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[Hardcover] - $34.95
Gambling
Public Policies and the Social Sciences
Edited by William R. Eadington, Judy A. Cornelius
Because of the rapid spread of permitted gambling, social scientists have begun to examine a variety of associated impacts.... more

[Hardcover] - $39.95
Gambling, Space, and Time
Shifting Boundaries and Cultures
Edited by Pauliina Raento, David G. Schwartz
The eight essays in Gambling, Space, and Time use a global and interdisciplinary approach to examine two significant areas of gambling studies that have not been widely explored—the ever-changing boundaries that divide and organize gambling spaces, and the cultures, perceptions, and emotions related to gambling.... more

[Paperback] - $18.95
Gandydancer's Children
A Railroad Memoir
by Frank Wendell Call
The late Frank Wendell Call is very much alive in these pages as he relates the fascinating tale of the rich, adventuresome existence he lived as a child in the Nevada desert along the Southern Pacific railroad line.... more

[Paperback] - $34.95
A Garden of Bristlecones
Tales of Change in the Great Basin
by Michael P. Cohen
An engaging, well-illustrated natural and cultural history of the oldest living organism—the bristlecone pine.... more

[Paperback] - $22.00
The Garden of the World
by Lawrence Coates
California’s Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California.... more

[Paperback] - $24.95
Gardeners of Eden
Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature
by Dan Dagget
Photography by Tom Bean Dagget’s ideas fly in the face of our culture’s assumption that humans are separate from nature and of current notions that the best way for us to protect the land is to leave it alone.... more

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Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End
by Anthony Hunt
When Gary Snyder’s long poem Mountains and Rivers Without End was published in 1996, it was hailed as a masterpiece of American poetry, yet it has not hitherto been the subject of a book-length critical study.... more

[Paperback] - $29.95
Geographical Identities of Ethnic America
Race, Space, and Place
Edited by Kate A. Berry, Martha L. Henderson
The relationships between human identity and place have been studied by scholars from many disciplines.... more