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Across a Hundred Mountains, A Novel
• Reyna Grande
• LITERATURE
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(MEX161, $23.00)
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Adventures of the Shark Lady: Eugenie Clark Around the World
• Ann McGovern
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The continuing, illustrated adventures of the pioneering biologist for kids ages 7 and up.
(FSH08, $4.50)
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Almost an Island, Travels in Baja California
• Bruce Berger
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A poet and aficionado with an irrepressible sense of humor, Berger combines anecdote, history and research to bring the deserts, towns and eccentric personalities of Baja to life.
(BJA15, $17.95)
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Ancient Maya, New Perspectives
• Heather McKillop
• HISTORY
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(MYA46, $22.95)
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The Art of Photographing Nature
• Art Wolfe
• Martha Hill
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An elegant how-to book, featuring over 250 photographs by renowned nature photographer Art Wolfe and insightful commentary by Martha Hill, a former photo editor at Audubon magazine.
(PHT02, $30.00)
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Backcountry Pilot, Flying Adventures with Ike Russell
• Thomas Bowen
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of anecdotes Ike Russell, a bush pilot legendary among research scientists.
(DES07, $29.95)
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Baja and the Mexican Riviera
• Coastal Cruise USA
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A very good topographical map of the area that folds into a handy booklet.
(BJA04, $15.95)
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Between Pacific Tides
• Edward F. Ricketts
• Jack Calvin
• Joel W. Hedgpeth
• David W. Phillips
• John Steinbeck
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handbook to the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. Each intertidal zone is discussed in depth, augmented by black-and-white photographs and diagrams.
(FG34, $31.95)
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A Concise History of Mexico
• Brian Hamnett
• HISTORY
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(MEX162, $24.99)
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Crafts of Mexico
• Margarita de Orellana
• Albert Ruy Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated guide to Mexico's crafts, including textiles, jewelry, ceramics, furniture and more.
(MEX144, $45.00)
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Desert Solitaire
• Edward Abbey
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Desert Survivor, An Adventurer's Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert
• John Annerino
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to 53 parks of the desert Southwest.
(USW372, $15.95)
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Discovering the Desert, Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory
• William McGinnies
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A history of Sonoran desert research, this book is an engaging survey of the geography, ecology and climate of desert life in the American Southwest.
(USW103, $11.95)
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
• William Perrin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of scholary review articles by leading experts, organizaed alphabetically And with color and black-and-white photos.
(NAT149, $170.00)
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Field Guide to Mexican Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Edward Chalif
• FIELD GUIDE
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An easy-to-carry field guide with 1,000 species reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador, covering also northwest Costa Rica.
(FG12, $22.00)
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Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador
• Ernest Preston Edwards
• FIELD GUIDE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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This classic guide illustrates all the regularly-occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species.
(MEX47, $22.95)
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians
• Robert Stebbins
• FIELD GUIDE
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The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species.
(FG08, $22.00)
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Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
• Gerald Allen
• D.R. Robertson
• FIELD GUIDE
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An identification guide to the fishes of the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
(FG50, $85.00)
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Frommer's Los Cabos & Baja
• Emily Hughey Quinn
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, featuring must-have information on hotels, dining, shopping and attractions.
(BJA61, $17.99)
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The GrandeFst of Lives, Eye to Eye With Whales
• Douglas H. Chadwick
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A group portrait of the humpback, northern bottlenose, blue whale, minke whale, and orca by a wildlife biologist and enthusiast.
(OCE100, $14.95)
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A Guide to Marine Invertebrates, Alaska to Baja California
• Daniel W. Gotshall
• FIELD GUIDE
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This second, revised edition of Gotshall's invaluable field guide features full color photographs and brief descriptive information on 285 species of Pacific inshore and subtidal marine invertebrates.
(BJA40, $29.95)
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Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico
• Kate Wynne
• Malia Schwartz
• Garth Mix
• FIELD GUIDE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A sturdy, wire-bound field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, manatee and sea turtles of the Atlantic Ocean.
(FG42, $25.00)
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Hidden Baja, Including Tijuana, Ensenada, Mulege, La Paz, and Los Cabos
• Richard Harris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Offers off-the-beaten-path recommendations for authentic restaurants and local villages, as well as outdoor activities, beaches and accommodation from resorts to secluded inn.
