Astronomy

内容简介 本书以波斯占星家Ibn Labbān的占星著作《Introduction to Astrology》在中国的译本（《明译天文书》）为底本，作者为之注解，但并未拘泥于原书，而是独立并完整的论述了整个古典占星系统，包括命理、占卜、世运、择吉，从理论引导入门到深入的实践操作，进行了详细的分解，并配备了大量的真实案例。在古典占星主导的案例中，还附带有印度吠陀占星、中国七政四余占星、阿拉伯地卜卦 …

’The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe’ The Sunday Times 'Stunning and riveting’ Noreen Masud, author of A Flat Place 'Dazzling ’ Financial Times From your wind …

A take-anywhere guide to the mindful practice of cloud watching. Press pause, step outside, and look up. There is so much to gain by simply watching the clouds go by. This pocket guide invites you to …

For the past 30 years, Warren Faidley has forecast, intercepted, and photographed some of the planet’s most extreme weather and natural disasters. As a photojournalist, natural disaster survival expe …

From avalanches to volcanoes, and from the Gulf Oil Spill to bridge collapses, author Alvin Jac Ques explores the fascinating world of disastersboth manmade and natural. Inspired by his survival of H …

Originally published in the early 1900s, this book is – 'primarily for the general reader who likes to know more about that much talked about, but little understood, topic – the weather’. Rather than …

Walks of Life empowers the reader with the tools and inspiration to take the leap back to nature. It reaches out to everyone who might not be wholly civilized, to those whose dispositions include som …

Ride across California on the back of the wind and learn about the dramatic impact that seasonal weather and climate change have on the Golden State. 'Selby’s greatest gift to readers is to reveal th …