From two press releases sent to ESCONI – a new calendar and book that members may find of interest – 

FOSSIL WOOD Calendar

From Elizabeth Woods: I’m a paleobotanist specializing in studying fossil woods. I’ve created a 2011 calendar, published on Lulu — “Plants With A Past. Inside Ancient Woods” that might be of interest to ESCONI members. The calendar shows the distinctive anatomy of fossil woods from Big Bend National Park, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, the Denver Basin, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and Yellowstone National Parks.  

The calendar is priced at $15.75 and profits go to support fossil wood research and work on the InsideWood website [http://insidewood.lib.ncsu.edu] Preview and ordering information are at http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/2011-plants-with-a-past/12459668

 

Earth Science Book

From Bruce Parker – The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters

“You will come away with a better understanding of why the sea will leave us in awe till the end of time.” — Jim Cantore, The Weather Channel

“Mixes hair-raising descriptions of disasters with efforts to understand them … the author provides a lucid, original contribution to popular-science writing.”  — Kirkus Reviews

“All who play or live near the sea should read this book.  Be warned, you may never look at the ocean the same way again.” — John Kretschmer, columnist for Sailing magazine

 “Riveting readers with analyses of catastrophes such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Parker delivers science in dramatic and digestible form.”  — Booklist

Facebook page and ThePowerOfTheSea-Book Flyer (pdf)