• What Does a Martian Look Like? Very interesting–it’s about applying what we know about biology toward speculation about extraterrestrial life–a must-read for wannabe science fiction writers

• 21st Century Astronomy (with Student CD-ROM) an introductory college-level astronomy textbook

• Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope–and How to Find Them

• The Stars : A New Way to See Them introduction to the night sky (naked eye) and constellations

• Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects all 109 Messier objects, with descriptions, photographs, and sketches

• The Sky Observer’s Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin’s Press) a pocket-sized book with amateur astronomy information and a star atlas

• A Field Guide to Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides(R)) a larger book with more detailed amateur astronomy information and a star atlas

• The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting historical account of computing the location of Neputune and finding it

• Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos historical account of determining the distances to the stars, the mistakes made along the way, and the discoveries made as a result of the effort

Magazines

• Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy