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Abbey's Road
Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY
This anthology of Abbey's travels includes the cantankerous desert rat's entertaining account of exploring the Sierra Madre of Mexico.
(DES04, $17.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
Stephanie Whittlesey
James Jefferson Reid
ARCHAEOLOGY
An archaeological survey of the state. The book follows archaeologists as they trek around the mountains and deserts of Arizona, profiling them as well as describing the knowledge so far unearthed.
(SWU36, $17.95) |
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Arches National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A map of Arches National Park at a scale of 1:50,000.
(USW163, $11.95) |
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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) |
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Arizona Flipmap
Universal Map Enterprises
(USW211, $4.95) |
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Arizona, A Cavalcade of History
Marhsall Trimble
HISTORY
A delightful collection of stories about Arizona's rugged history, both informative and entertaining.
(USW274, $15.95) |
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Arizona, the Grand Canyon State
Steven Walker
NATURAL HISTORY
A photographic overview of Arizona's geology, natural history and people.
(SWU08, $9.95) |
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Arizona/New Mexico Map
AAA Publishing
(USW302, $4.95) |
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Barren, Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert
Susan J. Tweit
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
These seven personal essays celebrate the nature and culture of the Chihuahuan Desert.
(USW431, $17.95) |
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Basin and Range
John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY
McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California.
(GEO13, $14.00) |
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The Bassett Women
Grace McClure
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The story of a pioneering family in eastern Utah, drawn from interviews, historical documents and memoirs. "Queen" Anne Bassett and her family were a resilient group who endured the harsh life of settlers in eastern Utah.
(USW350, $12.95) |
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A Beautiful, Cruel Country
Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An absorbing memoir of growing up on a ranch along the Arizona/Mexico border in the early 20th-century.
(USW325, $22.95) |
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The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry
Theda Bassman
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This thin book offers readers a glimpse of beautiful Hopi handiwork.
(SWU122, $15.95) |
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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) |
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Wallace Stegner
EXPLORATION
The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of explorer John Wesley Powell by the great Wallace Stegner, first published in 1954. It's both an adventure and an insightful look at the politics of development in the American West.
(USW78, $16.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Blessing Way
Tony Hillerman
MYSTERY
This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series.
(SWU94, $7.99) |
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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) |
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Book of the Hopi
Oswald White Bear Fredericks
Frank Waters
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Thirty Hopi elders share their legends, ceremonies, history and language.
(SWU145, $16.00) |
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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
LITERATURE
McCarthy's trio of novels chronicle the coming of age in the desert country of the American Southwest.
(SWU200, $36.00) |
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Burntwater
Scott Thybony
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
This slim account of the author's travels across the Colorado Plateau slips into history, geology, anthropology, and memoir.
(USW452, $16.95) |
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Butch Cassidy, A Biography
Richard Patterson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The life of the legendary outlaw.
(USW355, $21.95) |
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Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
Jeffrey Glassberg
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States.
(BUG11, $24.95) |
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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) |
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Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Marc Reisner
NATURAL HISTORY
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.
(USW246, $18.00) |
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Canyon
Michael Ghiglieri
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Down the river from Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek in the company of an experienced guide and ecologist. Ghiglieri mixes a travel account with high adventure, drama and a good deal of information on the history, geology and ecology of the Colorado.
(SWU75, $19.95) |
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Canyonlands National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A durable, topographic map of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at a scale of 1:62,000.
(USW164, $11.95) |
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Canyons of the Escalante Map
Trails Illustrated
A full-color topographic map of Escalante.
(USW304, $11.95) |
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Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko
LITERATURE
(SWU18, $14.00) |
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Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage
Robert Michael Pyle
NATURAL HISTORY
A memoir of Lepidoptery, combing the entomologist-author's considerable knowledge of butterflies and their biology with a rambling road trip from British Columbia through the Southwest to Mexico.
(MEX62, $14.00) |
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Chiricahua Mountains, Bridging the Borders of Wildness
Ken Lamberton
Jeff Garton
NATURAL HISTORY
A personal, comprehensive guide to the human and natural history of the Chiricahua mountains.
