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	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)
	Abbey's Road • Edward Abbey • NATURAL HISTORY • This anthology of Abbey's travels include the cantankerous desert rat's entertaining account of exploring the Sierra Madre of Mexico. (DES04, $16.00)
	Adventures in the West, Stories for Young Readers • Susanne George Bloomfield • ANTHOLOGY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • This collection brings together 26 stories from the turn-of-the-century Youth's Companion and St. Nicholas, offering young readers a glimpse into the life on the western frontier. (USW509, $19.95)
	All the Pretty Horses • Cormac McCarthy • LITERATURE • The best-selling, coming-of-age novel of John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old boy who ventures from his Texas ranch across the Mexican border on horseback. (TEX22, $14.95)
	All the Wild and Lonely Places, Journeys in a Desert landscape • Lawrence Hogue • HISTORY • A natural and human history of the Anza-Borrego. (USW338, $30.00)
	America's National Parks: The Spectacular Forces That Shaped Our Treasured Lands • Paul Schullery • NATURAL HISTORY • A stunning photographic survey of the 56 national parks of America, organized by landform. (USA138, $50.00)
	American Indian Myths and Legends • Richard Erdoes • Alfonso Ortiz • LITERATURE • An illustrated collection of 180 traditoonal stories from all over North America. (NAM30, $18.95)
	American Indian Trickster Tales • Richard Erdoes • Alfonso Ortiz • LITERATURE • A collection of traditional and contemporary stories from 55 North American tribes by a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. With 150 illustrations. (NAM31, $15.00)
	Anasazi America, Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place • David Stuart • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A thought-provoking, engaging account of the rise and fall of Anasazi society in the desert southwest. (USW228, $19.95)
	Arches National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A map of Arches National Park at a scale of 1:50,000. (USW163, $9.95)
	Arizona and Four Corners Region Map • North Star Maps • A double-sided road map with Arizona on one side and the and the Four Corners region on the reverse. It includes Grand Canyon, Grand Junction, Flagstaff, Canyonlands and Arches National Park, all at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (USW165, $3.95)
	Arizona, A Cavalcade of History • Marhsall Trimble • HISTORY • A delightful collection of stories about Arizona's rugged history, both informative and entertaining. (USW274, $15.95)
	Arizona/New Mexico Map • AAA Publishing • (USW302, $4.95)
	Arte Latino, Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum • Jonathan Yorba • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A colorful celebration of over 200 years of Latino art in America. (ART32, $19.95)
	The Arts of the North American Indian, Native Traditions in Evolution • Edwin L. Wade • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Experts study 3,000 years of Native American art through various perspectives. (SWU129, $35.00)
	Aztec Ruins on the Animas: Excavated, Preserved, and Interpreted • Robert Hill Lister • Florence C. Lister • ARCHAEOLOGY • A survey of the archaeological history and significance of Aztec Ruins National Monument in Animas valley. (SWU135, $13.95)
	Barren, Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert • Susan J. Tweit • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • These seven personal essays celebrate the nature and culture of the Chihuahuan Desert. (USW431, $17.95)
	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)
	The Bassett Women • Grace McClure • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The story of a pioneering family in eastern Utah, drawn from interviews, historical documents and memoirs. "Queen" Anne Bassett and her family were a resilient group who endured the harsh life of settlers in eastern Utah. (USW350, $12.95)
	A Beautiful, Cruel Country • Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An absorbing memoir of growing up on a ranch along the Arizona/Mexico border in the early 20th-century. (USW325, $22.95)
	The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry • Theda Bassman • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This thin book offers readers a glimpse of beautiful Hopi handiwork. (SWU122, $15.95)
	The Beauty of Navajo Jewelry • Theda Bassman • Gene Balzer • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This thin book offers a glimpse of beautiful Navajo handiwork and the artists who create it. (SWU151, $16.95)
	Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego • Bill Cunningham • Polly Burke • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 60,000-acre desert park. (USW337, $6.95)
