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	Falcon Guide, Hiking California's Desert Parks  •  Bill Cunningham  •  Polly Burke GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES In addition to useful trail descriptions, maps and safety techniques, this practical hiking guide to the deserts of Southern California gives an overview of the area's natural history, and advice on navigating the rugged terrain. It includes hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Death Valley, Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park. (CAL74, $19.95)
	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)
	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)
	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. (CAL09, $11.95)
	Mojave National Preserve Map  •   Trails Illustrated MAP A detailed map of Mojave National Preserve, at a scale of 1:125,000. Features very good topographical relief. (USW250, $11.95)

	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)
	The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park  •  T. Scott Bryan  •  Betty Tucker-Bryan   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Death Valley and a survey of the park's human and natural history. (CAL67, $23.95)
	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)
	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, $15.00)
	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, $14.00)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •   National Geographic   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry. (FG09, $24.00)

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