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240 PP. Hard bound. A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover fossil remains that compel a monumental reframing of the human family tree.
In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa--spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago.
The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid--discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. So what does it all mean?
Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds--finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls "the Rosetta stone of the human mind."
Clips onto hardback and paperback books. Elasticated to fit all book sizes. The dangly tail keeps your page. Get your teeth into a good book! Great fun for all ages at reading time. The gentle jaws clip onto the front cover and the dangly elasticated tail loops down to keep your place. An award-winning gift idea and yet another great reason for children to pick up their reading books. UK 'Gift of The Year' winner.
Paperback. Carsten Peter's adventures in volcanoes, caves, canyons, deserts, and beyond. The earth explodes in shoots of hot magma, glaciers crash into the ocean, grotesque creatures lurk in deep caves... follow noted National Geographic explorer and photographer Carsten Peter as he shows us that our precious planet Earth is one wild and extreme place!
Tornadoes, ice caves, glaciers, lightning--no territory or phenomenon is too scary for daring explorer Carsten Peter, who is right at home exploring the most outrageous places and raucous natural occurrences around the globe. Kids can follow along as he heads into extreme places and reveals the science and background behind these seemingly unexplainable natural places and phenomenon. Underlying each of his adventures is a dose of hard science, intriguing history, provocative images, tips, gear and gadget advice, and more to help kids learn about the Earth how they can help preserve the planet.
Measures 8" x 5.5" H. Wrist strap 6" long. Made of durable natural cotton canvas and water based ink prints. Under flap magnetic snap closure and a top zipper closure with signature peace sign zipper pull. Will fit most phones along with a few essentials. Cute polka dot lining. Small interior zip pocket.
Hand painted and highly detailed with a natural color-scheme that replicates the real animal, making the figure extremely realistic looking. Measures approximately 3.9 x 2 x 1. Not for children under 3.
These large (2 1/2 inch wingspan) statement earrings are completely handmade -- these beaded earrings uses high-quality materials, which make the colors bright and the weight light.
These bat zipper pouches are so cute and perfect for many uses. Linen zipper pouches make the perfect pencil pouch, cosmetic bag, or coin purse. Perfect as a travel pouch. Organize stuff like earrings, earphones, business cards, paper money, keys, and small cosmetic items in these stylish pouches. Choose from two sizes: * small dimensions: 5.9 inches x 3.94 inches * large dimensions: 9.45 inches x 5.90 inches
Durable natural cotton canvas. Cute polka dot lining. Fold over flap with snap closure. Under Flap top zipper, signature peace sign pull. Small interior zip pocket. Measures 6" X 4", wrist strap 6". Will fit most phones along with a few small essentials.
Rhinestones in two colors accent this beautifully screen printed fruit bat art on a mauve color ladies cut tee. Sleek, comfortable 50/50 poly cotton fabric.
These large (2 1/2 inch wingspan) statement earrings are completely handmade -- these beaded earrings uses high-quality materials, which make the colors bright and the weight light.
REVERSIBLE: Cute, fun, happy, unique, beach hat made of natural durable canvas, reverses to polka dot cotton lining. PACKABLE: Makes traveling hassle-free. Light weight and flat packs for purse or suitcase. SIZE: One size for women and teens, 22 inches around, 3.75 inch brim.
The launch of a picture book series about the adventures of a book-loving bat and his buddies as they patrol and protect their library home. Hardcover, 32 PP.
Booker the bat has completed his training and he's excited to report for duty as the newest guard at the Joanina Library in Coimbra, Portugal. His job is to fly through the stacks at night, gobbling down the bugs that are in turn eating the 200,000 antique leather books. It's the perfect job for Booker, because he loves to read. And now he's saving books!
There's only one problem: how will he fit in with the other guards? They're so cool and confident, and what if they don't like him? But when Booker spots a human attempting to steal pages from one of the valuable books, he summons his courage, (echo)locates the other bat guards, and swoops in with a plan to save the day!
Rhinestones in two colors accent this beautifully screen printed fruit bat art on a aqual color ladies cut tee. Sleek, comfortable 50/50 poly cotton fabric.
92 pp. + fold-out annexes, many cave surveys and maps; Berlin 2023. This volume provides a detailed account of the seven most recent speleological expeditions to Myanmar up till the coup d'etat in 2021, which made the country inaccessible to foreign cavers. 118 new caves are described, including Som Hein, the new longest cave of the country (at 11.8 km). The volume also includes an overview about the work on karst biodiversity and an in-depth bibliography. In English. With a German and a French abstract.
Multi-Color Amber Bat/Moon Stud Earrings. Green, cognac, and citrine color amber stones set in .925 sterling silver. Genuine Baltic amber. See matching pendant. 3/4 inches.
261 pp, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2022. The "Yellow Pages" on caving in the Middle East. Each country is presented in detail including topographic and karst occurrence maps as well as a description of the geological settings, the history of speleological exploration, a detailed list of the longest and deepest caves, and an in-depth bibliography. Hundreds of cave surveys and cave descriptions. Some countries also have other relevant thematic maps. In English. With German and French abstracts.
This small, hand carved tagua bat ornament is an exquisitely detailed 2.5 inch piece of hangable art. It is a fair-trade item made in Ecuador. Tagua is a form of vegetable ivory harvested from ivory palms in South America. It is viewed as a sustainable alternative to ivory derived from animals, and responsible cultivation and harvesting of tagua may also help with rain forest conservation in South America.
This small, hand carved tagua bat is an exquisitely detailed 2.75 inch figure standing on a base formed in the same nut the figure is carved from. It is a fair-trade item made in Ecuador. Tagua is a form of vegetable ivory harvested from ivory palms in South America. It is viewed as a sustainable alternative to ivory derived from animals, and responsible cultivation and harvesting of tagua may also help with rain forest conservation in South America.
These cups are made of corn starch mixed with melamine resin. 70% of the material is natural fibers and makes it a more sustainable option than plastic products, since the majority of the ingredients comes from renewable sources.
This high quality custom "Caving With Kattitude" puzzle is made with pieces in a range of sizes and shapes to guarantee an quality experience assembling this work of art. This whimsical, original combination of Dave Bunnell's renowned cave photography blended with fantasy caving cats creates a challenging and spectacularly beautiful puzzle.
Dave Bunnell lives in California and has been exploring caves for almost 50 years. He's a noted cave photographer and writer who has published 7 books on caves and contributed photos to many other books, magazines, and museum displays including the Smithsonian. He was editor of America's only national magazine devoted to caving, the National Speleological Society News, for 26 years before retiring in 2022. One new hobby is combining AI art (his Cave Katz) with his photography collection. This photo is from a cave in Spain with world-class displays of helictites...similar to stalactites but growing in random directions.
This Little Brown Bat hard enamel pin flies through the night!. 3.5" from wing tip to wing tip. Nickel Black Finish. Rubber Clutches: Good for hats, clothes, or any time a metal back might irritate your skin.
Free-tailed bat temporary tattoo and prickly pear cactus flowers! Hand-drawn with black lines and stippling. The full design and wingspan measures 6" x 2.5".
This design was inspired by the Mexican Free-tailed Bats that live in cave colonies around Texas. Austin is known for the huge plumes of bats that fly out at once from under congress bridge in the evenings, and people travel from all over to witness the spectacle. The bats are an absolutely essential part of our ecosystem, gobbling up many millions of insects (each catch a few thousand per night). Mosquitoes, flies, and moths are not the only snacks they're interested in-bats are also pollinators! There are even some cactus flowers that rely on bats for pollination, which is why this design also features two symmetrical prickly pear cactus flowers that can be cut out or worn as is beneath the bat.
Apply with water o Lasts 2-5 days o Water-resistant o Comfortable and skin-safe.
