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Abstract Excitation of Plasmons and Interband Transitions by Electrons. By H. Raether. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. 192+subject index.] Price DM 59, – –/US $32.50 hardback. Physics of Superionic Conductors. Edited by M. B. Salamon. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xii+248+subject index.] Price DM 59, – –/US $32.50 hardback. Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Point Defects in Ionic Crystals. By Y. Farces and M. P. Fontana. (Amsterdam: North Holland, 1979.) [Pp. xix+247+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 100.00/US $48.75 hardback. Defects and Diffusion in Solids. An Introduction. By S. Mrowec. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: Elsevier, 1980.) [Pp. 464+subject index.] Price Dfl. 170.00/US $83.00 hardback. Fluctuation Phenomena. Edited by E. W. Montroll and J. L. Lebowitz. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. 340+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 120.00/US $58.50 hardback. Crystal Growth: A Tutorial Approach. Edited by W. Bardsley, D. T. J. Hurle and J. B. Mullin. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. vi+401+subject index.] Price Dfl. 110.00/US $53.75 hardback. Liquid Crystals. By S. Chandrasekhar. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. x+336+subject index.] Price £8.95 paperback. Light Scattering in Solids. Edited by J. L. Birman, H. Z. Cummins and K. K. Rebane. (New York: Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. xxi+523+author and subject index.] Price US $55.00 hardback (camera-ready typescript). Electrostatics 1979. Edited by J. Lowell. (London, Bristol: The Institute of Physics, 1979.) [Pp. 349+author index.] Price £32.00 hardback. Auger Electron Spectroscopy Reference Manual. By G. E. Mcguire. (New York: Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. ix+129.] Price US $39.50 paperback. Laser Handbook, Volume 3. Edited by M. L. Stitch. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. ix+846+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 250.00/ US $122.00 hardback.