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The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance
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Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Eighth Edition
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The 50 Best Sights in Astronomy and How to See Them: Observing Eclipses, Bright Comets, Meteor Showers, and Other Celestial Wonders
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The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be
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Scientific American The Amateur Astronomer
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Star Watch: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Finding, Observing, and Learning about Over 125 Celestial Objects
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Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook
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The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos
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The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars
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Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond
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For All Humankind
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Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power
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The Scientific Companion, 2nd Edition
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The Sky Is Not the Limit
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Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories
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Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot
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Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation
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The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference
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It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist: Great Amateurs of Science
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The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity
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Everything's Relative: And Other Fables from Science and Technology
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The Five Biggest Ideas in Science
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Military Order of the Stars and Bars (65th Anniversary Edition): 1938-2003
Original price $12.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $12.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $12.95$10.95 - $25.95$10.95 - $25.95Current price $10.95The Military Order of the Stars and Bars was founded in 1938 to honor the Confederate Officer Corps and the government officials of the Confederacy...
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Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
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