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The Transits of Venus

William Sheehan, John Westfall

In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer, William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer, John Westfall…

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The Space Age Generation

A unique and authoritative record of a momentous period in human history, The Space Age Generation highlights the golden age of space exploration and the people who made it happen.

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Dr. William Francis Sheehan

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A commemorative volume dedicated to the life of Dr. William Francis Sheehan, a physician who died tragically young. This volume includes biographical information, as well as remembrances from those who…

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Dr. William Francis Sheehan

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A commemorative volume dedicated to the life of Dr. William Francis Sheehan, a physician who died tragically young. This volume includes biographical information, as well as remembrances from those who…

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Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909

William Sheehan

Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on astronomical and psychological…

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Worlds in the Sky: Planetary Discovery from Earliest Times Through Voyager and Magellan

William Sheehan

Ever since early stargazers discovered that some heavenly bodies wandered among the others, people have been fascinated by the planets. William Sheehan gives us a history of this long fascination…

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The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard

William Sheehan

This is a full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, and tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century. Beautifully…

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British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921

William Sheehan

The words of British servicemen who were there: many British soldiers, sailors and airmen who served in Ireland from 1918-21 left accounts of their service. The author has delved deep…

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Fighting for Dublin: The British Battle for Dublin 1919-1921

William Sheehan

In the Irish mind, Ireland’s War of Independence, the first serious insurgency the British army faced, often seems about shoot-outs in cities and ambushes on isolated rural roads. This book…

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Hearts and Mines: The British 5th Division, Ireland, 1920-1922

William Sheehan

This book, the last in a trilogy based on primary sources, makes available for the first time the history of the 5th Division in Ireland from 1920 to 1921, their…

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A Hard Local War: The British Army and the Guerrilla War in Cork 1919-1921

William Sheehan

Using new research and previously unpublished archive material, he traces the experience of the British rank and file, their opinion of their opponents, the special forces created to fight in…

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Saturn

William Sheehan

A beautifully illustrated, authoritative overview of humankind’s fascination with the ringed planet Saturn.

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Mercury

William Sheehan

In this up-to-date and beautifully illustrated volume, William Sheehan brings our understanding of the planet into clear focus. He deftly traces the history from the earliest observations right up to…

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British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918 - 1921

William Sheehan

The Irish war of Independence has generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Many British soldiers, sailors and airmen who served in Ireland from…

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Breathing Through a Straw: Cody & I. A story of love and hope

Mark WIlliam Sheehan

Breathing through a Straw is a memoir of a father’s fight to do absolutely everything to save his son’s life.

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The Transits of Venus

William Sheehan,John Westfall

Presenting a history of science, this book chronicles the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.

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Celestial Shadows: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

John Westfall,William Sheehan

Celestial Shadows

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Celestial Shadows: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

John Westfall,William Sheehan

Celestial Shadows

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Jupiter

William Sheehan, Thomas Hockey

A wonderfully illustrated account of the giant planet Jupiter.

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In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton’s Clockwork Universe

Richard Baum,William Sheehan

The intriguing narrative of one of astronomy’s strangest searches for a planet that never existed.

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Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

William Sheehan,Jim Bell

Historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell combine their talents to tell a unique story of what we’ve learned by studying Mars through evolving technologies. This book…

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The Little Red Bible of Jesus Christ’s Teachings - The Words in Red

William J Sheehan

The words in red from the King James Bible. Hundreds of sub topics on every teaching and event of Jesus Christ’s ministry. With prophecies of who Christ would be as…

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The Plantation at Prospect Hill: The True Story of the Overtons of Virginia and the War 1861 - 1865

William M Sheehan

The true story of one of the oldest plantations in central Virginia and the people that lived there over a span of centuries. This story is about the romance between…

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Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End

William Sheehan,Christopher J. Conselice

This book offers a rich introduction to the wonders of the Galaxy, in an up-to-date, scientifically informed style that appeals to both researchers and the general reader. Includes maps produced…

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Discovering Pluto: Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System

Dale P. Cruikshank,William Sheehan

Offers an authoritative account of the exploration of Pluto and its moons, from the first inklings of tentative knowledge through the exciting discoveries made during the flyby of the NASA…

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Mars: The Lure of the Red Planet

William Sheehan,Stephen James O'Meara

Reviews the history of human fascination with Mars, our neighbor in the solar system. This book looks at the prospects for manned space-flight to Mars.

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Venus

William Sheehan,Sanjay Shridhar Limaye

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the mysterious, inhospitable planet Venus.