By Merlin Tuttle & Danielle Cordon, 2022. Hardbound. Why build bat houses? Because bats are essential. They protect our crops, reduce use of pesticides that can cause cancer and dementia, and even help protect us from mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile. However, they are in alarming decline, often due to loss of natural roosts.
Armed with this handy guide from Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation (MTBC), you can have fun helping both bats and your neighborhood. We summarize decades of discoveries by more than a dozen leading experts to provide step-by-step instructions and diagrams for their favorite designs. Some of their conclusions will surprise you.
Whether you buy or build bat houses, your success will improve when using this guide. Follow the building advice or look for vendors who meet the high standards required to gain MTBC's Seal of Approval. And if you achieve exceptional success, or even unexplained failure, let the authors hear from you at MerlinTuttle.org.
Most of all, enjoy your bats and share your experiences with friends and neighbors!
Dr. Merlin Tuttle has studied and photographed bats worldwide for more than sixty years. He founded and led Bat Conservation International (BCI) for nearly thirty years, then left BCI in 2009 and founded Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation (MTBC).
Dr. Tuttle has published his classic research on bats in leading journals, contributed five articles to National Geographic, and lectured at institutions of science, from Harvard and Princeton Universities to the Smithsonian and British Museums. He is recognized as the father of modern bat conservation and is credited with saving the now famous Congress Avenue Bridge bat colony in Austin, Texas from extermination.
His unique photography and communication first led to the global appreciation of bats as safe, invaluable, and even adorable and likable creatures. No one has better demonstrated the power of combining captivating photos with sound science to win friends instead of battles for bats. Nor has anyone better demonstrated how conservation can benefit humans. Tuttle's legendary photos and experience provide invaluable guidance and inspiration that must be preserved and shared for future generations.
By Michael Ray Taylor. Trade paperback, 2020. 330 printed pages. More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In Hidden Nature, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. Besides describing the sheer physical majesty of the region's wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural history and scientific import, their relationship to clean water and a healthy surface environment, and their uncertain future. As a longtime caver and the author of three popular books related to caving--Cave Passages, Dark Life, and Caves--Taylor enjoys (for a journalist) unusual access to this secretive world. He is personally acquainted with many of the region's most accomplished cave explorers and scientists, and they in turn are familiar with his popular writing on caves in books; in magazines such as Audubon, Outside, and Sports Illustrated; and on websites such as those of the Discovery Channel and the PBS science series Nova. Hidden Nature is structured as a comprehensive work of well-researched fact that reads like a personal narrative of the author's long attraction to these caves and the people who dare enter their hidden chambers.
Each comes boxed as shown. Earrings have 1/2 inch dichroic glass bat dangle. Wrap bracelet and corded pendant each have one inch glass bat adorned element. Available in green tones, gold tones, or blue tones. Dichroic glass is produced by stacking layers of glass and micro layers of Quartz Crystal and Metal Oxides (which are vaporized in a vacuum chamber and then applied to the surface of glass in multiple layers) to create decorative glass with shifting color structures.
The Open Wing Bat pot hanger has been custom designed and manufactured by Jardinopia Ltd. It is made from a durable polyresin and crushed stone-based material. It is frost-proof, UVA resistant and hand-painted using lead-free products - meaning you can leave it outside all year round and the paintwork will not fade or flake in extreme temperatures and the product will not be adversely affected by frost. Used widely with indoor pots and planters, vases, mirrors, lamps, fruit bowls or indeed anything with a 'lip' that he can hang on to! Add a bit of fun to your living room and a real talking point for your friends. The Open Wing Bat Pot Hanger is an ideal gift for garden and Bat lovers alike, and will add a little pizzazz and fun to your pots or as a hanging ornament elsewhere in your home. Bats are about 6 inches wingspan.
By Emily Davis. 2022. 54 by 63 inches. This quilt was designed and partly assembled during our annual trip to The Big Island of Hawaii. She used the silhouette of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat, (Lasiurus semotus), also known as 'ope'ape'a, and was influenced by our Hawaiian surroundings with the fabric colors.
These build-it-yourself kits are innovative and fun, assembling to make a very realistic bat model. A blast to assemble and great to display. About a 5 inch wingspan. Comes in a sealed decorative package with the flat wooden knock-out kit containing Baltic birch cutouts, barrel binding screws, thumb screwdriver. Flapping wings, model hangs by feet or wings.
This high quality custom sticker set is by acclaimed graphic artist Dean Russo. We love this design so much we have it as a shirt, jigsaw puzzle, mouse pad, magnet and these amazing stickers. Great for cars, laptops, water bottles and phones. one each 3 1/2, 2 and 1 inch sticker come together on a single sheet.
By Emily Davis. 2020. 62 by 78 inches. 2020. This block is reminiscent of a Celtic knot pattern. A whimsical combination of bat and bug fabrics highlight this extremely colorful quilt. Stuck home and not travelling to events because of the pandemic, Batgoods.com owner Emily Davis has been spending a great deal of time in her sewing room finding interesting and new patterns, unused fabrics in the stash and creative ideas to work with. The result has been some unusual and original designs.
This beautifully printed T-shirt shirt design is based on traditional Mola art. Mola is the Kuna Indian word for blouse, but the term mola has come to mean the elaborate embroidered panels that make up the front and back of a Kuna woman's blouse. The Kuna Indians are the native people who live on small coral islands in the San Blas Archipelago along the Atlantic coast of Panama and Colombia. Molas are collected as folk art and can be viewed at some of the finest museums in the world like the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Traditional Mola designs feature any element from nature or even popular culture in an art form developed to use as decoration for clothing. Now Molas are used as wall art and other forms of decoration as well. 100% cotton, preshrunk.
Fine English pewter bat wings on surgical steel wires. Bats appear in art, jewelry and popular culture around the worldThe pewter will naturally tarnish but may be polished to a brilliant, high luster. Earch wing is 1 1/3 inches long.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
This intricately detailed greeting card features an original watercolour bat illustration with delicate 3D pop out wings that almost 'float' above the card. Printed onto luxury FSC card stock & accompanied by a high quality envelope. A6 in size (104 x 148mm)
These greeting cards feature high-quality prints of ink and watercolor illustrations. They are blank inside to deliver sentiments for all occasions. Individually packaged cards come in a protective sleeve that is 100% biodegradable and compostable. Color prints on 100% PCW recycled matte stock, 4-1/8" x 5-5/8". A2 brown recycled paper envelopes. ?Packed in compostable clear sleeves. Made in Eugene, OR USA.
Bats are some of nature's coolest creatures - graceful, harmless to humans and possessing excellent sight along with those mad nocturnal swooping skills, thank you very much. Masha D'yans' friendly little flying fetcher is terribly romantic with a choice red rose retrieved from a nice garden dive. He's just hanging at the ready to spread your affection for any occasion: Valentine's Day, Birthday, Congratulations, Thank You, Mother's Day, Miss You or Just Because. A Rose from Bat watercolor greeting card features lush original art front and back, offset printing with soy inks, recycled heavy card stock and infinite send-ability. Painted and published locally in the USA. Measures 4.5x6 inches folded. The interior of this card is blank. The card and envelope are protected with a clear cello sleeve.
To celebrate the International Year of Caves and Karst and the great role of women in speleology. Bernard Chirol, President of the UIS Commission on History, published the book Ces Heroines des Caverns/Heroines of the Caverns - Little known history of women in the caves of the world. Speleobooks has a limited number of copies of the English language edition available. 2022. 240 pp. Paperback.
This second edition was published in May 2022, and is now available in spiral bound hard copy. 80 pp. An overview of the speleothem repair accomplished by the New Mexico-based, all-volunteer Cave Formation Repair Project from its inception in June 2018 through its third year. It also delivers step-by-step instructions for making and using the new repair tools and methods that are unique to this project. Project founder and author Mike Mansur strongly desires the techniques he and his volunteers have developed to be widely available to other cavers nationally and internationally so they might undertake formation repair work in their own local caves. In addition to informative text, each chapter features high-resolution photographs from work trips conducted by the Cave Formation Repair Project.
