The Ever-Changing Sky
Title | The Ever-Changing Sky PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Kaler |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 524 |
Release | 2002-03-14 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521499187 |
The Ever-Changing Sky provides a comprehensive and non-mathematical guide to spherical astronomy. The reader is guided through terrestrial and celestial co-ordinate systems, time measurement and celestial navigation, to the prediction of the rising and setting of the stars, Sun and Moon. It focuses on the geometrical aspects of the night sky without using complex trigonometry. The book progresses to a general study of the Earth and sky, including the stars and constellations (with useful star maps provided), the motions and appearance of the Moon, tides and eclipses, the orbits of the planets and the smaller bodies of the Solar System (asteroids, meteors, meteorites and comets). Finally, there is a brief overview of atmospheric phenomena (including rainbows and haloes). This text will be invaluable to students taking courses in naked-eye astronomy, amateur and professional astronomers, as well as more general readers wanting to know how the night sky changes.
Yesterday's Sky
Title | Yesterday's Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Forrest |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Astrology |
ISBN | 9780979067730 |
According to professional astrologr Steven Forrest, behind your familiar astrological chart lies another chart entirely, one whose existence you may never have suspected. This chart tells the tale of who you were in a prior lifetime. It speaks of what wounded you then and what work you left undone.
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
Title | From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Kai Cheng Thom |
Publisher | arsenal pulp press |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1551527111 |
In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: A boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower or a shooting star? At school, though, they must endure inquisitive looks and difficult questions from the other children, and they have trouble finding friends who will accept them for who they are. But they find comfort in the loving arms of their mother, who always offers them the same loving refrain: "whatever you dream of / i believe you can be / from the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea." In this captivating, beautifully imagined picture book about gender, identity, and the acceptance of the differences between us, Miu Lan faces many questions about who they are and who they may be. But one thing's for sure: no matter what this child becomes, their mother will love them just the same. Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and psychotherapist in Toronto. Her first poetry book, a Place Called No Homeland, was published in 2017. Kai Yun Ching is a community-based organizer, educator, and illustrator in Montreal. Wai-Yant Li is a ceramics artist and illustrator in Montreal.
Picture the Sky
Title | Picture the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Reid |
Publisher | Scholastic Canada |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2017-08-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1443163023 |
In this companion to the bestselling Picture a Tree, Barbara Reid has us look up . . . way up Wherever we may be, we share the same sky. But every hour, every day, every season, whether in the city or the forest, it is different. The sky tells many stories: in the weather, in the clouds, in the stars, in the imagination. Renowned artist Barbara Reid brings her unique vision to a new topic - the sky around us. In brilliant Plasticine illustrations, she envisions the sky above and around us in all its moods. Picture the sky. How do you feel?
The Changing Sky
Title | The Changing Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Forrest |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-10-25 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9780979067723 |
In this sequel to his award-winning and critically acclaimed book on basic astrology, The Inner Sky, Steven Forrest presents a dynamic text on predictive astrology. Readers will learn transits, progressions and chart synthesis as tools for understanding astrological timing.
Fixing the Sky
Title | Fixing the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | James Rodger Fleming |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2010-08-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0231144121 |
Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.
My Louisiana Sky
Title | My Louisiana Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Kimberly Willis Holt |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2011-02-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 142999102X |
Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life. Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home. My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.