilica provides profiles of each, as well as their medieval settings. The locations of these special churches range from northwest Spain, down through Castile-Leon, to Andalusia, and on up to Catalonia. Spain's historic churches present a complex mix of architectural and decorative styles: from Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque--as well as important Moorish influences. T...

“Who amongst the most learned men and women in the world understands elf magic, or even knows that it exists?”Hob doesn’t know what will happen when an elf light is thrown into goblin fire, but he must risk it if he’s to have any chance of helping his friends. Hob’s quest brings him into collision with forces of opposition. It will be a life changing adventure, but he can reach his goal only by staying true to himself.This is a story of loyalty, courage, and kindness, which...

'A captivating and detailed account ... it reads like a thriller, which is exactly the right tone to adopt by author Richard Moore for a story dripping with skulduggery and intrigue ... compelling' The Sunday ExpressThe 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the most infamous in the history of ath...

Increasing demand for and awareness of the applications of nanotechnology in medicine has resulted in the emergence of a new fast-growing multidisciplinary area - nanomedicine. This book offers comprehensive knowledge of and diverse perspectives on nanomedicine through two independent volumes. It aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and medicine through contributions by world-renowned experts from wide range of backgrounds including academia, industry, professional consultancy, an...

Readers as well as listeners can now embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013.Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe share their diaries from three incident-filled Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España. These take readers behind the scenes and explore the culture and landscape as well as the racing, while the ‘Lionel of Flanders’, complete with beer recommend...