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• Publisher : University of Arizona Press
• File Size : 49,8 Mb
• Release Date : 14 May 1985

Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw

• Publisher : Youth Large Print
• File Size : 25,5 Mb
• Release Date : 06 December 2023

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot stranded after a plane crash in this gripping story of survival, friendship, and

• Publisher : University of Arizona Press
• File Size : 53,9 Mb
• Release Date : 01 April 1988

Contains essays that depict and decry the rapid growth and disappearing natural landscapes of the Sunbelt

• Publisher : University of Arizona Press
• File Size : 27,5 Mb
• Release Date : 10 November 2020

In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan’s extended

• Publisher : Carlton Books
• File Size : 55,8 Mb
• Release Date : 14 May 2024

"The Desert" spans 6 continents to explore 20 of the world's last great wildernesses and the fascinating range of fauna they support--from the black rhinos of Namibia to the bird species of

• Publisher : University of Arizona Press
• File Size : 44,6 Mb
• Release Date : 15 December 2016

Now you can share the experiences of the first U.S. scientists who set about discovering the nature of North American deserts. "This is a fascinating account of how these

• Publisher : MCD
• File Size : 45,9 Mb
• Release Date : 08 December 2020

The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book

• Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• File Size : 46,5 Mb
• Release Date : 24 January 2017

Experience the benefits of yoga while learning about the desert! Join Emily as she spends a day in the Death Valley desert with her parents. Learn about the desert through

• Publisher : Phaidon Press
• File Size : 23,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 November 2018

A carefully curated and beautifully photographed selection of 50 architect-designed houses that reflects contemporary concerns about the unique challenges presented by life in the desert's sensitive environment The desert provides a

• Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
• File Size : 38,7 Mb
• Release Date : 18 June 2020

Aidan explores the ways in which Nietzsche's warning that 'the desert grows' has been taken up by Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze in their critiques of modernity, and the desert in