	The Best of Edward Abbey • Edward Abbey • ANTHOLOGY • Abbey compiled this generous collection of his fiction and non-fiction in 1984, including excerpts from The Brave Cowboy, Black Sun, and The Monkey Wrench Gang, along with sections of Desert Solitaire and other essays. (GEN336, $16.95)
	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)
	Beyond the Stony Mountains, Nature in the American West from Lewis and Clark to Today • Daniel B. Botkin • NATURAL HISTORY • Naturalist Daniel Botkin traces the route of Lewis and Clark with more than one hundred photographs and maps. (USW496, $38.00)
	Big Sky, Wild West Panorama • Tim Fitzharris • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of beautiful, sweeping full-color photographs from the American west. (USW537, $45.00)
	The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik • NATURAL HISTORY • Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled. (BRD29, $14.00)
	Birding by Ear: Western North America • Richard Walton • NATURAL HISTORY • (USW444, $30.00)
	Birding Texas • Roland H. Wauer • Mark A. Elwonger • GUIDEBOOK • A site guide to the birds of Texas featuring birding strategies, a list of resources for planning a birding trip, and information on 200 of the best birding sites. (TEX17, $22.95)
	Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley • Kenneth V. Rosenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A scholarly, authoritative report on the 400 species of birds occurring along the 200-mile stretch of the Arizona-California border. (USW173, $60.00)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)
	Bless Me, Ultima • Rudolfo A. Anaya • LITERATURE • The first-person tale of Antonio, a Chicano boy whose life is changed when a mystical woman named Ultima comes to live with his family. (USW264, $13.95)
	The Blessing Way • Tony Hillerman • MYSTERY • This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series. (SWU94, $7.99)
	Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West • Cormac McCarthy • LITERATURE • The story of a young man's involvement with a gang of marauding bandits set in the glory days of the Wild West (SWU31, $14.95)
	Book of the Hopi • Oswald White Bear Fredericks • Frank Waters • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Thirty Hopi elders share their legends, ceremonies, history and language. (SWU145, $16.00)
	The Book of the Navajo • Raymond Friday Locke • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An in-depth, scholarly portrait of the society, culture and history of the Navajo people. (SWU228, $8.95)
	The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain • Cormac McCarthy • LITERATURE • McCarthy's trio of novels chronicle the coming of age in the desert country of the American Southwest. (SWU200, $32.00)
	Bryce Canyon National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A detailed map of Bryce Canyon at a scale of 1:37,000. (USW143, $9.95)
	Burntwater • Scott Thybony • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This slim account of the author's travels across the Colorado Plateau slips into history, geology, anthropology, and memoir. (USW452, $16.95)
	Butch Cassidy, A Biography • Richard Patterson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life of the legendary outlaw. (USW355, $21.95)
	Butterflies through Binoculars, The West • Jeffrey Glassberg • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States. (BUG11, $24.95)
	Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America • Alvar Nu�ez Cabeza de Vaca • Cyclone Covey • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years. (SWU40, $17.95)
	The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist • Knut Schmidt-Nielsen • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • The wonderfully readable, lively account of a physiologist's adventures, combining personal anecdotes, travel, and commentary with good science. It includes sections on the Sahara and Atacama. (SCI57, $26.00)
	Canyon Country Wildflowers • Damian Fagan • FIELD GUIDE • This comprehensive field guide covers 190 of the most commonly encountered wildflowers, shrubs and trees of the Four Corners area. (USW155, $19.95)
	Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest • Jon Ortner • FOOD • COMING IN OCTOBER • This deluxe, numbered and signed, limited edition showcases 200 photographs, including seventy-five panoramas, shot in over fifty locations across a 130,000-square-mile area. (SWU251, $195.00)
	Canyonlands National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A durable, topographic map of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at a scale of 1:62,000. (USW164, $9.95)
	Canyons of the Escalante Map • Trails Illustrated • A full-color topographic map of Escalante. (USW304, $9.95)
