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Discovering The Solar System Jones,Barrie W. 1999, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-98243-1. Beatty, J.K., Peterson, C.C. and Chaikin, A. ``The New Solar System" 1999, Sky Publishing and Cambridge University Press [well written discussion of the topics covered in the course.]
Cattermole, Peter Earth and Other Planets (Oxford University Press 1995) [each page has many superb colorful diagrams, not much on other planets, another excellent book to start with.]
Christiansen, E.H. and Hamblin, W.K. ``Exploring the Planets" (Prentice Hall 1995) [mostly planetary surfaces, excellent photos and drawings, lacks observational astronomy.]
Greeley, R. ``Planetary Landscapes" (Chapman and Hall 1994) [similar to Christiansen.]
Hartmann, W.K. Moon and Planets.
Lewis, John S. ``Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System" (Academic Press, 1995) [assumes you have 1 year of university physics, chemistry and mathematics].
Seeds, M. The Solar system (Wadsworth, 1999) [half of Seeds book Foundation of Astronomy, only 110 out of 600 pages are on planets and minor bodies.]
Watters, Thomas R. Planets Smithsonian Guides, (MacMillan, 1995) [short, colorful, good book to start with.]
The Search for Life on Other Planets, ISBN 0-521-59837-0 paper, $19.95 Bruce Jakosky, Cambridge Univ. press, 1998 [steps through solar systems, 59p on Mars, good illustrations in black/white, intended for Univ. course.]
Scientific American magazine usually has one detailed astronomy review each month.
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