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EARTH SCIENCES
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Ancient Floras of Western Australia
Steve McLoughlin and Ken McNamara
Western Australia has one of the most diverse floras in the world—more than 12,000 species of plants are estimated to exist. This book takes us back through the ancient fossil record to introduce both general readers and students to the ancestors of the state's remarkable modern flora.
ISBN: 9 780730 726920
RRP: $10.95
Format: 44 pages, PB, 240 x 185 mm, 155g

Pinnacles (2009)
Ken McNamara
The Pinnacles desert is a remarkable bare, yellow landscape of shifting sands out of which rise thousands of huge, limestone pillars. This book describes and illustrates their various shapes and the way in which they were formed, as well as revealing the rich fossil remains they contain. Part of the new Factfocus series.
ISBN: 978 1 920843 44 1
RRP: $18.95
Format: 64 pages, PB, 180 x 128 mm, 120g
Stromatolites (2009)
Ken McNamara
Stromatolites are complex domes or columns of sediment formed by microbiological communities. These 'living rocks', as they are sometimes called, teem with the very oldest life forms on earth. This book is a clear and accessible illustrated account of the structure and formation of these remarkable constructions.
ISBN: 978 1 920843 45 8
RRP: $18.95
Format: 88 pages, PB, 180 x 128 mm, 150g

Tektites
Ken McNamara and Alex Bevan
Tektites are remarkable pebble-sized, naturally-occurring glass objects, varying in colour from pale green to black, that have fascinated humans from earliest times. Australasia is one of the four major areas of the world in which they are found. This book describes and illustrates their various forms and presents the various theories on how they were formed.
ISBN: 9 780730 726913
RRP: $9.95
Format: 40 pages, PB, 240 x 185 mm, 150g