The author will donate $5.00, from each sale of this book to the NSS Cave Restoration Fund. The purpose of the Cave Restoration Fund is to support the repair of human-caused damage, both malicious and inadvertent. 62 pages. 2021.
The Cave Formation Repair Project: Restoring the Beauty of New Mexico’s Greatest Caves
by Michael C. Mansur (NSS #26393CL FE)
This book is designed to meet two main goals: first, to give an overview of the work accomplished by the New Mexico-based, all-volunteer Cave Formation Repair Project from its inception in June 2018 through its third year, and second, to deliver step-by-step instructions for making and using the new speleothem repair tools and methods that are unique to this project. Project founder and author Mike Mansur strongly desires the techniques he and his volunteers have developed to be widely available to other cavers nationally and internationally so they might undertake formation repair work in their own local caves.
This book is projected to be 70 pages and contains five embedded how-two videos. Each page features text blocks and captioned, high-resolution photographs from work trips conducted by the Cave Formation Repair Project.
Chapter One: How the Project Started introduces Mike Mansur, his 35-year background in cave conservation, and his impetus for initiating the Cave Formation Repair Project. Here he discusses the role federal land management agencies play in the project, the Buehler epoxy that is the central component of each repair, and his leadership philosophy about open-sourcing the knowledge gained through formation repair work to benefit caves, the caving community, and the general public.
Chapter Two: The Caves and the Formation Repairs gives an overview of the repair work conducted through the project in seven New Mexico caves. The chapter is organized by cave and displays before-and-after photos of the work accomplished at each site. Text addresses the major challenges, accomplishments, and learnings from each cave, as well as Mike’s evolution as project leader.
Chapter Three: The Tools and How to Make Them presents 10 cave-safe, PVC-based tools Mike and his volunteers have innovated to facilitate formation repairs. A list of components and step-by-step assembly instructions are given for each tool, as well as photos of each tool in use in various in-cave repair situations.
Chapter Four: New Methods and Procedures presents techniques Mike and the volunteers have pioneered that build on and expand prior approaches to effecting formation repairs. These include new ways to identify breakage and match broken pieces, improved techniques for installing reinforcement pins and stabilizing formations while epoxy cures, and camouflaging techniques for restoring the natural appearance of repaired formations.
Inspired by "La Femme Chauve-Souris" by Albert Joseph Penot (1862-1930), a French painter known for his depictions of the female nude. "La Femme Chauve-Souris" (c. 1890), also known as "Bat Woman," features a beautiful naked woman floating against an ambiguous cloudy sky, with large bat wings emerging from her back. 1.3" x 1.76". Soft Enamel Pin, Single Posted, Rubber Clasp.
A premium pint glass printed in vivid full wrap around color. Keep a full colony of cave dwelling bats at the ready to raise a pint of your favorite beverage. Printed with direct jet printing which provides vibrant, crisp detail and is so durable that the design will survive over a 1,000 washings without fading.
Illustrated by Carly Allen-Fletcher. Text by Gordon McMillan. The tube-lipped nectar bat is the pollinator of a pale, bell-shaped flower found in the Ecuadorian cloud forests. First discovered in 2005, the bat is the only known pollinator of a pale, bell shaped flower called Centropogon nigricans . Due to the length of the bloom, no other animal can reach the nectar which rests at the flower's base. This is the story of one such bat and her nocturnal search for this rare flower whose nectar sustains her.
Carly Allen-Fletcher is a freelance illustrator living and working in the Midlands, UK. She studied Illustration at Loughborough University. Her work explores the combination of digital painting and traditional media, creating images by layering graphic shapes with painted textures and handmade elements. She is inspired by nature and geometric forms. In 2015 she won a silver prize (1,000 pounds) from the UK Association of Illustrators in the "London Spaces and Places" category. Carly is also the author/artist of two board books, Goodnight, Seahorse and Goodnight Forest. View her work here: http://carlydraws.com/ Gordon McMillan is an artist and writer living near Nashville, Tennessee who looks at everything from board games to textbooks as sources of inspiration. He is the author/illustrator of the children's book Scout, published in 2021.
A premium pint glass printed in vivid full wrap around color. Keep a full colony of cave dwelling bats at the ready to raise a pint of your favorite beverage. Printed with direct jet printing which provides vibrant, crisp detail and is so durable that the design will survive over a 1,000 washings without fading.
By Philippe Crochet and Annie Guiraud. This coffee table book offers a photographic journey into some of the world's most beautiful caves. The eight thematic chapters include a large number of high-quality photographs supplemented by explanatory texts in French and in English. The authors'aim is to share their passion for the underground world and pay tribute to its hidden splendors. Size : 30 cm x 30 cm (11.8 in x 11.8 in). 336 pages , weight : 4.4 lb, includes 365 color photographs. "For decades (Philippe and Annie ) have been producing world class cave images with an elegant marriage of artistic sensitivity and painstaking technique..." (Kevin Downey) "The cave photographs of Philippe Crochet and Annie Guiraud are among the best I have seen. The way they are organized and presented in these pages makes this the best cave photography book I've read." (George Veni)
Discreet accents for bat lovers. A pair of tiny bat stud earrings. Fine English Pewter with Surgical Steel Ear Posts. Approximate Dimensions: Width 0.51" x Height 0.2" x Depth 0.47 inches.
A premium pint glass printed in vivid full wrap around color. Keep a full colony of cave dwelling bats at the ready to raise a pint of your favorite beverage. Printed with direct jet printing which provides vibrant, crisp detail and is so durable that the design will survive over a 1,000 washings without fading.
43 pp, maps, photographs & surveys; Berlin 2022. Jean G. Shaw. The only complete overview on karst and caves of one of the last blank spots on the speleological world map. Describes over 40 caves and rock-shelters and many prospective sites, with references to the exploration history, archaeology, rock-art and biospeleology. In English, with a German and French abstract.
Each card has a photo and detailed information. Series of topics include world famous caves, cave formations, cave life, cave facts, cave types, and more. Practical, fun and loaded with facts. 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch cards come in a box and are easy for any caver to keep handy. Just be sure not to read your cards aloud when playing poker!!!
Note card featuring a little bat carrying a lantern. Reproduction of original drawing and collage art. Blank inside. Artist website hand typed on back. Comes with envelope. Because each card is printed individually, there may be slight variations in alignment and colors. Cards are 80lb, 25% cotton, 30% recycled, acid free card stock with a natural woven texture, 4x5". Envelopes are kraft brown, self adhesive, 4.375 x 5.75".
Artist Tanya Harsch is a classically trained painter, print maker, and children's book writer and illustrator. (Her inner child is delightfully entrecnched in kindergarten and doesn't plan on leaving any time soon.) She studied classical drawing and painting at both the Florence Acadmy in Florence, Italy, and the Ravenswood Atelier, in Chicago, IL. Originally from Wisconsin, she also holds a BA in English Literature from Lawrence University. She is a signature member of American Women Artists and a member of United Maine Craftsmen.
A side gusseted bag that comes with it's own pouch with all over art featuring 91 different bats all drawn by Fiona A. Reid. Bag size is 16 x 15 x 3 inches excluding handles. Folds into 4 1/2 x 5 inch attached pouch.
While it may be hard to study creatures in a dark cave, but these glowing critters make it easy! Including a glow in the dark crayfish, crab, spider, scorpion, catfish, millipede, olm, and eel, this collection of cave dwellers gives you luminescent insight into some common cave denizens.
Characteristics: Turn your room into a glowing grotto with these beautiful figurines. Vibrantly colored and professionally hand painted, these models capture the nature and essence of these creatures. The scorpion was spooked by something and is taking a defensive posture, while the spider has perked up, sensing prey in the area.
