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PVC Courses with Free e-Textbooks!: GeoSciences

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Geography

GGR 101
GGR 102

Physical Geography and Natural Disasters by Dastrup
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Click on the 'Download a PDF' link to download the book into a PDF and save it to your device
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FACE-TO-FACE and ONLINE COURSES

Physical Geography, Laboratory

https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography_(Physical)/Physical_Geography_Lab_Manual_(Ray_et_al.)

Physical Geography Lab Manual (Ray et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0) – Word Doc
Physical Geography Lab Manual (Ray et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0) – Google Docs
Manual for Physical Geography, Lab Course – Canvas Commons

Geology

GEL 101
GEL 102

An Introduction to Geology by Johnson, Affolter, Inkenbrandt, Mosher
Click on the link above. Then, in the blue box on the lower left side, click on the 'Read Online' link to read the textbook online
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Click on the 'Download a PDF' link to download the book into a PDF and save it to your device
AND/OR
Click on the 'Buy Print Copy' for a low-cost physical copy of the textbook

FACE-TO-FACE and ONLINE COURSES ONLY

GEOS: A Physical Geology Lab Manual for California Community Colleges (Branciforte and Haddad) by Branciforte and Haddad
Click on the link above. Then, in the blue box on the lower left side, click on the 'Read Online' link to read the textbook online
AND/OR
Click on the 'Download a PDF' link to download the book into a PDF and save it to your device
AND/OR
Click on the 'Buy Print Copy' for a low-cost physical copy of the textbook

FACE-TO-FACE COURSES ONLY