Library–Recent Additions

Library – some recent additions– November 18 

  • Minerals of the English Midlands / Roy E. Starkey, 2018
  • Mountains, the origins of the Earth’s mountain systems / Graham Park, 2018
  • Plate tectonics, a Ladybird Expert Guide / Iain Stewart, 2018
  • Lost landscapes: the story of the ice age in Worcestershire / Earth Heritage Trust booklet, 2018

Some library additions are ex Earth Heritage Trust library books, following a rationalisation of their resources, and these include:

  • The ecology of fossils / edited by W. S. McKerrow, 1978
  • Dinosaurs and the Isle of Wight / The Palaeontological Association, 2001
  • Fossils and the history of life / Open University, 2001 

March 18 

  • The worst of times: how life on Earth survived eighty million years of extinctions Paul B. Wignall, 2015
  • Geological structures: an introductory guide / Chris and Helen Pellant, 2016
  • Land of mountain and flood: the geology and landforms of Scotland / Alan McKirdy and others, 2007
  • Donated titles include such classics as:
    Invertebrate fossils / Moore, Lalicker and Fischer, 1952

Arthur Holmes principles of physical geology, 3rd ed., 1978

  • plus Geologists’ Association guides to Cornwall, the East Midlands and the Llyn Peninsular and British Geological Survey guides to Wales and South West England

September 17 

  • ‘Herefordshire’s Rocks and Scenery: a Geology of the County’ published by Logaston Press 2017 and edited by John Payne is a must read that everyone’s talking about. It’s an excellent guide to the local geology, wonderfully illustrated and packed with information. Written by members of the Geology section of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, many of the authors belong to our Society and include our President Paul Olver. We have lending copies in the library and will be selling copies at a discounted price of £12.50
  • ‘Geology and environment in Britain and Ireland’ 1994 by Nigel Woodcock the distinguished geologist from Cambridge University, and our September guest speaker. The library also holds Nigel Woodcock’s ‘Geological history of Britain & Ireland’ 2012, and his ‘Geological excursions in Powys’ 1993
  • ‘Rock trails South Wales’ 2016 is by Paul Gannon, our October guest speaker, and adds to his accessible Rock trails series for hill walkers
  • ‘A guide to fossil collecting in England and Wales’ 2017 describes more than 50 UK localities and is packed with photos
  • ‘Introducing the planets and their moons’ 2014 is in the popular ‘introducing’ series published by Dunedin

April 17 

  • ‘GeoBritannia geological landscapes and the British people’ 2017 looks at how the geology of Britain influenced its history, culture and art
  • ‘Journey to the centre of the earth’ 2015 explores a journey from crust to core with plenty of intriguing information