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Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty by W L Rusho Publisher Comments Everett Ruess, the young poet and artist who disappeared into the desert canyonlands of Utah in 1934, has become widely known posthumously as the spokesman for the spirit of the high desert. Many have been inspired by his intense search for adventure... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us about the Grand Canyon State and Life in America by Tom Zoellner Publisher Comments A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootings On January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet-and-greet held by U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore by David Dary Publisher Comments From 1610 to the 1860s the Santa Fe Trail, which ran from Missouri and Kansas to New Mexico, was a principal artery to and from the Southwest. Drawing from letters, journals, expedition reports, and newspaper articles, David Dary opens a window into the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell Publisher Comments Full text of Powell's 1,000-mile expedition down the fabled Colorado in 1869. Superb account of terrain, geology, vegetation, Indians, famine, mutiny, treacherous rapids, mighty canyons, during exploration of last unknown part of continental U.S.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest by Douglas Preston Publisher Comments A modern horseback journey across 1,000 miles of desert and wilderness following the trail of the first European explorer in the American Southwest.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mile Marker Zero: The Moveable Feast of Key West by William Mckeen Publisher Comments True tales of writers and pirates, painters and potheads, guitar pickers and drug merchants in America’s southernmost city For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Los Alamos:: 1944-1947 by Toni Michnovicz Gibson Publisher Comments Forever linked with World War II and America"s entrance into the Atomic Age, Los Alamos was a small ranching community and the site of an exclusive boys" school until 1943. As the Manhattan Project unfolded, Pvt. J.J. Michnovicz'"first assigned to Los... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mysteries and Legends of Nevada: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained (Mysteries and Legends) by Richard Moreno Publisher Comments Seventeen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Silver State • At the depths of Lake Tahoe lived the Ong, a birdlike monster of native legend. And then there is the Ong’s modern-day counterpart, Tahoe Tessie. That’s not to mention all the legions... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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River of Traps: A New Mexico Mountain Life (New York Times Notable Books) by William Debuys Synopsis New Mexicos Sangre de Cristo mountains are a place where two cultures — Hispanic and Anglo — meet. They're also the place where three men meet: William deBuys, a young writer; Alex Harris, a young photographer; and Jacobo Romero, an old farmer.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Solace: Rituals of Loss and Desire by Mary Sojourner Publisher Comments NPR commentator Mary Sojourner, "a pithy yet sensuous, spiritual yet ferocious writer" (Booklist), delivers a powerful memoir about the joys of rejecting the pace, addictions, and false values of society...and learning to live without compromise. Twenty... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range by William Eno Debuys Publisher Comments This unusual book is a complete account of the closely linked natural and human history of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, a region unique in its rich combination of ecological and cultural diversity.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore by David Dary Publisher Comments From 1610, when the Spanish founded the city of Santa Fe, to the 1860s, when the railroad brought unprecedented changes: here is the full, fascinating story of the great Santa Fe Trail which ran between Missouri and Kansas and New Mexico--a lifeline to... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas by Marc Cooper Publisher Comments Following in the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson, award-winning journalist Marc Cooper describes his longstanding love affair with Las Vegas. Cooper's kaleidoscopic journey begins in October 2001 with the dynamiting of the Desert Inn—the moment when... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tucson Impressions by James Randklev Publisher Comments With images ranging from the sweeping Sonoran Desert studded with the saguaro cactus to the ornate Santa Cruz Catholic Church to the contemporary Rattlesnake Bridge, award-winning photographer James Randklev takes you on a photographic journey through... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by Ellsworth L Kolb Publisher Comments During the fall and winter of 1911–12, pioneering Grand Canyon photographers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb rowed down the Green and Colorado Rivers through the Grand Canyon. Remarkably, they brought a newfangled motion-picture camera along for the ride... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos by Peggy Pond Church Publisher Comments This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Mexico Treasure Tales by W C Jameson Publisher Comments Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Veteran treasure hunter and folklorist W.C. Jameson presetns twenty-six colorful, inriguing and mysterious stories about fortunes lost and found in the mountains and deserts of New Mexico.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author of The Girls from Ames shares an intimate look at a small-town bridal shop, its multigenerational female owners, and the love between parents and daughters as they prepare for their wedding day. and#160;Thousands of... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and Its History by Thomas Wiewandt Publisher Comments ANNOTATION: The authors blend travel tips, Native American legends, prehistoric and historic vignettes, and explanations of the geologic processes and events that have shaped the land, wildlife and people. Readers will discover musical dunes and racing... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-1847 by James Josiah Webb Publisher Comments James Josiah Webb left Independence, Missouri, in the summer of 1844 and headed down the Santa Fe Trail with goods bought in St. Louis. Although his first venture as a trader was a failure, he eventually made a fortune as a merchant in Santa Fe. Webb... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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