Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth  •  Maurice Krafft NATURAL HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • COMING IN A volume in the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket-size encyclopedia is an overview of volcanoes and volcanology by the great French scientist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1991). It's a history of our understanding of volcanoes, a profile of some of the most famous examples, and an excellent introduction to how they are formed. (GEO06, $12.95)
Reflections on a Marine Venus, A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes  •  Lawrence Durrell TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 198 PAGES • COMING IN Originally published in 1953, this is Durrell's contribution to the mythology of postwar Greece, an ode to the island of Rhodes: warm, beautiful and sedate. He was intoxicated by the place. (GRE29, $10.95)
Ancient Greece, A Concise History  •  Peter Green HISTORY •  1979 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES • COMING IN A lively, illustrated history of Greece from the Stone Age to the death of Alexander the Great in under 200 pages. With good maps, a bibliography for further reading and hundreds of black-and-white photos of sites and objects. (GRE04, $18.95)