Arid zones, deserts books

Water--or the lack of it--has profoundly shaped the arid American West. On Idaho's Snake River Plain, the irrigation...  Read More >>

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The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in the world. Four species of columnar cacti, including...  Read More >>

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Takes readers on a journey through the history of Glacier National Park, beginning over a billion years ago from...  Read More >>

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The Pilbara has become central to the Australian economy and imagination. With millions of tonnes of iron ore being...  Read More >>

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity.  Read More >>

"""Reflections on raising two young daughters in an extreme desert landscape""--From author's website."  Read More >>

Desert Life spotlights more than 80 species of plants and animals,with a special emphasis on how to spot them and...  Read More >>

A David and Goliath conservation story set on Lake Michigan.  Read More >>

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A collection of photos of flowering plants and wild animals in the Mojave Desert of the southwestern US, taken by...  Read More >>

Colonel Peter Egerton Warburton (1813-1889), was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia,...  Read More >>

A revised and thoroughly updated edition of this concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology.  Read More >>

A revised and thoroughly updated edition of this concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology.  Read More >>

Borderline Canadianness offers a unique ethnographic approach to Canadian border life. The accounts of local residents,...  Read More >>

"Suspense. A Perilous Head-to-Head Duel. Courage and Determination. ""What a pleasure to find a good story, backed...  Read More >>

This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined effects of climate change and land degradation around the...  Read More >>

The question in the title of this book draws attention to the shortcomings of a concept that has become a political...  Read More >>

This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined effects of climate change and land degradation around the...  Read More >>

The Drought-Defying California Garden offers gardeners in the Golden State everything they need to get started on...  Read More >>

What animals live in the harsh conditions of the Sahara? Take your first glimpse at them in the next pages! Though...  Read More >>

This first book-length study of the entire Pecos traces the river's environmental history from the arrival of the...  Read More >>

Both literary anthology and hands-on field guide, The Sonoran Desert is a groundbreaking book that melds art and...  Read More >>