The Nature of Desert Nature
Title | The Nature of Desert Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0816540284 |
In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan’s extended essay also called “The Nature of Desert Nature” reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. Contributors Thomas M. Antonio Homero Aridjis James Aronson Tessa Bielecki Alberto Búrquez Montijo Francisco Cantú Douglas Christie Paul Dayton Alison Hawthorne Deming Father David Denny Exequiel Ezcurra Thomas Lowe Fleischner Jack Loeffler Ellen McMahon Rubén Martínez Curt Meine Alberto Mellado Moreno Paul Mirocha Gary Paul Nabhan Ray Perotti Larry Stevens Stephen Trimble Octaviana V. Trujillo Benjamin T. Wilder Andy Wilkinson Ofelia Zepeda
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Title | A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Phillips |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520219809 |
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
A Natural History of the Mojave Desert
Title | A Natural History of the Mojave Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence R. Walker |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2018-03-27 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0816532621 |
Invites readers to explore the smallest and most unique southwestern desert, the beautiful Mojave--Provided by publisher.
Arabian Deserts
Title | Arabian Deserts PDF eBook |
Author | H. Stewart Edgell |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 2006-07-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1402039700 |
This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author’s 50 years of experience there. The text deals with every kind of desert in the region, from vast sand seas to clay pans and stony plains to volcanic flows. Along with dune types unique to the region the author outlines climatic changes, current ecology and human influence on desertification.
Gathering the Desert
Title | Gathering the Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 9780816510146 |
Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
The Sonoran Desert by Day and Night
Title | The Sonoran Desert by Day and Night PDF eBook |
Author | Dot Barlowe |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486423692 |
"[A] coloring book, filled realistic illustrations, [which] follows wildlife and plants--from tiny lizards and delicate flowers to coyotes and giant saguaros--through a twenty-four-hour cycle"--P. [4] of cover.
Natural Environments of Arizona
Title | Natural Environments of Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | Peter F. Ffolliott |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780816526970 |
Ten authors present an overview of the diverse natural environments in Arizona, including information on the state's climate, geology, soil and water resources, flora and fauna, and human impacts on the fragile ecosystems.