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	109 East Palace, Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos • Jennet Conant • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This lively history of Los Alamos focuses not on the science but on the extraordinary social atmosphere of the place, its secret mission, stunning location and huge personalities. (SWU191, $26.95)
	Abbey's Road • Edward Abbey • NATURAL HISTORY • This anthology of Abbey's travels includes the cantankerous desert rat's entertaining account of exploring the Sierra Madre of Mexico. (DES04, $17.00)
	Albuquerque Map • Rand McNally Maps • A road map of Albuquerque and surrounding neighborhoods. (SWU160, $4.95)
	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/New Mexico Map • AAA Publishing • (USW302, $4.95)
	Atomic Spaces, Living on the Manhattan Project • Peter Bacon Hales • HISTORY • How American culture grew out of the atomic age. (USW425, $29.00)
	The Atomic West • Bruce William Hevly • John M. Findlay • HISTORY • A series of essays concerning the history and effect of nuclear testing in the American West. (USW291, $25.00)
	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)
	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)
	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 in the American West • Kevin Zimmer • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West. (USW404, $29.95)
	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)
	The Blessing Way • Tony Hillerman • MYSTERY • This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series. (SWU94, $7.99)
	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, $36.00)
	A Brief History of New Mexico • Myra Jenkins • Albert Schroeder • HISTORY • This slim volume packs in more historical information than you could ever imagine in a mere 89 pages. (USW218, $13.95)
	Brighter than a Thousand Suns, a Personal History of Atomic Scientists • Robert Jungk • HISTORY • An early history of the Manhattan project. (HSC20, $14.00)
	Brotherhood of the Bomb • Greg Herken • HISTORY • A study of the trio of physicists responsible for creating the atomic bomb. (USW424, $30.00)
	Butterflies through Binoculars, The West • Jeffrey Glassberg • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States. (BUG11, $24.95)
	By Bomb's Early Light, American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age • Paul S. Boyer • HISTORY • A cultural history of America in the 1940s and 50s in relationship to the atomic bomb. (HSC16, $27.50)
	By Sorrow's River • Larry McMurtry • LITERATURE • The third volume in McMurty's engrossing Berrybender saga set along the Rio Grande. (USW450, $7.99)
	Carlsbad Caverns National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A detailed map of Carlsbad Caverns and the surrounding park at a scale of 1:32,400, showing topographic lines, trails and other points of interest. (SWU202, $9.95)
	Chaco Canyon, Archaeologist's Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society • Brian Fagan • ARCHAEOLOGY • An excellent overview of the beliefs, traditions and daily lives of the ancient inhabitants of Chaco Canyon, drawn from the latest archaeological evidence. (SWU216, $30.00)
	Chaco Canyon, Archaeology and Archaeologists • Florence C. Lister • Robert Hill Lister • ARCHAEOLOGY • A profusely illustrated history of archaeology in Chaco Canyon, including the authors' depiction of the daily life and traditions of the Anasazi. (SWU177, $22.95)
	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)
	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)
	Critical Assembly, A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945 • Lillian Hoddeson • Paul W. Henriksen • Roger A. Meade • Catherine L. Westfall • SCIENCE • The best technical history of the Manhatten Project in Los Alamos. (HSC23, $168.00)
	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)
	Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border • Tom Miller • Alex Webb • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (SWU179, $50.00)
	The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 • Ferenc Morton Szasz • SCIENCE • A concise and vividly written history of the Manhattan Project, focusing on the Trinity Site. (HSC18, $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 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)
	Discovering the Desert, Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory • William McGinnies • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $17.95)
	Enchantment and Exploitation, The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range • William Eno DeBuys • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A study of the cultures in the mountains of northern New Mexico. (USW215, $23.95)
	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)
	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)
	Fodor's Escape to the American Desert • Catherine Karnow • David Lansing • GUIDEBOOK • Highlights of the American Desert, with 20 suggested activities in the Southwestern region. (USW262, $20.00)
	Fodor's New Mexico • Paul Eisenberg • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (USW542, $17.95)
	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)
	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)
	Gathering the Desert • Gary Paul Nabhan • NATURAL HISTORY • A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest. (USW120, $19.95)
	Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico, A Sense of Place • Barbara Buhler Lynes • Lesley Poling-Kempes • Frederick Turner • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A catalogue of O'Keeffe paintings pairing 20 original images with modern photographs of the landscapes depicted by the curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. (SWU186, $45.00)
	Getting Over the Color Green • Scott Slovic • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology and tribute to the American desert. (SWU62, $19.95)
	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)
	If Mountains Die, A New Mexico Memoir • John Treadwell Nichols • William Davis • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A visual survey of Taos old from the perspective of a 30-year Taos resident, who's still as in love with the land now as he was when the book was first published in 1979. (USW216, $19.95)
	In Search of Chaco, New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma • David Grant Noble • ARCHAEOLOGY • This illustrated collection of 17 essays by a wide range of experts is an excellent overview of the archaeological history of the region. (SWU176, $24.95)
	In the Shadow of the Bomb • Silvan S. Schweber • HISTORY • A dual biography of Bethe and Oppenheimer, and their role in the creation of the atomic bomb. (HSC15, $57.50)
	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)
	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)
	Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography • Left Handed • Walter Dyk • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (SWU96, $18.95)
	Lonely Planet Southwest USA • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in the American Southwest. (SWU99, $24.99)
	The Los Alamos Primer, the First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb • Robert Serber • Richard Rhodes • SCIENCE • A collection of original lecture notes concering the construction of the atomic bomb. (HSC17, $39.95)
	Los Alamos, A Novel • Joseph Kanon • MYSTERY • A thriller set in Los Alamos in the 1940s. (USW293, $7.99)
	Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds • Lois Palken Rudnick • HISTORY • In this well-received biography, Rudnick mines the depictions of Luhan from writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Gertrude Stein, as well as Mabel's own writings, to paint a complete picture of the woman. (SWU185, $22.95)
	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)
	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)
	Marsden Hartley • Bruce Robertson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short examination of Marsden Hartley and his art. (USE187, $45.00)
	Masked Gods, Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism • Frank Waters • HISTORY • An excellent overview of Pueblo life and their many ceremonies. (USW220, $18.95)
	Mexican Hat • Michael McGarrity • MYSTERY • Kevin Kerney, a forest ranger and former Santa Fe chief of police, returns in this absorbing mystery featuring a cast of murderers, poachers and militiamen along the southern border of New Mexico. (SWU204, $7.99)
	Moon Handbook Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque • Zora O'Neill • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide in the popular series, with good background information about history, culture and popular attractions. (USW486, $16.95)
	The Myth of Santa Fe, Creating a Modern Regional Tradition • Chris Wilson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • By exploring Santa Fe's architectural style, public ceremonies, historic preservation movement and cultural traditions, Eilson unravels the complex interactions of ethnic identity and tourist image making. (SWU254, $34.95)
	National Geographic Field Guide to Birds, Arizona & New Mexico • Jonatha Alderfer • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer • ANTHOLOGY • This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (USA95, $22.00)
	Natural Acts, A Sidelong View of Science and Nature • David Quammen • SCIENCE • Quammen augments this new edition of his debut collection of essays with a section of his best work since 1985. (NAT134, $24.95)
	A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country • David Williams • Gloria Brown • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	The New Encyclopedia of the American West • Howard R. Lamar • REFERENCE • A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West. (USW416, $85.00)
	New Mexico Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species • James Kavanagh • NATURAL HISTORY • A handy fold-up card featuring color illustrations of common plants, animals and reptiles of New Mexico. (SWU203, $5.95)
	Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers • Steve West • FIELD GUIDE • A handy field guide to the plants of western Texas and southern New Mexico. (USW432, $24.95)
	Now It Can Be Told, The Story of the Manhattan Project • Leslie R. Groves • Edward Teller • HISTORY • A history of the Manhattan Project as told by the military head of the project. (HSC21, $17.50)
	Patterns of Culture • Ruth Benedict • Margaret Mead • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This pioneering book compares and contrasts three native cultures. (PNG10, $15.00)
	Paul Strand Southwest • Paul Strand • Rebecca Busselle • Trudy Wilner Stack • ART & ARCHITECTURE • With 50 black-and-white photographs, this book showcases Strand's elegant photography against the backdrop of the Southwest. (USW442, $50.00)
	The Peopling of Bandelier, New Insights From the Archaelogy of yhe Pajarito Plateau • Rober Powers • ARCHAEOLOGY • A scholarly history of New Mexico's Pajarito Plateau, compiled by 19 archaeologists, historians, ecologists and Pueblo contributors. (USW517, $24.95)
	Pueblo Indians of North America • Edward P. Dozier • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A rare glimpse into the life and culture of Eastern and Western Pueblos. (USW234, $19.95)
	The Pueblo Revolt, The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest • David Roberts • HISTORY • A lively, passionate account of the violent 1680 Pueblo uprising against Spanish settlers. (USW516, $15.00)
	Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • 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)
	Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Roadside Geology, New Mexico • Halka Chronic • NATURAL HISTORY • Designed for the roadside traveler, this book explains in detail the geologic history of New Mexico as seen through the window. It's a great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed. (SWU59, $18.00)
	Roadside History of New Mexico • Roberta B. Fugate • Francis L. Fugate • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive history of New Mexico masquerading as a driving guide. (USW421, $18.00)
	Santa Fe & Taos Book: Great Destinations, A Complete Guide • Sharon Niederman • GUIDEBOOK • An authoritative, bestselling practical guide to the food, culture and attractions of the region. (SWU206, $18.95)
	The Santa Fe Guide • Waite Thompson • Richard M. Gottleib • GUIDEBOOK • A homegrown guide to the New Mexican city, featuring plenty of recommendations what to see and do, as well as where to shop, stay and eat. (SWU155, $6.95)
	The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook • Susan Curtis • FOOD • An excellent introduction to cooking Santa Fe style from the region's most notable cooking school. With 50 black-and-white and 16 color photographs. (SWU192, $19.95)
	Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest • James Halfpenny • Todd Telander • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide to tracks, scats and signs of the animals of the region. (SWU61, $9.95)
	The Secret Knowledge of Water • Craig Childs • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's lyrical travelogue of his journey through Arizona, Utah, the Grand Canyon and Northern Mexico. (SWU169, $14.99)
	Smithsonian Handbooks Birds of North America, Western Region • Fred J. Alsop, III • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to birds found west of the Mississippi with a page devoted to each of 700 species. (USW415, $25.00)
	Songs of the Tewa • Herbert Joseph Spinden • LITERATURE • A collection of poetry from the Pueblo Indians. (SWU46, $12.95)
	Soul of Nowhere • Craig Childs • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert. (SWU171, $22.95)
	Southwestern Desert Birds • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • A fold-out, laminated guide to the birds of the desert Southwest, with illustrations of almost 150 species. (SWU42, $5.95)
	Southwestern Desert Life • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket-size, fold-out guide to the life of the desert southwest. (SWU43, $5.95)
	Southwestern Pottery, Anasazi to Zuni • John Blom • Allan Hayes • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A fully illustrated history of the art featuring 1,100 pieces of pottery and useful tips for collectors. (SWU142, $21.95)
	Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright • HISTORY • 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)
	Summer People, Winter People: A Guide to Pueblos in the Santa Fe Area • Sandra Edelman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A practical guide to New Mexico's Indian pueblos that offers helpful sight-seeing advice. (USW214, $4.95)
	Talking With the Clay, The Art of Pueblo Pottery • Stephen Trimble • Tom Ireland • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A portrait of the Pueblo people as revealed through pottery traditions. With 75 photographs and insightful text. (USW235, $17.95)
	The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society • Alfonso Ortiz • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly overview of Tewa society and religious practices. (SWU47, $14.00)
	Their Day in the Sun, Women of the Manhattan Project • Caroline L. Herzenberg • Ruth H. Howes • Ellen C. Weaver • HISTORY • An oral history of women in the Manhattan Project. (USW290, $45.50)
	This Land, A Guide to Central National Forests • Robert H. Mohlenbrock • Mike Dombeck • GUIDEBOOK • (USM100, $25.95)
	To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession • Dan Koeppel • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Utopian Vistas, The Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture • Lois Palken Rudnick • HISTORY • A cultural history of the Mabel Dodge House -- and the avant-guard community surroounding it. (SWU30, $22.95)
	The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Voice of the Borderlands • Drum Hadley • Gary Snyder • LITERATURE • The first collection in decades by cowboy poet Hadley, firmly set in the border country of the northern Chihuahua desert. (SWU199, $29.95)
	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)
	Writing on the Edge, A Borderlands Reader • Tom Miller • ANTHOLOGY • (SWU180, $19.95)

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