Sedona   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $54, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU165)		  
Eyewitness Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to Arizona, complete with over 500 photographs, illustrations and maps, as well as plenty of travel information on where to go, stay and eat. (SWU173, $20.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon
Sedona  •  Sedona Historical Society
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 126 PAGES
This lovingly produced collection of 200 archival photographs shows the transformation of Sedona from an tiny outpost along Oak Creek Canyon to popular destination. The Sedona Historical Society is headquartered on the historic Jordan farmstead. (SWU241, $21.99)		  
Southwestern Desert Life  •  Raymond Leung  •  James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •  2000 •  PLASTIC CARD
A pocket-size, fold-out guide to the life of the desert southwest, from Gila monsters to saguaros, as well as some of the more modest species. This laminated reference is handy for quick identification in the field, with almost 150 illustrations. (SWU43, $5.95)		   Southwestern Desert Life
Recreational Map of Arizona  •  GTR Mapping
2006 •  MAP
This colorful, shaded relief map of Arizona, shown at a scale of 1:790,000, includes recreational sites, points of interest, Indian reservations, national parks and monuments throughout the state. With travel information on the reverse. Two Sides. 29x37 inches. (USW271, $7.95)		   Recreational Map of Arizona



Also Recommended

Insight Guide Arizona & Grand Canyon  •  Nicky Leach   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This lavishly illustrated guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essays on history, culture and attractions. With chapters on numerous destinations including Phoenix, Sedona, Navajo and Hopi Reservations, and ghost towns. (SWU274, $23.99)
 		  
Made in the Southwest: A Shopper's Guide to the Region's Best Native American, Hispanic and Western Craft Traditions  •  Laura Morelli   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shopper's guide by writer and art historian Laura Morelli to all that is handmade and beautiful in the Southwest's Hispanic, Native American and Western traditions. With a state-by-state guide to artisans and stores and 80 color illustrations. (SWU209, $24.95)
 		  
National Geographic Arizona  •  Bill Weir   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive and visual guide to Arizona, in the traditional National Geographic style. (SWU132, $22.95)
 		  
Wilderness and the American Mind  •  Roderick Nash   • HISTORY  •  A classic essay on changing American attitudes toward wilderness and the environment, including an enlightening discussion on western expansion. With chapters on Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Alaska and wilderness preservation. (USW97, $18.00)
 		  
Indian Rock Art of the Southwest  •  Polly Schaafsma   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A comprehensive, nicely illusrtated survey of rock art. (SWU136, $45.00)
 		  
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons  •  John Wesley Powell   • EXPLORATION  •  The classic tale of adventure and exploration of the rivers and canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, originally published in 1875 -- and still terrific reading for any traveler to the Grand Canyon. (USW80, $16.00)
 		  
The Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of the Southwest  •  Nik Wheeler  •  Joan Tapper   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  With hundreds of photographs, essays and travel information on 30 historic towns and distinctive communities throughout Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada Utah and western Colorado, both well-known and remote, including Bisbee, Ouray, Moab and Sedona. (SWU291, $40.00)
 		  
The Laughing Boy  •  Oliver La Farge   • LITERATURE  •  An ethnographer and archaeologist, La Farge captures the flavor of the landscapes and ways of life in Northern Arizona in the early 20th century in this Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel. (USW240, $12.95)
 		  
Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water  •  Marc Reisner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West. (USW246, $18.00)
 		  
Canyonlands, A Southwest Desert Odyssey  •  David Fortney   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This breathtaking overview of the national parks of the Southwest features David Fortney's captivating mix of aerial, still and time lapse photography, and a score by Patrick O'Hearn. (SWU221, $14.99)
 		  
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey   • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  One of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah, his message is universal. (DES02, $14.95)
 		  
Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona  •  Lon Abbott   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Geologic features of 20 sites in Arizona, from the Grand Canyon and Sedona to the Sonora. (SWU238, $18.00)
 		  
Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert  •  Terry Tempest Williams   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A series of lyrical, thoughtful essays on the power and beauty of the Red Rock Wilderness of southern Utah, including Grand Staircase, Canyonlands, Glen Canyon, Moab and the Great Basin. (USW398, $15.00)
 		  
The Desert Year  •  Joseph Wood Krutch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Joseph Wood Krutch celebrates the austere beauty, rugged plants and many animals of American Southwest in this classic account of his first year in Arizona, winner of the 1954 John Burroughs Medal for a Distingushed Book of Natural History -- and as enchanting today. With 33 original illustrations by Rudolf Freund. (USW652, $19.95)
 		  
A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians  •  Robert Stebbins   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species. (FG08, $22.00)
 		  
Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest  •  James Halfpenny  •  Todd Telander   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket guide to tracks, scats and signs of the animals of the region. (SWU61, $9.95)
 		  
Southwestern Desert Birds  •  Raymond Leung  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-out, laminated guide to the birds of the desert Southwest, with illustrations of almost 150 species. Kids will enjoy this identification guide, too. (SWU42, $5.95)
 		  
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)
 		  
 
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