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The Best How To

• Adventure of Caving - David McClurg
  This book shows how to explore caves safely and softly.
  

• Caving Basics
  - Tom Rea

• The Amateur's Guide to Caves and Caving; Skill-Building Ways to Finding and Exploring the Underground Wilderness - David R. McClurg
  Out of print, but at the library.

General Information

• Caverns - O. U. Levon - Preface by Ken Kesey

• The Life of The Cave
  - Charles E. Mohr and Thomas L. Poulson
  Out of print, but at the library.

• Caverns - Kevin O'Donnell Jr.

• Underground Worlds
  - Donald Dale Jackson

• Caves: An Underground Wonderland (Wonderworks of Nature) - Jenny Wood

• Craters, Caverns and Canyons: Delving Beneath the Earth's Surface (The Changing Earth Series) - Jon Erickson, John R. Erickson
  
  

• Caves: Processes, Development and Management (The Natural Environment) - David Gillieson

• Speleology : The Study of Caves
  - George William, Moore

• The Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark Plateau - H. Dwight Weaver, Richard L. Walk (Photographer), James N. Huckins (Photographer)
  Great photographs!

• Caves - Keith Brandt

• Caves - Ronald C. Kerbo

• Caves & Caving: A Handbook & Guide to American Caves - Don Jacobson & Lee Stral (Illustrated)

Cave Photography

• Images Below: A Manual of Underground and Flash Photography - Chris Howes

• Carlsbad Caves and a Camera - Robert Nymeyer

• A Man Deep in Mendip: The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory, 1910-1921 - Harry Savory, John Savory (Editor)

Regional - Kentucky

• Geological Guide to Mammoth Cave National Park - Arthur N. Palmer
  
  

• Mammoth Cave - John J. Wagoner, Lewis D. Cutliff

• Beyond Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in the World's Longest Cave - James D. Borden, Roger W. Brucker

• The Longest Cave - Roger W. Brucker & Richard A. Watson

• The Grand Kentucky Junction: Memoirs - Patricia Crowther

• Caves Beyond: The Story of Floyd Collins Crystal Cave Exploration - Joe Lawrence Jr. & Roger W. Brucker
  
  

• Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins - Robert K. Murray & Roger W. Brucker

Regional - Missouri

• Missouri: The Cave State
  H. Dwight Weaver & Paul A. Johnson

• Exploring Missouri's Legacy: State Parks and Historic Sites
  - Susan Flader, ed

• Lost Caves of St. Louis
  - Charlotte Rother

• The Fishes of Missouri
  William L. Pflieger

• The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri
  Tom R. Johnson

• The Wild Mammals of Missouri
  , Charles W and Elizabeth R. Schwartz

Regional - New Mexico

• Hiking Carlsbad Caverns and Guadeloupe Mountains National Parks: National Parks (Falcon Guide) - Bill Schneider
  
  

• Blind Descent - Nevada Barr

• Lechuguilla: Jewel of the Underground - Michael Taylor

• Lechuguilla - National Speleological Society
  Great photographs and maps!

• Carlsbad Caves and a Camera - Robert Nymeyer

• Deep Secrets: The Discovery and Exploration of Lechuguilla Cave - Stephen Reames, Lawrence Fish, Paul Burger, Patricia Kambesis
  Also available in hardback

• Carlsbad Caverns (Postcard Books) - Jeff Nicholas (Editor)

Regional - New York

• Caves of Niagara County New York - Scott A. Ensminger (Illustrated)

Regional - North Carolina

• Hollow Hills of Sunnalee: The Linville Caverns Story - Cato Holler

Regional - Oregon

• Awesome Caverns of Marble in the Oregon Caves National Monument : Documentary - Bert Webber, Margie Webber

Regional - Tennessee

• Cumberland Caverns - Larry E. Matthews

Regional - Texas

• Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, No 31) - Blair Pittman, Francis Edward Abernethy (Introduction)

Regional - West Virginia

• Caves of the Organ Cave Plateau: Greenbrier County, West Virginia - Ed by Paul J. Stevens

Regional - Europe

• Conquest of the Caves and Underground Rivers of Czechoslovakia's Macocha Abyss: A Historical & Technical Study of Their Exploration - Karel B. Absolon - Introduction by Henry Field

• A Man Deep in Mendip: The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory, 1910-1921 - Harry Savory, John Savory (Editor)

Something lives in there

• The Fishes of Missouri
  William L. Pflieger

• The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri
  Tom R. Johnson

Rocks and Minerals

• Cave Minerals of the World - Carol A. Hill & Paulo Forti - Introduction by Trevor R. Shaw
  Also available in hard cover ($)

And for Kids!

• Caves for Kids: In Historic New York - Patricia E. Clyne
  
  

• Be Your Own Rock & Mineral Expert - Michele Pinet, Alain Korkos (Illustrator), Fay Greenbaum (Translator)
  
  

• Caves and Caverns - Gail Gibbons

• Looking Inside Caves and Caverns (X-Ray Vision) - Ronald Schultz, Nick Gadbois (Illustrator), Peter Aschwanden (Illustrator), Ron Schultz
  
  

• Beneath the Earth (Landscapes of Legend) - by Finn Bevan, Diana Mayo (Illustrator)
  Also available in hardback

Cave Surveying

• Introduction to Cave Surveying
  - B. Ellis

• The Art of Cave Mapping
  - Kenneth C. Thomson, Robert L. Taylor

Videos

• Ends of the Earth: Secret of Abyss of Movile Cave

• Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

• Luray Caverns

Web Design Books

• Learn HTML In a Weekend, Revised Edition, Steven E. Callihan
  
  

• Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training by Lynda Weinman

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