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Astronomy expert Tom Kerss offers complete advice from the ground up, introducing the world of telescopes, planets, stars, dark skies and celestial maps, explaining the best ways to plan your stargazing experience and the key things to look out for on specific dates throughout the year. Bridging the gap between human curiosity and the need for scientific expertise, Stargazing allows a complete novice to understand our place in the cosmos and enjoy...
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This collection of photographs illuminates the darkness of space in a whole new way. Images from the archives of NASA reveal the night sky's most extraordinary phenomena, from the radiant aurora borealis to awe-inspiring lunar eclipses. Science geeks, photography fans, and stargazers will pore over this earth's eye view of the cosmos. Each breathtaking photo is paired with an informative caption about the scientific phenomena it reveals and the technology...
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Stargazing Throughout the Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere is an excerpt from The Star Book that guides you through the night skies in the Southern Hemisphere, through wide-angle star charts. Looking at the main constellations, stars and celestial showpieces of the southern celestial sphere, beginning with constellations around the south celestial pole and then taking a season by season view. Far southern stars had to wait until the early 17th century...
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See the night sky like you have never seen it before with this all-encompassing guide to astronomy. Learn all there is to know about the layout of the skies, the positions of the main constellations and the names of the brightest stars, so you can become a backyard astronomer in no time at all. With easy-to-use star charts, photographs and observational drawings of objects visible from both hemispheres, The Star Book will take your understanding and...
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Lonely Planet Global Limited
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[2024]
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Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world's best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing - with essential travel tips so you can have the ultimate starry-eyed trip.
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Dark Horse Comics, LLC
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ElfQuest alumnus Sonny Strait returns at full force as artist and colorist, alongside storytellers Wendy and Richard Pini, with script, layouts, and an all new cover exclusive to this edition by Wendy Pini. Longtime fans and new readers alike will not want to miss this special offering of Stargazer's Hunt, released just in time to celebrate ElfQuest's 10-year-anniversary with Dark Horse Comics!When ElfQuest: The Final Quest concluded, it ended the...
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ElfQuest alumnus Sonny Strait returns at full force as artist and colorist, alongside storytellers Wendy and Richard Pini, with script, layouts, and an all new cover exclusive to this edition by Wendy Pini.
Longtime fans and new readers alike will not want to miss this special offering of Stargazer's Hunt, released just in time to celebrate ElfQuest's 10-year-anniversary with Dark Horse Comics!
When ElfQuest: The Final Quest concluded, it ended...
9) Stargazer
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When a young woman tries to revive the reputation of a forgotten astronomer, history threatens to repeat itself.
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All five bestselling novels in the Stargazer Ranch series together in one low priced set. Small-town cowboy heroes together with suspense-filled romance. WILDFIREShe's reckless and damaged.He's the only decent thing in her life.A deadly arson attack. Who'll be next?FIRELIGHTShe has everything to lose.His past is tearing him to pieces.Together they make an explosive combination.SNOWFALLShe's a helpless romantic.He's an enigmatic loner.Surviving the...
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The classic study of a man who redrew the boundaries of art Andy Warhol's work and personality changed American visual culture forever, making him an international superstar. His rise to global fame, his entanglement with the seedy New York sexual underground, and the shocking assassination attempt that almost ended his life are chronicled in Stephen Koch's indispensible classic Stargazer. In this must-read volume, Stephen Koch provides unprecedented...
13) Snowbound
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Two strangers caught in a treacherous blizzard.Stella Pereira has never seen snow like this before. But she has to get the turkeys back for Christmas dinner at Stargazer Ranch, or her new boss will never forgive her, so she drives on into the growing blizzard. Suddenly, her truck starts to skid, teetering on the very edge of the road.It's pure dumb luck Wyatt Wilson sees the disappearing taillights of a car as it leaves the road in front of him. Should...
14) Wildfire
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"The writing is top notch, and her stories stay with you because they're THAT good."She's reckless and damaged.He's the only decent thing in her life.A deadly arsonist attack. Who'll be next?Cat Lawson is called back to Stargazer Ranch by a hard-to-refuse job offer, but the first person she comes across is the very last person she wants to see.Levi Wilson rues the day he ever met Cat. She was the girl of his dreams who abandoned him six months ago....
15) Firelight
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"Again And Again Absolutely Awesome Read from this Author…"She's a ticking time bomb.His past is tearing him to pieces. Together they make an explosive combination.Emily Hillenbrand believes every day is a gift and should be lived to the fullest. But she carries a secret that could destroy her plans to survive on her own terms.Tom Coulston is hiding from a past heartbreak. He's drawn to Emily's vivacious nature; he's beyond salvation, however, and...
16) Snowfall
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"Once you pick up this book, it's incredibly difficult to put it down…"She's a helpless romantic.He's an enigmatic loner.Surviving the treacherous, mountain wilderness might be the least of their problems.French pastry chef, Stella Pereira has come to Stargazer Ranch to spend a year working as the assistant cook, hoping to sort out her troublesome feelings of restlessness and get back to living her perfect, planned life…until she meets Wyatt.Fresh...
17) Cloudburst
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"The action was non-stop, and I loved the ending-so romantic!"She's not who she seems.He doesn't know who to trust.They'll need each other to survive.Behind her shy, schoolteacher guise, Penny hides a traumatic past. Her job as the receptionist at Stargazer Ranch has provided sanctuary over the last two years. But when her abusive ex-husband reappears and tries to snatch her off the street, former cowboy Clayton steps in to help.Clayton has a chequered...
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"Wherever you are in this world, in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, in the city or a remote region, Universal Guide to the Night Sky takes you through the remarkable features of planet Earth's starry sky. Receive a personal tour through the wonders of the universe from astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith. Explore comets and meteors, stars, planets, and moons. Find galaxies and glowing gas clouds. Spot supernovae and enjoy eclipses. Learn everything...
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2024.
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"In the summer of 1932, the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse. One in three Germans was unemployed. Violence was rampant. Hitler's National Socialists surged at the polls. Paul von Hindenburg, an aging war hero and avowed monarchist, was a reluctant president bound by oath to uphold the constitution. The November elections offered Hitler the prospect of a Reichstag majority and the path to political power. But instead, the Nazis lost two...
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"The book 'Attack Of The Purple Blobs' is part two of the
Stargazer series. Part one is 'The Day I Found An Egg'.
Stargazer, the little dino has been dinonapped by aliens. It's up to
Austin and Petro to get their little dino buddy back. But why did
the Tribbilians kidnap him? The Tribbilians knew that the duo
would come to rescue their buddy, so they laid traps. One by one,
they captured all of Austin's friends. Will Austin be able to find
Stargazer,...
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