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Camille Flammarion’s The Planet Mars: As Translated by Patrick Moore

Camille Flammarion

Widely regarded as a leading historian of the planet Mars, Sheehan has not only meticulously compared and corrected Moore’s manuscript against Flammarion’s original so as to produce an authoritative text…

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Camille Flammarion’s The Planet Mars: As Translated by Patrick Moore

Camille Flammarion

Widely regarded as a leading historian of the planet Mars, Sheehan has not only meticulously compared and corrected Moore’s manuscript against Flammarion’s original so as to produce an authoritative text…

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In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton’s Clockwork Universe

Richard P. Baum, MD,William Sheehan

Presented for the first time in popular form is the fascinating true story of the search for the phantom planet Vulcan. As with legends of the lost continent of Atlantis…

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Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End

William Sheehan,Christopher J. Conselice,Julian Baum

This book offers a rich introduction to the wonders of the Galaxy, in an up-to-date, scientifically informed style that appeals to both researchers and the general reader. Includes maps produced…

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Northern Arizona Space Training

Kevin Schindler,Institute of Ecology William Sheehan (University of Georgia)

During the 1960s and early 1970s, northern Arizona played a critical role in fulfilling President Kennedy’s bold challenge of sending humans to the moon. From the rocky depths of the…

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Macbeth - The Student’s Shakespeare: With Notes, Characters, Plot and Exam Themes

William Shakespeare

With notes, exam themes and questions, an introduction and notes throughout this edition of Macbeth is ideal for students and those looking for an affordable and helpful text of Macbeth.

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Descendants of William Lain and Keziah Mather: With Her Lineage From Reverend Richard Mather

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Descendants of William Lain and Keziah Mather: With Her Lineage From Reverend Richard Mather

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Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett–Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles

William Prochnau

Once Upon a Distance War tells the stories of such young Vietnam war correspondents as Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, and David Halberstam, providing a riveting chronicle of high adventure and…

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Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America

Tanya Sheehan (William R. Kenan, Jr. Associate Professor and Chair of Art, Colby College)

Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional…

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Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America

Tanya Sheehan (William R. Kenan, Jr. Associate Professor and Chair of Art, Colby College)

Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional…

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Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor

Tanya Sheehan (William R. Kenan, Jr. Associate Professor and Chair of Art, Colby College)

Explores the connections among race, visual humor, and technologies of photography in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special attention to the reappropriation of racial humor by contemporary artists.

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Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor

Tanya Sheehan (William R. Kenan, Jr. Associate Professor and Chair of Art, Colby College)

Explores the connections among race, visual humor, and technologies of photography in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special attention to the reappropriation of racial humor by contemporary artists.

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Introducing Tyndale

William Tyndale,Dr John Piper,Robert J Sheehan

English-speaking Christians especially owe a great debt of gratitude to William Tyndale. In Introducing Tyndale John Piper introduces the reader to the deeply moving story of Tyndale’s life and death…

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Birds of Maine

Peter Vickery,Charles Duncan,Jeffrey V. Wells,William J. Sheehan

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine’s incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a…

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Virginia at War, 1864

The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864.

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The Transits of Venus

The Space Age Generation

Dr. William Francis Sheehan

Dr. William Francis Sheehan

Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909

Worlds in the Sky: Planetary Discovery from Earliest Times Through Voyager and Magellan

The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard

British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921

Fighting for Dublin: The British Battle for Dublin 1919-1921

Hearts and Mines: The British 5th Division, Ireland, 1920-1922

A Hard Local War: The British Army and the Guerrilla War in Cork 1919-1921

Saturn

Mercury

British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918 - 1921

Breathing Through a Straw: Cody & I. A story of love and hope

The Transits of Venus

Celestial Shadows: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

Celestial Shadows: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

Jupiter

In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton’s Clockwork Universe

Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

The Little Red Bible of Jesus Christ’s Teachings - The Words in Red

The Plantation at Prospect Hill: The True Story of the Overtons of Virginia and the War 1861 - 1865

Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End

Discovering Pluto: Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System

Mars: The Lure of the Red Planet

Venus

Camille Flammarion’s The Planet Mars: As Translated by Patrick Moore

Camille Flammarion’s The Planet Mars: As Translated by Patrick Moore

In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton’s Clockwork Universe

Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End

Northern Arizona Space Training

Macbeth - The Student’s Shakespeare: With Notes, Characters, Plot and Exam Themes

Descendants of William Lain and Keziah Mather: With Her Lineage From Reverend Richard Mather

Descendants of William Lain and Keziah Mather: With Her Lineage From Reverend Richard Mather

Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett–Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles

Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America

Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America

Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor

Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor

Introducing Tyndale

Birds of Maine

Virginia at War, 1864

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