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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 Bonanza
• Dan De Quille
• Oscar Lewis
• HISTORY
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A firsthand account of the Comstock Lode.
(SWU89, $27.50)
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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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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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Compass Guide Las Vegas
• Deke Castleman
• GUIDEBOOK
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Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this guide is an overview of the history, character and attractions of Las Vegas. It features archival photographs, literary excerpts, an extensive reading list and practical travel information.
(USW247, $21.95)
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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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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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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
• Hunter S. Thompson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The classic of 1970s gonzo journalism and a dizzying chronicle of a duo's drug-induced misadventures and scrapes with the people of Las Vegas.
(USW254, $13.95)
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Fodor's Las Vegas
• Sar Sper
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(USW539, $16.95)
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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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History of Nevada
• Russell R. Elliott
• William D. Rowley
• HISTORY
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A general history of Nevada.
(SWU91, $27.95)
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The History of the Comstock Lode, 1850-1997
• Grant H. Smith
• Joseph V. Tingley
• HISTORY
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The classic history of Nevada's silver boom in the mid-19th century.
(SWU88, $18.95)
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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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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The Land of Little Rain
• Mary Austin
• Terry Tempest Williams
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this turn-of-the-century desert hymn, Austin -- a writer and naturalist who accompanied her husband to Death Valley in the 1890s -- finds a vibrant ecosystem where her forbears saw wasteland. An illuminating natural history.
(CAL66, $13.00)
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Las Vegas Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated, folded map of Las Vegas.
(SWU41, $7.95)
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Las Vegas Map
• National Geographic
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A fold-up map of Las Vegas, shown at a scale of 1:21,000
(USW252, $8.99)
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Las Vegas, The Success of Excess
• Frances Anderton
• Tom Neville
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic tour of architectural highlights along the Las Vegas strip and Fremont Street.
(USW256, $9.95)
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Learning from Las Vegas
• Robert Venturi
• Steven Izenour
• Denise S. Brown
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A seminal discourse on urban sprawl and the gaudy, many-splendored architecture of Las Vegas.
(USW242, $23.95)
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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 Tahoe
• Ken Castle
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Lake Tahoe and surroundings.
(CAL97, $17.95)
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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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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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Ordeal by Hunger, The Story of the Donner Party
• George Rippey Stewart
• HISTORY
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The definitive account of the Donner Party.
(USW414, $14.95)
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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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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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The Roar and the Silence, A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode
• Rodney James
• HISTORY
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A history of Comstock society in Nevada.
(SWU87, $27.95)
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Roughing It
• Mark Twain
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Twain's classic work on the American West, written as he was abandoning the peripatetic life and settling down in the 1870s. Funny, irreverent, acutely observed this is vintage Twain, covering his travels in California, Nevada and Hawaii. With all 304-first edition illustrations, specially prepared maps, facsimile manuscript pages and commentary.
(HWI14, $15.00)
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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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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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Sierra Nevada/Lake Tahoe Area Map
• AAA Publishing
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A road map of Lake Tahoe and surroundings.
(CAL98, $4.95)
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The Silver State, Nevada's Heritage Reinterpreted
• James W. Hulse
• HISTORY
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A political and economic history of Nevada.
(SWU93, $18.95)
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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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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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Steep Trails
• John Muir
• Edward Hoagland
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of Muir's essays and letters spanning 29 years of adventures in Mount Shasta, Salt Lake, San Gabriel, Nevada, the Grand Canyon, Oregon and Washington.
(USW277, $14.95)
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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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The Story of the West
• Robert Utley
• HISTORY
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A hefty, illustrated history chronicling the span of America's West from prehistoric times to present.
(USW429, $40.00)
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Sun, Sin and Suburbia: An Essential History Of Modern Las Vegas
• Richard Bryan
• Geoff Schumacher
• HISTORY
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Schumacher covers the last 20 years of Las Vegas history in depth, beginning with a brief overview of the city's 19th-century origins, then moving on to the infamous Strip, the legacies of Howard Hughes and Steve Wynn, and the development of downtown and residential communities. An uncommon look at the city of sin.
(USW478, $22.95)
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Super Casino, Inside the New Las Vegas
• Pete Earley
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A candid portrait of the casino management, dealers, prostitutes, security officers, gamblers and other figures of Las Vegas.
(USW253, $7.99)
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The Tahoe Sierra, A Natural History Guide to 112 Hikes in Northern Sierra
• Jeffrey P. Schaffer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to trails and hikes in the Tahoe Sierra region.
(CAL96, $19.95)
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Ten Years in Nevada, or Life on the Pacific Coast
• Mary M. Matthews
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A single mother's memoir during the Comstock Lode years.
(SWU90, $7.50)
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This Land, A Guide to Western National Forests
• Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Mike Dombeck
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USW468, $24.95)
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Time Out Las Vegas
• Time Out
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Vegas with a focus on restaurants, attractions and activities.
(USW346, $19.95)
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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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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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