Deserts: California and Southwest
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Geology of Anza-Borrego **OUT OF PRINT**: Edge of Creation
Authors: Lowell LindsayPaul Remeika
This title is out of print. A new title with new interpretation by Paul Remeika is coming out in 2025 A fascinating introduction to one of the most active …
- 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
Author: Nicholas Clapp
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.
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Indian Cradles of California: And the Western Great Basin
Author: Justin Farmer
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
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Life in the Slow Lane **Out of Stock**: A Desert Tortoise Tale
Author: Conrad J. Storad
Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen
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
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Lizards For Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale
Author: Conrad J. Storad
Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen
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
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MARSHALL’S BIG DISCOVERY
Author: Judy L. Paris
Illustrator: Diane Iverson
Set in the mountains of the West, Marshall Mouse believes he is too different to remain at home. But, when his brother faces a problem, it is Marshall who discovers …
- Categories: All Regions, Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
- Format: SC
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 11" x 10" x .25"
- ISBN: 9781735067315
- Year Published: 2024
- Language: English
- Publisher: Paris Kids Publishing
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Mining History and Geology of Joshua Tree National Park
Editor: Margaret R. Eggers, Ph.D.
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
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Mojave Desert Unfolded: Geology From Cajon Pass to Calico Mountains
Editor: Ken Haase
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
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Monster In The Rocks
Author: Conrad J. Storad
Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen
“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
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New Discoveries in the American Paleolithic: Conference Proceedings and Contributed Papers
This Volume is a compilation of the many themes of current inquiries into the timing of the peopling of the Americas. We show how these lines of inquiry, when taken …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Natural History/Ecology, United States: Western.
- Format: SC
- ISBN: 9781941384640
- Year Published: 2021
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Old Magic **Out of Stock**: Lives of the Desert Shamans
Author: Nicholas Clapp
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, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 232
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384053
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Paleontology and Geology of the Western Salton Trough Detachment, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California: Field Trip Guidebook and volume for the 1995 San Diego Association of Geologist's field trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Volume 1
Authors: Anne SturzPaul Remeika
A regional overview and ten reports emphasize the fossil history of one of the most complete Mio-Pleistocene sequences to North America. Includes two mostly-4WD field trips and a geologic and …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251482
- Year Published: 1995
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis
Author: Greg Niemann
Palm Springs—for years a desert hideaway for celebrities—has a history as unique and varied as its residents. Nestled against lofty Mt. San Jacinto, the oasis of Palm Springs was the …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Fiction, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 304
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653741
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs-Style Gardening
Author: Maureen Gilmer
Despite the Coachella Valley’s near tropical climate, creating gardens in this desert can be trying. Wind, heat, sand and a dozen other factors must be considered and then solved or …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Home/Garden/Cookbooks, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653895
- Year Published: 2008
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs-Style Gardening **Shelfworn**
**Limited Shelfworn Copies** Despite the Coachella Valley’s near tropical climate, creating gardens in this desert can be trying. Wind, heat, sand and a dozen other factors must be considered and …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Home/Garden/Cookbooks, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653895
- Year Published: 2008
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Palms To Pines: Geological and Historical Excursions Through the Palm Springs Region, Riverside County, California
Published by San Diego Association of Geologists, Inc. and Distributed by Sunbelt Publications — Road logs for two self-guided field trips cover over 200 miles and 26 stops. Illustrated with …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 266
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251246
- Year Published: 2012
$ 34.95 Add to cart














