Astronomy books for beginners?

[kookbreaker]

Something like these? Probably okay for daddy, but I doubt Marcello could wield them.... but with a tripod and a nice little set-up on the roof...?

(Plus, we have stuff wandering around in the bush here within meters of our shop. I made a whole thread on the dinosaur (water monitor) who came visiting the shop.... and birds and such. During the rainy season our back lot which is normally a back lot that is a roadway turns into a pond and we even get what look to be egrets or other small wading birds. )

http://www.spectrum-scientifics.com/Giant-Binoculars-s/1995.htm

ETA: Before anyone runs and starts criticizing the product, I should mention that's a member's site/shop.

Crap, what is the Mini-Giant doing there. I haven't had those in-house for over a year!