Bill, this is the email I saw. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mixon Bill <bmixon...@austin.rr.com> List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:24 PM Subject: [Texascavers] new book available from AMCS To: Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com>
>From Forests to Deserts: A Journey in the Caves of Mexico. Corrado Conca, Antonio De Vivo, Leonardo Piccini, and Guiseppe Savino, editors. La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche, Tresivo, Italy; 2009. ISBN 978-88-95370-06-4. 8.5 by 8.5 inches, 155 pages, hardbound. €30. The Italian group La Venta has been making trips to Mexico since 1990, mainly caving or cave-related. Their principal project areas have been the Río La Venta and Selva Ocate in Chiapas, the Río Juquila canyon and adjacent highlands in Oaxaca, Cuatro Ciénegas and the surrounding mountains in Coahuila, and the Cave of the Crystals in the mine at Naica, Chihuahua. This book summarizes those projects in a handy, compact form, except for Naica, which is the subject of another book with similar format, if many fewer pages (see review in October 2009 NSS News). The book begins with a nice overall introduction to the caves and karst of Mexico by Carlos Lazcano. There are cave or area maps or color photographs on almost every page; many of the photos are full-page or larger. There are also versions in Italian (available from www.ecstore.it/default/cultura-generale/la-venta/index.html) and Spanish. The English-language version is available in the U.S. from the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (amcs-pubs.org) or other cave-book sellers.—Bill Mixon The La Venta group in Italy has published "From Forests to Deserts: A Journey in the Caves of Mexico," edited by C. Conca, A. De Vivo, L. Piccini, and G. Savino. It is similar in format to their recent book on the Cave of the Crystals at Naica: 8.5 by 8.5 inches, 155 pages, hardbound. ISBN 978-88-95370-06-4. Heavily illustrated with color photos or cave or area maps on nearly every page, it summarizes La Venta's cave-exploration projects at the Río La Venta in Chiapas, the Río Juquila in Oaxaca, and Cuatro Ciénegas in Coahuila. There is an introductory chapter on the caves and karst of Mexico by Carlos Lazcano. List price €30, AMCS price $32 plus shipping charge ($3 to US addresses). We also have their "Crystal Giants in the Caves of Naica" for $20, as well as their older, large-format volumes "Río La Venta, Treasure of Chiapas" (1999, $65) and "Under the Desert: The Mysterious Waters of Cuatro Ciénegas (2004, $75). Details, including tables of contents, about these and all other publications available from the AMCS are at amcs-pubs.org. Ordering instructions are at http://www.amcs-pubs.org/finance/order.html. ---------------------------------------- Home is that place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
