Come explore the world's deserts, from the scorching North American southwest to the cold Gobi. Starting with natural forces such as wind and rain and moving through plant and animal life, as well as
About the SeriesEach book in this essential series reveals the life cycles of ten animals in a particular habitat which link together to create three food chains. At the end of the book a simple over
While PI Lena Jones is working security during the filming of a documentary about Arizona's WWII camp for POWs, one subject of the film is murdered, and it's up to Lena to investigate.
Desert Wisdom brings us back to the realization that we are not separate from God or from one another. We are at a new frontier where it is time to weave East with West and spirit with matter. Author
Watch the vulture bask in the morning sun, the roadrunner kick up a cloud of dust, the javelina wallow, and the bobcat give her cub a licking with a rough tongue in Desert Baths. As the sun travels ac
Watch the vulture bask in the morning sun, the roadrunner kick up a cloud of dust, the javelina wallow, and the bobcat give her cub a licking with a rough tongue in Desert Baths. As the sun travels ac
Shares the necessary skills needed to survive in the desert, including digging into a dry streambed to find water, building a solar still, and using desert plants and animals as food sources.
Desert Dinosaurs is one of the few books to combine literary adventure with the possibility of hands-on discovery. Its focus is on a non-scientist’s discoveries about the dinosaurs that frequented Ari
In this beautifully-written memoir of immigrants' struggles with identity, women's roles, change and resilience, Shavarini (Brandeis U.) traces the experiences of four generations of her Iranian famil
Poetry. Drawings by Paul Blake. Originally published in 1977 by Good Gay Poets of Boston. "A book whose page has come. ruth weiss has been sounding these poems, alone or with jazz accompaniment, for m
It is a desert like no other, stretching from the eastern outskirts of Los Angeles across the width of Southern California and into parts of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The Mojave Desert's attractions
?When P.I. Lena Jones’s Pima Indian partner Jimmy Sisiwan is arrested in the remote northern Arizona town of Walapai Flats, Lena closes the Desert Investigations office and rushes to his aid. What she
The wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers lies in their experiences of solitude, prayer, community life, work, and care for their neighbors. Their goal was transformation of their lives through ope
The five curious dinosaurs, known as the Fivedinos, decide to explore a desert, but when they run into a giant spider and are chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex, they turn around only to be confused by a s
This is the latest installment in a well-established Western cop series. The cop is Page Murdoch, U.S. marshal, cynic, tough-ass, and the last man you'd want on your tail. In this book Murdoch, Mont
The desert is a place of silence, mystery, and solitude, a setting and vehicle for dreams and myths, and the ultimate site of illusion and mirage. Europe discovered the desert in the nineteenth centur
We don't know if Joshua kept a diary but if he did he would certainly have written about his people, the Israelites, as they made their way from Egypt to the Promised Land. Bite sized pieces of the ac
THE BLACK DESERT is a story about one man's life experiences hunting in Central Illinois. The author talks about the changes that have taken place over the last 40 years in hunting, farming, and the e
Appealing to fishing enthusiasts and students of unique ecologies, this interesting work on the fish of the rivers of arid Australian regions provides a compelling narrative on issues of ecological hi
"Barbara Traub first photographed the effigy of a man set ablaze every year at Burning Man in 1994. Her first shots became the iconic image on her book cover."?Time?Barbara Traub, who is best known as
Desert animals special features help them survive in the heat and cold of their bone dry homes. Read all about the amazing adaptations of desert animals.
THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who desp
Describes the desert habitat of Death Valley--one of the hottest locales on Earth--and the plants and animals that live there, including coyotes, pocket mice, kangaroo rats, various reptiles, and inse
In the early morning hours, an artist stirs. Gathering her paints and notebook, she heads into the Arizona Sonoran Desert to explore its treasures. Sketching, painting, and writing, she records all th
While on surveillance in Scottsdale, Arizona, PI Lena Jones discovers the body of a woman connected to an infamous polygamy cult. Jones joins forces with Rosella, a former polygamist "sister wife," to
The modern southwestern cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and El Paso occupy lands that once supported rich desert ecosystems. Typical development activities often resulted in scrapin