	Ceremony • Leslie Marmon Silko • LITERATURE • (SWU18, $14.00)
	The Chaco Handbook, An Encyclopedic Guide • R. Gwinn Vivian • Bruce Hilpert • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive guide to the site and Chaco culture by and archaeologist and an educator. With 250 cross-referenced, alphabetical entries, and 100 maps, drawings and photos. (SWU119, $17.95)
	Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage • Robert Michael Pyle • NATURAL HISTORY • A memoir of Lepidoptery, combing the entomologist-author's considerable knowledge of butterflies and their biology with a rambling road trip from British Columbia through the Southwest to Mexico. (MEX62, $14.00)
	Chiricahua Mountains, Bridging the Borders of Wildness • Ken Lamberton • Jeff Garton • NATURAL HISTORY • A personal, comprehensive guide to the human and natural history of the Chiricahua mountains. (SWU148, $13.95)
	Cities of Gold, A Journey Across the American Southwest in Coronado's Footsteps • Doug Preston • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • On horseback through the American Southwest. (SWU85, $21.95)
	Classic Hikes of the World • Peter Pottersfield • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Pottersfield features 23 treks in this beautifully illustrated volume. Each trip gets an extended photographic essay with a route description, maps and practical details. (WLD52, $39.95)
	Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed • Jared Diamond • HISTORY • Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris). (GEN324, $18.00)
	Collecting Authentic Indian Arts and Crafts, Traditional Work • Indian Arts and Crafts Association • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to collecting and trading Southwestern Indian art. (SWU150, $16.95)
	Colorado National Monument Map • Trails Illustrated • A detailed hiker's topographic map of Colorado National Monument at a scale of 1:24,000. (RKY44, $9.95)
	Colorado Plateau Canyonlands • Hildebrand • A detailed shaded relief map (scale 1:700,000) of the Southern Rockies, including Bryce Canyon, Zion, the Grand Canyon and New Mexico. Features railroad routes. (USW05, $11.95)
	The Colorado Plateau Map • Time Traveler Maps • A shaded relief map at a scale of 1:1,300,000 with information on parks, monuments and other public lands. (USW266, $6.49)
	Compass Guide Arizona • Lawrence Cheek • Carrie Sears Bell • Michael Freeman • Kerrick James • GUIDEBOOK • A personable and well-written overview of Arizona's natural attractions, history, people, arts and architecture. (USW121, $21.95)
	Compass Guide Colorado • Jon Klusmire • Paul Chesley • GUIDEBOOK • This wonderfully written handbook features archival photographs, literary excerpts and practical travel information. (USW200, $21.95)
	Compass Guide Nevada • Deke Castleman • Jeff Gnass • GUIDEBOOK • This volume goes farther than most conventional guidebooks in giving the reader a sense of place. (USW223, $21.00)
	Compass Guide Santa Fe • Lawrence Cheek • GUIDEBOOK • This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography and detailed information on Santa Fe. (USW129, $20.95)
	Compass Guide Texas • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography, good maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Texas. (TEX25, $21.95)
	Compass Guide Utah • Tom Wharton • Gayen Wharton • GUIDEBOOK • This handsome guide features outstanding color photography, detailed maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Utah. (USW130, $21.95)
	Coyote Cafe • Mark Miller • FOOD • A collection of 150 favorite recipes as selected by the chefs at Santa Fe's popular Coyote Cafe. (SWU193, $19.95)
	Crossing Paths, Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild • Craig Childs • EXPLORATION • Adventurer and naturalists Craig Childs vividly describes 23 meetings with the animals of the American desert, from camel to rainbow trout. (SWU170, $14.95)
	Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West • Charles F. Wilkinson • HISTORY • A discussion of development and conservation in the West. (USW361, $35.00)
	Death Valley and the Amargosa, Land of Illusion • Richard E. Lingenfelter • HISTORY • An exhaustive history of Death Valley and the Amargosa River, filled with illustrations, maps and documents. (CAL10, $34.95)
	Death Valley National Park • Fred Hirschmann • Randi Hirschmann • Mark Schlenz • NATURAL HISTORY • One hundred and six color photographs of death Valley by landscape photographers Fred and Randi Hirschmann. It's a good overview of the park, especially recommended for travelers with a camera. (CAL13, $19.95)
	Death Valley National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A topographic map of Death Valley National Park. (CAL09, $11.95)
