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  • The The Western Front

    The Irishmen Who Fought in World War One

    by William Sheehan ...
    'One of our fellows, while a German flare lit up his trench as it shot over it, saw half a dozen of our raw Irishmen on their knees, praying to the Virgin as if their last hour had come.' Captain Gerald Burgoyne, C Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles The Western Front tells the human story at the heart of a war that cost the lives of 35,000 Irishmen. Compiled by one of Ireland's leading ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Solar System

    by William Sheehan, Clifford J. Cunningham ...
    Series series Kosmos
    As recently as the dawn of the Space Age, the solar system was still largely unknown. The first probes to the Moon, Venus and Mars ushered in a golden age of planetary science, transforming planets from distant mysteries into vividly realized worlds. This book provides a comprehensive, accessible survey of the entire solar system, covering all major planets from Mercury to Saturn, the outer solar ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Northern Arizona Space Training

    by Kevin Schindler, William Sheehan ...
    Series series Images of America
    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 Grand Canyon to lofty cosmic views from Flagstaff's dark skies, northern Arizona was ideal for activities ranging from moon buggy testing and geology training to lunar mapping and mission simulation. Every astronaut ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Voices of the Irish War of Independence

    The words of British servicemen in Ireland 1918–1921

    by William Sheehan ...
    ?Ireland's War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. There is Brigadier Vinden's strange tale of a drinking ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Parallel Lives of Astronomers

    Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard

    by William Sheehan ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Using the "Parallel Lives" approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard. Drawing on vast archival materials and hitherto unpublished source materials, Sheehan documents in detail the contributions of these two late 19th and early 20th ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Solar Eclipses

    by William Sheehan ...
    Series series Kosmos
    For millennia, solar eclipses have stirred awe and fear. Once seen as omens, they are now celebrated as rare spectacles that unite science and wonder. This accessible, richly illustrated book explores their cultural, emotional and scientific significance, from ancient myths to modern eclipse-chasing expeditions. It traces how eclipses helped unlock secrets of the Sun, and why witnessing one ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Transits of Venus

    by William Sheehan ...
    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 take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Venus

    by William Sheehan, Sanjay Shridhar Limaye ...
    Series series Kosmos
    This new and beautifully illustrated account of Venus takes in the most recent research into this mysterious, inhospitable world. Looking at the history of our observations of the planet, from early astronomy to future space missions, it seeks to answer many of the questions that remain unanswered, such as why Venus and Earth, so similar in size and mass, evolved in such different directions, and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Mercury

    by William Sheehan ...
    Series series
    The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out such basic data as its rotation period, the inclination of its axis, and whether or not it possessed an atmosphere.In this up-to-date and beautifully ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Saturn

    by William Sheehan ...
    Series series Kosmos
    Saturn is the showcase of the Solar System. It may not be the largest of the planets, nor the smallest, nor even the only planet with rings. But it is among the most stunningly beautiful objects in the sky, and is always breathtaking when seen in a telescope.This is a beautifully illustrated, authoritative overview of the entire history of humankind’s fascination with the ringed planet, from the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Jupiter

    by William Sheehan, Thomas Hockey ...
    Series series Kosmos
    Now available in paperback, this beautifully illustrated volume ranges across the entire history of Jupiter studies, from the naked-eye observations of the Babylonians and the Greeks, through the telescopic discoveries of Galileo and T.E.R. Phillips, to the explosion of information received from space probes. It brings our understanding of Jupiter right up to date and includes preliminary findings ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    Discovering Mars

    A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

    by William Sheehan, Jim Bell ...
    Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 19 min

    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. What the eye sees as a mysterious red dot wandering through the sky becomes a blurry mirage of apparent seas, continents, and canals as viewed through Earth-based telescopes. Beginning with the Mariner and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD