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These 6 items are available for $100, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU11)

Compass Guide Nevada  •  Deke Castleman  •  Jeff Gnass GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES Castleman mixes literary excerpts with his own descriptions of Nevada, from ghost towns to Las Vegas to the vast natural territory in between in this comprehensive, literate guide to the state. With 200 color photographs, diagrams and maps. (USW223, $21.00)
The Sagebrush Ocean, a Natural History of the Great Basin  •  Jennifer Dewey  •  Stephen Trimble NATURAL HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 136 PAGES A classic natural history of the Great Basin, the huge temperate desert which stretches between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Organized by habitat, Trimble evokes the mystery, beauty, geology, and life of the region. With a map, 44 color, and 92 black-and-white photos. Published here in a 10th anniversary edition. (USW365, $39.95)
Basin and Range  •  John McPhee NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California, a volume in his four-book series on North American geology. After this book, you'll never look at this austete landscape -- or a roadcut, quite the same way again. McPhee is a genious at exploring the things we often take for granted -- in this case, how simple road cuts expose aeons of earth's history. (GEO13, $14.00)
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 289 PAGES • FAVORITE A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990. (DES02, $14.95)
In Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and Chance  •  David Thomson HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 330 PAGES A highly original, captivating social history of the state, including the extraordinary spectacle of Las Vegas, organized as a series of literary snapshots told in the first person. A travelogue of sorts, Thomson pieces together an astute, well written and researched portrait of Nevada. Wonderful. (USW213, $14.00)
Nevada Map  •  Compass MAP A folded map of the state of Nevada at a scale of 1:1,000,000 with local inset maps of Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas and Reno. (SWU58, $4.95)

Great Basin National Park Map  •  Earthwalk Press   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A detailed hiking map of great Basin National Park. (SWU54, $5.95)
Desert Survival Skills  •  David Alloway   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert. (DES06, $24.95)
The Southwest Inside Out, An Illustrated Guide to the Land and its History  •  Thomas Wiewandt  •  Maureen Wilks   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An outstanding guide to understanding the geomorphology of the Southwest, featuring the author's color photographs of canyons, dunes, and other landforms. (USW345, $24.95)
Nevada: A Bicentennial History  •  Robert Laxalt   • HISTORY  •  A popular history of Nevada. (SWU92, $19.95)
The Land of My Fathers, A Son's Return to the Basque Country  •  Robert Laxalt  •  Joyce Laxalt   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A portrait of the Basque culture and people through the eyes of Robert Laxalt, who traveled through Basque country in the 60s. This book is based on Laxalt's journals and complemented by his wife's photographs. (FRN162, $21.00)
Neon Nevada  •  Sheila Swan  •  Peter Laufer   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated chronicle of over 100 neon signs that have been produced and displayed in Nevada, the neon capital of the world. (USW257, $39.95)
24/7, Living it Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas  •  Andres Martinez   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Former Wall St. Journal reporter Andres Martinez takes his $50,000 book advance to Las Vegas to try his luck at the casinos for a month. (USW255, $15.00)
Mountain City  •  Gregory Martin   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir of rural life in the Basque-influenced sheep herding country of northern Nevada. (SWU55, $19.00)
Sweet Promised Land  •  Robert Laxalt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir of a Basque sheepherders life in America and his return visit to the Pyrennes. (SWU50, $18.00)
A Garden of Bristlecones, Tales of Change in the Great Basin  •  Micahel Cohen   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A natural and cultural history. (SWU52, $34.95)
Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water  •  Marc Reisner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West. (USW246, $18.00)
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)
A Natural History of Western Trees  •  Donald Culross Peattie   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Not exactly a field guide, Peattie's book is scattered with anecdotes and information on aboriginal use, folk names, and economic value of each species. He offers rich full-length portraits of his favorite trees, and the original wood engravings of the 1950 classic are also included. (USW191, $21.00)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the American Southwest. (SWU14, $19.95)