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[Hardcover] - $24.95
Playa Works
The Myth of the Empty
by William L. Fox
In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West , examining locations as diverse as Nellis Air Force Base and Frenchman Flat, where the federal government has tested experimental aircraft and atomic weaponry;... more

[Paperback] - $18.95
The Players
The Men Who Made Las Vegas
Edited by Jack Sheehan
Las Vegas was largely shaped by a handful of colorful and astute casino operators who turned a dusty desert town into the gaudy, booming holiday mecca that it is today.... more

[Hardcover] - $39.95
Politics, Culture, and Sociability in the Basque Nationalist Party
by Roland Vazquez
Until now, social scientists studying Spanish politics have focused on party systems, regime transition, and election analysis, and anthropologists studying Spain have largely neglected its political parties.... more

[Hardcover] - $34.95
Portraits of Basques in the New World
Edited by Richard W. Etulain, Jeronima Echeverria
A collection of new essays on notable historic and contemporary Basques of America's Far West that offers a perceptive and lively examination of the lives of one of the West's most resilient and successful ethnic minorities.... more

[Hardcover] - $60.00
Possible Paradises
Basque Emigration to Latin America
by José Manuel Azcona Pastor
Foreword by William A. Douglass. Translation by Roland Vazquez. From Columbus's first voyage to "... more

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Preserving the Glory Days
Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County
by Shawn Hall
Nye County is Nevada’s largest and least populated county, but it is also the site of many of the state’s most colorful ghost towns and mining camps.... more

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A Private War
An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo
by Robert Laxalt
When World War II began, esteemed Nevada writer Robert Laxalt was an undergraduate at California’... more

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Psychotherapy as Religion
The Civil Divine in America
by William M. Epstein
A provocative look at America on the couch. In Psychotherapy as Religion, William Epstein sets out to debunk claims that psychotherapy provides successful clinical treatment for a wide range of personal and social problems.... more