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1	Sweet promised land more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist Dominique Laxalt was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, Dominique dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique finally did return for a visit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Basque Hotel more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist The Basque Hotel, the first volume in Laxalt's Basque-family trilogy, is the coming of age story of a young Basque boy named Pete. Too prone to dreams, Pete undergoes his rites of passage -- cruelty and kindness, disillusionment, love and terror, pathos and hilarious adventure, and finally, a cautious understanding of his world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Time We Knew: Images of Yesterday in the Basque Homeland more books like this by Robert Laxalt, William Albert Allard (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95! new only from $55.95! \| first editions
4	In a Hundred Graves; A Basque Portrait more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Dust Devils more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist A novel about the coming of age of a Nevada cowboy early in the 20th-century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A man in the wheatfield. more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist Robert Laxalt's classic allegorical tale of good versus evil is now available in paperback. Robert Laxalt's first novel, A Man in the Wheatfield, was published to critical acclaim when it was released in 1964. Time magazine lauded it as "a fascinating, ambiguous allegory of men's various ways of confronting fear," and The Cleveland Plain Dealer ... see all copies from $3.93! new only from $30.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	A Private War: An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist This memoir recalls Robert Laxalt's services in a remote jungle outpost, in the Belgian Congo. The Allies and the Germans were struggling to control a mine, it lay deep in the Congo and produced a little-known mineral called uranium. It is also shows Laxalt's personal battle with himself. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $25.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Time of the Rabies: A Novella more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist Set on a Nevada sheep ranch during the 1920s rabies epidemic, this novella follows the owner and his family and ranch hands as the epidemic pulls humans and animals into a battle against an invisible but deadly foe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Governor's Mansion more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist The third volume of Robert Laxalt's trilogy, concluding the story from "The Basque Hotel" and "Child of the Holy Ghost". Leon - the eldest son of immigrant parents - ponders the decision to enter American politics. see all copies from $2.22! new only from $31.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	A Cup of Tea in Pamplona more books like this by Robert Laxalt, Craig Sheppard (Illustrator) add to wishlist Newly available in paperback, this novella focuses on that traditional Basque activity -- smuggling -- and the repercussions of such activity in a conservative farming village. "With nine books and numerous article to his credit, Robert Laxalt's writings have been read throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and South America. His ... see all copies from $2.91! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Child of the Holy Ghost more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist In the second volume in Laxalt's Basque family trilogy, Pete, now an adult, travels to the Basque Country to learn more about his parents' secretive pasts. see all copies from $2.94! new only from $57.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Travels with My Royal: A Memoir of the Writing Life more books like this by Robert Laxalt, Cheryll Glotfelty (Foreword by) add to wishlist Nevada's preeminent living writer reveals the ideas and creative process behind his published work. Renowned Nevada writer Robert Laxalt has embraced a wide range of subjects in his nearly half-century career. In this candid, beautifully written memoir, he explores for the first time what is perhaps his most difficult subject ever - himself and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.77! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Nevada: A Bicentennial History more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Lean Year, and Other Stories more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist In this collection of sixteen short stories, Robert Laxalt evokes the Nevada of the 1950s with illuminating insight. Written when Laxalt was in his twenties, the stories are as fresh as if they were penned yesterday. Humanity good and bad, humor and cruelty, satire and adventure are found in these early stories of a Nevada poised on the brink of ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	Mountain Highs and Desert Lows more books like this by Richard Moreno, Larry Prosor (Photographer), Robert Laxalt (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	A Man in the Wheatfield more books like this by Robert Lazalt, Robert Laxalt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Land of My Fathers: A Son's Return to the Basque Country more books like this by Robert Laxalt, Joyce Laxalt (Photographer) add to wishlist The son of a Basque emigrant, Robert Laxalt moved himself and his family to a Basque village in the French Pyrenees in 1960. Based on this visit and a later sojourn in 1965, this is a record of a people, their homeland and culture, seen through Laxalt's text and his wife's photographs. see all copies from $12.84! new only from $15.31! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Certified Quality Technician Handbook more books like this by Donald W Benbow, Robert Fred Laxalt, H Fred Walker add to wishlist see all copies from $130.00! new only from $161.76!
19 view cover	Nevada: A History more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist In a gently sentimental style, Robert Laxalt's narrative history offers readers a highly personal review of the Silver State's past, combined with delightful anecdotes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.51! \| signed copies \| SVS
20	Nevada. more books like this by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist A survey of Nevada, a land of contrasts, and its history, industries, people, and natural resources. see all copies from $6.00! signed copies
21	Dominique. by Robert Laxalt add to wishlist see all copies from $12.31! first editions
22	Chillida at Gernika : birth of a monument, "Gure aitaren etxea," "Our father's house.". more books like this by Eduardo Chillida, Robert Laxalt, Tasende Gallery add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions

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