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81) The desert
Author
Publisher
Peregrine Smith Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
The author expresses his love for the desert in this account of his three-year journey
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Living Desert (69 min.): A study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the favor of a female, and the courtship dance of a pair of scorpions. Also shows a time-lapse sequence of desert flowers coming into bloom.
The Vanishing...
Author
Publisher
Roost Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Tales of life in the high desert from the author of Raising Wild. As a curmudgeonly, irreverent desert rat, Mike Branch shares his stubborn enthusiasm for the constant struggle to tough out living in an unforgiving landscape. In this collection of short, comic rants he explores various aspects of life in the remote, high-elevation, western Nevada Great Basin desert. Ranging in topic from natural history (bees hiving in the walls of the house, flying...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Peel back the corners of the desert to discover the incredible organisms that survive in this ecosystem, from scorpions and cacti to musk oxen and seals. Find out how deserts work as a system, carving out an existence in one of the most extreme biomes on Earth. Learn, too, how deserts are found all around the world and what you can do to help protect these amazing wildernesses.
Author
Publisher
North Point
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon describes how she sought refuge in the desert wilderness of southern Utah following her father's suicide along with her struggle to cope in an inhospitable territory and deal with her own loss of spirituality.
89) Forbidden desert
Publisher
Gamewright
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Your team of adventurers has been sent on a mission to excavate an ancient desert city and recover a legendary flying machine that's rumored to be powered by the sun. Moments before arriving at your destination, an unexpected sand storm forces your helicopter to make a crash landing. Now stranded in the vast desert and exposed to an unrelenting storm, your only hope for survival is to quickly excavate the city, find the parts to the flying machine...
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Edward Abbey's Desert solitaire: a season in the wilderness, author Amy Irvine has produced a clutch of essays in praise of Abbey's work, and also as a correction to some of his dated and offensive attitudes.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Ali's aged great-grandmother, with whom he lives, tells him the one thing she wishes for that she never did was to see the sea, two days walk away across the desert, he sets out with a pail to make the journey for her.
95) Rubin & Ed
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A recluse and an overbearing salesman team up to find the perfect burial spot for the recluse's beloved cat, and wind up stranded in Death Valley.
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