“We stay in the house so much because I am waiting for the telephone. I seem to be back in my teens, a period I thought I would never have to endure again: my life is spent hoping for things that only someone else can bring about.”
Celestial Navigation explores the historical and practical aspects of using the night sky to determine position and direction at sea or in the wilderness. The book covers the basics of star charts, celestial mechanics, and the tools and techniques used by navigators throughout history. more
Anne Tyler is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on October 25, 1941. Her works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and unique narrative style, and she has won numerous American literary awards. more
“Now peculiar scraps of knowledge were stuck to him like lint from all his jobs.”
“I suspect that marriage is like parenthood: every last one of us is an amateur at it.”