Author Brian Atwater et al; book report by Brian Giles A mysterious tsunami in January of 1700 occurs on the coasts and harbors of Japan. Mysterious because there was no causative earthquake that anyone noticed. It was so odd that many of the locals responsible for record keeping put in writing the complete [...]
Author Jack Nisbet; book report by Brian Giles The cover of this work shows a Garry oak branch with two acorns. The author noted that Douglas wasn’t enamored of naming the plants he discovered, but the exception was possibly his favorite discovery, the Garry oak, named after friend Nicholas Garry, a Factor of the Hudson’s [...]
A book report by Brian Giles, OHGOS This book is a gem for anyone interested in the exploration of previously inaccessible canopies of our Coast Redwoods, Giant Sequoias, Douglas Firs, the Australian Eucalyptus regnans (298’ tall) and groves of Pinus sylvestris, Scotch Pine—in Scotland—although the species grows from Finland to Mongolia to Spain. [...]
