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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)
 
 
Anasazi America, Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place  •  David Stuart   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A thought-provoking, engaging account of the rise and fall of Anasazi society in the desert southwest. (USW228, $19.95)
 
 
Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest  •  Stephen Plog  •  Amy Elizabeth Grey   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An illustrated introduction to the ancient cultures that first inhabited the pueblos and cliff dwellings of the American Southwest. (USW131, $24.95)
 
 
Arches National Park Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A map of Arches National Park at a scale of 1:50,000. (USW163, $9.95)
 
 
Arizona and Four Corners Region Map  •   North Star Maps    •  A double-sided road map with Arizona on one side and the and the Four Corners region on the reverse. It includes Grand Canyon, Grand Junction, Flagstaff, Canyonlands and Arches National Park, all at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (USW165, $3.95)
 
 
Arizona Flipmap  •   Universal Map Enterprises    •  (USW211, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West  •  Cormac McCarthy   • LITERATURE  •  The story of a young man's involvement with a gang of marauding bandits set in the glory days of the Wild West (SWU31, $14.95)
 
 
Butch Cassidy, A Biography  •  Richard Patterson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The life of the legendary outlaw. (USW355, $21.95)
 
 
Butterflies through Binoculars, The West  •  Jeffrey Glassberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States. (BUG11, $24.95)
 
 
Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America  •  Alvar Nuņez Cabeza de Vaca  •  Cyclone Covey   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years. (SWU40, $17.95)
 
 
Canyonlands National Park Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A durable, topographic map of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at a scale of 1:62,000. (USW164, $9.95)
 
 
Canyons of the Escalante Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A full-color topographic map of Escalante. (USW304, $9.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Colorado Plateau Canyonlands  •   Hildebrand   • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE  •  A detailed shaded relief map of the Southern Rockies, at a scale of 1:700,000. Includes Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon. (USW05, $11.95)
 
 
The Colorado Plateau Map  •   Time Traveler Maps    •  A shaded relief map at a scale of 1:1,300,000 with information on parks, monuments and other public lands. (USW266, $6.49)
 
 
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)
 
 
Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West  •  Charles F. Wilkinson   • HISTORY  •  A discussion of development and conservation in the West. (USW361, $32.50)
 
 
The Delight Makers  •  Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier   • LITERATURE  •  First published in 1890, this novel by the pioneering archaeologist is a fictionalized reconstruction of prehistoric Indian life in the Four Corners area. Bandelier evokes not only the manner and customs and way of life of the Pueblo people but also the landscape and geography of the region. (SWU20, $16.00)
 
 
Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869  •  Michael Durham   • HISTORY  •  A history of Utah, published to coincide with the sesquicentennial of Mormon arrival in Utah. (USW382, $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)
 
 
Digging Up Butch and Sundance  •  Anne Meadows   • HISTORY  •  A woman and her husband try to uncover the truth behind the story of the famous outlaws. (USW351, $22.00)
 
 
Downcanyon, A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River Through the Grand Canyon  •  Ann Zwinger   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A vivid overview of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River, from Mile 0 at Lees Ferry to Mile 278 at Grand Wash Fault. Zwinger interweaves geology, plants, animals and human history in her account. (USW11, $19.95)
 
 
Empire Express, Building the First Transcontinental Railroad  •  David Haward Bain   • HISTORY  •  A magisterial history of the railroad that connected the East to the West -- and radically changed the face of America. It is quite a tale, featuring greed, corruption, disaster and many memorable characters. (USW135, $20.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons  •  John Wesley Powell  •  Wallace Stegner   • EXPLORATION  •  The classic tale of adventure and exploration of the rivers and canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, originally published in 1875 -- and still essential reading for any traveler to the Grand Canyon. (USW80, $15.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks. (SWU57, $9.95)
 
 
Grand Gulch Plateau Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A hiker's map of Grand Gulch Primitive Area. (SWU101, $9.95)
 
