A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (Arizona-Sonora ...
 Armchair nature watching: This is the ideal book to take along on trips to the Sonora Desert. Whether it is the Cailfornian , including Baja, Arizonian(it actually covers five states) or Mexican portions of the vast and diverse Sonara Desert, the details [... more]
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Our Land, Ourselves: Readings on People and Place
Our Land, Ourselves is a collection of diverse readings on the many themes of people and place-themes such as the protection of wilderness and the idea of the wild, the nature of home, the purpose of work, and the meaning of community. These voices [... more]
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Why Some Like It Hot: Why Some Like It Hotfood, Genes, ...
In Why Some Like It Hot, award-winning natural historian Gary Paul Nabhan offers a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way readers understand human health and cultural diversity. 1-55963-466-9$24.00 / Island Press [... more]
$19.95
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Efrain of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard's Life Among the ...
The very first thing that you see when you reach the beach and leave your boat behind in the shallows of the Sea of Cortez is a lizard running away from the water. It curls its tail high so the waves won't get it wet . That's what Gary Paul Nabhan [... more]
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Cross-Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry
A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such cross-pollination engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he [... more]
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
In Why Some Like It Hot, award-winning natural historian Gary Paul Nabhan offers a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way readers understand human health and cultural diversity. 1-55963-466-9$24.00 / Island Press [... more]
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Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving And Savoring ...
iRenewing America's Food Traditions/i is a beautifully illustrated dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that gives North America its distinctive culinary identity that reflects our multicultural heritage. It [... more]
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Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History
The big picture: This book gave me a overview of tequila that included the agricultural considerations, cultural heritage, and history of mescal de tequila, not just a guide to making margaritas. It is well written with enough detail to satisfy the [... more]
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
Interesting but not well-presented material: I found myself reading and then skimming this book, as my interest in what could have been a fascinating theory waned in the face of the author's inability to do more than cob together personal anecdotes and [... more]
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Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History
The big picture: This book gave me a overview of tequila that included the agricultural considerations, cultural heritage, and history of mescal de tequila, not just a guide to making margaritas. It is well written with enough detail to satisfy the [... more]
$14.95
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Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's ...
In the Foodsteps of Giants: Where our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine. Gary Paul Nabhan. Island Press: Washington, 2008. 214 pp., $24.95 hardcover (ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-399-3, ISBN-10: 1-59726-399-0). Reviewed by Rafael J. [... more]
$24.95
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Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany ...
Excellent introduction to a fascinating field: Balick and Cox's book provides an excellent introductory text for the field of ethnobotany. It covers a wide range of material, including medical ethnobotany, the origins of foods and indigenous stewardship [... more]
$32.95
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