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  The factor is the ‘rising sign’, i.e. the sign of the zodiac that is on the horizon at the time of birth. At whatever date a person is born it is possible for him or her to have any one of the 12 zodiacal signs namely the Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, [...]

• Aviation Weather Services Handbook (Revised Edition) (Advisory Circular; 00-45f)

  This official handbook provides an authoritative tool for pilots, flight instructors, and those studying for pilot certification. From both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Weather Service, this newest edition offers up-to-date information on the interpretation and application of advisories, coded weather reports, forecasts, observed and prognostic weather charts, and radar and satellite imagery. [...]

• Mars: The Inside Story of the Red Planet

  The authors look at how our knowledge of our nearest planetary neighbour – Mars – has grown, and assess the role it might play in our futures. They look at the old myths associated with Mars, the fears of Martian invasions, and take the story up to date to show what we now know about [...]

• The Illustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

  In physicist Stephan Hawking’s brilliant opus, A Brief History Of Time, he presented us with a bold new look at our universe, how it began, and how our old views of physics and tired theories about the creation of the universe were no longer relevant. In other words, Hawking gave us a new look at [...]

• Merlin’s Tour of the Universe

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