Ross Giese’s (a long term member of CMS) widow is offering his books: FREE for students and other in a similar financial situation. Cost of postage for established professors and scientists. Here is the list: Abraham, Nikhil, *et al.* 2017 “Coding All-In-One for Dummies” John Wiley & Sons Inc.  Borg, I. Y. and Smith, D. K. 1969 “Calculated X-ray Powder Patterns for Silicate Minerals” *Memoir 122*, The Geological Society of America.  Bergaya, F., Theng, B.K.G., and Lagaly, G. (Eds.), 2006 “Handbook of Clay Science” *Developments in Clay Science*, Elsevier.  Carr, James R. 1995 “Numerical Analysis for the Geological Sciences” Prentice Hall.  Farmer, V.C. (Ed.) 1974 “The Infrared Spectra of Minerals” Mineralogical Society.  Glusker, Jenny Pickworth and Kenneth N. Trueblood  “Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer” 2nd ed. Oxford University Press.  Kasper, John S. and Kathleen Lonsdale (eds.) 1972 “International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography. Volume II. Mathematical Tables. International Union of Crystallography.  Klug, H. P. 1974 “X-Ray Diffraction Procedures for Polycrystalline and Amorphous Materials” Wiley-Interscience Publication.  Marshall, Edmund C. 1949 “The Colloid Chemistry of the Silicate Minerals”  *A Series of Monographs*, Vol. 1, Academic Press Inc.  Prince, Edward. 1982 “Mathematical Techniques in Crystallography and Materials Science.” Springer-Verlag. SHORT COURSE LECTURE NOTES: Bailey, S. W., G.W. Brindley, W.D. Keller, D.R. Wones, and UJ.V. Smith. 1967 “Layer Silicates” American Geological Institute.  Quantitative Mineral Analysis of Clays and Other Minerals” 1985 The Continuing Education Committee Clay Minerals Society If interested please e-mail Pat Costanzo at law@patcostanzo.com.