(BJA59, $15.95)
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John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
• John Shaw
• REFERENCE
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An updated edition of Shaw's guide to taking better photographs of plants, animals and landscapes. The book offers solid advice on equipment and basic techniques, and is highly recommended as the best reference for the wildlife photographer.
(PHT01, $24.95)
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The Lawless Roads
• Graham Greene
• David Rieff
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A riveting account of Graham's journeys through Tabasco and Chiapas in the 1930s, including his time in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque. Greene was in Mexico investigating the impact of the anti-Church policies of President Calles.
(MEX164, $14.00)
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Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific
• Sea Grant Alaska
• Pieter Folkens
• FIELD GUIDE
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This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals.
(ALA143, $8.95)
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Moon Handbook Baja
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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Packed with maps, charts and photographs, desert rat Cummings combines practical advice with solid basic information on the natural history of Baja California in this comprehensive guide.
(BJA09, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Cabo
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative guide in the popular series.
(MEX143, $16.95)
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National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel
• Bob Caputo
• FIELD GUIDE
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A concise, practical guide to taking better travel photos covering equipment, digital photography and technique. With suggestions and how-to.
(PHT23, $21.95)
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National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography
• Bob Martin
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide to film and digital photography, drawing on the practical knowledge of dozens of professional photographers.
(PHT22, $24.95)
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National Parks of Northern Mexico
• Richard D. Fisher
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Veteran travel guide and photographer Richard Fisher has put together a stunning selection of color photographs for this slim, oversize paperback.
(MEX15, $16.95)
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A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A comprehensive natural history with 35 color illustrations, 25 black and white photographs, and 450 line drawings.
(BJA26, $31.95)
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A New Island Biogeography of the Sea of Cortes
• Ted Case
• Martin Cody
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A standard collection of review articles, geared for an academic audience, with chapters on the geologic and oceanographic setting, plants, mammals, fishes, birds, reptiles, insects, and conservation in the Gulf of California.
(BJA51, $105.75)
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No Way Home, The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
• David Wilcove
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A conservation biologist at Princeton, Wilcove argues powerfully that we must protect the habitats and byways of the grand migratory assemblages on the ground, in the air and on the water
(CON41, $24.95)
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Northern Mexico Map
• ITMB
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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A colorful traveler's map of Sonora and Mexico's Copper Canyon, at a scale of 1:1,350,000.
(MEX112, $10.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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Reef Fish Identification, Baja to Panama
• Paul Humann
• Ned Deloach
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic guide to the 500 fishes of the Gulf of California and coastal Pacific.
(BJA39, $39.95)
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Rough Guide Baja California
• Jason Clampet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview.
(BJA58, $18.99)
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Saving the Gray Whale: People, Politics, and Conservation in Baja California
• Serge Dedina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A look at the whale, its breeding lagoons in Baja, and ongoing conservation threats.
(BJA36, $18.95)
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Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates
• Alex Kerstich
• Hans Bertsch
• FIELD GUIDE
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The second revised edition of this comprehensive field guide, featuring additional photographs by Hans Bertsch.
(BJA56, $24.95)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $16.95)
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Sightings, The Gray Whales' Journey
• Brenda Peterson
• Linda Hogan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Peterson provides an overview of the natural history of the celebrated gray whale, while Hogan, a poet, tackles more philosophical issues in this intriguing series of meditative essays published by National Geographic.
(BST74, $14.00)
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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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Sonoran Desert Spring
• John Alcock
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Alcock, a professor of insect behavior at the University of Arizona, writes of the plants and animals and ecology in this lyrical meditation on the Sonoran desert.
(BJA20, $17.95)
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Sonoran Desert Summer
• John Alcock
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(BJA21, $17.95)
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Sonoran Desert Wildlfowers, A Field Guide to the Common Wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert
• Richard Spellenburg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, authoritative guide to the wildflowers of the Sonoran, featuring 300 color photographs.
(SWU182, $24.95)
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A Trout in the Sea of Cortez, A Novel
• John Salter
• LITERATURE
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(BJA57, $24.00)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel.
(WLK04, $9.95)
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Whales and Dolphins in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book
• James Mead
• Flip Nicklin
• Joy Gold
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An authority answers oft-posed queries about marine mammals.
(OCE78, $24.95)
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