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acebookThere are a number of good introductory books written on geology. Here are a couple that, if you can't find in the library, might be worth a buy:
Introductory tomes:
- Geological Field Techniques. 2010. Angela Coe (ed.). 336 pages. ISBN 978-144433061-8
- Guide to minerals, rocks and fossils. 1999. A. C. Bishop, A. R. Wooley & W. R. Hamilton. Cambridge University Press. 336 pages. ISBN 978-0-521-77881-6
- Fossils at a Glance, 2nd Edition. 2009. Clare Milsom & Sue Rigby. Wiley Blackwell. 172 pages. ISBN 978-1-4051-9336-8
- Geological History of the Britain and Ireland. 2011. Nigel Woodcock. 432 pages. ISBN 978-140519381-8. (First edition)
General interest:
- The Map that Changed the World. 2001. Simon Winchester. 256 pages. ISBN 978-006019361-4
- Wonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. 1989. Steven Jay Gould. 348 pages. ISBN 978-0393027051
- Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. 2001. Richard Fortey. 256 pages. ISBN 978-0006551386
More detailed reads:
- Prehistoric Life: Evolution and the Fossil Record. 2010. Bruce Lieberman & Roger Kaesler. Wiley Blackwell. 400 pages. ISBN 978-0-632-04472-6
- Basic Paleontology: Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record. 2009. Michael Benton & David Harper. Wiley Blackwell. 608 pages. ISBN 978-1405141574. (on Amazon)
- Understanding Earth. 2010 (6th edition). John Grotzinger & Thomas Jordan. W. H. Freeman. 672 pages. ISBN 978-1-4292-1951-8. (Accompanying website)
If you're looking for an introduction to fossils, or help identifying them, there's some suggestions on our fossil identification page.