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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) |
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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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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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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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The Blessing Way
Tony Hillerman
MYSTERY
This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series.
(SWU94, $7.99) |
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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 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) |
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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, $32.00) |
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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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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, $18.95) |
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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, $15.95) |
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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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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
Tom Miller
Alex Webb
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
(SWU179, $50.00) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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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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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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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Frommer's Arizona
Karl Samson
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop.
(SWU223, $19.99) |
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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) |
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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, $14.00) |
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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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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) |
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Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks.
(SWU57, $9.95) |
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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, 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: Window of Time
Stewart Aitchison
NATURAL HISTORY
A brief environmental history of the Grand Canyon, complemented excellent color photographs.
(SWU218, $9.95) |
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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) |
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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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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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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology
Sandra Scott
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, 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) |
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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 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) |
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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 Southwest USA
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in the American Southwest.
(SWU99, $24.99) |
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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) |
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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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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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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 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 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, $40.00) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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, $80.00) |
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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) |
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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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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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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) |
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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, $22.00) |
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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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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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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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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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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) |
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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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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) |
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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 color photographs by the author of canyons, dunes, and other landforms of the region.
(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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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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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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This Land, A Guide to Western National Forests
Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Mike Dombeck
GUIDEBOOK
(USW468, $25.95) |
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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) |
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Tucson Map
Rand McNally Maps
A detailed map of Tucson, Arizona.
(USW177, $4.95) |
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Tucson Southeast Arizona Map
North Star Maps
A map of Southeast Arizona covering Saguaro National Park, Tucson and the Chiricahua Mountains.
(USW123, $3.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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Writing on the Edge, A Borderlands Reader
Tom Miller
ANTHOLOGY
(SWU180, $19.95) |
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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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