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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $53, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU152)		  
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 303 PAGES • FAVORITE
A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990. (DES02, $14.95)		   Desert Solitaire
The Spell of New Mexico  •  Tony Hillerman
ANTHOLOGY •  1984 •  PAPER  • 105 PAGES
A selection of 12 thoughtful essays on the New Mexico state of mind by great writers, including C.G. Jung, Mary Austin, D.H. Lawrence and Lawrence Clark Powell. Hillerman succeeds in communicating the lure of the desert Southwest in this wonderful, literate introduction to the state. (USW134, $16.95)		   The Spell of New Mexico
Moon Handbook New Mexico  •  Zora O'Neill
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES
This practical guide in the Moon series is packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, culture and destinations throughout New Mexico. (USW613, $18.99)		   Moon Handbook New Mexico
Recreational Map of New Mexico  •  GTR Mapping
2010 •  MAP
A very good fold-out map of New Mexico at a scale of 1:800,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads. With mileage chart, index and points of interest. Two Sides. 37x29 inches. (USW209, $3.95)		   Recreational Map of New Mexico



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Santa Fe Map  •  MapEasy    •  A plastic-coated, fold-up map of Santa Fe, including Taos and Aalbuquerque. (SWU16, $6.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Top Ten Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring the best natural and cultural attractions of the region. (USW482, $14.00)
 		  
Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest  •  Stephen Plog  •  Amy Elizabeth Grey   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This illustrated introduction provides an in-depth look at the ancient cultures that first inhabited the pueblos and cliff dwellings of the American Southwest. Organized chronologically, it features hundreds of maps, mostly black-and-white photographs and site diagrams. (USW131, $26.95)
 		  
If Mountains Die, A New Mexico Memoir  •  John Treadwell Nichols  •  William Davis   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A visual survey of Taos old from the perspective of a 30-year Taos resident, who's still as in love with the land now as he was when the book was first published in 1979. (USW216, $19.95)
 		  
New Mexico, An Interpretive History  •  Marc Simmons   • HISTORY  •  A history of New Mexico following its path from Spanish conquest to statehood. (USW219, $17.95)
 		  
Santa Fe, History of an Ancient City  •  David Grant Noble   • HISTORY  •  A revised edition of of this classic history of Santa Fe to the mid-nineteenth century, featuring essays by ten scholars and hundreds of archival photographs, drawings and maps. (SWU15, $19.95)
 		  
The Great Taos Bank Robbery  •  Tony Hillerman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Nine indelible tales of life in contemporary New Mexico by the great newspaperman and author of the terrific series of mysteries set on the Navajo Nation. This new edition includes a foreword by Hillerman's daughter (and founder of Wordharvest Writer's Workshops), Anne. (USW132, $15.95)
 		  
Cities of Gold, A Journey Across the American Southwest in Coronado's Footsteps  •  Doug Preston   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  On horseback through the American Southwest. (SWU85, $24.95)
 		  
Edge of Taos Desert, An Escape to Reality  •  Mabel Dodge Luhan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  First published in 1937, this story reveals the spiritual awakening the New York socialite experienced through Taos, the Pueblo Indians and Indian Tony Luhan, whom she later married. (USW127, $21.95)
 		  
Portrait of an Artist, A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe  •  Laura Lisle   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Lisle shows how O'Keeffe was both changed and inspired by her Southwestern surroundings in this insightful biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. (USW221, $37.95)
 		  
Death Comes for the Archbishop  •  Willa Cather   • LITERATURE  •  Based in part on the life of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy, this classic novel of missionary life in New Mexico is rich in the texture of Old Santa Fe and New Mexican landscapes. (USW79, $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, $13.95)
 		  
The Milagro Beanfield War  •  John Treadwell Nichols  •  Rini Templeton   • LITERATURE  •  A charming novel about struggles between farmers and water barons in a small New Mexican town. It went from a local favorite to a cult classic to a major motion picture. (USW222, $19.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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. Kids will enjoy this identification guide, too. (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)
 		  
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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