The Desert Southwest
Author: Nora Burba Trulsson
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780553052008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of the interior and the exterior of the Southwestern architecture with over 250 colored photographs.
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Wildlife of the North American Deserts
Southwestern Desert Resources
Author: William L. Halvorson
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2023-01-17
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 081655241X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The southwestern deserts stretch from southeastern California to west Texas and then south to central Mexico. The landscape of this region is known as basin and range topography featuring to “sky islands” of forest rising from the desert lowlands which creates a uniquely diverse ecology. The region is further complicated by an international border, where governments have caused difficulties for many animal populations. This book puts a spotlight on individual research projects which are specific examples of work being done in the area and when they are all brought together, to shed a general light of understanding the biological and cultural resources of this vast region so that those same resources can be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible. The intent is to show that collaborative efforts among federal, state agency, university, and private sector researchers working with land managers, provides better science and better management than when scientists and land managers work independently.
Gathering the Desert
Author: Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780816510146
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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
Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts
Author: Janice Emily Bowers
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781877856341
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to the shrubs and trees of this region. Arranged by blossom color with informative drawings.
Here Is the Southwestern Desert
Author: Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher: Web of Life Children's Book
Published: 2012-10-24
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 0988330288
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote — all live among the desert’s fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy’s poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a mystical place, while Anne Coe's stunning paintings portray the desert’s plants and animals as well as the dazzling colors reflected in the rocks and skies of the Sonoran Desert.
The Nature of Desert Nature
Author: Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2020-11-10
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0816540284
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 essay also called “The Nature of Desert Nature” reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. Contributors Thomas M. Antonio Homero Aridjis James Aronson Tessa Bielecki Alberto Búrquez Montijo Francisco Cantú Douglas Christie Paul Dayton Alison Hawthorne Deming Father David Denny Exequiel Ezcurra Thomas Lowe Fleischner Jack Loeffler Ellen McMahon Rubén Martínez Curt Meine Alberto Mellado Moreno Paul Mirocha Gary Paul Nabhan Ray Perotti Larry Stevens Stephen Trimble Octaviana V. Trujillo Benjamin T. Wilder Andy Wilkinson Ofelia Zepeda
Legends of the American Desert
Author: Alex Shoumatoff
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 1999-08-04
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780060977696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this superbly rich epic of fact and reflection, Alex Shoumatoff records his quest to capture the vast multiplicity of the American Southwest. From the Biosphere to the Mormons, from the deadly world of narcotraffickers to the secret lives of the covertly Jewish conversos, Shoumatoff explores the many alternative states of being that have staked their claim in the Southwest. Full of profound sympathy and unique insights, Legends of the American Desert takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey into the most complex and myth-laden region of the American landscape and imagination.
Cooking the Wild Southwest
Author: Carolyn J. Niethammer
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780816529193
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the last few decades, interest in eating locally has grown quickly. From just-picked apples in Washington to fresh peaches in Georgia, local food movements and farmer’s markets have proliferated all over the country. Desert dwellers in the Southwest are taking a new look at prickly pear, mesquite, and other native plants. Many people’s idea of cooking with southwestern plants begins and ends with prickly pear jelly. With this update to the classic Tumbleweed Gourmet, master cook Carolyn Niethammer opens a window on the incredible bounty of the southwestern deserts and offers recipes to help you bring these plants to your table. Included here are sections featuring each of twenty-three different desert plants. The chapters include basic information, harvesting techniques, and general characteristics. But the real treat comes in the form of some 150 recipes collected or developed by the author herself. Ranging from every-day to gourmet, from simple to complex, these recipes offer something for cooks of all skill levels. Some of the recipes also include stories about their origin and readers are encouraged to tinker with the ingredients and enjoy desert foods as part of their regular diet. Featuring Paul Mirocha’s finely drawn illustrations of the various southwestern plants discussed, this volume will serve as an indispensible guide from harvest to table. Whether you’re looking for more ways to prepare local foods, ideas for sustainable harvesting, or just want to expand your palette to take in some out-of-the-ordinary flavors, Cooking the Wild Southwest is sure to delight.
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Author: Steven J. Phillips
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780520219809
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