(SWU148, $13.95) |
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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, $19.95) |
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Colorado Plateau Map
Hildebrand
OUT OF PRINT
Including Bryce, Zion, the Grand Canyon, Arizona and New Mexico at 1:1,250,000.
(USW05, $6.95) |
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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) |
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Compass Guide Arizona
Lawrence Cheek
Carrie Sears Bell
Michael Freeman
Kerrick James
GUIDEBOOK
A personable and well-written overview of Arizona's natural attractions, history, people, arts and architecture.
(USW121, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Utah
Tom Wharton
Gayen Wharton
GUIDEBOOK
This handsome guide features outstanding color photography, detailed maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Utah.
(USW130, $21.95) |
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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) |
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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, $35.00) |
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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
Tom Miller
Alex Webb
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
(SWU179, $50.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Desert Smells Like Rain, A Naturalist in O'odham Country
Gary Paul Nabhan
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A compassionate portrait and natural history of the Papago Indians of Arizona's Sonoran desert.
(USW275, $16.95) |
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Desert Survival Skills
David Alloway
GUIDEBOOK
A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert.
(DES06, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Dinosaur National Monument Map
Trails Illustrated
A topographic map of Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah, at a scale of 1:78,000.
(RKY38, $9.95) |
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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, $17.95) |
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Down the River
Edward Abbey
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A collection of essays, including Abbey's experiences in and around the Colorado River.
(SWU73, $16.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Faith and Betrayal, A Pioneer Woman's Passage in the American West
Sally Denton
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A biography of Denton's great-great-grandmother Rio Baker -- and chronicle of the independent-minded pioneer's growing disillusionment with Mormons and Mormonism.
(SWU195, $23.00) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park
Ron Adkison
GUIDEBOOK
A practical hiking guide to Grand Canyon National Park.
(SWU102, $14.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks
Tamara Martin
Erik Molvar
GUIDEBOOK
In addition to useful trail descriptions, maps and safety techniques, this practical hiking guide to Zion and Bryce National Parks gives an overview of the area's natural history.
(USW138, $16.95) |
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A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon
Stephen Whitney
FIELD GUIDE
A compact guide to the natural history of the Grand Canyon with 71 handsome color plates, maps and illustrations.
(USW06, $19.95) |
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A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
Anne Orth Epple
Lewis Epple
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic field guide to the flora of Arizona.
(SWU60, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Taliesin West
Kathryn Smith
Judith Bromley
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A photographic tribute to the two Taliesin estates.
(USA50, $39.95) |
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Frommer's American Southwest
Frommer's
GUIDEBOOK
A practical travel guide in the popular series featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep.
(SWU183, $22.99) |
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Gathering the Desert
Gary Paul Nabhan
NATURAL HISTORY
A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest.
(USW120, $19.95) |
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Geronimo, His Own Story
Stephen Melvil Barrett
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The autobiography of famous Apache warrior Geronimo.
(USW326, $15.00) |
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Getting Over the Color Green
Scott Slovic
ANTHOLOGY
An anthology and tribute to the American desert.
(SWU62, $19.95) |
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Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks.
(SWU57, $11.95) |
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Going Back to Bisbee
Richard Shelton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Poet Richard Shelton's meditations on the history, landscape and wildlife of Bisbee, Arizona. Elegantly written, this narrative of a day trip from Shelton's Tucson home to the old mining town is an excellent introduction to the region's human and natural history.
(USW324, $17.95) |
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Grand Canyon Country, Its Majesty and Lore
Seymour L. Fishbein
Kenneth Brower
NATURAL HISTORY
An overview of the Grand Canyon presented in the style of National Geographic, featuring spectacular color photographs, maps and good travel information.
(SWU13, $15.00) |
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The Grand Canyon Handbook, An Insider's Guide to the Park
Susan Frank
Phil Frank
GUIDEBOOK
A charming guidebook to the Grand Canyon as presented by Ranger Jack, featuring illustrations by cartoonist Phil Frank.
