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Abbey's Road
• Edward Abbey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This anthology of Abbey's travels include the cantankerous desert rat's entertaining account of exploring the Sierra Madre of Mexico.
(DES04, $16.00)
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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
• Stephanie Whittlesey
• James Jefferson Reid
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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An archaeological survey of the state. The book follows archaeologists as they trek around the mountains and deserts of Arizona, profiling them as well as describing the knowledge so far unearthed.
(SWU36, $17.95)
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Arizona and Four Corners Region Map
• North Star Maps
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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)
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Arizona Flipmap
• Universal Map Enterprises
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(USW211, $4.95)
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Arizona, the Grand Canyon State
• Steven Walker
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A photographic overview of Arizona's geology, natural history and people.
(SWU08, $9.95)
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Arizona/New Mexico Map
• AAA Publishing
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(USW302, $4.95)
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Barren, Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert
• Susan J. Tweit
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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These seven personal essays celebrate the nature and culture of the Chihuahuan Desert.
(USW431, $17.95)
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A Beautiful, Cruel Country
• Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An absorbing memoir of growing up on a ranch along the Arizona/Mexico border in the early 20th-century.
(USW325, $22.95)
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The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry
• Theda Bassman
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This thin book offers readers a glimpse of beautiful Hopi handiwork.
(SWU122, $15.95)
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The Best of Edward Abbey
• Edward Abbey
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Birding in the American West
• Kevin Zimmer
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West.
(USW404, $29.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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The Blessing Way
• Tony Hillerman
• MYSTERY
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This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series.
(SWU94, $7.99)
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Book of the Hopi
• Oswald White Bear Fredericks
• Frank Waters
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Thirty Hopi elders share their legends, ceremonies, history and language.
(SWU145, $16.00)
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The Book of the Navajo
• Raymond Friday Locke
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An in-depth, scholarly portrait of the society, culture and history of the Navajo people.
(SWU228, $8.95)
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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain
• Cormac McCarthy
• LITERATURE
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McCarthy's trio of novels chronicle the coming of age in the desert country of the American Southwest.
(SWU200, $32.00)
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Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
• Jeffrey Glassberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States.
(BUG11, $24.95)
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Canyon
• Michael Ghiglieri
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Down the river from Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek in the company of an experienced guide and ecologist. Ghiglieri mixes a travel account with high adventure, drama and a good deal of information on the history, geology and ecology of the Colorado.
(SWU75, $18.95)
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Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage
• Robert Michael Pyle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Crossing Paths, Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild
• Craig Childs
• EXPLORATION
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Adventurer and naturalists Craig Childs vividly describes 23 meetings with the animals of the American desert, from camel to rainbow trout.
(SWU170, $14.95)
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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
• Tom Miller
• Alex Webb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SWU179, $50.00)
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The Desert Cries, A Season of Flash Floods in a Dry Land
• Craig Childs
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's impressionistic account of five flash floods which killed 22 people in Arizona in 1997.
(SWU172, $14.95)
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The Desert Smells Like Rain, A Naturalist in O'odham Country
• Gary Paul Nabhan
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A compassionate portrait and natural history of the Papago Indians of Arizona's Sonoran desert.
(USW275, $16.95)
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Desert Survival Skills
• David Alloway
• GUIDEBOOK
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A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert.
(DES06, $24.95)
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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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Down the Great Unknown, John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
• Edward Dolnick
• HISTORY
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A riveting account of the one-armed Civil War veteran and his band of nine men who were the first to explore the mysterious Grand Canyon. Largely drawn from the crew's journals.
(USW489, $13.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to Arizona, complete with over 500 photographs, illustrations and maps, as well as plenty of travel information.
(SWU173, $20.00)
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park
• Ron Adkison
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical hiking guide to Grand Canyon National Park.
(SWU102, $14.95)
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Fodor's Arizona and the Grand Canyon
• Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(USW540, $19.95)
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Taliesin West
• Kathryn Smith
• Judith Bromley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic tribute to the two Taliesin estates.
(USA50, $39.95)
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Frommer's American Southwest
• Frommer's
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Frommer's Arizona
• Karl Samson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop.
(SWU223, $19.99)
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Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona
• Lon Abbott
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Geologic features of 20 sites in Arizona, from the Grand Canyon and Sedona to the Sonora.
(SWU238, $18.00)
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Geronimo, His Own Story
• Stephen Melvil Barrett
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The autobiography of famous Apache warrior Geronimo.
(USW326, $15.00)
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Getting Over the Color Green
• Scott Slovic
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology and tribute to the American desert.
(SWU62, $19.95)
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Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map
• Trails Illustrated
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A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks.