8 figurines of species that are commonly found in caves (although not usually quite so radiant) that range from 1.25 to 3.75 inches tall. Including the snow white Olm salamander with its cherry red sensory organs and the translucent icy blue crayfish, these figurines are just as fun to look at as they are to play with.
Stitched Plush Bast adorn the toes of these socks. Fits age range 6 month to 4 yerars. Slip-resistant treads on the soles. Soft cotton blend, Comfortable and durable 80% Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Spandex Machine washable (cold recommended)
Made with 2mm stainless steel, this "wearable art" jewelry is versatile, durable, and nearly maintenance-free. Stainless steel pendant measures about 0.75-inches wide, with a 16+2-inch stainless steel necklace and clasp. Handmade in the USA.
Based on the art from our popular bats jigsaw puzzle: Fiona Reid's original art of 89 different bats. 5X7 note cards, blank inside. With envelope. Fiona Reid's interest in wild mammals started at about age four, when she found a den of foxes near her home in Oxfordshire, England. This interest blossomed into a love of all fauna and flora worldwide. Fiona has a BA degree in biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Animal Behaviour from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. She has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen books on mammals, including: A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico (Oxford University Press) and a Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America (Houghton-Mifflin). For these two books which she both authored and illustrated, she captured and drew from life almost all the bats and small rodents. She also illustrated The Golden Guide to Bats of the World, Bats of Papua New Guinea, and Mammals of the Neotropics (volumes 1-3), and she coauthored and partially illustrated Wildlife of Costa Rica. Fiona also co-authored and illustrated Bats of Trinidad and Tobago, published in 2016. Fiona has worked part-time as an eco-tourist guide for 31 years, leading trips to numerous destinations worldwide. She has co-led tours for Bat Conservation International and the Organization for Bat Conservation, taking groups to Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Madagascar to study bats and other mammals. She holds the distinction of having captured and painted from life more species of bats than any other person.
Rick Stanton MBE served for years as a firefighter, but it was his “hobby” of cave-diving that was his passion He has quietly spent forty years exploring caves around the world, steadily building his unique skill set as he defied limits, pushed boundaries, and discovered parts of the earth that had never been seen before. Along the way, he and his dive partners became the ones to call for the most challenging cave rescue and recovery missions. In 2018, he found himself on the world's stage when he led the team that rescued a children’s soccer team that was trapped inside Thailand's flooded Tham Luang cave. Rick needed to rely on all the experiences and friendships he'd gathered along the way, as he carefully planned and then successfully executed one of the most noteworthy rescue missions in modern history.
This book tells the enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand--told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue mission.
In July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.
Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.
Any hope of survival rested on Rick Stanton, a retired British firefighter with a living room full of homemade cave-diving equipment. As unlikely as it seemed, Rick and his partner, John Volanthen, were regarded as the A-team for exactly this kind of mission.
The Thai Cave Rescue was the culmination of a lifelong obsession, requiring every ounce of skill and ingenuity accumulated by Rick over a four decade pursuit of the unknown.
While the world held its breath, Rick, John, and their assembled team raced against time in the face of near impossible odds. There was simply no precedent for what they were attempting to do. . . .
A 5"x7" notecard printed with a watercolor and graphite tricolored bat illustration. It is printed with archival inks on recycled linen notecards. The notecard is a soft white color with crosshatched texture. Each card comes with a 100% receycled brown bag envelope. It is packaged in a plant-based sleeve. Made in United States of America
This 5' garland is made up of original watercolor, gouache and pencil illustrations. It features five North American bats. Each bat measures about 6" wide and is printed on 100% recycled linen paper, and strung on eco friendly hemp cord. Made in United States of America.
A 5x7" notecard printed with a watercolor and graphite tricolored bat illustration. It is printed with archival inks on recycled linen notecards. The notecard is a soft white color with crosshatched texture. Each card comes with a 100% receycled brown bag envelope. It is packaged in a plant-based sleeve. Made in United States of America
Silent nocturnal sentinels, ever present at your side. Delicate yet striking, perfect for every day wear. A petite pair of flying bat, pewter dropper earrings suspended from a fine chain. On surgical steel ear-wires. Complimentary pendant is a small pewter flying bat with outstretched wings on an 18 inch chain. Approximate Dimensions: H: 13mm (0.51") W: 27mm (1.06") D: 7mm (0.28") Weight: 8g (0.28oz) Materials: Pewter
Foreword by Robert & Johanna Titus, trade paper, 6 x 9, 344 pages, 87 illustrations. Author Dana Cudmore grew up in the middle of New York State's "Cave Country"--home to an astonishing 150+ caves including world-famous Howe Caverns and Secret Caverns. This book explores the wonder and drama in the history of the caves and describes the remarkable personal and engineering accomplishments that turned some into popular tourist destinations. It is an intriguing, surprising, sometimes humorous and very human look back at nearly 200 years of adventure in New York's most famous caves and the explorers and entrepreneurs whose courage and vision have made the caves a part of the lives of millions of visitors from around the world. Cudmore and friends explored many of the area's caves, including some of the spectacular ones that are not public and less well-known, such as Ball's, Schoharie Caverns, Selleck's, and Knox Cave. Still not rediscovered, however, is Lester Howe's legendary Garden of Eden Cave, which Howe claimed was "bigger and better" than the famous cave he discovered and opened to the public in 1842. The search continues.
Hand-in-hand with the story of the caves is the story of the stone and cement quarry that was also built on the region's unique geology, and the history of the feisty, hardscrabble community that grew up around the original Howes Cave entrance and the quarry.
Previously undocumented details taken from years of accumulated research have formed this compelling history, including such exciting recent developments as the sale of Howe Caverns and its rebirth as an adventure destination (Naked Cave Tour, anyone?), the reopening of the Howes Cave quarry, and the creation of a new, first-of-its-kind, museum dedicated to these underground empires.
"Cudmore has written a book not solely about the caves' history, but about all the history attached to the caves--the multitude of personalities and the cultural and economic tides that have swept across the Leatherstocking Country and its greatest natural wonders. ... Underground Empires is a rise, fall, rise, fall, and rise again story filled with colorful characters, high adventure, a little romance even, and some tantalizing mysteries." -- From the foreword by Robert and Johanna Titus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dana Cudmore of Cobleskill is a retired communications professional who worked as a newspaper reporter and editor as well as a public relations director in the New York State university system. After running his own agency, Media Services, for a dozen years, he worked as an external affairs officer for a federal disaster response agency before retiring. Among other distinctions, he was a member of the original board of directors of the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology, created in Howes Cave in 2003. Cudmore put himself through college working summers at Howe Caverns, where he developed an interest in its history and folklore. As a young man he explored many of the region's other, undeveloped caves, as well as caves in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. He writes of his first experiences as a young Howe Caverns tour guide: The 52? "other world" of the cave offered a bit of thrill, and I was fascinated by its mysterious dark passages--some unseen and unavailable to the public. I wanted to explore and to know all I could. Cudmore's fascination with caves and Schoharie County's Cave Country eventually led to his first book, The Remarkable Howe Caverns Story (1990), which was followed by Unearthing Howes Cave: A Community and a Quarry from 1842 On (2005).
Adorable, gender neutral hat makes a cute gift for newborns. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks. for 0-3 months
30 X 30 receiving blanket features our "Benevolent Bats" print design. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks.
Organic cotton burp cloth features our "Benevolent Bats" print design. This cheerful burp cloth will delight your little one. Featuring a smart contoured design that hugs your neck and provides more coverage in the front and back. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks.
A2 card with short synopsis of animal natural history, blank on the inside, 100% recycled paper/kraft envelope, in plant -based compostable clear sleeve.