(SWU161, $14.95) |
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Grand Canyon National Park Destination Map
National Geographic
A fold-up map of the Grand Canyon, shown at a scale of 1:70,000.
(SWU01, $14.95) |
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Grand Canyon, A Century of Change
Robert H. Webb
NATURAL HISTORY
A visual document of change along the river since the the 1889-1890 Stanton Expedition.
(SWU72, $27.95) |
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Grand Canyon, Little Things in a Big Place
Ann Zwinger
Michael Collier
NATURAL HISTORY
(USW467, $14.95) |
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Grand Canyon, The Complete Guide
James Kaiser
GUIDEBOOK
A full-color guide on where to go, what to do, and how to get the most out of your adventures.
(SWU190, $22.95) |
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Grand Canyon, Travelers' Tales
James O'Reilly
Larry Habegger
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A diverse collection of excellent stories and essays on the nature, history and people of the Grand Canyon. Organized by topic, the selection includes Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Ann Zwinger, Colin Fletcher, Edward Abbey and other greats.
(USW333, $17.95) |
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Grand Gulch Plateau Map
Trails Illustrated
A hiker's map of Grand Gulch Primitive Area.
(SWU101, $9.95) |
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The Grand, The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon: a Photo Journey
Steve Miller
NATURAL HISTORY
Miller, with his 30 years of experience rafting the Colorado, documents the wildlife, geology, landscapes and fellow rafters from Lees Ferry to Mile 236 in 300 glorious color photographs.
(SWU196, $29.95) |
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Guide Map to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon
North Star Maps
A colorful, folded map of the region at a scale of 1:270,000.
(SWU188, $7.95) |
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A Guide to Tucson Architecture
Anne M. Nequette
R. Brooks Jeffery
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An illustrated guide to the architecture of Tucson.
(SWU107, $22.95) |
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The Hidden Canyon, A River Journey
John Blaustein
Edward Abbey
Martin Litton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A celebrated collection of photographs and accompanying journals from an 18-day trip down the Colorado River by Edward Abbey himself.
(SWU69, $19.95) |
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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) |
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Hiking Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Glen Canyon Region
Ron Adkison
GUIDEBOOK
A hiking guide to the Glen Canyon region of Southern Utah.
(USW422, $14.95) |
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Hiking the Grand Canyon
John Annerino
GUIDEBOOK
The third edition of Annerino's informative guide to the canyon with information on what to expect, an overview of the native and natural history of the area, suggested routes and trail descriptions.
(SWU210, $16.95) |
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Historic Scottsdale, A Life from the Land
Joan Fudala
HISTORY
An oversize photo history of Scottsdale, Arizona.
(SWU109, $49.95) |
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Hopi Kachina Dolls, With a Key to Their Identification
Harold S. Colton
REFERENCE
Over 250 figures are presented in this kachina collector's reference.
(SWU124, $18.95) |
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In Search of the Old Ones, Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
David D. Roberts
ARCHAEOLOGY
An exuberant, engaging account of archaeological adventures in the desert Southwest. Roberts investigates the factors that may have led to the demise of the Anasazi civilization -- and looks into longstanding controversies.
(USW157, $14.00) |
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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) |
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Insiders' Guide to Phoenix
Lori Rohlk Pfeiffer
Paul Morris
Mary Paganelli
Sean McLachlan
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive practical guide to the region, now in its 3rd edition.
(SWU153, $16.95) |
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Insight Guide National Parks, Western United States
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide offers a thoroughly illustrated, informative overview of the national parks of the western United States, including Arches, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest.
(USW181, $24.95) |
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Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology
L. Greer Price
SCIENCE
A slim guide to the geology of the Grand Canyon.
(SWU45, $9.95) |
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Journey to the High Southwest
Robert Casey
GUIDEBOOK
The best guide to Santa Fe & the Four Corners (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah).