	A Desert Bestiary, Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry Places • Gregory McNamee • ANTHOLOGY • From the ant to the wolf, this is a lively, informative tribute to desert animals and their place in literature, folklore and ecology. (DES08, $14.95)
	Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 • Michael Durham • HISTORY • A history of Utah, published to coincide with the sesquicentennial of Mormon arrival in Utah. (USW382, $19.95)
	The Desert Cries, A Season of Flash Floods in a Dry Land • Craig Childs • NATURAL HISTORY • Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's impressionistic account of five flash floods which killed 22 people in Arizona in 1997. (SWU172, $14.95)
	Desert Ecology, An Introduction to Life in the Arid Southwest • John Sowell • NATURAL HISTORY • A comprehensive but accessible introduction to how plants and animals adapt to desert environments. (SWU246, $17.95)
	Desert Light, A Photographer's Journey Through America's Desert Southwest • John Annerino • NATURAL HISTORY • Annerino's portrays in glorious color photographs the Painted, Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahua deserts on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. (SWU247, $29.95)
	The Desert Smells Like Rain, A Naturalist in O'odham Country • Gary Paul Nabhan • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A compassionate portrait and natural history of the Papago Indians of Arizona's Sonoran desert. (USW275, $16.95)
	Desert Survival Skills • David Alloway • GUIDEBOOK • A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert. (DES06, $24.95)
	Desert Survivor, An Adventurer's Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert • John Annerino • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to 53 parks of the desert Southwest. (USW372, $15.95)
	Dine Bahane, The Navajo Creation Story • Paul G. Zolbrod • LITERATURE • The Navajo epic, in English. (SWU79, $24.95)
	Dinosaur National Monument Map • Trails Illustrated • A topographic map of Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah, at a scale of 1:78,000. (RKY38, $9.95)
	Earthtones, A Nevada Album • Ann Ronald • Stephen Trimble • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsomely illustrated portrait capturing the diversity of landscapes, people and culture of Nevada. (SWU51, $39.95)
	Eating Stone, Imagination And the Loss of the Wild • Ellen Meloy • NATURAL HISTORY • Meloy writes endearingly of her time spent studying bighorn sheep in the canyonlands of Utah. (SWU219, $14.00)
	Empire Express, Building the First Transcontinental Railroad • David Haward Bain • HISTORY • A magisterial history of the railroad that connected the East to the West -- and radically changed the face of America. It is quite a tale, featuring greed, corruption, disaster and many memorable characters. (USW135, $20.00)
	Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs • Philip J. Currie • Kevin Padian • REFERENCE • This massive volume may be expensive, but it's certainly comprehensive. Compiled by two prominent paleontologists, it's a reference to major dinosaur research up through the end of the 20th century. (SCI29, $148.00)
	The Excursion Train • Edward Marston • MYSTERY • A rash of motiveless strangulations on the Great Western Railway intrigues Inspector Colbeck, the Railway Detective of Marston's Victorian mystery series. (SWU248, $15.95)
	The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park • T. Scott Bryan • Betty Tucker-Bryan • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Death Valley and a survey of the park's human and natural history. (CAL67, $23.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Arizona, complete with over 500 photographs, illustrations and maps, as well as plenty of travel information. (SWU173, $20.00)
	The Far Southwest 1846-1912, A Territorial History • Howard R. Lamar • HISTORY • A classic history of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. (SWU166, $29.95)
	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)
	Feast of Santa Fe, Cooking of the American Southwest • Huntley Dent • FOOD • An easy-to-follow introduction to the cuisine of the Southwest written by a cooking school instructor. (SWU194, $16.00)
	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)
	A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona • Anne Orth Epple • Lewis Epple • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic field guide to the flora of Arizona. (SWU60, $24.95)
	Fire on the Mountain, The True Story of the South Canyon Fire • John MacLean • HISTORY • A gripping account of the deadly 1994 wildfire that raged on Storm King Mountain. (USW212, $14.00)
	Fodor's American Southwest • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN DECEMBER • The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout the Southwest. Compact and portable, it's ideal for either a weekend trip or an extended visit. (SWU250, $21.95)
