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Star Tales

2018-01-01 Social Science
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Release : 2018-01-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 782/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Star Tales by : Ian Ridpath

Download or read book Star Tales written by Ian Ridpath. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting Bull, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the Golden Fleece. Constellations are the invention of human imagination, not of nature. They are an expression of the human desire to impress its own order upon the apparent chaos of the night sky. Modern science tells us that these twinkling points of light are glowing balls of gas, but the ancient Greeks, to whom we owe many of our constellations, knew nothing of this. Ian Ridpath, award-winning astronomy writer and popularizer, has been intrigued by the myths of the stars for many years. Star Tales is the first modern guide to combine all the fascinating myths in one book, illustrated with the beautiful and evocative engravings from two of the leading star atlases: Johann Bode’s Uranographia of 1801 and John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis of 1729. This classic book, now in a revised and expanded edition, presents additional information on the constellations with new and enchanting illustrations. For anyone interested in the stars and classical mythology, for anyone who is an armchair astronomer, this is the perfect gift.

Star Stories

2019-07-02 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2019-07-02
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 049/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Star Stories by : Anita Ganeri

Download or read book Star Stories written by Anita Ganeri. This book was released on 2019-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Share the wonder of the stars with this delightful storybook collection featuring constellation myths from around the world. For thousands of years people have looked up to the night sky and told stories about the stars. These epic tales tell of vengeful gods and goddesses, of monsters and heroes. Others try to make sense of the natural world, or unravel the mysterious forces of the universe. This stunning book brings together 23 of these legends from all over the world: from Ancient Greece to North America, Egypt, China, India, and the South Pacific. Written by award-winning author Anita Ganeri and with beautifully detailed artwork by illustrator Andy Wilx, this is a magical book to be treasured for generations to come.

The Star Tales of Mother Goose

2021-05-09
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Release : 2021-05-09
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Book Rating : 008/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Star Tales of Mother Goose by : Mary Stewart Adams

Download or read book The Star Tales of Mother Goose written by Mary Stewart Adams. This book was released on 2021-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to awaken the imagination in relationship to the stars as a companion to the contemporary scientific approach to our celestial environment, The Star Tales of Mother Goose Includes traditional Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes that the author and illustrator have connected to the constellations of the night sky. Rich with original illustrations and their own additional whimsical rhymes, the book introduces basic astronomical concepts and the history of each rhyme, as well as the history of Mother Goose herself. Here you will find easy-to-use sky maps, a key for finding the stars, and how they are related to the corresponding Mother Goose rhymes. The book is suitable for children and designed for adults. Sixpence, Hey Diddle Diddle, Bo Peep, Boy Blue, Humpty Dumpty and more are found here on the page, carousing beneath a sky full of stars. From the preface: There are few things more delightful than finding your way through the night sky than by whimsy and rhyme and once upon a time.

Doctor Who: Star Tales

2019-12-05 Fiction
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Release : 2019-12-05
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 993/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Doctor Who: Star Tales by : Steve Cole

Download or read book Doctor Who: Star Tales written by Steve Cole. This book was released on 2019-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Even though they’re gone from the world, they’re never gone from me.’ The Doctor is many things – curious, funny, brave, protective of her friends...and a shameless namedropper. While she and her companions battled aliens and travelled across the universe, the Doctor hinted at a host of previous, untold adventures with the great and the good: we discovered she got her sunglasses from Pythagoras (or was it Audrey Hepburn?); lent a mobile phone to Elvis; had an encounter with Amelia Earhart where she discovered that a pencil-thick spider web can stop a plane; had a 'wet weekend' with Harry Houdini, learning how to escape from chains underwater; and more. In this collection of new stories, Star Tales takes you on a rip-roaring ride through history, from 500BC to the swinging 60s, going deeper into the Doctor's notorious name-dropping and revealing the truth behind these anecdotes.

The Storytelling Star

1999 Moon
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Release : 1999
Genre : Moon
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Book Rating : 024/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Storytelling Star by : James Riordan

Download or read book The Storytelling Star written by James Riordan. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore from around the world tells tales of the heavenly bodies.

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