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These 4 items are available for $67, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSW141)

Eyewitness Guide California  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 630 PAGES A literate, visually rich guide to the Golden State, featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of California's attractions with a particular focus on San Francisco and Los Angeles. It includes a well chosen section on hotels and restaurant. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (USW146, $30.00)
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 289 PAGES • FAVORITE A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990. (DES02, $14.95)
Assembling California  •  John McPhee NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Another fine book on geology and natural history from John McPhee, this time in the company of Eldridge Moores, on travels throughout California. A seismologist at the University of California at Davis, Moores is an excellent guide to the complex tectonics of the region. There's no one better at explaining geology than McPhee. (USW187, $16.00)
California Map  •  Borch Maps 2008 •  MAP A laminated, folded map of California, shown at a scale of 1:1,100,000. Two Sides. 19.5X26] inches. (CAL55, $9.95)

Grand Canyon National Park Map 207  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed hiker's map (1:35,000) of Colorado River miles 60-98, perfect for those hiking to Bright Angel and Indian Gardens campgrounds. (USW332, $11.95)
Tucson Southeast Arizona Map  •  North Star Maps    •  A map of Southeast Arizona covering Saguaro National Park, Tucson and the Chiricahua Mountains. (USW123, $3.95)
Frommer's San Francisco Day by Day  •  Noelle Salmi   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (SFO29, $12.99)
Moon Handbook Grand Canyon  •  Bill Weir   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy, practical guide to the Grand Canyon and nearby regions, this book is a good resource for planning a trip, featuring extensive, up-to-date listings, maps and other background information. (SWU175, $17.95)
The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World  •  Lawrence Osborne   • FOOD  •  With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!). (TVL31, $15.00)
A Crack in the Edge of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906  •  Simon Winchester   • HISTORY  •  Geologist, master storyteller, traveler and journalist, Simon Winchester succeeds again in this fast-paced, utterly fascinating account of the great 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco. (CAL193, $15.99)
California, A History  •  Kevin Starr   • HISTORY  •  A lively short history in the excellent Modern Library Chronicles series, written by a renowned historian. (CAL204, $14.95)
How the Canyon Became Grand, A Short History  •  Stephen J. Pyne   • HISTORY  •  The history of the idea and allure of the Grand Canyon, and its transformation from worthless real estate to marvel of nature. (USW76, $15.00)
Rush for Riches, Gold Fever and the Making of California  •  J. S. Holliday   • HISTORY  •  An illustrated, oversize history of the California Gold Rush and its effects by a noted expert, covering the 1830's through the 1890's and packed with more than 200 illustrations and archival photographs. (USW190, $39.95)
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West  •  Wallace Stegner   • EXPLORATION  •  The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of explorer John Wesley Powell by the great Wallace Stegner, first published in 1954. It's both an adventure and an insightful look at the politics of development in the American West. (USW78, $16.00)
Grand Canyon, Travelers' Tales  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A diverse collection of excellent stories and essays on the nature, history and people of the Grand Canyon. Organized by topic, the selection includes Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Ann Zwinger, Colin Fletcher, Edward Abbey and other greats. (USW333, $17.95)
The Amateur Emigrant  •  Robert Louis Stevenson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The famed novelist's 1896 account of travels in the American West -- in pursuit of his future wife and featuring his impressions of this still wild and untamed land. (USW481, $13.00)
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons  •  John Wesley Powell  •  Wallace Stegner   • 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 Man Who Walked Through Time  •  Colin Fletcher   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Fletcher's much-loved account of a remarkable two-month odyssey below the rim of the Grand Canyon, first published in 1967. (USW94, $14.95)
Natural State, A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing  •  Steven Gilbar   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Divided by ecological region, this book is a literary tour of California's unrivaled natural diversity, featuring essays and excerpts by such great writers as Barry Lopez, Gretel Ehrlich and John McPhee. Gary Snyder provided the afterword. (CAL101, $22.95)
The Literature of California, Vol. 1  •  Jack Hicks  •  Al Young  •  James D. Houston  •  Maxine Hong Kingston   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A best-of anthology of California writing, pre-1945. (CAL102, $29.95)
Travelers' Tales San Francisco  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger  •  Sean O'Reilly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Experience San Francisco from the inside out with this engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of mostly contemporary eyewitness reports -- a terrific literary profile of a dynamic city. (SFO15, $18.95)
An Island Called California, An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities  •  Elna S. Bakker   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An introduction to the ecology and wildlife of the Golden State, this volume is filled with photographs illustrating a variety plants, animals and geological features found throughout the deserts, forests and coastline of California. (CAL11, $22.95)
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)
My First Summer in the Sierra  •  John Muir  •  Galen Rowell   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Muir's original account of his first summer in Yosemite and surrounding High Sierras, which he wrote based on his youthful notebooks of the summer of 1869. (CAL47, $12.00)
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, $13.95)
A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon  •  Stephen Whitney   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact guide to the natural history of the Grand Canyon with 71 handsome color plates, maps and illustrations. (USW06, $19.95)