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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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Arizona Flipmap  •   Universal Map Enterprises    •  (USW211, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Arizona, the Grand Canyon State  •  Steven Walker   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A photographic overview of Arizona's geology, natural history and people. (SWU08, $9.95)
 
 
Arizona/New Mexico Map  •   AAA Publishing    •  (USW302, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry  •  Theda Bassman   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This thin book offers readers a glimpse of beautiful Hopi handiwork. (SWU122, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Blessing Way  •  Tony Hillerman   • MYSTERY  •  This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series. (SWU94, $7.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Book of the Navajo  •  Raymond Friday Locke   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An in-depth, scholarly portrait of the society, culture and history of the Navajo people. (SWU228, $8.95)
 
 
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, $32.00)
 
 
Butterflies through Binoculars, The West  •  Jeffrey Glassberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States. (BUG11, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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, $18.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border  •  Tom Miller  •  Alex Webb   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  (SWU179, $50.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Desert Survival Skills  •  David Alloway   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert. (DES06, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Down the Great Unknown, John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon  •  Edward Dolnick   • HISTORY  •  A riveting account of the one-armed Civil War veteran and his band of nine men who were the first to explore the mysterious Grand Canyon. Largely drawn from the crew's journals. (USW489, $13.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park  •  Ron Adkison   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical hiking guide to Grand Canyon National Park. (SWU102, $14.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Frommer's Arizona  •  Karl Samson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop. (SWU223, $19.99)
 
 
Frommer's National Parks of the American West  •  Don Laine   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (USW535, $21.99)
 
 
Gathering the Desert  •  Gary Paul Nabhan   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest. (USW120, $19.95)
 
 
Geronimo, His Own Story  •  Stephen Melvil Barrett   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The autobiography of famous Apache warrior Geronimo. (USW326, $14.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Grand Canyon, Little Things in a Big Place  •  Ann Zwinger  •  Michael Collier   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  (USW467, $14.95)
 
 
Grand Canyon: Window of Time  •  Stewart Aitchison   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A brief environmental history of the Grand Canyon, complemented excellent color photographs. (SWU218, $9.95)
 
 
Grand Canyons Worldwide  •  Richard Fisher   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A glorious photographic encylopedia of canyons, gorges and ravines around the globe, with hundreds of images and information on exploration and canyon cultures. (GEO51, $29.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
A Guide to Tucson Architecture  •  Anne M. Nequette  •  R. Brooks Jeffery   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated guide to the architecture of Tucson. (SWU107, $22.95)
 
 
Historic Scottsdale, A Life from the Land  •  Joan Fudala   • HISTORY  •  An oversize photo history of Scottsdale, Arizona. (SWU109, $49.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Hummingbird's Daughter, A Novel  •  Alberto Urrea   • LITERATURE  •  Urrea bases his award-winning novel on the life of Teresita, the Saint of Cabora, born on a ranch in 1878 on the Arizona-Mexico border (she's also his great aunt). (SWU220, $14.99)
 
 
I Am the Grand Canyon, The Story of the Havasupai People  •  Stephen Hirst   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A history and celebration of the 20,000 year history of the Havasupai people. (SWU227, $18.95)
 
 
The Incredible Grand Canyon  •  Scott Thybony   • HISTORY  •  A collection of legends and adventurous and incredible tales that have shaped how we view the Grand Canyon. With 150 illustrations. (SWU240, $14.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Laughing Boy  •  Oliver La Farge   • LITERATURE  •  An ethnographer and archaeologist, La Farge captures the flavor of the landscapes and ways of life in Northern Arizona in the early 20th century in this Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel. (USW240, $10.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Nampeyo and Her Pottery  •  Barbara Kramer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The first full-length biography of the celebrated Hopi potter. (SWU144, $24.95)
 
 
National Geographic Arizona  •  Bill Weir   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive and visual guide to Arizona, in the traditional National Geographic style. (SWU132, $22.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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 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)
 
 
A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country  •  David Williams  •  Gloria Brown   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park  •  Frank C. Craighead, Jr.   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A memoir and classic natural history of the wildlife of Jackson Hole and the Tetons by a celebrated local biologist, organized week-by-week throughout the year. (SWU168, $18.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Official Guide to Hiking the Grand Canyon  •  Scott Thybony   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated guide with maps of major trails and practical information on permits and park regulations. (SWU224, $11.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Phoenix PopOut Map (with Scottsdale, Tempe and Tucson)  •   Map Group Inc.    •  A handy map of Phoenix with an origami-style fold. (SWU111, $6.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast  •  Edward Abbey  •  David Petersen   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Abbey displays his signature wit in this entertaining collection of letters to editors and friends, decrying bureaucracy and the despoiling of his beloved West. (USW484, $16.00)
 
 
Preserving Nature in the National Parks, A History  •  Richard West Sellars   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A history of the National Park Service. (USA12, $22.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The River is Mine  •  Ardian Gill   • LITERATURE  •  A novel of John Wesley Poweel and the exploration of the Cororado. (SWU152, $12.95)
 
 
Road to Scottsdale  •  Albert J. Lieber  •  Kurt Vonnegut   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A short and airy memoir of growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona. (SWU110, $18.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Rough Guide Grand Canyon  •  Greg Ward   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide in the excellent British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview. (USW505, $17.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
Sedona, Official Guide to Red Rock Country  •  Lawrence Cheek   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated visitor's guide to hiking and sightseeing in Arizona' s Red Rock Country. (SWU09, $12.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Sonoran Desert Summer  •  John Alcock   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  (BJA21, $17.95)
 
 
Soul of Nowhere  •  Craig Childs   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's account of travels in the American desert. (SWU171, $22.95)
 
 
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 color photographs by the author of canyons, dunes, and other landforms of the region. (USW345, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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 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)
 
 
This Land, A Guide to Western National Forests  •  Robert H. Mohlenbrock  •  Mike Dombeck   • GUIDEBOOK  •  (USW468, $25.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Tucson Map  •   Rand McNally Maps    •  A detailed map of Tucson, Arizona. (USW177, $4.95)
 
 
Tucson Southeast Arizona Map  •   North Star Maps    •  A map of Southeast Arizona covering Saguaro National Park, Tucson and the Chiricahua Mountains. (USW123, $3.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Writing on the Edge, A Borderlands Reader  •  Tom Miller   • ANTHOLOGY  •  (SWU180, $19.95)
 
 
Yellowstone Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species of Yellowstone Area  •   Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy plastic card illustrating the birds, mammals, fishes, amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone. (RKY88, $5.95)
 
 
 




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