Richard Moore is a journalist and author whose work delves into the compelling narratives of sport. His writing style is characterized by a deep engagement with athletic journeys, exploring the triumphs and adversities of remarkable individuals. Moore brings a unique perspective, informed by his own background as a competitive cyclist, to illuminate the human drama within competitive sports.
The story follows Hob as he navigates new challenges after receiving a powerful crystal from Seren, the Elf Queen. While the crystal offers potential solutions, it also attracts the attention of a dangerous dragon intent on claiming the treasure for itself. As Hob faces this looming threat, the narrative explores themes of bravery and the consequences of magical gifts. "Fire and Light" continues the adventures in the "Hob The Elf" trilogy, blending fantasy elements with the struggle against formidable foes.
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.
'Slaying the Badger' relives the adrenaline, the agony, the camaraderie, the betrayals and the pure exhilaration of the 1986 Tour de France, which saw an epic battle between veteran Bernard Hinault and the young American, Greg LeMond.
Throughout the 1980s, Scottish-born Robert Millar enjoyed huge success as a professional cyclist. He won the Tour of Britain, and during the 1984 Tour de France was crowned King of the Mountains and placed fourth overall, the highest rank a Briton has ever reached in the world’s toughest cycle race. When his career began to wane in the 1990s, Millar quickly removed himself from public life and has been heard from little ever since. Through interviews with friends, acquaintances, and cycling colleagues, this intriguing biography unravels the mystery behind the maverick Scotsman, arguably one of the greatest enigmas in a sport full of remarkable individuals.
A medical doctor and one of America's foremost researchers in biophysics, Dr. Richard Moore outlines a new approach to preventing high blood pressure without depending on drugs or suffering their side effects.
Michael Paris has inherited a plot in the remote town of Raven Hollow. As he arrives, he gets to find out what a doozie that is. He's basically inherited a cemetery that the villagers want razed! Why? It's haunted with apparently frightening creatures putting a curse on the whole town! But when Paris actually gets to meet some of the denizens of his inherited headache, it turns out they ain't all that bad (the vamp, in fact, is quite cute) and maybe the evil is not where it may seem.
Glump devises a wondrous scheme to do a Monsters on the Beach special swimsuit issue to help the cash-strapped Michael Paris. Never mind that Glump is hiding a much worse scheme within the scheme! On a darker note, Roxanne shows her true powerful demonic self resulting in a potentially deadly showdown with Abbey.
On Sunday 22 July, Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider ever to win the Tour de France. It was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication and a vision begun with the creation of Team Sky. This is the inside story of that journey to greatness. Now fully updated to include the victorious 2012 Tour, ‘Sky’s the Limit’ tells the story of Bradley Wiggins’s epic ride to become the first British winner in the Tour’s history. Dave Brailsford is the mastermind behind the phenomenal success of the British track cycling team which dominated the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and then again at London 2012. Road cycling is a very different ball game, though. It’s what the serious cycling fans watch and it’s where heroes and villains are made. It is a sport that is rooted in mainland Europe – a land that is, in so many literal, metaphorical and cultural ways, foreign to Great Britain. Until recently, British victories in the Tour could be counted on the fingers of a mitten and no Briton had seriously challenged for the maillot jaune – the yellow jersey of overall winner. Brailsford’s plan was to change that and ‘Sky’s the Limit’ follows the gestation and birth of a brand new road racing team all the way to their epic victory in 2012. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access and interviews, ‘Sky’s the Limit’ follows the management and riders as they embark on their journey to conquer one the most gruelling races in world sport.
Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final
337 pages
12 hours of reading
The 1988 Seoul Olympics hosted what has been described as both "the dirtiest race of all time" and "the greatest track event in history." The unforgettable men's 100 meter race has become infamous for the elation of breaking a seemingly impossible world record for human speed and for the doping scandal that followed. This book is a groundbreaking investigative account into the story of Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis, and how one of the oldest of Olympic sports became a complex high-stakes game of cheating, cover-up, and fallen heroes. The book follows the remarkable buildup to the showdown of the two rival track superstars and chronicles Johnson's gold medal win, a title he retained only briefly before he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and Lewis was awarded the gold. In 1999, however, after being named Sportsman of the Century by the IOC, Lewis his credibility damaged by revelations that he, too, used performance-enhancing drugs and tested positive prior to the Seoul Olympics. Containing stunning new revelations, this book features candid witness interviews, including with Johnson and Lewis, to reconstruct the race, the hype, the drugs, and the deception, and it examines how the fallout continues to impact sports today, as every new record is met with widespread skepticism.