Foreword by Robert & Johanna Titus, trade paper, 6 x 9, 344 pages, 87 illustrations. Author Dana Cudmore grew up in the middle of New York State's "Cave Country"--home to an astonishing 150+ caves including world-famous Howe Caverns and Secret Caverns. This book explores the wonder and drama in the history of the caves and describes the remarkable personal and engineering accomplishments that turned some into popular tourist destinations. It is an intriguing, surprising, sometimes humorous and very human look back at nearly 200 years of adventure in New York's most famous caves and the explorers and entrepreneurs whose courage and vision have made the caves a part of the lives of millions of visitors from around the world. Cudmore and friends explored many of the area's caves, including some of the spectacular ones that are not public and less well-known, such as Ball's, Schoharie Caverns, Selleck's, and Knox Cave. Still not rediscovered, however, is Lester Howe's legendary Garden of Eden Cave, which Howe claimed was "bigger and better" than the famous cave he discovered and opened to the public in 1842. The search continues.
Hand-in-hand with the story of the caves is the story of the stone and cement quarry that was also built on the region's unique geology, and the history of the feisty, hardscrabble community that grew up around the original Howes Cave entrance and the quarry.
Previously undocumented details taken from years of accumulated research have formed this compelling history, including such exciting recent developments as the sale of Howe Caverns and its rebirth as an adventure destination (Naked Cave Tour, anyone?), the reopening of the Howes Cave quarry, and the creation of a new, first-of-its-kind, museum dedicated to these underground empires.
"Cudmore has written a book not solely about the caves' history, but about all the history attached to the caves--the multitude of personalities and the cultural and economic tides that have swept across the Leatherstocking Country and its greatest natural wonders. ... Underground Empires is a rise, fall, rise, fall, and rise again story filled with colorful characters, high adventure, a little romance even, and some tantalizing mysteries." -- From the foreword by Robert and Johanna Titus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dana Cudmore of Cobleskill is a retired communications professional who worked as a newspaper reporter and editor as well as a public relations director in the New York State university system. After running his own agency, Media Services, for a dozen years, he worked as an external affairs officer for a federal disaster response agency before retiring. Among other distinctions, he was a member of the original board of directors of the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology, created in Howes Cave in 2003. Cudmore put himself through college working summers at Howe Caverns, where he developed an interest in its history and folklore. As a young man he explored many of the region's other, undeveloped caves, as well as caves in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. He writes of his first experiences as a young Howe Caverns tour guide: The 52? "other world" of the cave offered a bit of thrill, and I was fascinated by its mysterious dark passages--some unseen and unavailable to the public. I wanted to explore and to know all I could. Cudmore's fascination with caves and Schoharie County's Cave Country eventually led to his first book, The Remarkable Howe Caverns Story (1990), which was followed by Unearthing Howes Cave: A Community and a Quarry from 1842 On (2005).
BULLETIN 27 The Saltpeter Caves of West Virginia by George Dasher, Ray Garton & Mary Ellen Garton; March 2021, 300 pages, 62 caves, 78 maps, 91 photos,10 appendices. Color.
BULLETIN 26 The Caves and Karst of Pendleton County Volume Two: Germany Valley, April 2021 by George R. Dasher, 328, pages, 321 caves, 122 maps, 104 photos. Color.
Our own custom sock. A quilt themed bat sock is very appropriate for us! Available in medium which is a US women's size 6-11 US men's 5-10 and UK Women's or Men's 4-9. EU size 37-43.
Based on the art from our popular bats jigsaw puzzle: Fiona Reid's original art of 89 different bats. 5X7 note cards, blank inside. With envelope. Fiona Reid's interest in wild mammals started at about age four, when she found a den of foxes near her home in Oxfordshire, England. This interest blossomed into a love of all fauna and flora worldwide. Fiona has a BA degree in biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Animal Behaviour from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. She has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen books on mammals, including: A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico (Oxford University Press) and a Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America (Houghton-Mifflin). For these two books which she both authored and illustrated, she captured and drew from life almost all the bats and small rodents. She also illustrated The Golden Guide to Bats of the World, Bats of Papua New Guinea, and Mammals of the Neotropics (volumes 1-3), and she coauthored and partially illustrated Wildlife of Costa Rica. Fiona also co-authored and illustrated Bats of Trinidad and Tobago, published in 2016. Fiona has worked part-time as an eco-tourist guide for 31 years, leading trips to numerous destinations worldwide. She has co-led tours for Bat Conservation International and the Organization for Bat Conservation, taking groups to Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Madagascar to study bats and other mammals. She holds the distinction of having captured and painted from life more species of bats than any other person.
Call on your bat-like senses when you wear these sterling silver tiny bat post earrings. If you have an affinity with bats, these demure bat studs are just the thing to express your admiration for these night-loving cave dwellers. Order the "Detailed" (6x10mm) style or the "Flat"(5 x 8m) style. Can't Decide? Order both styles together and save a few dollars.
Quality vinyl material and uniquely designed. Includes 26" maximum detachable strap drop. Top zippered closure with 1 exterior slip pocket. Fabric lined interior. Size: 8" x 1.5" x 7.5".
Available styles: Little Brown Bat, Ghost Bat, Fruit Bat, Desert Long Eared Bat, Honduran White Bat, Spotted Bat, and Northern Ghost Bat. Styles range is size from 1 inch to 1 1/4 inches. Hard enamel pin withs metal clip backs. Each comes attached to a "Sky Puppies" backing board with name of bat. Each style is a unique combination of realism with a small artistic detail highlighting a special characteristic for the bat. The back of each card has interesting and unusual facts about the featured bat.
68 pp, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2021. By Michael Laumanns et al. This volume covers a gap, as there was no publication so far on the caves of Taiwan. Describes over 190 cave sites, most of which are not documented according to international speleological standards. This volume resulted from an international caving expedition to Taiwan in 2020, which mapped 2,3 km of passages from 48 caves. In English language.
Autographed by author Roland Vinyard. 273 pages, paperback. 2020. We all knew Pete Hauer. With a foot solidly planted in two unique communities, cave explorers and hippie homesteaders, he was a gentle Pacifist, yet he supposedly murdered a young man he barely knew, an unpremeditated killing, with no discernible motive. In his informal will, he admitted to it. This solved the case for the police, but for everyone else, as many doors were opened as closed. Before Pete's remains were found, the case involved witches, drugs, caves, and homosexuality-and the FBI's search had spread across the US. That was in 1975; weird things started to happen as strange people, witches, moved into this quiet rural West Virginia county. Pete's livestock were brutally slaughtered. Emotions skyrocketed. As we tried to make sense of the events, pet theories formed, each with drawbacks, and we still wrangle over "What really happened?"
An autographed insert will be with your copy of the book from Author Paul Dye.
From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe.
A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, Shuttle, Houston explores the determined personalities, technological miracles, and eleventh-hour saves that have given us human spaceflight.
Relaying stories of missions (and their grueling training) in vivid detail, Paul Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources -- and more importantly one's crew. Dye's stories from the heart of Mission Control explain the mysteries of flying the Shuttle -- from the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a hundred-ton glider.
The Space Shuttles flew 135 missions. Astronauts conducted space walks, captured satellites, and docked with the Mir Space Station, bringing space into our everyday life, from GPS to satellite TV. Shuttle, Houston puts readers in his own seat at Mission Control, the hub that made humanity's leap into a new frontier possible. Hardcover. 320 pages.
Author and NSS member Paul Dye is currently working with his wife and long-time NSS member, Louise Hose, to document caves in eastern Nevada.
Newly published additions to this exciting series. Sold in a set of 12 (4 each card) or individually. These cards are from original art by Fiona Reid from her work first published in Bats Of The World (A Golden Guide). She is the author and artist of the Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America, 4th Ed. which is the most comprehensive, in-depth, and current guide to North American mammals. Fiona Reid wrote the first comprehensive guide to the mammals of Central America; she leads tours with an emphasis on mammals, and she is trained as an artist. She is one of those rare field guide authors who can do it all herself--authoritative writing as well as stunning illustrations. Blank inside. 6 by 4 1/2 inches with envelopes. Descriptive text on back written by Fioana Reid.
