Arid zones, deserts books

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Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes

Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community...

Author: Heather Shumaker
ISBN: 9780814342046
Format: Paperback
$71.25

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

Encyclopedia of Deserts

Encyclopedia of Deserts

Author: Michael A. Mares
ISBN: 9780806156088
Format: Paperback
$132.00

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A Photographic Love Letter to the Flora and Fauna of the Mojave Desert

A Photographic Love Letter to the Flora and Fauna of...

Author: Kollibri Terre Sonnenblume
ISBN: 9780986188169
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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

Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia

Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia

Author: Peter Egerton Warburton
ISBN: 9781540347121
Format: Paperback
$21.09

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

The Biology of Deserts

The Biology of Deserts

Author: David Ward (Art & Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology, Art & Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology, Biological Sciences, Kent State University)
ISBN: 9780198732761
Format: Paperback
$141.95

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

The Biology of Deserts

The Biology of Deserts

Author: David Ward (Art & Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology, Art & Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology, Biological Sciences, Kent State University)
ISBN: 9780198732754
Format: Hardback
$250.95

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

Borderline Canadianness: Border Crossings and Everyday Nationalism in Niagara

Borderline Canadianness: Border Crossings and Everyday...

Author: Jane Helleiner
ISBN: 9781442649057
Format: Hardback
$89.99

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

Roaring Mouse: a fun and exciting illustrated children's bedtime story (Picture book for kids ages 6-8, Early Reader Book)

Roaring Mouse: a fun and exciting illustrated children's...

Author: J K Boyer
ISBN: 9781533417367
Format: Paperback
$31.65

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

The End of Desertification?: Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands

The End of Desertification?: Disputing Environmental...

Author: Roy H. Behnke ,  Michael Mortimore
ISBN: 9783642160134
Format: Hardback
$388.10

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

The Drought-Defying California Garden: 230 Native Plants for a Lush, Low-Water Landscape

The Drought-Defying California Garden: 230 Native Plants...

Author: Greg Rubin ,  Lucy Warren
ISBN: 9781604697094
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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

Animals of the Sahara Wildlife of the Desert Encyclopedias for Children

Animals of the Sahara Wildlife of the Desert Encyclopedias...

Author: Baby Professor
ISBN: 9781683056430
Format: Paperback
$31.02

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

Bitter Waters: The Struggles of the Pecos River

Bitter Waters: The Struggles of the Pecos River

Author: Patrick Dearen
ISBN: 9780806152011
Format: Hardback
$79.07

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

The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide

The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide

Author: Eric Magrane ,  Christopher Cokinos
ISBN: 9780816531233
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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

Desertification: Causes, Impacts and Consequences

Desertification: Causes, Impacts and Consequences

Author: Roy L. Behnke
ISBN: 9783642114984
Format: Hardback
$736.56

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The Polar Regions: An Environmental History

The Polar Regions: An Environmental History

Author: Adrian Howkins
ISBN: 9780745670805
Format: Hardback
$26.95

The environmental histories of the Arctic and Antarctica are characterised by contrast and contradiction. These...  Read More >>

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

Author: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ,  Steven John Phillips
ISBN: 9780520287471
Format: Paperback
$65.95

The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical...  Read More >>

Improving Productivity of Drylands By Sustainable Resource Utilisation and Management

Improving Productivity of Drylands By Sustainable Resource...

Author: Devi Dayal, Deepesh Machiwal, Sharmsudheen Mangalassery & R.S. Tripathi,
ISBN: 9788119215263
Format: Paperback
$264.24

This book is an attempt to present collectively the scattered available information on several recently developed...  Read More >>

Extreme Earth

Extreme Earth

Author: Michael Martin ,  Oof Verschuren
ISBN: 9781419717918
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A photographic exploration of the extremes of the Earth  Read More >>

Remote Wonders: An Explorer's Guide to Southeast Oregon

Remote Wonders: An Explorer's Guide to Southeast Oregon...

Author: Melvin R. Adams
ISBN: 9780874223323
Format: Paperback
$34.10

Oregon's wild steppe--basalt rims, high cold deserts, dry lakes, and vast expanses of grass and sage--is a magnificent...  Read More >>

There Is Still Time: To Look at the Big Picture...and Act

There Is Still Time: To Look at the Big Picture...and...

Author: Peter Seidel ,  Gary Gardner
ISBN: 9780578155432
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Irrefutable evidence makes it clear that we are headed for massive human misery as our planets health rapidly worsens,...  Read More >>

Desert Animals and Plants for Kids: Habitat Facts, Photos and Fun Children's Environment Books Edition

Desert Animals and Plants for Kids: Habitat Facts, Photos...

Author: Baby Professor
ISBN: 9781682806081
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Is there life in the desert? There sure is! This educational book will teach your child about the animals and plants...  Read More >>

Growing the Southwest Garden: Regional Ornamental Gardening

Growing the Southwest Garden: Regional Ornamental Gardening...

Author: Judith Phillips
ISBN: 9781604695229
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Part of the Timber Press Regional Ornamental Gardening book series, this book is ideal for home gardeners in Arizona,...  Read More >>

The Threatening Desert: Controlling desertification

The Threatening Desert: Controlling desertification...

Author: Alan Grainger
ISBN: 9781138928862
Format: Paperback
$62.99

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

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