(SWU57, $11.95)
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Going Back to Bisbee
• Richard Shelton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Grand Canyon Country, Its Majesty and Lore
• Seymour L. Fishbein
• Kenneth Brower
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An overview of the Grand Canyon presented in the style of National Geographic, featuring spectacular color photographs, maps and good travel information.
(SWU13, $15.00)
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The Grand Canyon Handbook, An Insider's Guide to the Park
• Susan Frank
• Phil Frank
• GUIDEBOOK
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A charming guidebook to the Grand Canyon as presented by Ranger Jack, featuring illustrations by cartoonist Phil Frank.
(SWU161, $14.95)
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Grand Canyon, A Century of Change
• Robert H. Webb
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A visual document of change along the river since the the 1889-1890 Stanton Expedition.
(SWU72, $27.95)
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Grand Canyon, Little Things in a Big Place
• Ann Zwinger
• Michael Collier
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(USW467, $14.95)
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Grand Canyon: Window of Time
• Stewart Aitchison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A brief environmental history of the Grand Canyon, complemented excellent color photographs.
(SWU218, $9.95)
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The Grand, The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon: a Photo Journey
• Steve Miller
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Miller, with his 30 years of experience rafting the Colorado, documents the wildlife, geology, landscapes and fellow rafters from Lees Ferry to Mile 236 in 300 glorious color photographs.
(SWU196, $29.95)
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Guide Map to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon
• North Star Maps
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A colorful, folded map of the region at a scale of 1:270,000.
(SWU188, $7.95)
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A Guide to Tucson Architecture
• Anne M. Nequette
• R. Brooks Jeffery
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated guide to the architecture of Tucson.
(SWU107, $22.95)
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Hidden Arizona
• Richard Harris
• GUIDEBOOK
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The ultimate guide to Arizona, including detailed information on day hikes in 67 parks and wilderness areas, maps indicating obscure and well-known sights alike, and reviews of accommodations from golf resorts in Phoenix to dude ranches outside Tucson.
(SWU255, $18.95)
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Historic Scottsdale, A Life from the Land
• Joan Fudala
• HISTORY
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An oversize photo history of Scottsdale, Arizona.
(SWU109, $49.95)
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Hopi Kachina Dolls, With a Key to Their Identification
• Harold S. Colton
• REFERENCE
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Over 250 figures are presented in this kachina collector's reference.
(SWU124, $18.95)
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The Hummingbird's Daughter, A Novel
• Alberto Urrea
• LITERATURE
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Urrea bases his award-winning novel on the life of Teresita, the Saint of Cabora, born on a ranch in 1878 on the Arizona-Mexico border (she's also his great aunt).
(SWU220, $14.99)
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I Am the Grand Canyon, The Story of the Havasupai People
• Stephen Hirst
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A history and celebration of the 20,000 year history of the Havasupai people.
(SWU227, $18.95)
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Indians of the American Southwest
• Steven Walker
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An excellent overview of the Indians of the Southwest, including the Anasazi, Hohokam and Sinagua.
(SWU10, $8.95)
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Insiders' Guide to Phoenix
• Lori Rohlk Pfeiffer
• Paul Morris
• Mary Paganelli
• Sean McLachlan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to the region, now in its 3rd edition.
(SWU153, $16.95)
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Insiders' Guide to Tucson
• Mary Paganelli Votto
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy, practical guide to the city and environs, with information on Tucson's arts, history and natural heritage.
(SWU232, $16.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography
• Left Handed
• Walter Dyk
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(SWU96, $18.95)
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Lonely Planet Southwest USA
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in the American Southwest.
(SWU99, $24.99)
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Made in the Southwest: A Shopper's Guide to the Region's Best Native American, Hispanic and Western Craft Traditions
• Laura Morelli
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Four Corners
• Julian Smith
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slim, comprehensive guide to the sights and history of Navajo and Hopi Country, Moab and Lake Powell.
(SWU189, $16.95)
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Nampeyo and Her Pottery
• Barbara Kramer
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The first full-length biography of the celebrated Hopi potter.
(SWU144, $24.95)
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National Geographic Arizona
• Bill Weir
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive and visual guide to Arizona, in the traditional National Geographic style.
(SWU132, $22.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to Birds, Arizona & New Mexico
• Jonatha Alderfer
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to the birds of Arizona and New Mexico, featuring a two-page spread for each species with a clear color photograph, a range map and excellent descriptions of field marks, behavior, habitat and viewing sites.
(SWU213, $14.95)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $40.00)
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A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
• David Williams
• Gloria Brown
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to the wildlife of the high desert of the Colorado Plateau and the nine national parks of the region. Williams includes an overview of the history, geology and ecology of the high desert along with basic information on identifying common plants and animals.