Letters from the Mammoth Cave" provides a fascinating insight into a mid-19th century visit to Mammoth Cave by Alexander Clark Bullitt. Already familiar to many, Bullitt published one of the earliest, illustrated guides to Mammoth Cave in 1845 based on a visit in 1844. But his return in the second half of 1845 is less well-known. Joseph Douglas' collection of Bullitt's letters, published in the New Orleans Picayune in September and October, 1845, provides a fresh and engrossing look at one of the early narratives of the 'Settlers', as Bullitt described his party. Aside from detailed descriptions of the passages through which his party traveled, cave visitors and enthusiasts will be especially taken by Bullitt's description of his party's encounter with Rigg's and Blackman's Domes-the first Europeans to do so, and the first people to leave a record of the exploration. Taken individually Bullitt's letters are engrossing. As a whole they serve as an important account of the 19th century exploration, the early Mammoth Cave and regional tourism industry, and ideas about what would become know as karst science. --Andrew McMichael, WKU 70 pages, soft bound. From Cave Books.
Mammoth Cave was under private ownership before it became a National Park in 1941. For over 85 years, the cave was owned and operated by John Croghan of Locust Grove and his heirs. This is the first comprehensive look into the history of the Mammoth Cave Estate using unpublished information and rarely seen photographs of the Cave Estate from private collections. Maps, drawings, and floor plans of the Hotel and Estate are provided as well as never before seen images of the 1916 Mammoth Cave Hotel Fire aftermath. by Richard Hobart, Bob Thompson, Norman Warnell , Elizabeth Grace Winkler. From Cave Books. 2020. 122 pages, soft bound. From Cave Books.
Bats are nocturnal, but this vampire bat is brightening up his night with some holiday lights! This card is a printed version of original artwork. Envelope: Matching White. Dimensions: 5.5" x 4.25". Inside: Blank.
This dainty necklace is handcrafted featuring a finely detailed sterling silver bat charm attached to a delicate 18 inch, sterling silver cable chain with clasp. Necklace comes on a beautiful insert card inside a clear sleeve, printed on high quality 110lb card stock. Sterling silver bat charm. 18-inch sterling silver chain. Secure lobster clasp closure. Pendant measures 15 x 11mm.
Conbatulations. Congratulate your friends or family members on their accomplishment with this super cute bat card. Perfect for graduation, work accomplishments, engagement or weddings, etc. Card size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. Blank inside for your personal message. Printed on premium, sustainable FSC certified stock and comes with a matching white envelope.
Bulletin #24: The Caves and Karst of Western Greenbrier County, by Bill Balfour, Greg Springer, Mark Passerby, and George Dasher; June 2020. 248 pages, 184 caves and springs, 41 caves maps, 24 geological schematics and other maps, 138 photos, nine appendices, and a 58-page quad map of Zicafoose Blowhole.
Developed for Batgoods.com, we put bat species in the spotlight with these beautifully screen printed shirts. Each species featured in the series is shown on a dashboard with information on diet, weight, lifespan, range and the scientific name. On 100% cotton preshrunk tee shirts. Large front design. The Little Brown Bat (Myoits Lucifugus) is on a black shirt.
The 2020 NSS Convention Geology Field Trip, North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, by George Dasher; 84 pages, 66 photos, ten maps, 21 geological schematics; color; describes a geology field trip from Elkins to Germany Valley, with the primary stops at Bowden, Smoke Hole Caverns, Hellhole, and Seneca Caverns. Color.
By Emily Davis. 85 x 85 inches. 2020. A simple patchwork block, used to explore different design and colors using fabric from Emily's stash, creating the distincitve kaleidoscope pattern that shows to such good effect in this quilt.
Stuck home and not travelling to events because of the pandemic, Speleobooks owner Emily Davis has been spending a great deal of time in her sewing room finding interesting and new patterns, unused fabrics in the stash and creative ideas to work with. The result has been some unusual and original designs. With no NSS Arts Salon to hang the quilts in and no bat meeting where we usually show these, here they are. Now available for purchase. Remember there is free shipping during conventioin week.
The Caves and Karst of Monroe County by George Dasher. February 2019. 476 pages, 524 caves and springs, 143 maps, 242 photos, sections on bats and vertebrate fossils, 12 appendices.
BULLETIN 20 -- The Caves and Karst of the Culverson Creek Basin by Philip Lucas, William Balfour, and George Dasher. May 2018. 336 pages, 364 caves, 208 photos, 80 maps. Included is a USB drive with the entire Bulletin in color plus other useful files. $35, black and white. Special order color edition $100. Describes the many caves in the Culverson Creek Basin of north-eastern Greenbrier County; includes a USB drive with the entire bulletin in color, plus other useful files.
MONOGRAPH 6 -- A Convergence of Cave Men: The History of the Seneca Caverns Company by Richard A. Lambert; 134 pages, 229 pictures, 13 maps, $20 B&W; $40 color; describes the history of Germany Valley and the commercial Seneca Caverns.
The Caves and Karst of Hardy County, by George Dasher; April 2020; 194 pages, 70 caves and springs, 43 maps, 17 geological schematics, 185 photos, sections on bats and vertebrate fossils, nine appendices; includes a 43-page geological field trip on Corridor H from Davis to Wardensville; $25 B&W; $50 color; describes the geology, caves, and karst of Hardy County.
A large pieces of amber decorate this sterling sliver bat pendant with slotted wings. 1 1/2 inches. Available only while supply lasts. Sale Price: $28.00 Regular Price: $37.95
65 pp, maps & surveys; Berlin 2020. By Jean G. Shaw. An in-depth compilation of many unmapped caves in both the Congo Republic and Gabon. 177 caves described in detail. Has area maps with cave locations as well as geological, historical and biospeleological information. In English, with a German and French abstract.
231 pp, many annotations, maps & surveys; Berlin 2020. By Herbert Daniel Gebauer. The only comprehensive source on karst and caves of Sri Lanka. Describes over 310 cave sites, most of which are not documented according to international speleological standards. In consequence, this volume is an invaluable reference for further cave exploration in this south Asian country. In English language.
By Martyn Farr. Paperback, 1977. 126 pp. Darworld recounts the history of the exploration of the myriad of caves within Llangattock mountain. Lavishly illustrated, with pictures and dated surveys, this book deals specifically with the exploration of one mountain. Over the course of the past 50 years a series of dramatic discoveries has led to the establishment of one of Britain's longest cave networks, a system now well over 70 km in length. Highly acclaimed in international reviews, this is no dry and crusty compilation of events. This book recounts the spirit of adventure and outlines the dramatic events as they unfolded.
98 pp, many colour photos, maps & surveys; Berlin 2020. A standard overview on the caves of one of the largest karst areas in Brazil. Includes the 2017 and 2019 international expeditions. 337 caves with a total of 22.4 km of passages are described in detail. In English, with a German and French abstract. Michael Laumanns, Rafael Camargo and Livia Madeira Cordeiro.
Seven 6 inch bats balance on this mobile which measures 35 by 23 inches. This attractive piece can be positioned in a garden or on a patio, hung inside a porch, from the eaves or from a tree. A gentle breeze is all that is needed to set the bats in motion. Steel constructed with protective coating.
By Marian Taylor. Explores bats and their fundamental role in our ecosystems through lavish full-color photographs and lively narrative. From the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox, a megabat with a wingspan of more than five feet, to the aptly named Bumblebee Bat, the world's smallest mammal, the number and diversity of bat species have proven to be both rich and underestimated. Nocturnal, fast-flying, and secretive, bats are difficult to observe and catalog. This richly illustrated handbook presents bats' evolution, biology, behavior, and ecology. It offers in-depth profiles of four hundred megabats and microbats and detailed summaries of all the species identified to date. Complete with an introduction exploring bats' natural history and their unique adaptations to life on the wing, Bats includes close-up images of these animals' delicate and intricate forms and faces, each shaped by evolution to meet the demands of an extraordinarily specialized life. Hardcover, 400 Pages.
