I need information on this book "fossils by Yvette Gayrard-Valy"?

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I need to know a website i can go on to get a short summary of this book.

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The Amazon.com product description says: "An informative and copiously illustrated exploration of the discovery of prehistoric humans and the development of the science of paleontology examines how humankind's fascination with the past of the human race has helped us understand our place in the world. Original."-Ingram. http://www.amazon.ca/Discoveries-Fossils-Yvette-Gayrard-Valy/dp/0810928248
Powell's books -probably quoting pr blurb says: Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to life and amplify our understanding of civilization in a new way.http://www.powells.com/biblio?show=TRADE%20PAPER:USED:0810928248:4.95#synopses_and_reviews
A bookseller at abebooks.com says: Giants\ bones, magical rams\ horns, showers of amber from heaven - many myths have centred on fossils. As the field became a science, the reality revealed was yet more striking: an Earth of great age, changes in oceans and climates, and dinosaurs. This book tells the story of fossils. Contents: Myths and legends; the quest for meaning; the age of scientists; the monarchs of prehistory; amateurs and professionals; American palaeontology comes of age; documents. pages. "
Has photos of Georges Cuvier and Bernard Palissy.
And last but best--an automated translation from french version of Amazon: "Here is a small very pleasant book, in which Yvette Gayrard-Valy proposes a historic insight of paleontology. How did one come from there to see in the fossils of the remainders of species now disappeared? The epopee is attractive and the text, together with splendid illustrations, manages without sorrow to charm the reader. The author also reconsiders the principal discoveries which punctuated the 19th century (iguanodon, ichtyosaure, mésosaure…) ; it benefits from it to show that the development of paleontology is due as much to the scientists that with the enlightened patrons and amateurs. The whole delivers a crowd of enthralling anecdotes: the sarigue of Montmartre, the discovery of the iguanodon, the unrestrained competition that Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh delivered themselves… manage from there to return attaching this work intended for general public."www.amazon.fr/ Fossiles-Empreinte-mondes-disparus/dp/2070535258