This is a complete beginner's guide to observing the night sky. Understand & enjoy the solar system & beyond with this practical guide to astronomy. Pick up all the basics of sky-watching. Start off by taking a tour around the night sky in simple stages, discovering how it fits together & how it works. Then take a closer look at the objects you can see & learn to train your eye to recognize basic patterns of constellations & how to tell planets apart from other celestial bodies. Plus, there's advice on buying & using kit, from binoculars to telescopes. This title is packed with detailed maps of the night sky & star charts to help any budding astronomer in their quest to find out more about this fascinating subject. ...

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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Vigor is one of the finest boating writers of our time.--Cruising World You name it, it's in here. Covers every boating situation. This book is both informative & entertaining.--Latitudes & Attitudes John Vigor is the answer guy if you're having onboard arguments about nautical terminology or the science of sailing in general, & his new book lives up to the promise in its title.--Good Old Boat Whether it's boat maintenance, navigation, boat handling in all kinds of weather, or the physics of how boats function, every sailor & powerboater needs a comprehensive go-to source for specialized information. Now you have it with The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating: Addresses virtually every aspect of powerboating & sailing in 500 entries Covers seamanship & boat handling, navigation, routine boat maintenance, boat design & building, & nautical reference data Ranges from vital techniques--such as recovering overboard crew & measuring distances off--to essential concepts like reading the water & sky & evaluating a boat's seaworthiness

Includes:: numerous cross-references & an exhaustive index to direct you quickly to the right entry & to unify related topics Makes delightful browsing as well as a source of sound guidance for practically any boating situation

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In quest of the unpublished manuscript of a martyred Yiddish writer, the American novelist Nathan Zuckerman travels to Soviet-occupied Prague in the mid-1970s. There, in a nation straightjacketed by totalitarian Communism, he discovers a literary predicament, marked by institutionalised oppression, that is rather different from his own. He also discovers, among the oppressed writers with whom he quickly becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre & poignant adventures, an appealingly perverse kind of heroism. The Prague Orgy, consisting of entries from Zuckerman`s notebooks recording his sojourn among these outcast artists, completes the trilogy & epilogue Zuckerman Bound. It provides a startling ending to Roth`s intricately designed magnum opus on the unforeseen consequences of art. ...

For the first time in English, the second psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. In the fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, peaceful -- & for some, tragically short. Foul play was always suspected in the disappearance twenty years ago of two young holidaymakers in the area. Now a young boy out playing has confirmed this grim truth. Their remains, discovered with those of a fresh victim, send the town into shock. Local detective Patrik Hedstrom, expecting a baby with his girlfriend Erica, can only imagine what it is like to lose a child. When a second young girl goes missing, Hedstrom's attention focuses on the Hults, a feuding clan of misfits, relgious fanatics & criminals. The suspect list is long but time is short -- which of this family's dark secrets will provide the vital clue? ...

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. & when a bookbinder friend of Victor`s becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work & uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator. ...

Available in paperback for the first time, Professor Gombrich`s highly-acclaimed last book offers a revealing insight into the history & psychology of taste. The Preference for the Primitive is a study of the idea that older & less sophisticated (`primitive`) works are somehow morally & aesthetically superior to later works that have become soft & decadent. Summing up more than 40 years of study & reflection on this theme, this book presents a closely argued narrative supported by extensive"ations that document with precision the role of authors, critics & artists in shaping & changing opinion. ...

Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone`s mind. The girls are acting like boys & the boys are going on acting like boys. Keith Nearing
- a bookish twenty-year-old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six & five foot seven
- is on holiday & struggling to twist feminism towards his own ends. Torn between three women, his scheming doesn`t come off quite as he expects.

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A newspaper-style activity book for the discerning dinosaur, packed with paleo puzzles, fearsome facts & giganto games. Meet real-life reptiles & read fascinating features, which include: Seeking a self-defence class? Hear what a cetiosaur has to say about staying safe. Wondering what`s happening with the weather? See whether meteor showers are here to stay with our fail-safe forecast. Confused why trees are trending? Learn why the hypsilophodons think branches are best. & much, much more... ...

The President tells the story of a ruthless dictator & his schemes to dispose of a political adversary in an unnamed country usually identified as Guatemala. Drawing on his experience as a journalist writing under repressive conditions, Miguel Angel Asturias provides a blazing indictment of totalitarian government & its damaging psychological effects on society
- from the harvest of terror to cowardice, to sycophancy, to treachery & intrigue, & the total sacrifice of human values to lust for power. Written in a language of freedom & originality, full of extraordinary symbolism, biting satire, poetry & dream sequences, with an imagination that is both lyrical & ferocious, The President is a surrealist masterpiece & one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
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