The island of Palawan, in the Philippines, conceals an extraordinary subterranean treasure: the Puerto Princesa Underground River, or Natuturingan, as the locals call it. This immense cave has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, and since 2012 it has been listed as one of the "New7Wonders of Nature".
It plays host to an underground river that traverses the mountain from one side to another, and which flows out just a few yards from the South China Sea. It features an exceptionally rich eco-system, encompassing hundreds of animal species, many of which are native, and a food chain based on the guano generated by gigantic colonies of swiftlets and bats. One of the most popular caves in the world for tourists, Natuturingan retains intact its ancient fascination thanks to far-sighted management: no lighting has been installed inside, no passageways have been paved, and no jetties have been built on the beach. Using small outriggers, visitors can sail for around one mile into the breathtaking flooded galleries. But the cave also includes numerous other chambers, some of which are colossal in scale. Here, immersed in the silence of time, there are mineral formations of quite stunning beauty.
Over the past thirty years, the La Venta group has made a crucial contribution to the efforts to explore and document this cave. La Venta's longstanding input is at last charted in this book, which gives everyone an insight into what is one of our planet's most extraordinary underground. by Antonio De Vivo, Paolo Forti (Editor), Leonardo Piccini (Editor)
One afternoon, eleven-year-old Titan, his friends from the Wild Boars soccer team, and their coach rode their bikes to explore local caves. They crawled through the narrow tunnels in the dark to reach the center of the cave. When they turned to go home, heavy rains had flooded the tunnel. They were trapped!
With rising waters and monsoon season upon them, time and oxygen were running out. The world watched with bated breath as rescuers from around the globe joined forces to try to free the boys. After eighteen harrowing days, in an unprecedented effort of international teamwork, they were finally saved.
Award-winning author Susan Hood and journalist Pathana Sornhiran based this picture book on Sornhiran’s first-hand reporting of the event, and Dow Phumiruk’s beautiful illustrations bring the story to life. The book also includes a timeline. Ages 4-8, 48pp, HB.
Back design with crawling caver logo front left chest. Graphite colored unisex performance shirt. 100% polyester interlock with moisture-wicking and UV protection. Perfect for before, after and during caving; or any sports or outdoor activities. Cationic dyes to ensure superior brightness and excellent color fastness.
Back design with crawling caver logo front left chest. Burgundy colored unisex performance shirt. 100% polyester interlock with moisture-wicking and UV protection. Perfect for before, after and during caving; or any sports or outdoor activities. Cationic dyes to ensure superior brightness and excellent color fastness.
Based on a popular website, this book illustrates, with 580 color photos, 46 different types of formations found in caves, from the most common to some rather uncommon. Basic text explanations are complimented by images of some of the world's most stunning examples of those formations.
Dave Bunnell, a widely published cave photographer, draws on over 40 years of images from caves in some 25 states and 18 countries. Some of the world's most pristine and decorated caves provided source material for the book, such as Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico, the blue and green caves of France, and the giant caves of Laos and Vietnam with their massive formations.
With this book you will be able to understand how the features found in caves are formed and how they relate to each other. Introductory sections focus on the diverse and often spectacular surface phenomena associated with caves known as karst, and on different types of caves and how the form.
By Dreybrodt and Loveridge. 87 pp. Over twenty-seven kilometres of caves passages from 98 new caves are described in this volume, representing the results yielded by the five most recent expeditions to the Southern Shan State (to Pinlaung, Hopong and Ywangan areas) as well as two expeditions to the Kayah State. Includes the new deepest cave of Myanmar (Ju’s Gu, over 300 m deep) as well as many new entries to the list of longest caves of the country.
78 pp., colour photo tables, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2018. This volume presents a 2017 US expedition to Kampot Province in southern Cambodia as well as an international expedition in 2018, which continued the 2017 investigations in Phnum Proek District (Battambang Province). Sixty-two new caves and 9.9 km of passages were mapped, including the new third longest cave of Cambodia (Roung Heyndan 5 at 1,577 m). Roung Dei Ho-Thom Ken was extended and again became the longest of the country (2,036 m). The biospeleological findings of the 2018 expedition are also presented. In English with a German and a French abstract.
By Trevor Shaw, 2018. The cave Škocjanske jame has a long history of which the relatively short period between the two World Wars is the subject of this book. The area had just been transferred from Austria to Italy. Most of the cave had been explored before 1914 so the objective in the 1920s and 1930s was mainly to develop it as a tourist cave. Visitors had been accepted earlier but the emphasis now shifted to developing the tourist route through the cave, with new bridges and pathways as well as a new tunnel to the surface. The need for all arrangements to be formalized under Italian law caused problems and the re-opening of the cave to the public was delayed until 1923. Besides this development work, some exploration took place, new surveys were made and there were scientific studies. A little-know fatal accident is reported. Throughout the whole period the personalities of the individual guides, explorers and managers lead to a very human story as well as an exciting one. What helps to make this book so significant is the immense input from Italian archives, archivists and historians.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction 2 Problems of Changing Nationality 3 Development as a Tourist Cave in the 1920s 4 Further developments, in the 1930s 5 Exploration by Austrians in 1921 & 1922 6 Federico Prez in 1922 7 Bertarelli’s Exploration in 1923 8 Surveying in Škocjanske jame 9 Images of the Cave – Models, Paintings & Photographs 10 Postal System and Postcards
Appendix: Equivalent Place-Names in Italian, German & Slovene
The karst regions of Slovenia, like those in many other parts of the world, result from the rock being limestone which is slightly soluble in rainwater. This not only causes a lack of surface streams and the presence of caves and underground rivers, but also other features characteristic of karstic landscape. In particular, solution of intersecting fissures in the rock results in cone-shaped depressions – dolines – in which some residual soil collects, and more is sometimes added by farmers to allow cultivation. Bigger, often vertical-sided depressions called collapse dolines result when the ground surface collapses into caves or cavities formed by underground streams. Collapse dolines include the immense pits at Škocjanske jame.
What is unusual about Slovenia is the amount of karst terrain that it contains. 43% of the whole country is karst; and of the part of Slovenia which was the old Austrian region of Carniola or Krain (Gorenjska, Dolenjska and Notranjska, including the Postojna area), 69% is karst.
The caves and spectacular features of karst have for centuries appealed to visitors and travellers, as they do to tourists today. For much the same reasons they have appealed to artists whose desire was to capture the scenes for themselves and for posterity.
Over the last two centuries or so we have become more and more accustomed to images of the real world. In modern times natural history films have become almost a substitute for the real thing. Personal cameras record what we have seen, sometimes more reliably than our memories, and magazines as well as television provide accurate pictorial information.
But it was not always so. Some five and a half centuries ago, printed books began to appear, providing information for those who could read. At first very few were illustrated, but about 430 years ago Valvasor was already producing his book on the castles of the province of Krain, illustrated with copper engravings; and ten years later, in 1689, there appeared his great topographical book on Krain, containing 535 illustrations. Painters of course did not depend on books to have their paintings displayed. But in later times their work was reproduced in books and reached a much wider audience.
At the same time, as technical developments made such reproduction easier and cheaper, the population increasingly learned to read. Poverty overall reduced and more people were able to enjoy leisure. This, with education, allowed them to use books and to see pictures other than those in the stained glass windows of churches.
This broadening of the kinds of readers, as well as an increase in their numbers, led quite early in the 19th century – only two centuries ago now – to the appearance of popular illustrated books aiming to arouse and satisfy curiosity. Titles such as The Wonders of Nature and Art (1803) and The Hundred Wonders of the World (1818) make this clear. Such books often include cave descriptions, many of them illustrated, and it was in this way that people living in non-karst regions became aware of the existence of caves.
