Deserts: California and Southwest
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Don’t Ever Cross That Road!: An Armadillo Story
In this delightful book, a teacher armadillo tells his class about their prehistoric ancestor – a glyptodont that weighed nearly two tons. He describes what an armadillo eats for lunch. …
- Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: hardcover
- ISBN: 9781891795084
- Format: softcover
- ISBN: 9781891795237
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
- Year Published: 2006
- Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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Etnobotánica Kumiai: El conocimiento sobre las plantas nativas de un pueblo indígena de Baja California
Etnobotánica kumiai explora la interdependencia notable entre los pueblos nativos y las plantas endémicas de las Californias, a través de la descripción a profundidad de 47 plantas y sus usos; …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Mexico/Baja California, Natural History/Ecology, Spanish/Bilingual.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 312
- Dimensions: 7x9
- ISBN: 9781941384572
- Year Published: 2020
- Language: Spanish
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 29.95 Add to cart -
Fang and Stinger: An Arachnid Story
This story is the friendship of a tarantula and a scorpion who are picked on by a tarantula hawk wasp and learn to stand up themselves. Contains informative text at …
- Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: hardcover
- ISBN: 9781891795633
- Format: softcover
- ISBN: 9781891795640
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
- Year Published: 2013
- Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
$ 7.95 – $ 16.95 Select options -
Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert: The Last Seven Million Years
Southern California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® is a vast, mostly arid desert, but the ancient landscapes of Anza-Borrego were richly populated riparian forests and savanna. Before that, it held a …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 416
- Dimensions: 9 x 12
- ISBN: 9780932653505
- Year Published: 2006
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Geoglyphs of the Desert Southwest: Earthen Art as Viewed from Above
Across the deserts of the American southwest are one of the largest concentrations of geoglyphs outside of Peru’s Nazca Lines. These ancient Native American works of earthen art can be …
- Categories: California: General, Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: softcover
- Pages: 120
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9781941384503
- Year Published: 2019
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Geology and Lore of the Northern Anza-Borrego Desert Region: The Lows to Highs of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Covers geology of the northern Anza-Borrego desert region including the 2010 joint field trip for SCGS and SDAG. Useful for anyone interested in geology, mines, history, groundwater, geologic structure, or …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 198
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251161
- Year Published: 2010
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation
A fascinating introduction to one of the most active seismic regions in North America where new earth crust is created as the Baja peninsula (and Borrego) splits from the mainland. …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 218
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653178
- Year Published: 1993
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Gold and Silver In The Mojave: Images of a Last Frontier
In the 1890s, historian Frederick Jackson Turner lamented that the frontier was gone and with it the Old West, but overlooked was some 50,000 square miles of a frontier line …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 200
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653062
- Year Published: 2012
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 24.95 Add to cart -
Indian Cradles of California: And the Western Great Basin
A thorough study of Indian Cradles, Cradle Boards, and Cradle Baskets is presented in this book by Justin Farmer. These cradles were created by Indians from northern Baja California to …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, California: General, California: Los Angeles/Orange County, California: San Diego, Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 220
- Dimensions: 7.25 x 10.25
- ISBN: 9780976149231
- Year Published: 2013
- Language: English
- Publisher: Justin Farmer Foundation
$ 24.95 Add to cart -
Life in the Slow Lane: A Desert Tortoise Tale
Is life in the “slow lane” really better? Tortoises think so! Shelly the Tortoise and her Grandpa spend the day learning about their cousins (crocodiles), eating their favorite foods (prickly …
- Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: softcover
- ISBN: 9781891795336
- Format: hardcover
- ISBN: 9781891795077
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
$ 7.95 – $ 16.95 Select options -
Lizards For Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale
Roadrunners are speedy, fearless, and when they do take time out from ruling the desert scrub lands and meadows they call home, they enjoy a tasty snack of… lizards? It’s …
- Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
- ISBN: 9781891795008
- Year Published: 2001
- Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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Mining History and Geology of Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park, one of the Big Four of California’s world-class desert preserves, protects over 1000 square miles of magnificent desert and mountain wilderness in three major ecosystems, the …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 120
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780916251703
- Year Published: 2004
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
Mojave Desert Unfolded: Geology From Cajon Pass to Calico Mountains
This guidebook covers the 2018 San Diego Association of Geologists annual field trip to the Mojave Desert. It will take you across tectonic plates, faults and folds. You will be …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, California: General, Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, Local Authors, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 78
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9781941384602
- Year Published: 2021
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
Mojave National Preserve: Trail Map
Mojave National Preserve is one of the newest National Preservation Areas, located South of Hwy 15 and North of Hwy 40 in Southern California. A frequently visit but due to …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Maps, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Map
- Dimensions: 34.5 x 23.5
- ISBN: 9780981834467
- Publisher: Tom Harrison Co
$ 10.95 Add to cart -
Monster In The Rocks
“Be smart. Stay safe. Listen to your parents!” That’s the message from Mama and Papa Quail to their covey of chicks. The watch word is BEWARE! There are other lessons …
- Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
- ISBN: 9781891795657
- Year Published: 2014
- Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
$ 7.95 Add to cart -
Old Magic: Lives of the Desert Shamans
For a thousand generations, desert shamans of the far West sought order in the stars and in the mysteries and wonder of their grand, if unforgiving landscape. When summoned, they …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 232
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384053
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 22.95 Add to cart