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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.24
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Manufacturer: Wilderness Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Weintraub
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Publisher: Wilderness Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917
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Publication Date: 2004-09-29
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Reading Level: 316
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.92
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Macfarlane
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 2004-07-13
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes.
His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the forbidding abodes of dragons and other mysterious beasts. In the mid-1700s the attentions of both science and poetry sparked a passion for mountains; Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Lord Byron extolled the sublime experiences to be had on high; and by 1924 the death on Mt Everest of an Englishman named George Mallory came to symbolize the heroic ideals of his day. Macfarlane also reflects on fear, risk, and the shattering beauty of ice and snow, the competition and contemplation of the climb, and the strange alternate reality of high altitude, magically enveloping us in the allure of mountains at every level.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.09
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Manufacturer: Wilderness Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Brian Beffort
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Publisher: Wilderness Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796
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Publication Date: 2005-03-15
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Reading Level: 262
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Description: This book in the successful Afoot & Afield series takes you beyond the bright lights of the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States to some of the most rugged, beautiful, and remote country around. Afoot & Afield Las Vegas & Southern Nevada features more than 100 trips within a three-hour drive of the Las Vegas Strip, including popular destinations such as Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Valley of Fire State Park, Death Valley National Park, and Mt. Charleston. It will also help you discover places you might not have heard of, such as Anniversary Narrows, Arrow Canyon, Bowl of Fire, and the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness. The book showcases the diversity of the region's resources, from the geological wonders at Red Rocks to the rare life forms surviving in Mojave National Preserve to the ancient rock art found along the canyons and in the caves where prehistoric people lived. Trips range from for an easy stroll to challenging treks in the rugged desert backcountry and include distance, time, elevation change, difficulty rating, and trail-use notes. Over 100 detailed maps accompany the trail descriptions.
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Price: $13.95
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Sale: $8.17
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Manufacturer: Tide-Mark Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Calendar
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Publisher: Tide-Mark Press
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Edition: Wal
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Publication Date: 2008-06-30
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Description: Ancient Civilizations of the Southwest Wall Calendar: Climbing the heights of a mesa green with trees in A.D. 550, hunter-gatherers found a plateau rich in water, soil, and wood. Their discovery led to the first permanent human occupation of the plac
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Price: $60.00
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Sale: $37.80
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Manufacturer: Camerapix
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: David Pluth::Mohamed Amin::Graham Mercer
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Publisher: Camerapix
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 916
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Publication Date: 2006-08
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Reading Level: 192
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Price: $6.95
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Sale: $4.21
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Muir
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Publisher: Dover Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.7944
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Publication Date: 2004-11-17
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become the famed conservationist whom he liked to call "John o' the Mountains" when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada not long after the end of the Civil War. Having caught a glimpse of such magical places as Tuolumne Meadows and El Capitan, Muir ached to return, and in the summer of 1869 he signed on with a crew of shepherds and drove a flock of 2,500 woolly critters toward the headwaters of the Merced River. The diary he kept while tending sheep forms the heart of My First Summer in the Sierra; published in 1911, it enticed thousands of Americans to visit the Yosemite country. The book is full of the concerns Muir would later voice as America's foremost preservationist and wildlands advocate, which would bear fruit in the creation of several national parks and monuments. And it resounds with Muir's nearly pantheistic regard for the natural world: with celebrations of the Sierra's lizards that "dart about on the hot rocks, swift as dragonflies," its mountain lions and tall trees and fierce thunderstorms and bears; with Muir's overarching awe for places that civilization had yet to tame. Though perhaps a little purple by modern standards, Muir's book continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own--and as such it stands among the enduring classics of environmental literature. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $5.73
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Manufacturer: Heyday Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gary Snyder
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Publisher: Heyday Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 2005-08-01
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: Combining the dramatic and meticulous work of printmaker Tom Killion--accented by quotes from John Muir--and the journal writings of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder, The High Sierra of California is a tribute to the bold, jagged peaks that have inspired generations of naturalists, artists, and writers. For over thirty years, Tom Killion has been backpacking the High Sierra, making sketches of the region stretching from Yosemite south to Whitney and Kaweah Crest, which he calls "California's backbone." Using traditional Japanese and European woodcut techniques, Killion has created stunning visual images of the Sierra that focus on the backcountry above nine thousand feet, accessible only on foot. Accompanying these riveting images are the journals of Gary Snyder, chronicling more than forty years of foot travels through the High Sierra backcountry. "Athens and Rome, good-bye!" writes Snyder, as he takes us deep into the mountains on his daily journeys around Yosemite and beyond. Originally printed in a limited, handmade, letterpress edition, The High Sierra of California is now available in an affordable, full-color trade edition.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.37
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mary Hill
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.944
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Publication Date: 2006-05-15
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Reading Level: 468
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Description: Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada--the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed.
The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold.
For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text.
* Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience.
* Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite.
* Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times.
* Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $12.12
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Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Philip G. Terrie
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Publisher: Syracuse University Press
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 974.75
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Publication Date: 2008-07
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Reading Level: 257
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Description: Contested Terrain explores the competing understandings of how best to manage this spectacular natural resource. Terrie introduces the key players and events that have shaped the region and its use, from early settlers and loggers to preservationists, year-round residents, and developers. This new edition includes a comprehensive account of the Pataki years, an era of stunning conservation triumphs combined with unprecedented pressures on the region's ecological integrity.
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Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: William Stone::Barbara am Ende::Monte Paulsen
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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5250972
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Publication Date: 2002-07
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: The Huautla Caves system in Mexico has long been the "Holy Grail" of cavers. Fighting floods, cave-ins and Mazatec Indians who believe the caves are holy, caving teams have competed every year to be the first to prove the cave's depth. No-one has gone further than Bill Stone, the world's foremost caver, whose 20-year obsession nearly ended in disaster. He first explored Huautla in 1976 during the frontier days of caving. Over the next 15 years he stayed at the top, inventing clothing and equipment to help in his obsession. Finally, in 1994, after years of preparation, Stone and his 44-member team entered the Sotano de San Augustin sinkhole at Huautla. It was the beginning of a journey that would untimately claim the life of one diver and force every member of the team back - except Bill Stone and team member Barbara am Ende, who forged on alone, with no hope of rescue, to set the record for the deepest cave dive in the Western Hemisphere.
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