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Eclipse Chasers

By: Toner Stevenson,Nick Lomb

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Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a wondrous and unforgettable event! Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as well as featuring five upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Australia. The science of eclipses is explained, as well as how to prepare for an eclipse and view it safely. For upcoming eclipses the best locations to view each one are revealed, alongside tips for taking photographs. The book also reveals untold stories of how past Australian astronomers observed the total eclipses that have occurred since European settlement, and how these eclipses were celebrated in popular culture, poetry and art. It explores the great significance of solar eclipses for First Nations peoples, and their observations and cultural meanings. Eclipse Chasers showcases the drama and beauty of total solar eclipses and is essential for anyone fascinated by these amazing events.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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148631709X

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Transit of Venus

1631 to the Present

By: Nick Lomb

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Transit of Venus

1631 to the Present

By: Nick Lomb

Traces the impact on astronomy and science of the six times that the planet Venus has passed in front of the Sun since the discovery of the telescope in the seventeenth century, and discusses the 2012 transit, the last in this century.

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The Experiment

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1615190554

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Transit of Venus

1631 to the Present

By: Nick Lomb

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Transit of Venus

1631 to the Present

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Eclipse Chasers

By: Toner Stevenson,Nick Lomb

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By: Toner Stevenson,Nick Lomb

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2025 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2025 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

Featuring monthly sky maps, with details of the movement of the planets, stars and constellations, the 2025 Australasian Sky Guide is a must-have handbook to the year’s most exciting celestial events. Opening with an essay by Gadigal woman Aunty Joanne Selfe on First Nations understandings of the cosmos, the book offers the latest information on the solar system and its history, as well as tips for optimal viewing. This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with the ultimate companion to the southern night sky. 2025 HIGHLIGHTS Opposition of Mars in January Eclipses of the Moon in March and September Mercury, Venus and Saturn close together in April Eta Aquariid meteor shower in May Partial eclipse of the Sun in September Supermoons in November and December Geminid meteor shower in December

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NewSouth

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1742239110

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The Seasons

An Elegy for the Passing of the Year

By: Nick Groom

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The Seasons

An Elegy for the Passing of the Year

By: Nick Groom

For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cuckoo call of spring or rejoice in the mellow fruits of harvest festival? How much will we lose if we can no longer find either refuge or reassurance in the greater natural—and meteorological—scheme of things? Nick Groom's splendidly rich and encyclopedic book is an unabashed celebration of the English seasons and the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries. Each season and its particular history are given their full due, and these chapters are interwoven with others on the calendar and how the year and months have come to be measured, on important dates and festivals such as Easter, May Day and, of course, Christmas, on that defining first cuckoo call, on national attitudes to weather, our seasonal relationship with the land and horticulture and much more. The author expresses the hope that his book will not prove an elegy: only time will tell.

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Atlantic Books

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1782392068

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The Complex

How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives

By: Nick Turse

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The Complex

How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives

By: Nick Turse

Here is the new, hip, high-tech military-industrial complex--an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates all our lives. From iPods to Starbucks to Oakley sunglasses, historian Nick Turse explores the Pentagon's little-noticed contacts (and contracts) with the products and companies that now form the fabric of America. Turse investigates the remarkable range of military incursions into the civilian world: the Pentagon's collaborations with Hollywood filmmakers; its outlandish schemes to weaponize the wild kingdom; its joint ventures with the World Wrestling Federation and NASCAR. He shows the inventive ways the military, desperate for new recruits, now targets children and young adults, tapping into the "culture of cool" by making "friends" on MySpace. We are a long way from Eisenhower's military-industrial complex: this is its twenty-first-century progeny.--From publisher description.

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Macmillan

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0805089195

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Wallace and Gromit

The Wrong Trousers

By: Graham Marks,Nick Park

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Wallace and Gromit

The Wrong Trousers

By: Graham Marks,Nick Park

Join Wallace and his dog Gromit on their adventures. These adaptations of the world-famous animated film characters feature a cleaver story line combined with ingenious humor and brilliant characterization.

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Doubleday Books for Young Readers

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0385323204

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9780385323208

Secret Strategies from North America's Top Whitetail Hunters

Bow and Gun Hunters Share Their Success Stories

By: Nick Sisley

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Secret Strategies from North America's Top Whitetail Hunters

Bow and Gun Hunters Share Their Success Stories

By: Nick Sisley

Twenty-two whitetail deer hunters from across the United States share the strategies they used to bag their record-rack bucks, with both bow and gun.

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Gower Publishing Company, Limited

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0873413423

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9780873413428

2021 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2021 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

Highlights for 2021: Venus close to Saturn and Jupiter February -- Supermoons in April and May -- Moon covers Venus in May -- Venus close to Mercury in May -- Venus close to Mars in July -- Partial eclipse of the Moon in November -- Partial eclipse of the Sun in December.

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1863172173

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2022 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2022 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

This guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky. It contains the latest information on the solar system, historical features, monthly sky maps, details of the years exciting celestial events, and viewing tips for city dwellers. Wherever you are in Australia or New Zealand, easy calculations allow you to estimate local rise and set times for the Sun, Moon and planets. The 2022 guide includes a feature by Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon that explains how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples predict the weather by observing the sky.

