I've gotten a number of questions about volcano books as of late, so I thought I'd write a little post detailing my favorite volcano-related tomes, mostly pitched towards people without a ...

“Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond” by Robin George Andrews. Norton. 312 pp. $27.95. Review provided by The Washington Post. Volcanoes need a new agent. Whenever an ...

There are few sights on Earth's landscapes as awe-inspiring as a volcano - active or dormant. And a new book underscores this, offering 'a visual celebration of the most impressive, infamous and ...

After the May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, some friends of U.S. Geological Survey field geologist Kevin Scott became volcanology rock stars for predicting the event with unheard-of accuracy. It ...

Find anything and everything you ever wanted to know about volcanoes at this U.S. Geological Survey site. Browse a photo glossary of volcano terms, review volcano fact sheets, watch video clips of ...

In my reading, I often come across an epigraph from the Roman poet, essayist, satirist, and critic Horace – always wise, appropriate, and slightly skeptical because Horace looked at life realistically ...

SELECTED LETTERS OF MALCOLM LOWRY edited by Harvey Breit and Mar-gene Bonner Lowry. 459 pages. Lippincott. $10. The geography of Dante’s inferno was fixed. As a 14th century Florentine, he knew it was ...