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[Paperback] - $17.95
Tahoe Heritage
The Bliss Family of Glenbrook, Nevada
by Sessions S. Wheeler,
With William W. Bliss
Tahoe Heritage is a lively chronicle of four generations of the pioneering Bliss family, beginning with Duane L.... more

[Hardcover] - $34.95
Temples of Justice
County Court Houses of Nevada
by Ronald M. James
From Storey County's High Victorian Italianate-styled courthouse to Lander County's former schoolhouse, now a Neo-classical courthouse, Temples of Justice provides an architectural history of the courthouses of Nevada.... more

[Hardcover] - $22.00
That Constant Coyote
California Stories
by Gerald W. Haslam
Haslam writes about the quintessential California of working people who struggle to make a living. He, too, has chopped cotton under the searing sun, has toiled on drilling rigs in fog thick as oatmeal, has lived in a house where Spanish and English mingled.... more

[Paperback] - $18.00
That Water, Those Rocks
(a novel)
by Katharine Haake
This novel, by the author of The Height and Depth of Everything, was inspired by California's rivers and the dams that contain and shape them.... more

[Paperback] - $16.00
Time of the Rabies
(a novella)
by Robert Laxalt
During the 1920s, a rabies epidemic swept across northern Nevada, decimating wildlife and livestock herds.... more

[Paperback] - $21.95
Touring Nevada
A Historic and Scenic Guide
by Mary Ellen Glass, Al Glass
A historic and scenic guide to Nevada from the glitz of Las Vegas to the solitude of the desert. Touring Nevada contains 34 one-day tours—all accessible by passenger car—designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests.... more

[Paperback] - $24.95
Touring the Sierra Nevada
by Cheryl Angelina Koehler
The complete guide to the entire Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada is one of the most scenic, biologically diverse, and historically rich mountain ranges in North America.... more

[Paperback] - $19.00
The Trail Book
by Mary Austin
First published in 1918, The Trail Book is now considered a classic of American nature writing. It is essentially a frame tale set in the New York Museum of Natural History, where two children discover displays that come to life and admit them into a series of exciting adventures that include talking animals and magical travels through the landscapes of the pre-Columbian continent.... more