Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476711755
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. In addition, Ferris offers an authoritative and engaging report on what's out there to be seen -- what Saturn, the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, and the Virgo supercluster really are and how to find them. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved in astronomy. Ferris takes us inside a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as lone amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. His ability to describe the wonders of the universe is simply magical, and his enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible.
Seeing in the Dark
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476711755
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. In addition, Ferris offers an authoritative and engaging report on what's out there to be seen -- what Saturn, the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, and the Virgo supercluster really are and how to find them. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved in astronomy. Ferris takes us inside a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as lone amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. His ability to describe the wonders of the universe is simply magical, and his enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476711755
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. In addition, Ferris offers an authoritative and engaging report on what's out there to be seen -- what Saturn, the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, and the Virgo supercluster really are and how to find them. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved in astronomy. Ferris takes us inside a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as lone amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. His ability to describe the wonders of the universe is simply magical, and his enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible.
Seeing Dark Things
Author: Roy A. Sorensen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199797137
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Roy Sorensen here defends the causal theory of perception by treating absences as causes. He draws heavily on common sense and psychology to vindicate the assumption that we directly perceive absences.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199797137
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Roy Sorensen here defends the causal theory of perception by treating absences as causes. He draws heavily on common sense and psychology to vindicate the assumption that we directly perceive absences.
What You See in the Dark
Author: Manuel Munoz
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made Psycho—frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups—Mun~oz’s re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters’ private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made Psycho—frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups—Mun~oz’s re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters’ private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.
Into the Dark
Author: Craig Detweiler
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801035929
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A Hollywood screenwriter/producer and film professor explores forty-five of the twenty-first century's most popular films as vehicles of common grace.
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801035929
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A Hollywood screenwriter/producer and film professor explores forty-five of the twenty-first century's most popular films as vehicles of common grace.
Seeing in the Dark
Author: Ār Cūṭāmaṇi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199459674
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Her smile a saga of womanhood." Abhirami... a courageous village girl seeks vengeance for being raped. Devaki... weakened and afraid, a mother of six cringes at her seventh pregnancy. Sankari... a free-spirited woman who finds liberation in death. The underlying theme in each of the stories collected here is the woman as she sees herself--not how others believe her to be. Painted with earthy colors and lyrical language, R. Chudamani's women speak gently yet firmly of the battles fought daily within the home and outside it. They face the currents of life, fighting, resisting, and, at times, succumbing.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199459674
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Her smile a saga of womanhood." Abhirami... a courageous village girl seeks vengeance for being raped. Devaki... weakened and afraid, a mother of six cringes at her seventh pregnancy. Sankari... a free-spirited woman who finds liberation in death. The underlying theme in each of the stories collected here is the woman as she sees herself--not how others believe her to be. Painted with earthy colors and lyrical language, R. Chudamani's women speak gently yet firmly of the battles fought daily within the home and outside it. They face the currents of life, fighting, resisting, and, at times, succumbing.
I Can See in the Dark
Author: Karin Fossum
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448104645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Riktor doesn’t like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn’t like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn’t tell him why he’s there, and Riktor doesn’t ask. Because he knows he’s guilty of a terrible crime. But it turns out that the policeman isn’t looking for a missing person. He is accusing Riktor of something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn’t have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn’t commit.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448104645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Riktor doesn’t like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn’t like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn’t tell him why he’s there, and Riktor doesn’t ask. Because he knows he’s guilty of a terrible crime. But it turns out that the policeman isn’t looking for a missing person. He is accusing Riktor of something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn’t have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn’t commit.
Listening in the Silence, Seeing in the Dark
Author: Ruthann Knechel Johansen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520231147
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Personal account of the author's 15 year old son who survived massive trauma to the brain following a car crash.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520231147
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Personal account of the author's 15 year old son who survived massive trauma to the brain following a car crash.
Seeing God in the Dark
Author: J. I. Packer
Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
ISBN: 9781619701373
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Originally published under the title: Serving the people of God: Carlisle [Eng.]: Paternoster Press, 1998.
Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
ISBN: 9781619701373
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Originally published under the title: Serving the people of God: Carlisle [Eng.]: Paternoster Press, 1998.
Beyond the Dark
Author: Lora Leigh
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101157933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Lora Leigh does it--in the lair of a strange breed, part man, part wolf, on the hunt for the woman he craves--and needs--to fulfill a hunger clawing at him from within. Angela Knight does it--in the psychic realm of a woman attuned to the touch of strangers--and the powerful temptations of a seductive and mysterious protector. Emma Holly does it--in the fantastic Demon World where a powerful Queen rules--until she commits the sin of falling in love with the handsome son of her worst enemy. Diane Whiteside does it--in an alternate universe of Regency magic where two lovers are threatened by a vicious mage, and swept up in a turbulent war off the Cornish cliffs.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101157933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Lora Leigh does it--in the lair of a strange breed, part man, part wolf, on the hunt for the woman he craves--and needs--to fulfill a hunger clawing at him from within. Angela Knight does it--in the psychic realm of a woman attuned to the touch of strangers--and the powerful temptations of a seductive and mysterious protector. Emma Holly does it--in the fantastic Demon World where a powerful Queen rules--until she commits the sin of falling in love with the handsome son of her worst enemy. Diane Whiteside does it--in an alternate universe of Regency magic where two lovers are threatened by a vicious mage, and swept up in a turbulent war off the Cornish cliffs.
Chickens Can't See in the Dark
Author: Kristyna Litten
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192756800
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Little Pippa is not like other chickens. So when she's told in class by Mr Benedict that chickens can't see in the dark, she sets out to challenge this claim! In doing so she puts an old hens' tale to the test, discovers the benefits of carrots for night vision, and creates a carroty feast for all the doubting chickens on her farm!
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192756800
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Little Pippa is not like other chickens. So when she's told in class by Mr Benedict that chickens can't see in the dark, she sets out to challenge this claim! In doing so she puts an old hens' tale to the test, discovers the benefits of carrots for night vision, and creates a carroty feast for all the doubting chickens on her farm!