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BRYCE, ZION & THE GRAND CANYON
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Basin and Range
• John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY •
1990 •
PAPER
• 216 PAGES
McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California, a volume in his four-book series on North American geology. After this book, you'll never look at this austete landscape -- or a roadcut, quite the same way again. McPhee is a genious at exploring the things we often take for granted -- in this case, how simple road cuts expose aeons of earth's history.
(GEO13, $15.00) |
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Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water
• Marc Reisner
NATURAL HISTORY •
1993 •
PAPER
• 582 PAGES
A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West. Originally published in 1986, the book was named by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best works of 20th-century non-fiction.
(USW246, $18.00) |
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National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel
• Bob Caputo
FIELD GUIDE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
A concise, practical guide to taking better travel photos covering equipment, digital photography and technique. With suggestions and how-to.
(PHT23, $21.95) |
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The Redrock Chronicles, Saving Wild Utah
• T. H. Watkins
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A natural and human history of the Colorado Plateau, and most specifically southern Utah, illustrated with photographs. Watkins, a professor and frequent traveler in the Southwest, explores the complex geology, human settlement and modern issues concerning the region. Enchanted by the beauty of the area, he also makes a genuine plea for conservation.
(USW267, $31.95) |
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
ANTHOLOGY •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 352 PAGES
A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00) |
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