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• Adventures in Volcanoland

  What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves

  Mather, Tamsin A.

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  Volcanologist Mather has given us a memoir, travelogue, and an exploration account written with "beauty, wit, and clarity," according to one reviewer.

• Encyclopedia of Volcanoes

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  This is over 1,400 pages for those who want the science of volcanology in depth.

• The Fires of Vesuvius

  Pompeii Lost and Found

  Beard, Mary, 1955-

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  Beard writes of the burial of Pompeii under volcanic ash and pumice, leaving us the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire.

• Krakatoa

  the Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883

  Winchester, Simon

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  Winchester tells the history and significance of a natural disaster, and he does it so well!

• The Little Book of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

  Schick, Rolf

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  A short, accessible guide to these geological disturbances.

• The Million Death Quake

  the Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

  Musson, Roger

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  Musson, a seismologist, wrote an entertaining history and suggested that lives will be saved if we invest in earthquake engineering and warning systems.

• Super Volcanoes

  What They Reveal About Earth and the Worlds Beyond

  Andrews, Robin George

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  Andrews, a science journalist, provides an illuminating look at volcanoes here on Earth and elsewhere in the Solar System.

• Vesuvius

  a Biography

  Scarth, Alwyn

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  Scarth tells of the people who were directly affected by the eruptions. This is a highly readable and gripping book.

• The Volcano Adventure Guide

  Lopes, Rosaly M. C., 1957-

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  The author, a planetary geology and volcanology specialist, writes of the geology and history and has some travel advice (for some of the least dangerous volcanoes).

• Volcanoes

  Clarkson, Peter (Peter D.)

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  If you want a short introduction, this would be a good choice.

• Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis

  Rothery, David A.

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  This is another good introductory book to consider, though it is not really short (384 pages).