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Yellowstone: America's Nemesis?
Although I've long been interested in volcanoes, it took me awhile to fully accept the reality of supervolcanoes. I had... more info

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Fire Mountains of the West, 3rd Edition is excellent!
Anyone interested in the history and inner workings of each of the Cascade volcanoes will find this book rewarding. Lik... more info

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Understanding volcanoes
I hardly ever read a college text straight through, but this book was so informative and lucidly written, I could scarce... more info

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Just another "environmental " "journalist"
The one star is for having the nerve to call Michael Crichton's State of Fear "a horrible anti-science potboiler, which ... more info

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Well-written, so one can focus on the controversy!
Bruce's book is well-written and describes the geological processes involved in a clear and simple fashion.

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Informative and enjoyable
This book is like Krakatoa in that Simon Winchester paints a picture of the era as well as the event, so that we can und... more info

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Moving Art
Much of what we know about the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius - the eruption that sealed Pompeii and Herculaneum in ... more info

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Great fun to read, and a really good look at what can be done to save people from volcanic disasters!
A fun read, slightly light on the science for technical types, but very informative about the choices volcanologists hav... more info

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Earthshaking science by Susan Hough
The book is very well organized, clear, easy to read.
It gives the lastest development in the earthquake seis... more info

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Lots and lots, some speculative, about volcanoes
"Volcanoes in History" offers what its authors call a "vibrating string" metaphor for the interaction of volcanoes and p... more info