An accessible & inspirational astronomy guide that gives you all the knowledge you need to expand your understanding of the night sky This guide explains & demystifies stargazing teaching you to recognise different objects such as moons comets & asteroids & explains how they move through the sky over the course of the night & the year The Practical Astronomer begins with observation with the naked eye & illustrated introductions show you how to set up & use binoculars & telescopes & how to take your own pictures Clear star charts guide you through the Northern & Southern hemispheres using brighter stars as signposts to locate harder-to-see objects Map the constellations from Aquila to Virgo & discover Orion Gemini Ursa Minor & dozens more along the way A br&-new almanac section tells you the best time of the year to view every planet &

Includes:: details of eclipses The Practical Astronomer is also fully up-to-date with the newest equipment & the latest incredible photos of space Become an accomplished amateur astronomer with this practical guide Previous edition ISBN 9781405356206

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Bobby Donnell is a young passionate lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat Full of idealistic dreams of defending the innocent he quickly realises that being a good defence lawyer is more challenging than he ever expected Along with his associate attorneys he walks a fine line between his own principles & his legal obligations to his clients Striving for justice Bobby squares off against formidable adversaries like tenacious & sexy prosecutor Helen Gamble a relationship that catches fire both in & out of the court The Practice ran for eight seasons winning 7 Emmy awards & 3 Golden Globes & stars Dylan Mc Dermott (ALLY MCBEAL WILL & GRACE) Lara Flynn Boyle (TWIN PEAKS) & Steve Harris (LAW & ORDER) ...

When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality it can be difficult dangerous work Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes But as a leader you need to find a way to make it work Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of adaptive leadership in Leadership Without Easy Answers In a second book Leadership on the Line Heifetz & coauthor Marty Linsky highlighted the individual & organizational dangers of leading through deep change in business politics & community life Now Heifetz Linsky & coauthor Alexander Grashow are taking the next step The Practice of Adaptive Leadership is a hands-on practical guide containing stories tools diagrams cases & worksheets to help you develop your skills as an adaptive leader able to take people outside their comfort zones & assess & address the toughest challenges The authors have decades of experience helping people & organizations create cultures of adaptive leadership In today's rapidly changing world The Practice of Adaptive Leadership can be your handbook to meeting the demands of leadership in the midst of complexity ...

The highly acclaimed Practice of English Language Teaching is the essential guide for teachers of English in a wide range of contexts The fifth edition has been revised to reflect new developments in language teaching It explains current pedagogy to teachers who want to access the most relevant ELT practices & incorporate them into their lessons ...

In this incisive book Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation & modes of social behavior are put by individuals & groups describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce politics & culture In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings de Certeau draws brilliantly on an immense theoretical literature to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature ...

Pages of a weathered original sonata manuscript
- the gift of a Czech immigrant living in Queens
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A literary quest reaching from Nazi-occupied Prague to turn-of-the-millennium New York as a young musicologist seeks to solve the mystery behind an eighteenth-century sonata manuscript 528 pages Morrow Bradford (Author) ...

Reunited Natalya Montgomery had thought she was over Alexei Delandros but working with him again rekindles old feelings & promises of the intense ardour they once shared But if Natalya once held Alexei's heart now she only holds his contempt For revenge! Natalya's love almost destroyed Alexei their lust having blinded him to the truth about her But the formidable Greek won't be fooled again! Natalya will pay for her betrayal in the most passionate way Alexei knows & his vengeance will be all the more sweet ...

THE SIXTH INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIESHereford's Diocesan Exorcist must encounter a legacy of evil within the crumbling walls of an old hotel along with memories of murder' Merrily has become an ever more engaging protagonist a passionate flawed modern women every bit as concerned with the intricacies of crime as she is with demons that go bump in the night'
- Geoffrey Wansell Daily Mail' There were certain phrases you could feel like fingers up your spine " Hattie Chancery's Room" Oh God 'A crumbling hotel on the border of England & Wales has long been linked with the possible origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles & his obsession with contacting the dead Fascinating for young Jane Watkins flushed with the freedom of her first weekend job But the sinister side soon becomes apparent to her mother Merrily diocesan exorcist for Hereford Then come memories of a child who killed & blood in the fresh snow
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters poets & critics founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais Dante Gabriel Rossetti & William Holman Hunt Their art's romanticism attention to detail & jewel-like colours have ensured their eternal popularity This beautifully illustrated reference book now back in print is packed with examples of work by the key proponent Millais & his many contemporaries Beginning with an overview of the movement it goes on to discuss the art in the context of society place influences & styles & techniques It is an ideal gift for art lovers or those new ...