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0648981703

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Transit of Venus

The Scientific Event that Led Captain Cook to Australia

By: Nick Lomb

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Transit of Venus

The Scientific Event that Led Captain Cook to Australia

By: Nick Lomb

On 8 June 2004 Venus crossed in front of the Sun and repeat one of the most famous events in science and one of particular importance to Australians. Transit of Venus explains the science behind this rare event and how it led Captain James Cook to map the east coast of Australia with quotes from his log books held by the State Library of NSW. It looks at the 1769 transit observed by Cook and the astronomer Charles Green from Tahiti, and the 1874 transit observed by Sydney Observatory astronomer Henry Chamberlain Russell and his team of illustrious observers from Sydney, from Woodford in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and from other observing stations; and it provides information on viewing the transit. The publication also features reproductions of the beautiful watercolours produced by the different observers to illustrate H C Russell's Observations of the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874.

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1863171053

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Observer and Observed

A Pictorial History of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill

By: Charles Pickettt,Nick Lomb,Powerhouse Museum

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Observer and Observed

A Pictorial History of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill

By: Charles Pickettt,Nick Lomb,Powerhouse Museum

Observatory Hill is a central part of Sydney's social and scientific history and few sites rival the Hill as both subject and object of Sydney views. From the first years of European settlement, artists and photographers chose this eminence to advertise and present the colony to foreign audiences. Since the 1850s, Sydney Observatory and its buildings have been as ceaselessly documented as they have been used to record and document the surrounding sky and panorama.Observer & Observed features these attempts to understand a new environment, both at the local (Sydney) and universal (the stars) levels. This rare mix of the particular and the immense gives a special appeal to the visual history of Observatory Hill, as does the Hill's relationship to Miller's Point and the Rocks and their urban histories.

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1863170863

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2015 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb,Powerhouse Museum

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2015 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb,Powerhouse Museum

Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with monthly star maps, diagrams and details of all the year's exciting celestial events. Whether you are in Australia or New Zealand, easy calculations allow you to estimate local rise and set times for the Sun, Moon, and planets.

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1863171614

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2014 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2014 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with monthly astronomy maps, viewing tips and highlights, and details of all the year's exciting celestial events. Wherever you are in Australia or New Zealand, easy calculations allow you to estimate local rise and set times for the Sun, Moon and planets. The 2014 Australasian Sky Guide also provides information on the solar system, updated with the latest findings from space probes. Published annually since 1991, the Sky Guide continues to be a favourite with photographers, event planners, sports organisers, teachers, students - and anyone who looks up at the stars and wants to know more.

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2017 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2017 Australasian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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1863171711

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Sydney Observatory Sky Guide 2003

For the Sydney Region and Eastern NSW

By: Nick Lomb

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Sydney Observatory Sky Guide 2003

For the Sydney Region and Eastern NSW

By: Nick Lomb

Annually published guide to the celestial events that can be expected and observed from the Sydney Observatory each year. Also features up-to-date details of current space missions, environmental changes and asteroid movements over the past year. Includes instructions for use Australia-wide, monthly star maps, moon diaries, tidal charts, sun and moon rise and set times, and lists sources for further information. Author is the curator of Astronomy at the Powerhouse Museum.

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1863170952

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2011 Australian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

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2011 Australian Sky Guide

By: Nick Lomb

The celestial equivalent of a street directory! Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with monthly star maps, diagrams and details of all the year's exciting celestial events. Wherever you are in Australia, easy calculations allow you to determine when the Sun, Moon and planets will rise and set throughout the year. Also included is information on the latest astronomical findings from space probes and telescopes around the world.

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1863171320

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Nick Carter Detective: The War-Makers

By: Nicholas Carter

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Nick Carter Detective: The War-Makers

By: Nicholas Carter

IT had rained in torrents all the way down from Schenectady, so when Jack Duane glimpsed the lights of what looked to be a big house through the trees, he braked his battered, convertible sedan to a stop at the side of the road. Mud lay along the fenders and running boards; mud and water had spumed up and freckled Duane’s face and hat. He pulled off the latter—it was soggy—and slapped it on the seat beside him, leaning out and squinting through the darkness and falling water. He was on the last lap of a two weeks’ journey from San Francisco, his objective being New York City. There he hoped to wangle a job as foreign correspondent from an old crony, J. J. Molloy, now editor of the New York Globe. Adventurer, journalist, globetrotter, Duane was of the type that is always on the move. “It’s a place, anyway, Moses,” he said to the large black man beside him, his servitor and bodyguard, who had accompanied him everywhere for the past three years. “Somebody lives there; they ought to have some gas.” “Yasah,” said Moses, staring past Duane’s shoulder, “it’s a funny-looking place, suh.” Duane agreed. Considering that they were seventy miles from New York, in the foothills of the Catskills, with woods all around them and the rain pouring down, the thing they saw through the trees, some three hundred yards from the country road, was indeed peculiar. It looked more like a couple of Pullman cars coupled together and lighted, than like a farmer’s dwelling. “Fenced in, too,” said Duane, pointing to the high steel fence that bordered the road, separating them from the object of their vision. “And look there—” A fitful flash of lightning in the east, illuminating the distant treetops, showed up the towering steel and network of a high-voltage electric line’s tower. The roving journalist muttered something to express his puzzlement, and got out of the car. Moses followed him. “Well,” said Duane presently, when they had stared a moment longer, “whatever it is, I’m barging in. We’ve got to have some gas or we’ll never make New York tonight.” MOSES agreed. The two men started across the road—the big Negro hatless and wearing a slicker—the reporter in a belted trench coat, his brown felt hat pulled out of shape on his head. “It’s a big thing,” Duane said as he and Moses halted at the fence and peered through. Distantly, he could see now that the mysterious structure in the woods was at least a hundred yards long, flat-topped and black as coal except from narrow shafts of light that came from its windows. “And look at the light coming out of the roof.” That was, indeed, the most peculiar feature of this place they had discovered. From a section of the roof near the center, as though through a skylight, a great white light came out, illuminating the slanting rain and the bending trees.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465536493

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