(USW289, $22.95)
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Navajo Weaving, Three Centuries of Change
• Kate Peck Kent
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The classic history of Navajo textiles.
(SWU80, $22.95)
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
• Howard R. Lamar
• REFERENCE
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A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West.
(USW416, $80.00)
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On the Edge of Splendor, Exploring Grand Canyon's Human Past
• Douglas Wright Schwartz
• HISTORY
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An illustrated at look at the often overlooked human history of the Grand Canyon, including native peoples, exploration, and the tourist industry.
(SWU225, $12.95)
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Patterns of Culture
• Ruth Benedict
• Margaret Mead
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This pioneering book compares and contrasts three native cultures.
(PNG10, $15.00)
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Paul Strand Southwest
• Paul Strand
• Rebecca Busselle
• Trudy Wilner Stack
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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With 50 black-and-white photographs, this book showcases Strand's elegant photography against the backdrop of the Southwest.
(USW442, $50.00)
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Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
• Edward Abbey
• David Petersen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Abbey displays his signature wit in this entertaining collection of letters to editors and friends, decrying bureaucracy and the despoiling of his beloved West.
(USW484, $16.00)
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Preserving Nature in the National Parks, A History
• Richard West Sellars
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A history of the National Park Service.
(USA12, $22.00)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Rick Joy, Desert Works
• Rick Joy
• Steven Holl
• Juhani Pallasmaa
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic overview of nine buildings designed by Richard Joy in the Sonoran Desert.
(GEN251, $40.00)
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The River is Mine
• Ardian Gill
• LITERATURE
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A novel of John Wesley Poweel and the exploration of the Cororado.
(SWU152, $12.95)
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Road to Scottsdale
• Albert J. Lieber
• Kurt Vonnegut
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A short and airy memoir of growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona.
(SWU110, $18.95)
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Roads in the Sky, The Hopi Indians in a Century of Change
• Richard O. Clemmer
• HISTORY
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An in-depth look at how the Hopis have coped with an ever-changing, modernizing world.
(SWU123, $42.00)
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Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest
• James Halfpenny
• Todd Telander
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to tracks, scats and signs of the animals of the region.
(SWU61, $9.95)
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The Secret Knowledge of Water
• Craig Childs
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's lyrical travelogue of his journey through Arizona, Utah, the Grand Canyon and Northern Mexico.
(SWU169, $14.99)
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Sedona
• Sedona Historical Society
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This loving collection of 200 archival photographs traces the growth of Sedona.
(SWU241, $19.99)
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Sedona, Official Guide to Red Rock Country
• Lawrence Cheek
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated visitor's guide to hiking and sightseeing in Arizona' s Red Rock Country.
(SWU09, $12.95)
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Seeing and Being Seen, Tourism in the American West
• David Wrobel
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Scholars from the humanities and social sciences join government and National Park Service professionals to investigate the dilemmas that tourism poses for western communities, from economic and environmental questions to cultural change.
(USW571, $19.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Smithsonian Handbooks Birds of North America, Western Region
• Fred J. Alsop, III
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to birds found west of the Mississippi with a page devoted to each of 700 species.
(USW415, $25.00)
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Sonoran Desert Life
• Gerald A. Rosenthal
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact, informative guide illustrates the flora and fauna of the Sonora.
(USW574, $27.95)
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Soul of Nowhere
• Craig Childs
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert.
(SWU171, $22.95)
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Southwestern Desert Birds
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A fold-out, laminated guide to the birds of the desert Southwest, with illustrations of almost 150 species.
(SWU42, $5.95)
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Southwestern Desert Life
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket-size, fold-out guide to the life of the desert southwest.
(SWU43, $5.95)
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Southwestern Pottery, Anasazi to Zuni
• John Blom
• Allan Hayes
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A fully illustrated history of the art featuring 1,100 pieces of pottery and useful tips for collectors.
(SWU142, $21.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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A Taliesin Legacy, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices
• Tobias S. Guggenheimer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated introduction to the architects and philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin and Arizona.
(USE141, $64.95)
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This Land, A Guide to Western National Forests
• Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Mike Dombeck
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USW468, $25.95)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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Tucson Map
• Rand McNally Maps
•
A detailed map of Tucson, Arizona.
(USW177, $4.95)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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Woven by the Grandmothers, Nineteenth-Century Navajo Textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian
• Eulalie Bonar
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
•
A fully illustrated survey of 19th-century Navajo textiles from the Smithsonian's collection.
(SWU95, $34.95)
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Writing on the Edge, A Borderlands Reader
• Tom Miller
• ANTHOLOGY
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(SWU180, $19.95)
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