Earth Science -  Fossils
Collecting Fossils Collecting Fossils - Holding Prehistory In Your Hand.
Step back in time and uncover the secrets of the past. With this fully illustrated book as your guide, you can enter the amazing and fascinating world of fossil collecting. Find out how fossils and their distribution illuminate the way the earth used to be. Follow the various steps of the fossilization process. All of the basics of fossil collecting are covered, including how to recognize the types of rock that are likely to contain fossils, and the tools, equipment, and techniques you'll need. Tips are given for cleaning, storing, preserving, and displaying your finds. Learn to document your collection so that it is of more interest to you and has more value to future generations. A handy guide helps you to identify your fossils. Ages 10 and up.   7.5" x 9.75"  80 pages. 
  No. BEF10-CF.  Only $14.95

Fossil Book

The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life
Definitive guide provides paleontologists and amateur fossil enthusiasts with invaluable information about where fossils have been found, how to care for samples and what can be learned by studying them. Profusely illustrated and expanded edition contains fascinating information about everything from single-celled organisms, arthropods and amphibians, to dinosaurs, birds and mammals. Includes identification keys, glossary and more. Over 1,500 illustrations.760 pages.  7.5" x 10.15"  760 pages.  Hardback

  No. BEF10-FB.  Only $29.95  
Fossils Cover DK Handbook: Fossils
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  The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossils. Packed with over 1,000 crystal-clear photographs with precise annotation to make identification sure and simple Easy to use and beautiful to look at, Eyewitness Handbooks build into the definitive natural history library, essential to enthusiasts of all ages   Authoritative text, crystal-clear photography and a systematic approach make the Dorling Kindersley Handbook of Fossils the most comprehensive and concise pocket to fossils of the world. Packed with more than 1,000 full-color photographs of over 500 species, this handbook is designed to cut through the complicated identification process and enable you to recognize a species instantly.  For beginners and established enthusiasts alike.
5.9" x 8.5"  320 pages  Paperback  
 
No. BEF10-DK.  Only $18.95
North American Fossils - Audubon Field Guide Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils
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Oriented toward finding and identifying fossils in the field.
No. BEF10-AU.  Only $22.95
Eyewitness:  Fossil
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Stunning real-life photographs of the spectacular remains of ancient lives offer a unique "eyewitness" view of what fossils are, how they were formed, and how they lived millions of years ago. See pearls that are 50 million years old, a dinosaur's toe, a troublesome "snake" that was turned to stone, a fossilized human being, and a snail made of precious stones. Learn how fossils are formed, how trilobites have been preserved for 590 million years, where to look for a belemnite, and how fossils helped the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Discover which are the most precious fossils in the world, where ammonites lived, how big mammoths were, what a devil's toenail looks like, and much, much more.
8.5" x 11"  64 pages.  Hardback.
  No. BEF10-EW. Only $15.95
 

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