|
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)
|
|
|
|
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest, An Archaeological Guide
• David Grant Noble
• ARCHAEOLOGY
•
An excellent guide to the archaeological sites of the Southwest.
(USW217, $15.95)
|
|
|
|
Arizona/New Mexico Map
• AAA Publishing
•
(USW302, $4.95)
|
|
|
|
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, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
Bandelier National Monument Map
• Trails Illustrated
•
A detailed map of Bandelier National Monument at a scale of 1:29,000.
(USW142, $9.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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 Bride of Lamermoor
• Sir Walter Scott
• LITERATURE
•
This interesting novel is the source of Donizetti's opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.
(GEN176, $12.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
Cambridge Opera Handbook: Giuseppi Verdi, Falstaff
• James A. Hepokoski
• MUSIC
•
A detailed guide to the history and composition of Verdi's Falstaff.
(ITL263, $37.99)
|
|
|
|
Cities of Gold, A Journey Across the American Southwest in Coronado's Footsteps
• Doug Preston
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
•
On horseback through the American Southwest.
(SWU85, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
Compass Guide New Mexico
• Nancy Harbart
• Michael Freeman
• GUIDEBOOK
•
This wonderfully written handbook features archival photographs, practical travel information, and essays on Georgia O'Keeffe, Indian pueblos and pottery.
(USW208, $21.95)
|
|
|
|
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, $160.00)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Death Comes for the Archbishop
• Willa Cather
• LITERATURE
•
Based in part on the life of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy, this classic novel of missionary life in New Mexico is rich in the texture of Old Santa Fe and New Mexican landscapes.
(USW79, $11.95)
|
|
|
|
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 Solitaire
• Edward Abbey
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
•
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)
|
|
|
|
Desert Survival Skills
• David Alloway
• GUIDEBOOK
•
A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert.
(DES06, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
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, $11.95)
|
|
|
|
Edge of Taos Desert, An Escape to Reality
• Mabel Dodge Luhan
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
First published in 1937, this story reveals the spiritual awakening the New York socialite experienced through Taos, the Pueblo Indians and Indian Tony Luhan, whom she later married.
(USW127, $21.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Falstaff, in Full Score
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Arrigo Boito
• MUSIC
•
A reprint of the original, and complete, score of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff."
(ITL264, $26.95)
|
|
|
|
A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians
• Robert Stebbins
• FIELD GUIDE
•
The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species.
(FG08, $22.00)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Gathering the Desert
• Gary Paul Nabhan
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest.
(USW120, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
Getting Over the Color Green
• Scott Slovic
• ANTHOLOGY
•
An anthology and tribute to the American desert.
(SWU62, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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 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, $55.00)
|
|
|
|
Journey to the High Southwest, A Traveler's Guide to Santa Fe and the Four Corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
• Robert Casey
• GUIDEBOOK
•
An outstanding guide, featuring first-hand observations and step-by-step narrative accounts of travel by auto, raft, or foot throughout the Four Corners, including the Lowry Pueblo Ruins, Canyonlands, Monument Valley and Taos.
(USW08, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Lucia di Lamermoor, Libretto in Italian & English
• Gaetano Donizetti
• Salvatore Cammarano
• MUSIC
•
The libretto for Donizetti's opera, Lucia di Lamermoor, presented in Italian and English.
(ITL266, $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 Magic of Opera
• J. Merrill Knapp
• MUSIC
•
An excellent introduction to opera.
(GEN139, $18.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
• Richard Rhodes
• HISTORY
•
From the discovery of the nucleus to the making of atomic bomb, this Pulitzer Prize winning book tackles the people, discoveries and places of the Atomic Age in spellbinding detail.
(USW231, $20.00)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Masked Gods, Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism
• Frank Waters
• HISTORY
•
An excellent overview of Pueblo life and their many ceremonies.
(USW220, $18.95)
|
|
|
|
The Merry Wives of Windsor
• William Shakespeare
• LITERATURE
•
This late Shakespearean comedy, supposedly written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I, provides the basic plot for Verdi's final masterpice, Falstaff.
(GEN177, $10.95)
|
|
|
|
The Milagro Beanfield War
• John Treadwell Nichols
• Rini Templeton
• LITERATURE
•
A charming novel about struggles between farmers and water barons in a small New Mexican town. It went from a local favorite to a cult classic to a major motion picture.
(USW222, $17.00)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
•
From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide published by the National Geographic Society, now in its fifth edition (with tabs!), is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
|
|
|
|
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, $80.00)
|
|
|
|
New Mexico, An Interpretive History
• Marc Simmons
• HISTORY
•
A history of New Mexico following its path from Spanish conquest to statehood.
(USW219, $15.95)
|
|
|
|
North Central New Mexico Map
• High Highroad Maps
•
A map of North Central New Mexico at a scale of 1:500,000.
(USW125, $3.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Portrait of an Artist, A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
• Laura Lisle
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
A comprehensive and insightful biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. Lisle shows how O'Keeffe was both changed and inspired by her Southwestern surroundings.
(USW221, $21.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Pueblo Profiles, Cultural Identity Through Centuries of Change
• Joe S. Sando
• Regis Pecos
• HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
•
A history of the origin and development of the 19 Pueblo Nations, which are scattered across northern New Mexico. Sando includes profiles of key Pueblo leaders, maps and many black-and-white photographs.
(USW238, $14.95)
|
|
|
|
Recreational Map of New Mexico
• GTR Mapping
•
A very good fold-out map of New Mexico.
(USW209, $3.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
•
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
A Song of Love and Death, The Meaning of Opera
• Peter Conrad
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
The pleasures and significance of opera.
(GEN25, $16.00)
|
|
|
|
Soul of Nowhere
• Craig Childs
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
•
Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert.
(SWU171, $22.95)
|
|
|
|
The Spell of New Mexico
• Tony Hillerman
• ANTHOLOGY
•
A selection of 12 thoughtful essays on the New Mexico state of mind by great writers, including C.G. Jung, Mary Austin, D.H. Lawrence and Lawrence Clark Powell. Hillerman succeeds in communicating the lure of the desert Southwest in this wonderful, literate introduction to the state.
(USW134, $14.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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, $43.50)
|
|
|
|
Verdi and his Operas
• Stanley Sadie
• Roger Parker
• MUSIC
•
A compilation of relevant material from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera
(ITL203, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
Verdi With a Vengeance, An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera
• William Berger
• MUSIC
•
Recommended for its breezy, opinionated overview of Verdi's life and work.
(GEN170, $16.00)
|
|
|
|
Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province, Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses
• William Dunmire
• Gail Tierney
• FIELD GUIDE
•
An accessible guide to the diverse plant communities of the Pueblo people.
(USW09, $22.50)
|
|
|
