ch. 1. Stellar parallax and the quest for transcendence
ch. 2. The joy and Paschen of starlight
ch. 3. Spectral classes, temperatures, and doppler shifts
ch. 4. Luminosity and the distance modulus
ch. 5. Hertzsprung-Russell, mass-luminosity relations, and binary stars
ch. 6. Last tango on the heliopause
ch. 7. Stellar evolution and the helium flash
ch. 8. Stellar graveyards, nucleosynthesis, and why we exist
ch. 9. Some final thoughts.