	Fodor's Arizona and the Grand Canyon • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (USW540, $19.95)
	Fodor's Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque • Paul Eisenberg • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (USW541, $16.95)
	Folly and Glory • Larry McMurtry • LITERATURE • The fourth volume in McMurty's engrossing Berrybender saga. (USW451, $7.99)
	From the Dining Car, The Recipes and Stories Behind Today's Greatest Rail Dining Experiences • James D. Porterfield • FOOD • A collection of menus, recipes and wine lists from the dining cars of four American rail services. (USW497, $32.50)
	Frommer's American Southwest • Frommer's • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide in the popular series featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. (SWU183, $22.99)
	Frommer's Denver, Boulder & Colorado Springs • Eric Peterson • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (USW536, $16.99)
	Frommer's National Parks of the American West • Don Laine • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (USW535, $21.99)
	Frontiers, A Short History of the American West • Robert V. Hine • John Mack Faragher • HISTORY • A lively, authoritative brief history. (USW531, $28.00)
	A Garden of Bristlecones, Tales of Change in the Great Basin • Micahel Cohen • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural and cultural history. (SWU52, $34.95)
	The Gates of the Alamo • Stephen Harrigan • LITERATURE • An engrossing, epic novel about the Alamo and such figures as James Bowie, David Crockett, William Travis, and Santa Anna. The climax is a vivid discrepition of the fall of the stronghold as seen through the eyes of both Mexican attackers and Texan defenders. (TEX74, $14.00)
	Gathering the Desert • Gary Paul Nabhan • NATURAL HISTORY • A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest. (USW120, $19.95)
	Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley • Robert P. Sharp • Allen F. Glazner • NATURAL HISTORY • An introduction to the geological features of Southeastern California. (CAL12, $18.00)
	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)
	Geronimo, His Own Story • Stephen Melvil Barrett • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The autobiography of famous Apache warrior Geronimo. (USW326, $14.00)
	Getting Over the Color Green • Scott Slovic • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology and tribute to the American desert. (SWU62, $19.95)
	Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map • Trails Illustrated • A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks. (SWU57, $9.95)
	Goin' Railroading • Sam Speas • Margaret Coel • HISTORY • An account of two generations of railroad engineers who have worked on the Colorado and Southern railroads since the late 19th century. (USW204, $19.95)
	Going Back to Bisbee • Richard Shelton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Poet Richard Shelton's meditations on the history, landscape and wildlife of Bisbee, Arizona. Elegantly written, this narrative of a day trip from Shelton's Tucson home to the old mining town is an excellent introduction to the region's human and natural history. (USW324, $17.95)
	Going Places, Transportation Redefines the Twentieth-Century West • Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes • HISTORY • A narrative history of the relationship between transportation and the history of the modern American West. With over 100 photographs. (USW494, $29.95)
	Gone to Texas, A History of the Lone Star State • Randolph Campbell • HISTORY • A rich political history of the state with some welcome emphasis on its Mexican, African American, and Native American history. (TEX75, $39.95)
	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)
	Great Basin National Park Map • Earthwalk Press • GUIDEBOOK • A detailed hiking map of great Basin National Park. (SWU54, $5.95)
	Great Lodges of the National Parks, Volume Two • David Morris • Fred Pflughoft • Christine Barnes • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A second volume of gorgeous pictures from the most impressive and historically important lodges all over the US. (USW568, $35.00)
	Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History • Paul Horgan • HISTORY • First published in 1954, this classic book won both the Bancroft and the Pulitzer Prizes for history. (TEX21, $32.95)
	The Great Taos Bank Robbery, And Other Indian Country Affairs • Tony Hillerman • LITERATURE • Nine fast-reading short stories based on daily life in contemporary New Mexico, written by the author of best-selling mysteries set in the Southwest. (USW132, $13.00)
	Growing Up Latino • Harold Augenbraum • Ilan Stavans • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of Latino author's experiences growing up in America. (USA58, $15.00)
