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	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 Blessing Way • Tony Hillerman • MYSTERY • This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series. (SWU94, $7.99)
	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)
	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, $24.95)
	Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise • Kirkpatrick Sale • EXPLORATION • A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god. (USA134, $15.95)
	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)
	Compass Guide Santa Fe • Lawrence Cheek • GUIDEBOOK • This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography and detailed information on Santa Fe. (USW129, $20.95)
	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)
	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, $11.95)
	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)
	Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business • Virginia Drachman • HISTORY • Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century. (GEN317, $39.95)
	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)
	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)
	Gilead • Marilynne Robinson • LITERATURE • A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (USW441, $14.00)
	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)
	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)
	How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher • Simon Barnes • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers • National Geographic • REFERENCE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An informative and colorful guide to the U.S., state by state and region by region. (USA93, $24.95)
	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, $40.00)
	A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country • David Williams • Gloria Brown • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER • 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)
	Navajo Weaving, Three Centuries of Change • Kate Peck Kent • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The classic history of Navajo textiles. (SWU80, $22.95)
	The New Encyclopedia of the American West • Howard R. Lamar • REFERENCE • A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West. (USW416, $80.00)
	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)
	Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition) • Alice Kessler-Harris • HISTORY • A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States. (GEN318, $24.95)
	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)
	Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher • Joan Reardon • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992. (GEN316, $15.00)
	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 Race to Save the Lord God Bird • Phillip Hoose • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers. (BRD30, $21.00)
	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)
	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)
	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, $43.50)
	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)
	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)
	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)

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