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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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Bandelier National Monument Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed map of Bandelier National Monument at a scale of 1:29,000. (USW142, $11.95)
 		  
North Central New Mexico Map  •  High Highroad Maps    •  A map of North Central New Mexico at a scale of 1:500,000. (USW125, $3.95)
 		  
Santa Fe Map  •  MapEasy    •  A plastic-coated, fold-up map of Santa Fe, including Taos and Aalbuquerque. (SWU16, $6.95)
 		  
Compass Guide Santa Fe  •  Lawrence Cheek   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This wonderfully written handbook features attractive color photography and detailed information on Santa Fe. (USW129, $20.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Painter's Kitchen, Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O'Keeffe  •  Margaret Wood  •  Michael O'Shaughnessy   • FOOD  •  An illustrated cookbook featuring Georgia O'Keeffe's recipes and art from Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. (SWU165, $16.95)
 		  
The Southwest Table, Traditional Cuisine from Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona  •  Dave DeWitt   • FOOD  •  Expert on chile peppers and spicy foods, Dave DeWitt (aka "the Pope of Peppers") blends Southwestern culinary history with 130 authentic recipes and cooking techniques in this tantalizing collection of fiery, flavorful dishes from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (SWU489, $29.95)
 		  
Anasazi America  •  David Stuart   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A thought-provoking, engaging account of the rise and fall of Anasazi society in the desert southwest. (USW228, $24.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Telling New Mexico: A New History   • HISTORY  •  This extensive volume presents New Mexico history from its prehistoric beginnings to the present in essays and articles by fifty prominent scholars from a variety of disciplines. (SWU273, $29.95)
 		  
The Making of the Atomic Bomb  •  Richard Rhodes   • HISTORY  •  From the discovery of the nucleus to the making of atomic bomb, this Pulitzer Prize winning book tackles the people, discoveries and places of the Atomic Age in spellbinding detail. (USW231, $21.00)
 		  
Indian Arts of the Southwest  •  Susanne Page   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Featuring color photographs of the basketry, pottery, weaving, jewelry, and carvings of 200 noted artists, this book is both a collector's guide and cultural history of the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo peoples and other native peoples. (SWU485, $19.95)
 		  
Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe  •  Mary Anne Redding   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A history of photography's role in documenting and defining Santa Fe, this book is enhanced by 276 images drawn from the private collections of noted photographers including William Henry Jackson, Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. (SWU272, $50.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Fire Season, Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout  •  Philip Connors   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Philip Connors' lyrical account of a summer perched high above the Gila National Forest in southwest New Mexico -- with just his dog Alice as company -- captures not just the rugged beauty of the land but also the charms of solitude and the value of wilderness. At the urging of the great Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac), the Gila Wilderness was designated the first wilderness area in the national forest system on June 3, 1924. Connors' Top Ten Wilderness Books includes not just A Sand County Almanac and Desert Solitaire (both Longitude Favorites) but also Marilynne Robinson's affecting Housekeeping and John Fowles' classic The Tree, available in a 30th anniversary edition. Father's Day is coming! (USW690, $14.99)
 		  
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, $32.95)
 		  
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, $13.99)
 		  
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, $13.00)
 		  
The Great Taos Bank Robbery, And Other Indian Country Affairs  •  Tony Hillerman   • LITERATURE  •  Nine fast-reading short stories based on daily life in contemporary New Mexico, written by the author of best-selling mysteries set in the Southwest. (USW132, $15.95)
 		  
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, $12.95)
 		  
The Man Who Killed the Deer  •  Frank Waters   • LITERATURE  •  A heartfelt tale of a Pueblo Indian in New Mexico. Waters captures the difficult position of his protagonist Martiniano, straddled between his tribe and white society. (USW265, $12.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Tularosa  •  Michael McGarrity   • MYSTERY  •  The disappearance of a friend's son at the White Sands Missile Range brings former Santa Fe police officer Kevin Kerney out of retirement in this crackerjack mystery, the first in a popular series. (SWU201, $13.95)
 		  
New Mexico Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species  •  James Kavanagh   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handy fold-up card featuring color illustrations of common plants, animals and reptiles of New Mexico. (SWU203, $5.95)
 		  
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 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)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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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