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These 4 items are available for $63, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU110)

Compass Guide Las Vegas  •  Deke Castleman GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this guide is an overview of the history, character and attractions of Las Vegas. It features archival photographs, literary excerpts, an extensive reading list and practical travel information. With suggested day trips and a hotel-by-hotel survey of the Strip. (USW247, $21.95)
In Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and Chance  •  David Thomson HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 330 PAGES A highly original, captivating social history of the state, including the extraordinary spectacle of Las Vegas, organized as a series of literary snapshots told in the first person. A travelogue of sorts, Thomson pieces together an astute, well written and researched portrait of Nevada. Wonderful. (USW213, $14.00)
Sun, Sin and Suburbia: An Essential History Of Modern Las Vegas  •  Richard Bryan  •  Geoff Schumacher HISTORY •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 272 PAGES Schumacher covers the last 20 years of Las Vegas history in depth, beginning with a brief overview of the city's 19th-century origins, then moving on to the infamous Strip, the legacies of Howard Hughes and Steve Wynn, and the development of downtown and residential communities. An uncommon look at the city of sin. With a foreword by Richard Bryan, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Nevada. (USW478, $22.95)
Las Vegas Map  •  Borch Maps MAP A laminated, folded map of Las Vegas at a scale of 1:20,000. (SWU41, $7.95)

Eyewitness Guide Las Vegas  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Gorgeously illustrated and filled with full-color neighborhood and regional maps, this compact book is a good overview of Las Vegas, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. (SWU198, $20.00)
Fodor's Las Vegas' 25 Best  •  Fodor's Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide and map, this slim book includes a pull-out map of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (USW471, $11.95)
Time Out Las Vegas  •  Time Out   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Vegas with a focus on restaurants, attractions and activities. (USW346, $19.95)
About Looking  •  John Berger   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A collection of essays by the novelist, art critic, and farmer John Berger, which belongs on the shelf of every intellectually curious traveler. (GEN119, $14.00)
Super Casino, Inside the New Las Vegas  •  Pete Earley   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A candid portrait of the casino management, dealers, prostitutes, security officers, gamblers and other figures of Las Vegas. (USW253, $7.99)
Las Vegas, The Success of Excess  •  Frances Anderton  •  Tom Neville   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A photographic tour of architectural highlights along the Las Vegas strip and Fremont Street. (USW256, $9.95)
Learning from Las Vegas  •  Robert Venturi  •  Steven Izenour  •  Denise S. Brown   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A seminal discourse on urban sprawl and the gaudy, many-splendored architecture of Las Vegas. (USW242, $23.95)
Neon Nevada  •  Sheila Swan  •  Peter Laufer   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated chronicle of over 100 neon signs that have been produced and displayed in Nevada, the neon capital of the world. (USW257, $39.95)
24/7, Living it Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas  •  Andres Martinez   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Former Wall St. Journal reporter Andres Martinez takes his $50,000 book advance to Las Vegas to try his luck at the casinos for a month. (USW255, $15.00)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream  •  Hunter S. Thompson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The classic of 1970s gonzo journalism and a dizzying chronicle of a duo's drug-induced misadventures and scrapes with the people of Las Vegas. (USW254, $13.95)
Basin and Range  •  John McPhee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California. (GEO13, $14.00)
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)
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)
The Sagebrush Ocean, a Natural History of the Great Basin  •  Jennifer Dewey  •  Stephen Trimble   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic natural history of the Great Basin. Trimble evokes the mystery, beauty, geology, and life of the region. With a map, 44 color, and 92 black-and-white photos. (USW365, $39.95)