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The Immortal Fire Within
This full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth and early …
Hard Local War
FOLLOWING years of discontent over Home Rule and the Easter Rising, the deaths of two Royal Irish Constabulary policemen in Soloheadbeg at the hands of the IRA in 1919 signalled …
The Plantation at Prospect Hill
The true story of one of the oldest plantations in central Virginia and the people that lived there over a span of centuries. This story is about the romance between Nannie Branch …
In Search Of Planet Vulcan
The intriguing narrative of one of astronomy's strangest searches for a planet that never existed.
Celestial Shadows
Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing …
Planets and Perception
Astronomy Book of the Year, Mercury Magazine (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary …
Discovering Mars
For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. We've watched this Earth-like world first with the naked eye, then using telescopes, and, …
Galactic Encounters
Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells …
Celestial Shadows
Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing …