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Across a Hundred Mountains, A Novel
• Reyna Grande
• LITERATURE
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(MEX161, $23.00)
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Adventures of the Shark Lady: Eugenie Clark Around the World
• Ann McGovern
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The continuing, illustrated adventures of the pioneering biologist for kids ages 7 and up.
(FSH08, $4.50)
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Ancient Maya, New Perspectives
• Heather McKillop
• HISTORY
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(MYA46, $22.95)
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Backcountry Pilot, Flying Adventures with Ike Russell
• Thomas Bowen
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of anecdotes Ike Russell, a bush pilot legendary among research scientists.
(DES07, $29.95)
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The Baja Adventure Book
• Walt Peterson
• GUIDEBOOK
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The oversized, comprehensive, eccentric guide to outdoor activities and life in Baja, featuring Peterson's excellent maps, practically kilometer-by-kilometer road logs, photographs, and interesting facts and stories about the area.
(BJA22, $24.95)
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Baja, A Special Expedition to Baja and the Sea of Cortez
• Sven-Olof Lindblad
• Ralph Hopkins
• Jack Swenson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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An account of adventures in Baja California and the Sea of Cortez, this handsome book features color photography and accompanying essays on the geology, marine mammals, desert flora and birds of the region.
(BJA19, $14.95)
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A Concise History of Mexico
• Brian Hamnett
• HISTORY
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(MEX162, $25.99)
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Crafts of Mexico
• Margarita de Orellana
• Albert Ruy Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated guide to Mexico's crafts, including textiles, jewelry, ceramics, furniture and more.
(MEX144, $45.00)
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Desert Solitaire
• Edward Abbey
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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One of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah, his message is universal.
(DES02, $14.95)
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Desert Survivor, An Adventurer's Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert
• John Annerino
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to 53 parks of the desert Southwest.
(USW372, $15.95)
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Discovering the Desert, Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory
• William McGinnies
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A history of Sonoran desert research, this book is an engaging survey of the geography, ecology and climate of desert life in the American Southwest.
(USW103, $17.95)
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Field Guide to Mexican Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Edward Chalif
• FIELD GUIDE
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An easy-to-carry field guide with 1,000 species reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador, covering also northwest Costa Rica.
(FG12, $22.00)
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Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
• Gerald Allen
• D.R. Robertson
• FIELD GUIDE
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An identification guide to the fishes of the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
(FG50, $85.00)
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Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico
• Kate Wynne
• Malia Schwartz
• Garth Mix
• FIELD GUIDE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A sturdy, wire-bound field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, manatee and sea turtles of the Atlantic Ocean.
(FG42, $25.00)
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Into a Desert Place
• Graham MacKintosh
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The entertaining and typically British story of a 3,000-mile lark around the Peninsula by the spectacularly ill-equipped Mackintosh. The book takes the form of a two-year-long diary, recounting the eccentric personalities and his day-to-day efforts to feed himself -- along with some down-to-earth prose on the remote grandeur of the desert and sea.
(BJA07, $16.95)
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John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
• John Shaw
• REFERENCE
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An updated edition of Shaw's guide to taking better photographs of plants, animals and landscapes. The book offers solid advice on equipment and basic techniques, and is highly recommended as the best reference for the wildlife photographer.
(PHT01, $24.95)
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The Lawless Roads
• Graham Greene
• David Rieff
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A riveting account of Graham's journeys through Tabasco and Chiapas in the 1930s, including his time in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque. Greene was in Mexico investigating the impact of the anti-Church policies of President Calles.
(MEX164, $14.00)
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Loreto, Baja California: First Mission and Capital of Spanish California
• Ann and Don O'Neil
• HISTORY
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A popular, illustrated history of the 300-year-old town and surrounding area by a husband and wife team who have lived in Loreto for decades. With both archival and modern photographs.
(BJA37, $17.95)
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Moon Handbook Baja
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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Packed with maps, charts and photographs, desert rat Cummings combines practical advice with solid basic information on the natural history of Baja California in this comprehensive guide.
(BJA09, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Cabo
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative guide in the popular series.
(MEX143, $16.95)
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A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A comprehensive natural history with 35 color illustrations, 25 black and white photographs, and 450 line drawings.
(BJA26, $31.95)
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Northern Mexico Map
• ITMB
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A colorful traveler's map of Sonora and Mexico's Copper Canyon, at a scale of 1:1,350,000.
(MEX112, $12.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs.
(FG16, $29.95)
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Seabirds, An Identification Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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The definitive guide to the world's seabirds.
(FG01, $32.00)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $19.99)
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Sightings, The Gray Whales' Journey
• Brenda Peterson
• Linda Hogan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Peterson provides an overview of the natural history of the celebrated gray whale, while Hogan, a poet, tackles more philosophical issues in this intriguing series of meditative essays published by National Geographic.
(BST74, $14.00)
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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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Sonoran Desert Spring
• John Alcock
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Alcock, a professor of insect behavior at the University of Arizona, writes of the plants and animals and ecology in this lyrical meditation on the Sonoran desert.
(BJA20, $17.95)
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Sonoran Desert Summer
• John Alcock
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(BJA21, $17.95)
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Whales and Dolphins in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book
• James Mead
• Flip Nicklin
• Joy Gold
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An authority answers oft-posed queries about marine mammals.
(OCE78, $24.95)
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