	Guide Map to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon • North Star Maps • A colorful, folded map of the region at a scale of 1:270,000. (SWU188, $7.95)
	Hear That Train Whistle Blow!, How the Railroad Changed the World • Milton Meltzer • HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Metzer explains how the advent of rail travel has influenced almost every aspect of society. For readers aged 9-12. (USW493, $8.95)
	Hiking Canyonlands and Arches National Parks • Bill Schneider • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the hiking trails and backcountry roads of Canyonlands and Arches, published in cooperation with the National Park Service. (USW154, $16.95)
	Hiking Death Valley • Michel Digonnet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to hiking in Death Valley, written by a veteran traveler and adventurer in the region. (CAL68, $19.95)
	Hiking Great Basin National Park • Bruce Grubbs • GUIDEBOOK • A brief guide to exploring the high desert, canyons, forests and mountains of Great Basin National Park. (SWU184, $9.95)
	Home Ground, Language for an American Landscape • Barry Lopez • NATURAL HISTORY • Each of the 850 entries in this distinctively American, oversized glossary by Gretel Ehrlich (Wyoming), William Kittredge (Montana) Terry Tempest Williams (Colorado Plateau) and other luminaries deftly sketches a distinctive physical feature from 'a'a (Hawaii's rough lava floes) and aquifer to slot canyon, slough, wharf and woodlot. With line drawings. (USW488, $29.95)
	Hopi Basket Weaving, Artistry in Natural Fibers • Helga Teiwes • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The beauty of Hopi basket weaving rituals is explored in full detail in this colorful book. (SWU128, $22.95)
	Hopi Kachina Dolls, With a Key to Their Identification • Harold S. Colton • REFERENCE • Over 250 figures are presented in this kachina collector's reference. (SWU124, $18.95)
	Hopi Kachinas, The Complete Guide to Collecting Kachina Dolls • Barton Wright • REFERENCE • A wealth of information on Kachinas, organized by type. (SWU121, $14.95)
	The House at Otowi Bridge, The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos • Peggy Pond Church • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The well-told story of Edith Warner, who lived beside the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico and hobnobbed with the nuclear scientists of Los Alamos. (SWU17, $15.95)
	House Made of Dawn • N. Scott Momaday • LITERATURE • The story of Abel, a young Tano Indian who returns from World War II army service to his home village, Walatowa, only to discover that he has entered a hell between two cultures. (SWU19, $13.00)
	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)
	How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher • Simon Barnes • NATURAL HISTORY • According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter. (BRD25, $17.95)
	I Am the Grand Canyon, The Story of the Havasupai People • Stephen Hirst • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A history and celebration of the 20,000 year history of the Havasupai people. (SWU227, $18.95)
	In a Narrow Grave, Essays on Texas • Larry McMurtry • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • First published in 1968, this is a wide-ranging collection of essays on the Texan character. McMurtry covers topics such as rural Texas sexual behavior, cowboys, southwestern literature and country music. (TEX20, $13.00)
	In Search of the Old Ones, Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest • David D. Roberts • ARCHAEOLOGY • An exuberant, engaging account of archaeological adventures in the desert Southwest. Roberts investigates the factors that may have led to the demise of the Anasazi civilization -- and looks into longstanding controversies. (USW157, $14.00)
	Indian Rock Art of the Southwest • Polly Schaafsma • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, nicely illusrtated survey of rock art. (SWU136, $39.95)
	Indians of the American Southwest • Steven Walker • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An excellent overview of the Indians of the Southwest, including the Anasazi, Hohokam and Sinagua. (SWU10, $8.95)
	Insight Guide National Parks, Western United States • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A volume in the award-winning Insight series, this guide is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays. It is a thoroughly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the national parks of the western United States, including Arches, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. (USW181, $24.95)
	Introduction to Grand Canyon Ecology • Rose Houk • NATURAL HISTORY • A short overview published by the Grand Canyon Association. (SWU211, $6.95)
