The fun & easy way to explore the night sky Do you know the difference between a red giant & a white dwarf? From asteroids to black holes, this easy?to?understand guide takes you on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring updated star maps, charts, & an insert with gorgeous full?color photographs, Astronomy For Dummies provides an easy?to?follow introduction to the night sky. Plus, this new edition also gives you the latest theories, explanations, & insights into the basic workings of the universe.

Includes:: updated schedules of coming eclipses of the Sun & Moon & a revised planetary appendix Covers recent discoveries in space, such as water on the Moon & Pluto's demotion from "planet" status Collects new websites, lists of telescope motels, sky?watching guides, & suggestions for beginner's telescopes & suppliers Brings you up?tospeed on the latest social trends & personal technology, such as stargazing mobile apps, NASA video, & the prevalence of " Citizen Science" networks Whether you're an amateur astronomer, space enthusiast, or enrolled in a first year astronomy course, Astronomy For Dummies has you covered.

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This collection of beautiful images of space taken by photographers from all over the world comprises images from the first four years of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in association with Sky at Night Magazine, & powered by the photo-sharing website Flickr. ...

With this guide you can trace the history of astronomy, from the earliest human civilizations to the present day. Tour the Solar System, using a unique visual guide illustrated with up-to-date images of planets. This book has 352 pages & is 22.2cm x 13cm x 1.8cm ...

Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur
- he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew,
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Details: Many people believe that the dinosaurs were big, stupid, lumbering reptiles who were wiped out millions of
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Evil is afoot in the Jurassic Quadrant. Terrifying mutant dinosaurs threaten to wipe out humanity.. .dinosaurs with twitching claws, razor-sharp teeth &.. .deadly udders? These aren't mutants
- they're MOO-tints! This is a deadly mission for a new superteam
- one which can travel across space & time.

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Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur
- he is an Astrosaur! Captain of the amazing spaceship DSS Sauropod, he goes on dangerous missions
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As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950s, Peter Cleave has made a study of what he calls the catastrophic love affair characterized by sexual obsession. His experience is extensive, & is never surprised. Until, that is, he comes reluctantly to accept that the wife of one of his colleagues has embarked on such an affair. ...

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram s Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen & the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer. Why are so many major crimes associated in some way with the hotel or somehow implicate eminently respectable people staying there? June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of a classic brain-teaser from the Queen of Crime. Audio BOOKS, 2 CD, 140 minutes. ...

Introduces a dreary post-war Britain to the sun-drenched culinary delights of the Mediterranean; to foods like olive oil & pasta, artichokes & fresh herbs
- foods that have become the staples of our diets today. This title offers twelve chapters that guide the readers from tasty soups & starters, through to meat, fish & desserts.
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