The Nature of Desert Nature
Title | The Nature of Desert Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0816540284 |
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
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Title | A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Phillips |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 676 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520219809 |
"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.
A Natural History of the Mojave Desert
Title | A Natural History of the Mojave Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence R. Walker |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 343 |
Release | 2018-03-27 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0816532621 |
Invites readers to explore the smallest and most unique southwestern desert, the beautiful Mojave--Provided by publisher.
Gathering the Desert
Title | Gathering the Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 9780816510146 |
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
The Sonoran Desert by Day and Night
Title | The Sonoran Desert by Day and Night PDF eBook |
Author | Dot Barlowe |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486423692 |
"[A] coloring book, filled realistic illustrations, [which] follows wildlife and plants--from tiny lizards and delicate flowers to coyotes and giant saguaros--through a twenty-four-hour cycle"--P. [4] of cover.
Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the North-west Part of Peru
Title | Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the North-west Part of Peru PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Owen Bosworth |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 670 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
North American Desert Life Coloring Book
Title | North American Desert Life Coloring Book PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Soffer |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486282343 |
Over 40 illustrations: Gila monster, kit fox, prairie dog, other animals; also plants: cactus, rice grass, saltbush, many more.