So much for generalizations and context. What did all the images aim to do? One or more of the following, surely: to express the impressions, emotions and feelings of the artist; to inform people about caves and karst features; to give pleasure, by beautiful paintings or by luxurious albums of engravings; to illustrate texts (travel books, regional descriptions and guidebooks, scientific studies, accounts of cave exploration, historical studies, studies of cave images); to publicise particular caves and to advertise an unrelated product by an attractive picture.
Whilst scientific or geographical studies may require images of little-known caves or phenomena, it is clear from the content of this book that certain caves were more often the subject for artists and photographers than others. Several factors are responsible for this. Clearly an attractive cave, as the very word denotes, attracts more attention. A picturesque scene attracts pictures. And such pictures attract purchasers.
Also relevant is the extent to which the cave or place is already known. The better known places will be visited by more artists and photographers, and by more potential purchasers. Purchases, of course, include not only individual images but also illustrated guidebooks.
Another factor besides picturesque beauty affected this popularity of a place, especially before the motor car became widely available. That was its location and ease of access for large numbers of people. For Slovenia, many potential visitors were to be found at Trieste (as a major part where they waited for their ships) and on the main routes such as the vital road from central Europe through Postojna to the coast. Hence the popularity of Vilenica, Škocjanske jame and Postojnska jama. They attracted the artists and photographers, and they also attracted the visitors who would buy their productions.
Among the many cave images known, some (only a few, but nevertheless some) do provide information that is historically important. Dress is necessarily shown wherever there are people. That of the visitors is normal for the period and sometimes it is the dress that helps to date the image. Images of cave entrances necessarily record whatever barriers, gates, seats or buildings that were present at the time.
The earliest images of karst features occurred on 16th century maps, where the land was represented, not by accurately surveyed rivers, roads and contour lines, but by pictorial representations. Some of these were symbolic, such as trees for forests and little hills for mountainous county. But special features (and Cerkniško jezero was certainly considered very special) were drawn individually and the space required for this gave them extra prominence.
Individual pictures were sold for display, as indeed they still are. Such engravings were sometimes published together in albums, with or without text, as fore-runners of modern coffee-table books. The emphasis there was on attractive images, whereas later in the century pictures were used to illustrate points made in the text, for example in the books of Martel and Kraus or to illustrate places described in guidebooks.
Engravings, where the artist’s image was redrawn by the engraver on a metal plate (or lithographs where it was redrawn in stone) were still used to illustrate books and magazines up the 1890s. In that period the “artist’s image" to be engraved was often a photograph. Only when the half-tone process was developed in the 1880s, was it possible for photos to be transferred mechanically to paper in large quantities without an intermediate process.
In those earlier days (1870s to 1890s) photographs were usually engraved for publication. But the reverse also occurred. Photographers realized that cave pictures were saleable, but they found also that they were very difficult to take.
Copying was not only done to facilitate reproduction of images. It also occurred, without acknowledgement, when the easiest source for a new (saleable) illustration was an earlier one. In book publication (and ship capture) this is termed piracy. It was common in the 19th century and several examples are exposed in this book.
Of course, cave images of quality continued to be made after the cut-off date for this book – the start of World War I and the end of Slovenia’s time as part of Austria. Photographers include Friedrich Oedl (1894-1969) at Škocjanske jame in 1921, Franci Bar (1901-1988) in many caves, and several members of the Društvo za raziskavanje podzemskih jam. All those photographers were cave explorers themselves. Painters of this later period include Leo Vilhar (1899-1971); Mario Vilhar, his son (born 1925), and Lojze Perko (1909-1980). By Trevor Shaw and Alenka Cuk, 2012.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
70 pp., colour photo tables and maps, many surveys; Berlin 2018. The Krong No Volcanic Geopark hosts the longest lava cave of SE Asia (C7 Cave at 1,067 m) and also most of the other long pyroducts of SE Asia. This volume compiles all the caves known from the Geopark to date and describes 49 caves with a total of passages of 10.1 km. There are also biospeleological remarks, an up-to-date summary on the speleogenesis of lava caves and a chapter on the archaeology of the Krong No caves. In English, with a Vietnamese, French, and German abstract.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
21 by 21 inch bandanna with a flight of custom printed bats. 100% cotton. Use for decoration, full head scarf, halter tops, quilt fabric or even dress your favorite pet! Assorted colors will be a mixture of colors & styles.
The Natural Bridges have become one of the most popular attractions of California's Calaveras County. These two caves were formed by a process distinctly different from most caves, as chronicled in the chapter by Geologist Bruce Rogers, and shown on detailed surveys made by the first two authors. They have been attracting visitors since the days of the Gold Rush, and the fascinating history of those days of yore are chronicled in a historical writeup by historian Daniel Snyder, complete with rare illustrations of the Bridges. The main section consists of over 60 full color images of the Bridges taken by Dave Bunnell, a professional cave photographer, who resides in the local area. Many of these full page images use multiple flash techniques to fully illuminate the dark interiors of the caves. A three-page guide to the Spring flowers found along the trail rounds out the book. By David Bunnell, Daniel Snyder and Bruce Rogers. SB, 72 pp.
We put bat species in the spotlight with these beautifully screen printed shirts. Each species featured in the series is shown on a dashboard with information on diet, weight, lifespan, range and the scientific name. On 100% cotton preshrunk tee shirts. Large front design. The Pallid Bat (Antrozous Pallidus) is on a charcoal grey shirt.
96 pp., colour photo tables, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2017.
This volume replaces volumes 36 and 62 of this series. About 50 caves with a total of nearly 8 km of passages are presented in detail. Includes the Mbenaltembe Cave System, at 2,380 m the currently longest cave of Gabon. Also, a presumably old rock art cave site is described. In English and French, with a German abstract.
101 pp., colour photo tables, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2017.
This volume replaces volumes 6 and 12 of this series and describes the longest caves known in Iran so far. Ghar Katalehkhor is featured with a detailed survey showing 12,860 m. The same applies to Ghar Alisadr (11,440 m) which is one of the most visited show caves in the world. A number of caves in the surroundings of Ghar Alisadr are also described. In English.
Michael Laumanns: 125 pp., colour photo tables, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2017.
This volume replaces volumes 2, 3 and 62 of this series. About 100 caves with a total of 10 km of passages are presented in detail. This is the only comprehensive source of speleological data on Mozambique. Longest cave is Codzo River Cave at 942 m. In English with a German, Portuguese and French abstract.
1995 by Anne and Vernon Atkinson. With a supplement on Hawaiian Volcanoes which illustrate some of the features from Undara. Many photos and illustrations.
53 Minute DVD, 2017. Produced by Edward Frank and Phoebe Freer. In 1838 three slaves were brought to Mammoth Cave to work as guides: Stephen Bishop, Materson Bransford, and Nick Bransford. Stephen Bishop became the greatest American Cave explorer who ever lived. He crossed what was known as the Bottomless Pit and discovered tens of miles of new passage in what is known now as the longest cave in the world. The trio spent a lifetime leading tours and exploring new passages in the cave. Many other black individuals have made major contributions to the history of the cave over the years. Leading tours in the cave and exploration became a family tradition for generations of guides both black and white. For example, the Bransford family has had five generations work as guides in the cave from Mat Bransford, one of the original three slave guides, to his great great grandson and present day guide Jerry Bransford. This is their story.
Hand made in the Philippines. Fun, happy and a very bat friendly message. A two and a quarter inch long bat can be used as a key chain, pack or pouch ornament, or attached to anything you wish.
83 pp., colour photo tables, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2017. Michael Laumanns & Nancy Pistole (Eds.): International Speleological Project to Cambodia 2017 (Provinces of Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey, Odda Meanchey and Battambang). The first systematic speleological investigations in the Cambodian province of Siem Reap (Phnom Kulen National Park). New longest cave of Cambodia, La Ang Khchal (1,960 m) near the Thai border in Battambang province. Altogether 8.1 km of cave passages from 54 caves are presented in detail. In English with a German and a French abstract.
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