(USW08, $19.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography
Left Handed
Walter Dyk
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
(SWU96, $18.95) |
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Lonely Planet Grand Canyon National Park
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
This comprehensive guide, with a focus on where to go and what to do, includes an overview of the natural history of the area and maps.
(SWU174, $19.99) |
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Lonely Planet Southwest USA
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in the American Southwest.
(SWU99, $24.99) |
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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) |
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The Man Who Walked Through Time
Colin Fletcher
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Fletcher's much-loved account of a remarkable two-month odyssey below the rim of the Grand Canyon, first published in 1967.
(USW94, $14.95) |
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Moab Map
Trails Illustrated
A colorful topographic map of Moab and surroundings, at a scale of 1:72,500. Designed for mountain bikers and hikers, it features numerous trails.
(SWU140, $11.95) |
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Mojave National Preserve Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed map of Mojave National Preserve.
(USW250, $11.95) |
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Moon Handbook Four Corners
Julian Smith
GUIDEBOOK
A slim, comprehensive guide to the sights and history of Navajo and Hopi Country, Moab and Lake Powell.
(SWU189, $16.95) |
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Moon Handbook Zion and Bryce
W.C. McRae
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to traveling and hiking in Utah's Zion and Bryce National Parks, with shorter sections on nearby Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Escalante.
(SWU181, $17.95) |
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Mormon Country
Wallace Stegner
HISTORY
The story of Brigham Young and the Mormon settlement of Utah. Originally published in 1942. This edition has a new introduction by Richard W. Etulain.
(USW38, $17.95) |
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Nampeyo and Her Pottery
Barbara Kramer
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The first full-length biography of the celebrated Hopi potter.
(SWU144, $24.95) |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah
Peter Alden
FIELD GUIDE
A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the American Southwest.
(SWU14, $19.95) |
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National Geographic Arizona
Bill Weir
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive and visual guide to Arizona, in the traditional National Geographic style.
(SWU132, $22.95) |
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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) |
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic
FIELD GUIDE
From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00) |
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National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers
National Geographic
REFERENCE
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The third edition of this colorful guide to the U.S. -- state by state and region by region.
(USA93, $24.95) |
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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, $22.00) |
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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) |
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Navajo Weaving, Three Centuries of Change
Kate Peck Kent
ART & ARCHITECTURE
The classic history of Navajo textiles.
(SWU80, $22.95) |
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
Howard R. Lamar
REFERENCE
A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West.
(USW416, $85.00) |
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Northeastern Utah Map
Utah Travel Council
A map of northeastern Utah at a scale of 1:357,000.
(USW353, $4.95) |
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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) |
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The Outlaw Trail, A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch
Charles Kelly
Daniel Buck
Anne Meadows
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An authoritative, illustrated history of the Wild Bunch and the desert and mountain hideaways of the American West, originally published in 1938.
(USW460, $19.95) |
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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) |
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Patterns of Culture
Ruth Benedict
Margaret Mead
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This pioneering book compares and contrasts three native cultures.
(PNG10, $15.00) |
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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) |
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Phoenix PopOut Map (with Scottsdale, Tempe and Tucson)
Map Group Inc.
A handy map of Phoenix with an origami-style fold.
(SWU111, $6.95) |
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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) |
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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, $32.95) |
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Preserving Nature in the National Parks, A History
Richard West Sellars
NATURAL HISTORY
A history of the National Park Service.
(USA12, $24.00) |
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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) |
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Raven's Exile, A Season on the Green River
Ellen Meloy
EXPLORATION
Meloy describes a summer in Desolation Canyon with her river ranger husband, interweaving her own often humorous experiences with natural and human history.
(SWU139, $17.95) |
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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) |
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Recreational Map of Arizona
GTR Mapping
This up-to-date detailed road map, at a scale of 1:790,000, features colorful, shaded relief.
(USW271, $3.95) |
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Recreational Map of Utah
GTR Mapping
A very good fold-out map of Utah at a scale of 1:800,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads.
