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December I8 is the last day to place holiday orders to arrive by December 25.HOLIDAY GIFTSThe Field Guide to SnowflakesThe Snowflake : Winter's Secret Beautyby Ken Libbrecht, photography by Patricia RasmussenPhysicist Libbrecht and photographer Rasmussenboth grew up in snowy climes, but it took a scientificand aesthetic focus to deepen their appreciation forsnow's hidden beauty. They now share these revelationsin a felicitous union of word and image . Libbrechtdecodes the exquisite architecture of individualsnowflakes, explaining how these "miniature icemasterpieces " are literally conjured out of thin air.Water vapor condensing into ice, he explains, takes onshapes dictated by the geometry of water molecules.If the physics of snow crystals is fascinating, so too isLibbrecht's history of the science of snowflakes, whichfeatures Rene Descartes, Johannes Kepler, Vermontfarmer Wilson Bentley who pioneered a methodSVO/WFLAKEfor photographingindividual snowflakes, and physicistUkichiro Nakaya who figuredKen Libbrecht's Field Guide toSNOWFLAKESout how to grow them.Snowflake DesignsColoring BookbyA .G . SmithThe unique patterns of snowflakesare limitless—and so is the artist 'simagination when markers, crayons,paints or glitter are applied to thedelicate beauties in this book . Hereare 30 illustrations of nature's mostdazzling creations as individualflakes and scattered in storms.Softcover $3 .95 member price $3 .36SrOwflakeDe$t9rsCOLORING BOOKA . G . Sra1THField Guide to Snowflakes$12 .95 member price $11 .01Available after Nov . 15The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty$20 .00 member price $17 .00The Sierra Club presents twenty5 " x 7" winter holiday cards in adecorative box including five cardsof four different Yosemite winterscenes . A portion of the proceedsfrom this product supports SierraClub efforts to preserve andprotect the planet . These cards areprinted in the USA with soy-basedinks on recycled paper.$15 .00 member price $12 .75Sierra Club Yosemite Holiday Note CardsYOSEMITE ASSOCIATION, FALL 2008 23