Author: Philip Kearey
By Penguin

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geology review, 2010-03-15
I have used this book quite a lot recently. It fulfills all my requirements and is very staright forward to use

Author: John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan, Frank Press, Raymond Siever
By W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd

Excellent background reading, 2010-01-17
Understanding Earth offers a well-written, clearly structured and beautifully illustrated overview of the basics of geology. The authors are clearly eager to excite the student for their subject and, by focussing on the Earth as a complete system rather than just a collection of separate events, largely succeed in doing so. The content is slightly less mathematical (that is, there is virtually no maths at all) than might be the case in univeresity lecture courses so don't rely on this to single-handedly sail you through your exams, but as a secondary resource to put everything into a clear, systematic and flowing perspective this is outstanding.

Author: Simon Winchester
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The Map that changed the World, 2009-09-02
For a geologist, this is a must read. To understand what William Smith created at that time and to compare his resulting map with its modern day equivalent is utterly amazing. The man had a vision that was unique, but the book dwells on more than just how the map was constructed. It tells us about William Smith as a man and describes how certain parts of society rejected him because of his humble background. The man was a genius and this book is a first rate very readable account of a forefather of not only British, but also world geology

Author: K. R. McClay
By Wiley-Blackwell

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Extremely help in the field, 2010-02-22
As a beginner guide to mapping of geological structures this is great. The information on identification of normal faults, hanging and footwall is helpful in the field as it is quite easy to mistake a normal and reverse fault. It size and weight mean its easily accessible in the field (can fit into large pockets).

I would buy a see through bag or some thing to waterproof the book in the field as the page get soaking in the rain and smudge

Overall: extremely helpful guide of Faults in the field

Author: Ronald Turnbull
By Frances Lincoln

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It Rocks!, 2009-05-25
My previous experience of Ronald Turnbull is his witty and entertaining route guides and articles in Trail and TGO. Fortunately, Granite and Grit is more of the same: witty, easy to read and very informative. The opening paragraph sums it up and gives the flavour to come: 'This is not a geology book. Well, okay, this is a geology book. But I'm not a geologist: I'm a hillwalker who likes to know what's going on under my feet.' And that's it. Technical/geological/scientific terms are used throughout the book, but are always explained. And, and this is crucial, it is NOT a dry academic text. It is witty and informative with nicely bite sized chapters.
The book covers the geology of all Britain's mountain areas making it clear that whilst Britain's geology is highly involved and complex it is within the reach of the non expert. For the first time, I've begun to grasp the difference between granite and rhyolite. A recent visit to the the Carneddau in North Wales was made hugely more exciting than normal by being able to recognise rock stratas, and beautiful pieces of milky quartz (not simply knowing that they were milky quartz but being able to understand how they formed).
When I first started reading the book I found it frustrating. Chapters would just seem to be getting going, with a nice mixture of easy science, Turnbull's own walking experiences, and good explanatory diagrams and then finish. But as I read more this approach became its greatest strength: the whole is more than the sum of its parts. It is the kind of book that you read from cover to cover first time round and then go back to, to re-read individual chapters. In this way you begin to see geology as a holistic science. If you wish it's like a jigsaw puzzle, the more pieces you fit together, the more you understand the entire picture.
And talking of pictures, the book is amply and beautifully illustrated with pictures that leave you planning trips to some of Britain's most awesomely beautiful landscapes; where, with the help of this book, that awe is increased by an understanding of the extraordinary and gigantic forces and time spans that created those landscapes.
If you like walking up,down and around mountains, and want to understand more about them, then this book is for you.

Author: Cally Oldershaw
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Plenty of color pictures, 2010-05-02
The next best thing to having the real thing is to have good pictures of the item. And this book is loaded.

Th book is well organized and has information from where to find the gems and pictures of their natural forms to ha to make the best cuts. We get chemical makeup and their history of trade.

An added plus is a section on organics such as pearl, shell, coral, and amber.

I am using this book to help determine what I am looking at on online auctions.

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Author: Jim Ryan
By The Collins Press

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Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks, 2010-04-06
Well layed out book excellent information for anyone planning a trip hiking up & around Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's Highest Mountains.

Author: BENNISON , George, MOSELEY , Keith
By Hodder Education

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Brilliant!!! Superb!!! .. need I say more? :o), 2001-04-21
I am a geology student currently about to sit my final a-level geology exams and this book is superb for revision. May of the maps inside are used by the examiners on past papers. All topics that are required by the exam board are covered in the book and it has also been reccommened as further reading for University. I highly reccommend this book to all geologists and budding geologists ... enjoy :o)

Author: Alan McKirdy, John Gordon, Roger Crofts
By Birlinn Ltd

Fascinating subject, brilliant book, 2007-07-29
For me, this book reads as easily as a good novel, and I refer to it before any 'day out' in Scotland, so I know what I'll be looking at. The text is straightforward, the diagrams are informative and the photographs are superb. Congratulations to all concerned in the book's production, and thank you for adding another dimension to my view of my country.

Author: Richard Fortey
By Harper Perennial

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Worth the effort, 2006-09-16
The compass of this book staggered my imagination. Not a breezy book and certainly not one to course through in a sitting. The places he chooses for geological description are diverse and representative of the complex processes shaping the surface of the earth. The material is not superficial, not at all "dumbed down." Ponderous? Restructing one's view of the cosmos ... if just only the idea of earth time ... perhaps not easily digestible. The author's comprehensive synthesis (and I did not say 'simplification')in his descriptions and historical overview of the growth of knowledge and some understanding of the various macro geological processes is enviable and refreshing at least. His language, I found, lubricates the reading process for a non-specialist like me.