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1	Cactus Hotel more books like this by Brenda Z Guiberson add to wishlist In words and pictures fascinating to even the youngest child, the desert world is brought to life in this poetic story about the life--and death--of a giant saguaro cactus. Full color throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Going Back to Bisbee more books like this by Richard Shelton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Bleeding of the Stone more books like this by Ibrahim Kuni, May Jayyusi (Translator), Christopher Tingley (Translator) add to wishlist By a Libyan writer, this novel is about a peaceful mountain goatherd whose life is disrupted when tourists discover the area. see all copies from $7.33! new only from $10.08! \| SVS
4	One Day in the Desert more books like this by Jean Craighead George add to wishlist An account of the events in Arizona's Sonoran desert on one hot July day. The text introduces the animals and plants who call that place home and also describes the area's climate and geological features. Illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.06! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Desert Is Theirs more books like this by Byrd Baylor add to wishlist An introduction to the flora and fauna of the desert as well as a respectful tribute to the native peoples of the area. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Dry: Life Without Water more books like this by Ehsan Masood (Editor), Professor Daniel Schaffer (Editor) add to wishlist Water is in the air we breathe and beneath the ground we walk on. The very substance of life, it makes up as much as 60 percent of the human body. And yet, for one billion people there is such a thing as life without water. These are the people we meet in "Dry" - those who live in the dry lands of Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas, eking ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90! \| SVS
7	Cactus Desert more books like this by Donald M Silver, Patricia J Wynne (Illustrator) add to wishlist It's a sun-scorched world where clouds rarely come and nothing seems to move. That is, until children ages 6 - 9 up look a little closer to find tortoises, toads, and lizards, not to mention the scary rattlesnake and scorpion. Here, plants send their roots deep into the earth to find water, beetles stand on their head and shoot a stinky spray to ... see all copies from $3.14! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The North American deserts more books like this by Edmund C Jaeger add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Seed and the Giant Saguaro more books like this by Jennifer Ward, Mike Rangner (Illustrator) add to wishlist This Southwestern version of "This Is the House That Jack Built" details the roles played by desert animals in helping a small seed grow into a giant saguaro cactus. Includes a glossary. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus more books like this by Barbara Bash add to wishlist An exploration of the role of the saguaro cactus in the ecology of the desert. The cactus, which can grow to be 50 feet high, serves as a nest to the Gila woodpecker, and owl. Its flowers provide nectar for such desert creatures as the long nosed bat, white-winged doves, and butterflies. Also, its fruit is harvested by the Tohono O'odham tribe to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Sonoran Desert more books like this by Charles Bowden, Jack W Dykinga (Photographer) add to wishlist The Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico is one of the most fascinating and starkly beautiful places in North America. In this large-format book, a widely published nature writer and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer capture this unique terrain of dramatic contrasts and breathtaking horizons in words and images. ... see all copies from $10.45! signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Desert more books like this by April Pulley Sayre add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.63!
13 view cover	Here is the Southwestern Desert more books like this by Madeleine Dunphy, Anne Coe (Illustrator) add to wishlist Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote -- all live among the desert's fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy's poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Deserts: The Living Drylands more books like this by Sara Oldfield add to wishlist Deserts: The living drylands' remarkable and evocative text is expertly edited by a leading authority on deserts. Illustrated throughout with spectacular photographs, this book celebrates the diversity and beauty of the landscapes and the wealth of wildlife thriving in these extraordinary and complex habitats. Vast dry expanses, home to nomadic ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $10.19! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Arid Lands more books like this by Jake Page add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Deserts: Miracle of Life more books like this by Jim Flegg add to wishlist Seemingly miraculously plants, insects, animals and man survive and thrive in some of the world's most inhospitable environments. This account of life's adaptations to life in the desert covers natural history and geography, topographical and anthropological topics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Firefly Guide to Deserts more books like this by Andrew Warren (Editor), Tony Allan (Editor) add to wishlist A well-illustrated comprehensive survey of the world's desert regions, including a definition, flora, fauna and adaptations, resource base, peoples and their society, desert locations to visit, and region by region maps charting details. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	Surveyor more books like this by G W Hawkes add to wishlist When archaeologists, film makers, and a beautiful young women named Caliope intrude on their silent and solitary world, everything changes. A poignant novel about two middle-aged men, their magical and mysterious desert home, and the sudden shift in terrain that alters both their sense of place and the structure of their 30-year friendship. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Deserts more books like this by Michael Allaby, Richard Garratt (Illustrator) add to wishlist Deserts cover nearly half the world and are classified as dry, semi-arid, arid, and hyper-arid. These include the hot deserts, such as the Sahara, the cold continental deserts such as the Gobi, the coastal deserts such as the Namib and Atacama, and the North American deserts. Providing an in-depth look at the history, geography, peoples, various ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| SVS
20 view cover	A Full Life in a Small Place and Other Essays from a Desert Garden more books like this by Janice Emily Bowers add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Life in the Deserts more books like this by Lucy Baker add to wishlist Kids are deeply concerned about the state of their world. These titles show how the environment was damaged and how it can be repaired. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Desert Food Chains more books like this by Bobbie Kalman, Kelley MacAulay add to wishlist Ages 5 to 9 years. Plants and animals in the Sonoran Desert food chains have had to adapt to the hot, dry climate of this habitat. Conserving water is a large part of these food-chain adaptations. Learn about the spectacular Saguaro cacti and the many herbivores and carnivores that are part of the food chains of this desert. Children will learn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Desert Year more books like this by Joseph Wood Krutch add to wishlist Scenery, as such, never meant much to me. A city man to begin with, I never thought 'beauty spots' worth the trouble it took to go look at them. This mountain rises then thousand feet; that waterfall drops fifteen hundred. What, I replied inwardly, is to prevent it? A week later I had nothing in my mind which could not have got there via a picture ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Sonoran Desert Summer more books like this by John Alcock add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.45! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Welcome to the Sea of Sand more books like this by Jane Yolen add to wishlist A look at life on the Sonora Desert. Readers will meet such desert inhabitants as green lizards, mountain lions, and coyotes. Factual information is presented in the text that is accompanied by color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions

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