B. A. ROBERTS&J. PROCTOR The term 'serpentine' referring to rocks and min- of each of the polymorphs. These conditions in- erals, can be traced back to the ancient Roman clude temperatures of generally less than 530 C, era of Dioscorides (A. D. 50) (Faust & Fahey and fluid pH's in excess of 10 with low pC02* Serpentine protoliths are essentially ultramafic 1962) and they suggest that the speckled colour of serpents and the fact that Dioscorides recom- rocks which fall into a number of categories: (a) mended it for the prevention of snakebite as two stratiform complexes, (b) concentrically zoned complexes, (c) ophiolite complexes and, (d) high- of many origins of the name. It is well known that the use of serpentinized rocks by sculptors temperature peridotite complexes. The most and carvers since ancient times is a tradition that commonly recognized are generally assigned to the ophiolite suite (Malpas, Ch. 2, this is still carried on today (Fig. 1). The differences in chemical composition of serpentinized rocks volume) and occur in most fold-mountain belts are many and specimens come in a wide range of of the world. Serpentinized ultramafic rocks attractive solid and mixed colours, e. g. , red, "H4(MgFe hSi20 9, approximate composition) green, blue and black.

The Lakota Sioux Indians is a history of the Sioux people. The Sioux were a Plains Indian that depended on the buffalo. Their ways and life style is told. They were a powerful tribe, dreaded by other tribes. They fought to gain ground to dwell on and hunt. The Sioux are the only American Indians to ever defeat the U.S. Army. Chief Red Cloud won the war bearing his name. He went to war because the U.S. Army broke the Treaty of Laramie. After The U.S. Cavalry massacred many Cheyenne and Sioux villages, Chief Sitting Bull and 2,000 Arapaho, Cheyenne and Sioux Indians finally massacred Lieutenant. Colonel George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn in retaliation. Much of Sitting Bull's life is portrayed in the book.

Dr. Robert E McGinnis has been writing books for over thirty years. All of his books are intended to offer motivation and entertainment to the reader. This latest group of books, called the Paradise Series are each totally fictional with a hint of reality. There are five books in this series and A Beckoning From Paradise is the first. Dr. McGinnis graduated from Southern Illinois University with a BS in education and his Doctorate from Nova Southern University. He spent almost thirty years teaching school and retired from that noble occupation to complete these books which were conceived years back. The books in this series are: 1. A Beckoning From Paradise 2. Secrets Of Paradise 3. Paradise Is Where you Find It 4. Paradise Grows 5. Raised In Paradise Other books include: In Search of Paradise 1999 In Search of Paradise 2000 revised In Search of Paradise 2007 expanded Sunday Letters 2007