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by Joachim Ekrutt  Publisher Comments Amateur astronomers will value this pocket-size guide to the heavens—this new edition updated to forecast celestial events through the end of the year 2010. This handbook features star maps for each month of the year, detailed sky maps of major... (read more)  List Price $5.99 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Richard Hinck Allen Publisher Comments Star names, the zodiac, constellations; folklore, and literature associated with heavens. Based on years of thorough research into astronomical writings and observations of the ancient Chinese, Arabic, Euphrates, Hellenic, and Roman civilizations.... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Terence Dickinson 
Publisher Comments With 250,000 copies in print since its initial publication in 1983, NightWatch has become a standard reference guide for stargazers throughout North America. The new Third Edition expands on that success with a completely revised and updated text, more... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.00 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies
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by Ben Bova Publisher Comments In this fascinating and cutting-edge work, Bova explores one of the most thrilling and elemental questions humanity has ever posed: Is man alone? From Copernicus to the advent of SETI and beyond, Bova takes his readers on a tour of the scientific and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Evelyn Husband Publisher Comments Rick Husband wanted to be an astronaut since his fourth birthday, but it wasn?t always for the right reasons. Initially, he thought it would be neat . . . cool . . . a fun thing to do. It wasn?t until he came to a spiritual crossroads and was able to... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by J L E Dreyer Publisher Comments Complete, thorough history: Near Eastern, early Greeks, homocentric theories, Ptolemaic system, medieval cosmology, Copernicus, Kepler, etc.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James R Hansen Publisher Comments On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew Chaikin Publisher Comments This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $2.43 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chet Raymo
Publisher Comments On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $4.90 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Eugene Cernan Publisher Comments Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nancy Conrad Publisher Comments Pete Conrad was the third man on the moon, but he was the first to dance on it. This personal story is almost too amazing to be true, as seen through the eyes of the original Space Cowboy.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jerry T Bonnell Publisher Comments Perfect for anyone who's ever felt the allure of the skies, this spectacular collection of photographs of space and sky is drawn from Bonnell and Nemiroff's enormously popular Web site, Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Giles Sparrow Publisher Comments Since the beginning of time, people have been fascinated by the twinkling lights in the night sky -- the stars, planets and constellations that are visible from earth. In "Night Sky," readers are treated to an amazing adventure unlocking the secrets of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Cliffs Notes Staff Publisher Comments CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. From planets, stars, and galaxies to the search for extraterrestrial... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Owen Gingerich
Publisher Comments Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers a new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas. Prodded by... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nicolas Cheetham Publisher Comments This book leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 80 billion trillion miles in every direction and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the most extraordinary astronomical views ever uncovered. Complementing these up-to-date and spectacular... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Douglas Ward Publisher Comments Science has worked hard to piece together the story of the evolution of our world up to this point, but only recently have we developed the understanding and the tools to describe the entire life cycle of our planet. Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil F Comins Publisher Comments By covering the new discoveries that scientists are making about the universe almost every day, students are encouraged to identify their own misconceptions, ponder alternatives and to discover the scientific truth.... (read more) List Price $57.00 Your price $39.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gene Kranz Publisher Comments Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Oliver Morton Publisher Comments Acclaimed science writer Morton tells the story of the heroic landscapes of Mars and of spy-satellite pioneers, the petroleum geologists, science-fiction writers, and Arctic explorers who have devoted themselves to the discovery of the planet.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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