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These 4 items are available for $61, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL16)

The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park  •  T. Scott Bryan  •  Betty Tucker-Bryan GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES A comprehensive practical guide to Death Valley, detailing day hikes and local attractions, and introduction to the human and natural history of the region. Excerpts from the logs of early travelers and explorers and the author's own observations offer a personal view into the national park. (CAL67, $23.95)
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 289 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)
The Land of Little Rain  •  Mary Austin  •  Terry Tempest Williams NATURAL HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 107 PAGES In this turn-of-the-century desert hymn, Austin -- a writer and naturalist who accompanied her husband on assignment to Death Valley in the 1890s -- finds a vibrant ecosystem where her forbears saw wasteland. An illuminating natural history, this slim book is also a meditation on things spiritual and an activist report on race relations in the desert. Originally published in 1903, this Penguin Nature Classic edition includes an introduction by fellow desert rat Terry Tempest Williams. (CAL66, $13.00)
Death Valley National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated MAP A topographic map of Death Valley National Park, at a scale of 1:160,000. Published in association with the National Geographic Society. Two Sides. 37x25 inches. (CAL09, $11.95)

Adventuring in the California Desert  •  Lynne Foster   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With terrific coverage of the nature, culture, history and hikes of Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Mojave National Preserve, Anza-Borrego and other desert destinations. (CAL73, $18.95)
Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego  •  Bill Cunningham  •  Polly Burke   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 60,000-acre desert park. (USW337, $6.95)
Best Easy Day Hikes Death Valley  •  Bill Cunningham   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 3.3 million-acre national park. (CAL179, $6.95)
Falcon Guide, Hiking California's Desert Parks  •  Bill Cunningham  •  Polly Burke   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to hiking in the deserts of Southern California. (CAL74, $19.95)
Hiking Death Valley  •  Michel Digonnet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to hiking in Death Valley, written by a veteran traveler and adventurer in the region. (CAL68, $19.95)
Death Valley and the Amargosa, Land of Illusion  •  Richard E. Lingenfelter   • HISTORY  •  An exhaustive history of Death Valley and the Amargosa River, filled with illustrations, maps and documents. (CAL10, $34.95)
The National Parks, America's Best Idea  •  Dayton Duncan  •  Ken Burns   • HISTORY  •  The widescreen edition of Ken Burn's 6-part, 12-hour ode to the national parks, featuring hundreds of interviews, fascinating archival images and dazzling cinematography in High Definition. (USA394, $99.99)
An Island Called California, An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities  •  Elna S. Bakker   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An introduction to the ecology and wildlife of the Golden State, this volume is filled with photographs illustrating a variety plants, animals and geological features found throughout the deserts, forests and coastline of California. (CAL11, $22.95)
Assembling California  •  John McPhee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Another fine book on geology and natural history from John McPhee, this time in the company of Eldridge Moores, on travels throughout California. (USW187, $16.00)
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, $15.00)
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)
Death Valley National Park  •  Fred Hirschmann  •  Randi Hirschmann  •  Mark Schlenz   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  One hundred and six color photographs of Death Valley by landscape photographers Fred and Randi Hirschmann. It's a good overview of the park, especially recommended for travelers with a camera. (CAL13, $19.95)
Death Valley, The Story Behind the Scenery  •  William D. Clark   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This slim souvenir book features 75 color photographs and informative captions. (CAL260, $9.95)
Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley  •  Robert P. Sharp  •  Allen F. Glazner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An introduction to the geological features of Southeastern California. (CAL12, $18.00)
The National Parks, America's Best Idea  •  Ken Burns  •  Dayton Duncan   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This beautifully illustrated companion book features the same archival photographs, dazzling modern photography and in-depth approach as the celebrated 6-part series by Burns and Duncan. (USA356, $50.00)
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)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to California  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, easy-to-use guide to 1,000 of California's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects, birds and other flora and fauna. (CAL07, $19.95)
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)