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[Hardcover] - $24.95
Believing in Place
A Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin
by Richard V. Francaviglia
The austere landscape of the Great Basin has inspired diverse responses from the people who have moved through or settled in it.... more

[Paperback] - $50.00
Black Rock
by Peter Goin, Paul F. Starrs
Peter Goin and Paul F. Starrs offer a geographic and photographic exploration of Nevada's enigmatic Black Rock country, an apparently silent and isolated area of dramatic contrasts where ceaseless natural forces and life in many forms have endured for millennia.... 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

[Hardcover] - $44.95,
[Paperback] - $24.95
Mapping and Imagination in the Great Basin
A Cartographic History
by Richard V. Francaviglia
The Great Basin was the last region of continental North America to be explored and mapped, and it remained largely a mystery to Euro-Americans until well into the nineteenth century.... more

[Hardcover] - $65.00
The Mojave Desert
Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability
Edited by Robert H. Webb, Lynn F. Fenstermaker, Jill S. Heaton, Debra L. Hughson, Eric V. McDonald, David M. Miller
In The Mojave Desert, thirty-eight scientists who are all specialists in desert ecology address the threats to the Mojave, as well as the potential for natural recovery and active restoration.... more

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Nevada Place Names
A Geographical Dictionary
by Helen S. Carlson
Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’... more

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Rough-Water Man
Elwyn Blake's Colorado River Expeditions
by Richard E. Westwood
A serendipitous beginning led to three eventful and exciting summers with the USGS for young Elwyn Blake, Jr.... more

[Hardcover] - $39.95
The Sagebrush Ocean
A Natural History of the Great Basin, 10th Anniversary Edition
Text and Photographs by Stephen Trimble
Noted writer and photographer Stephen Trimble mixes eloquent accounts of personal experiences with clear explication of natural history.... more