Natural History from High-Lonesome Books

New York: Penguin Books, 1994. Paperback. Good+. Penguin Books, NY, 1991. 5 x 7 1/2, 236 pgs. This extraordinary testament is at once practical (how to tend a range goat), political (the practice of civil initiative), and personal (a passionate quest for simplicity).

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1978. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8, 411 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Covers the coyote's natural history, life habits, economic status and control, as well as field studies of nearly a century. Slight damp staining at bottom of pages near front of book.

Booklocker.com, 2002. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 611 pgs.Have you ever wondered what would happen to the world if radical animal rights groups were given everything they wanted? Can't happen, you say? There is increasing evidence that it can indeed happen, and that, in fact, Biblical prophecy indicates that it very well may happen! Herein… Saber más sobre este artículo

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1995. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 7 x 10, 275 pgs, index, bibliography, glossary, charts. Complete, reader-friendly explanation of the Lone Star State's weather phenomena.

Santa Fe, NM: U.S. Department of the Interior, New Mexico Office, 1988. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, approximately 300 pages, fold out maps, b&w photos, charts. Continued from Volume 3.

Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico State University, 1988. Paperback. Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 94 pgs. Covers all of the Basin's in New Mexico, plus population projections, projected water depletions, potential economic growth, etc. Incluldes meeting hand-outs including a Regional Water Planning Handbook from the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.

Washington DC: U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 x 10 1/2, 381 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and photos. Covers the history of wilderness management, the need for it, the Wilderness Acts, management planning, carrying capacity, ecosystems, wildlife, fire in wilderness ecosystems and much more.

Washington DC: CATO Institute, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 124 pgs, a couple of underlinings and one margin note. An excellent survey of the political economy of water and a valuable introduction to the new resource economics.

New York: Scribner, 1971. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8, 240 pgs, b&w illustrations. "The meditative summation of the personal experiences of an anthropologist and sometime fossil hunter."

Halifax, Canada: Nimbus Publishing, 1995. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 254 pgs, index, bibliography, endnotes. All about the eastern coyote, how it got there, it's impact on wildlife and how to deal with it.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1970. Young Readers Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 x 10, 128 pgs, color photos throughout. Covering 8 million square miles the world's deserts contain plants, animals and even support some humans. Text and pictures revealing the fragile beauty to be found and discusses the problems of simply staying alive in such conditions. By this… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, indexed, biblio, many b&w photos. An ecological study of vegetation change with time in the lower mile of an arid and semiarid region. Covers the oak woodland, the desert grassland, the desert, man's influence and patterns of change. Ex-library, rebound.

Tucson, AZ: Sunracer Publications, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 104 pgs, color photos throughout. Covers Copper Canyon, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Tarahumara, Seri Indians, Rail, Highway, Canyon and Sea Touring.

New York: Guilford Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 336 pgs, index. A compilation of Luten's most important works ranging from population growth, abortion, and the quality of life, to the endangered American farmland, the harnessing of the Colorado river, and the inherent value of wild landscape.

Chicago: Thompson & THomas, 1903. Hardcover. Fair. 8 1/2 x 11, 440 pgs, b&w illustrations. Not a great copy, very worn with taped spine. All appears to be present though some pages are loose.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1975. Hardcover. Good+ in Good DJ. 9 x 10, 184 pgs, index, as expected, full color photos throughout. Done by two author's who visited this 580,000 acres of mountains and high deserts at different times - the birds, the butterflies, the flora and all sorts of animals - beautiful photos, well-written.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 171 pgs, index, notes, maps, b&w photos. A 1972 NY state commission developed to recommend policies for the protection of this area in northwest New York state.

Westport, CT: AVI Publications, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 310 pgs, index, illus/b&w photos. A detailed look at the problem of the loss of farm & ranch lands to urban growth & development & what can be done to protect these lands. Includes case studies. A must for the agricultural or environmental library!

Tularosa, NM: Okesa Publications, 1989. First printing. Paperback. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 107 pgs, b&w illustrations. Looks at all sorts of herbs, shrubs and cacti of the Southwest and tells of remedies and other uses.

Phoenix: Atwell Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 254 pgs, index, b&w photos. "An excellent and provocative book that uses the Grand Canyon as a mirror to look at all life that lies beyond." Stewart Udall.