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The Under-Standing of Eclipses
This book (now in a 5th edition) methodically explains why eclipses of the sun and moon happen, their intricate patterns in time and space - and why they are so exciting.There are …
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto: A longer view of their history and their movements in the years ahead
The original purpose of the "Longer View" books is to provide charts and descriptions of the planets' travels in the years ahead. But there is also the three-century human story …
Venus, a longer view
The planet Venus: orbit, appearance in our skies, the famous eight-year cycle, transits of the Sun, passages of the Pleiades, visits by spacecraft, amazing physical nature. And the …
To Know the Stars
A Bemerton Anthology: poems of George Herbert and Barbara Murray
Eleven poems of George Herbert selected by Barbara Murray, and twenty-two poems by Barbara herself. With drawings by Guy Ottewell of Bemerton near Salisbury in England, where …
Ten-Minute History of the World
Adventures of a Naked Girl
Applepeel tells her own exuberant story. It has been said that this is "maybe the sexiest book ever, but certainly the richest, deepest, funniest, most beautiful, most civilized, …
Berenice's Hair
Berenice, a princess from Cyrene in Libya, became queen of Egypt and dedicated her famous hair in thanksgiving for her husband's return from a war. It vanished, and became the …
Approval Voting: in the balance
Approval voting is the system in which you are allowed to vote for more than one. It proves to be more fair than the common system. It is a costless reform, solving the "voter's …
Phonic Readers
Delightful stories for children, drawn from various cultures, and simply told, in a largely phonic vocabulary; divided into four reading levels as in the Montessori system. …
Plurry: a scheme for a musical instrument
"Plurry"is my name for an imaginary musical instrument that reveals much about the mathematical basis of music. What makes it different is not the material it is made of - it could …