 
Hiking Canyonlands and Arches National Parks  •  Bill Schneider   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to the hiking trails and backcountry roads of Canyonlands and Arches, published in cooperation with the National Park Service. (USW154, $16.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Indians of the American Southwest  •  Steven Walker   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An excellent overview of the Indians of the Southwest, including the Anasazi, Hohokam and Sinagua. (SWU10, $8.95)
 
 
Insight Guide National Parks, Western United States  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A volume in the award-winning Insight series, this guide is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays. It is a thoroughly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the national parks of the western United States, including Arches, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. (USW181, $24.95)
 
 
Insight Guide to the Rockies  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A thoroughly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the American Rockies (USW183, $22.95)
 
 
Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology  •  Sandra Scott  •  L. Greer Price   • SCIENCE  •  A slim guide to the geology of the Grand Canyon. (SWU45, $9.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Lonely Planet Southwest USA  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in the American Southwest. (SWU99, $24.99)
 
 
Lonely Planet Zion & Bryce Canyon, National Parks  •  Jeff Campbell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guidebook in the popular series. (USW534, $19.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Mojave National Preserve Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed map of Mojave National Preserve. (USW250, $11.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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  •  An anthology of essays and color illustrations of Native American artrwork, with selections by Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. (USA95, $40.00)
 
 
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert  •   Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A comprehensive natural history with 35 color illustrations, 25 black and white photographs, and 450 line drawings. (BJA26, $31.95)
 
 
The New Encyclopedia of the American West  •  Howard R. Lamar   • REFERENCE  •  A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West. (USW416, $80.00)
 
 
Northeastern Utah Map  •   Utah Travel Council    •  A map of northeastern Utah at a scale of 1:357,000. (USW353, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Pages of Stone: Geology of Western National Parks and Monuments, Grand Canyon and the Plateau Country  •  Halka Chronic   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An informative guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau, some of the most ruggedly beautiful land in the southwest. With mostly black-and-white photographs, maps, diagrams and glossary. (USW380, $16.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Preserving Nature in the National Parks, A History  •  Richard West Sellars   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A history of the National Park Service. (USA12, $22.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Rebel of the Rockies, A History of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad  •  Robert G. Athearn   • HISTORY  •  A history of one of the old big-time railroads. (USW393, $35.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Richard Wetherill, Anasazi  •  Frank McNitt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An engrossing biography of a man instrumental in discovering, exploring, and excavating ancient sites throughout the Southwest. (USW39, $21.95)
 
 
Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the American West  •  Ann Zwinger   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An account of travels on the author's beloved Green River, which runs from western Wyoming to eastern Utah before joining the Colorado. (USW394, $18.95)
 
 
Sacred Objects and Sacred Places, Preserving Tribal Traditions  •  Andrew Gulliford   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A study of the preservation of Native American artifacts and sites. (USW269, $34.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Soul of Nowhere  •  Craig Childs   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert. (SWU171, $22.95)
 
 
Southwestern Utah Map  •   Utah Travel Council    •  A map of southwestern Utah at a scale of 1:375,000. (USW124, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
A Symbol of Wilderness, Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement  •  Mark W.T. Harvey   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The classic story of the hard-fought battle in the 1950s to prevent the government from damming Utah's Green River, which would have flooded the Green River Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Park. (USW352, $19.95)
 
 
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time  •  Stephen Jay Gould   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An exploration of the impact of geological science on human thought. (GEO16, $20.50)
 
 
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)
 
 
Travelers Guide to the Geology of the Colorado Plateau  •  Donald L. Baars   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A clearly written survey of the geology of the Four Corners region. (SWU32, $25.00)
 
 
USA Southwest, Southern Rockies Map  •   Hallwag    •  A colorful, detailed (scale 1:1,200,000) map of the southwestern portion of the US. (SWU21, $12.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Wisdom of the Elders, Sacred Native Stories of Nature  •  David Suzuki   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The juxtaposition of Native American and scientific views on the ecology of the Southwest. (GEN156, $19.00)
 
 
 




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