The Little Book of Stars answers, in the clearest language, the
questions anyone might have about our heavenly canopy. How are stars
born? How do they die? Why do they shine? How long do they shine? Is our
star, the Sun, dying? How can you tell time from the stars? Or navigate?
What are the measures of stars? Can we ever travel to other stars? In
this engagingly written and concise book, the second in the Little Book
series, noted astronomer James B. Kaler shows us "the significance that
the stars have had in human life, how we have used them to tell our
stories, and how we use them to find who and where we are."