	Killing the White Man's Indian, Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the twentieth Century • Fergus M. Bordewich • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Journalist and writer Bordewich addresses Native American myths, stereotypes, policies and politics, reservation life and reality in this provocative book based on interviews and field work across America. (USA112, $15.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.00)
	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains • Isabella Bird • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Isabella Bird was an inspiring -- and intrepid -- Victorian traveler. This book collects her letters home to her sister Henrietta during travels through the Colorado Rockies in 1873, a side-trip she made on the way home from Hawaii. (USW44, $7.95)
	The Land of Little Rain • Mary Austin • Terry Tempest Williams • NATURAL HISTORY • In this turn-of-the-century desert hymn, Austin -- a writer and naturalist who accompanied her husband to Death Valley in the 1890s -- finds a vibrant ecosystem where her forbears saw wasteland. An illuminating natural history. (CAL66, $13.00)
	The Last Cheater's Waltz, Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest • Ellen Meloy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A naturalist's travels through the desert Southwest of her youth, reflecting on native peoples, landscape and ecology. Meloy explores Los Alamos, Trinity National Historic Landmark, and White Sands Missile Range -- including the impact of the laboratory and bomb testing on the environment. (USW292, $16.95)
	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, $10.95)
	Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography • Left Handed • Walter Dyk • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (SWU96, $18.95)
	A Line in the Sand, The Alamo in Blood and Memory • James Stuart Olson • Randy Roberts • HISTORY • An informative history of the Alamo and how it lives on in history texts, John Wayne movies and modern border wars. The authors make no bones about it: they want to debunk the Alamo myths, once and for all. (TEX47, $16.95)
	Lone Star, A History of Texas and the Texans • T.R. Fehrenbach • HISTORY • A comprehensive, readable history of Texas from prehistory to the present, with particular focus on the Texan republic, secession, and the role of oil in the state. (TEX72, $26.00)
	Lonely Planet Zion & Bryce Canyon, National Parks • Jeff Campbell • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guidebook in the popular series. (USW534, $19.99)
	Mac's Field Guide to Cacti and Common Trees and Shrubs of the Southwest • Craig MacGowan • FIELD GUIDE • A double-sided, laminated card featuring color illustrations and identifying characertistics. (SWU167, $4.95)
	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)
	The Magnificent Mountain Women, Adventures in the Colorado Rockies • Janet Robertson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of biographical stories based on the adventures of Colorado's pioneering explorers, sportswomen, lady botanists and modern climbers, quite a colorful group. (USW199, $15.95)
	Majestic Journey, Corondo's Inland Empire • Stewart L. Udall • Jerry D. Jacka • HISTORY • A photographic tribute to the Southwest, in the footsteps of Coronado. (SWU86, $19.95)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico. (NAM11, $19.95)
	The Man Who Could Fly And Other Stories • Rudolfo A. Anaya • LITERATURE • (USW492, $19.95)
	The Man Who Killed the Deer • Frank Waters • LITERATURE • A heartfelt tale of a Pueblo Indian in New Mexico. Waters captures the difficult position of his protagonist Martiniano, straddled between his tribe and white society. (USW265, $11.95)
	Marietta Wetherill, Life With the Navajos of Chaco Canyon • Kathryn Gabriel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An oral history of Chaco by the bride of Richard Wetherill, the rancher and archaeologist who ran a trading post in Chaco Canyon from 1896 until he was killed by a Navajo in 1910. (SWU117, $19.95)
	Mesa Verde National Park, Shadows of the Centuries • Duane Smith • LITERATURE • A cultural and archaeological guide to Mesa Verde, including a history of the Anasazi, the story of the creation of the national park and the impact of modern tourism. (SWU159, $16.95)
	Mojave National Preserve Map • Trails Illustrated • A detailed map of Mojave National Preserve. (USW250, $11.95)
	Molded in the Image of Changing Woman • Maureen Schwarz • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An ethnographic study of Navajo attitudes toward bodies and health. (SWU81, $22.95)
	Moon Handbook Four Corners • Julian Smith • GUIDEBOOK • A slim, comprehensive guide to the sights and history of Navajo and Hopi Country,