(SWU48, $3.95) |
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The Redrock Chronicles, Saving Wild Utah
T. H. Watkins
NATURAL HISTORY
A natural and human history of the Colorado Plateau, and most specifically southern Utah, illustrated with photographs. Watkins explores the complex geology, human settlement and modern issues concerning the region.
(USW267, $29.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Rick Joy, Desert Works
Rick Joy
Steven Holl
Juhani Pallasmaa
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A photographic overview of nine buildings designed by Richard Joy in the Sonoran Desert.
(GEN251, $40.00) |
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River Flowing from the Sunrise: An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan
James M. Aton
Robert McPherson
Donald Worster
NATURAL HISTORY
A history of the ecology of the San Juan River and the impact of human development.
(SWU158, $21.95) |
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The River is Mine
Ardian Gill
LITERATURE
A novel of John Wesley Poweel and the exploration of the Cororado.
(SWU152, $12.95) |
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Road to Scottsdale
Albert J. Lieber
Kurt Vonnegut
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A short and airy memoir of growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona.
(SWU110, $18.95) |
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Roads in the Sky, The Hopi Indians in a Century of Change
Richard O. Clemmer
HISTORY
An in-depth look at how the Hopis have coped with an ever-changing, modernizing world.
(SWU123, $42.00) |
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Roadside Geology Arizona
Halka Chronic
NATURAL HISTORY
Designed for the roadside traveler, this book explains in detail the geologic history of Arizona as seen through the window. It's a great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed.
(USW122, $18.00) |
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Roadside Geology, Utah
Halka Chronic
NATURAL HISTORY
Designed for the roadside traveler, this series explains in detail the geologic history of Utah as seen through the car window. A great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed.
(USW30, $20.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Singing Stone, A Natural History of the Escalante Canyons
Thomas Lowe Fleischner
NATURAL HISTORY
Natural history and personal narrative of the Escalante Cayons.
(USW423, $17.95) |
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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) |
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Sonoran Desert Spring
John Alcock
NATURAL HISTORY
Alcock, a professor of insect behavior at the University of Arizona, writes of the plants and animals and ecology in this lyrical meditation on the Sonoran desert.
(BJA20, $17.95) |
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Sonoran Desert Summer
John Alcock
NATURAL HISTORY
(BJA21, $17.95) |
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Soul of Nowhere
Craig Childs
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert.
(SWU171, $22.95) |
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The Southwest Inside Out, An Illustrated Guide to the Land and its History
Thomas Wiewandt
Maureen Wilks
GUIDEBOOK
An outstanding guide to understanding the geomorphology of the Southwest, featuring the author's color photographs of canyons, dunes, and other landforms.
(USW345, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Southwestern Pottery, Anasazi to Zuni
John Blom
Allan Hayes
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A fully illustrated history of the art featuring 1,100 pieces of pottery and useful tips for collectors.
(SWU142, $21.95) |
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Southwestern Utah Map
Utah Travel Council
A map of southwestern Utah at a scale of 1:375,000.
(USW124, $4.95) |
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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) |
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The Story of the West
Robert Utley
HISTORY
A hefty, illustrated history chronicling the span of America's West from prehistoric times to present.
(USW429, $40.00) |
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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) |
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A Taliesin Legacy, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices
Tobias S. Guggenheimer
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An illustrated introduction to the architects and philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin and Arizona.
(USE141, $64.95) |
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There's This River... Grand Canyon Boatman Stories
Christa Sadler
ANTHOLOGY
A collection of stories and tales by the boatmen (and women) of the Grand Canyon, first published in 1994 and expanded for this new edition. With 35 illustrations, many in color.
(SWU214, $17.95) |
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This Land, A Guide to Western National Forests
Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Mike Dombeck
GUIDEBOOK
(USW468, $25.95) |
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Those Who Came Before, Southwestern Archaeology in the National Park System
Robert Hill Lister
Florence C. Lister
ARCHAEOLOGY
An overview of Southwest archaeology, focusing on national parks or monuments. It covers Hohokam, Mogollon and Anasaz |