The Planet-Girded Suns (Updated Edition)    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $3.99 USD. 88680 words. Language: English. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on May 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
The history of human thought about extrasolar worlds. From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th, almost all educated people believed that the stars are suns surrounded by inhabited planets. This book, first published by Atheneum in 1974 and now updated, tells the story of the rise, fall, and eventual renewal of widespread conviction that we are not alone in the universe.

It's About Time    by Michael Don Fess
Price: Free! 3260 words. Language: English. Published on April 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
An interesting dissertation on TIME. Have you ever wondered if time is different on other planets? Why are there twenty four hours in a day?

NASA Astrophysics Missions: Reviews of Operating Missions - Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope, Kepler, Planck, Suzaku, Swift, Spitzer, XMM-Newton    by Progressive Management
Price: $6.99 USD. 35580 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
This is a compilation of the reports of the NASA Senior Review Committee (SRC) for 2012, 2010, and 2008 evaluating the scientific productivity of major astrophysics missions with recommendations for continued funding.

Mr. Olcott's Skies: An Old Book and a Youthful Obsession    by Thomas Watson
Price: $1.99 USD. 35430 words. Language: English. Published on April 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
The story of how an old book and a small telescope shaped a passion for stargazing, and how that passion was lost and then rediscovered over the course of a lifetime.

Captured Planet    by Dino Fotinidis
Price: $9.99 USD. 42620 words. Language: English. Published by Truth House Publishing  on April 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Is our planet an intruder from another solar system? Captured Planet is an unusual proposal on the origin of the earth. The author’s theory, first developed in 2003, was recently substantiated through NASA's findings in June 2011 on their 2004 Genesis mission."The implication is that we did not form out of the same solar nebula materials that created the sun - just how and why..."

21-12-12    by Maz Shams
Price: $1.99 USD. 3420 words. Language: English. Published on March 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
2012 ... Fiction ? Science ? or just Predictions ? Who the heck were Mayans? And how could they predict the future of today's man? What were the predictions? If you are searching for answers of these questions, this book was made specially for you then ! Learn all the fuss about 2012 - what's real and what's fake - in easy and understandable form in your hand. Get yourself answered!

Astronomical Visions    by Austin Torney
Price: $0.99 USD. 2310 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Looking at the universe. Color Illustrated.

The Illumination of Science—Galileo    by Austin Torney
Price: $0.99 USD. 4400 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
The life of Galileo. Color Illustrated. ‘Twas here, his final resting place, In a church… At last enshrined as the Father of Science. Embellished, as the Master in stone, He’s ever looking up Whence forth came the light From the starry skies.

The Meadows of Heaven    by Austin Torney
Price: $0.99 USD. 3330 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Color Illustrated. How the universe formed its galaxies, and more. Fare thee well, fine friends, For we are some of The luckiest sons and daughters of being In a rare universe well done.

A Love Story—Of the Earth and the Moon    by Austin Torney
Price: Free! 2730 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.
Worldly Love.