Natural History
WHEN RACCOONS FALL THROUGH YOUR CEILING; The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife
Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 173 pgs, index, bibliography. Exposes the wide variety of situations that occur when human and non-human worlds clash. More
LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS; Saving Our Children fro Nature-Deficit Disorder
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2006. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 334 pgs, index, notes. The author links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation, he calls it "nature-deficit", to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity..... More
DISCOVER ARIZONA DESERTS.
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highways, 1979. Paperback. 9 x 12, 64 pgs, b&w and color photos. Part of a series about Arizona's natural history, this one covers it's deserts: geology, geography, landscape, water, flora, fauna, dangers, etc. More
THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY.
Luray, Virginia: 1980. Paperback. 7 1/2 x 5, 24 pgs, b&w photos. The front cover features a photograph of "Titania's Veil and Saracens Tent" in the Caverns. Gives the history and highlights of Luray Caverns, automobile routes, rail connections, Skyline Drive, etc. More
PROGRESS AGAINST GROWTH; On The American Landscape
New York: Guilford Press, 1986. Hardcover. 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. More
NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE VIEWING GUIDE.
Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing, 1994. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 104 pgs, color photos, illustrations and maps. Leads you to 74 premier wildlife viewing areas and gives you better chances of seeing wildlife when you arrive. More
SOIL ASSOCIATIONS AND LAND CLASSIFICATION FOR IRRIGATION GRANT COUNTY.
Las Cruces, NM: NMSU Agricultural Experiment Station, 1971. Paperback. 1971. 8 1/2 x 11, 43 pgs, b&w photos, charts, graphs. All sorts of information about the soil and irrigation possiblities for Grant County, New Mexico. Slight damp wrinkling. More
BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH; A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 249 pgs, index. The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss..... More
THE WHITE LIONS OF TIMBAVATI.
New York: Paddington Press, 1977. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 220 pgs, beautiful color plates. The author's study of rare white lions in Africa and African ecology as it relates to the lions. More
THE GREYSTONE NATURE LOVER'S TREASURY.
New York: Greystone Press, 1948. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 796 pgs. Over 100 different nature stories and poems by over 80 authors including Carl Akeley, Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Seton and more. More
THE APE THAT SPOKE; Language and the Evolution of the Human Mind.
New York: William Morrow, 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 288 pgs, index, notes, bibliography. Human evolution relating to language and the evolution of the human mind. More
THE DILEMMA OF WILDERNESS.
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1987. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 115 pgs, index/biblio, illus, signed by the author. A study of the history of Wilderness as a special designation, the philosophy & contradictions of setting aside lands as wilderness and how their resources should be managed. A thoughtful..... More
THE GRIZZLY BEAR.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. Reprint. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 308 pgs, index, bibliography. A rich and perceptive dramatic portrait of the Grizzly. More
THE PINE BARRENS.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1982. Twelfth Printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 157 pgs, b&w illustrations. Compelling, informative, and insightful book about the botanical, cultural, hydrological, and historical peculiarities of the largest essentially untouched wilderness east of the Mississippi: the New Jersey Pine Barrens. More
THE ARCTIC WOLF.; Living with the Pack.
Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Roger Caras. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2, 128 pgs, beautiful color photos throughout, coffe-table style volume. Text and photos of the author's experiences living among a pack of wolfes in the frozen High Arctic. More
THE TOXIC LABYRINTH; A family's successful battle against environmental illness
Vancouver, Canada: Nico Professional Services, 1995. Paperback. 6 x 9, 302 pgs. Heather Millar was 30 years old when she felt that first tightness in her chest. A registered nurse with nine years in pediatric care, she was working on a short-term contract in San Antonio, Tex. when waves of..... More
THE BALANCE OF NATURE.
New York: Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 340 pgs, b&w illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. The eternal drama of the battle for survival among the species. More
GEM TRAILS OF NEW MEXICO.
Baldwin Park, CA: Gem Guides Book Co., 1987. Revised. Paperback. 6 x 9, 110 pgs, b&w photos and maps. "Each of the locations listed was visited and carefully checked to verify mineral availability and current collecting status." More
BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION OF BIRDS.
New York: W.H. Freeman, 1991. Paperback. 7 x 9, 176 pgs, index, bibliographies, b&w photos and illustrations. Readings from the Scientific American. More
GENTLE BEN.
New York: Dutton, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 191 pgs, b&w illustrations.Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory. Large chunk of front part of dustjacket missing. More
GEOGRAPHY OF OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1977. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 182 pgs, index, b&w maps. Sections on physical environments, water resources, climate, human resources, forests, minerals, transportation, development of manufacturing & the towns & cities of Oklahoma. Damp wrinkling along bottom edges. More
THE POLAR PASSION.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Revised. Paperback. 973. 5 x 8, 364 pgs, b&w photos and maps. Second in the trilogy "The Top of the World", this is the tribute to the intrepid adventurers who tested their human strength and resources against the forces of the frozen Arctic elements. More
A WHALE FOR THE KILLING.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 239 pgs, mapped endsheets. The author relates the painful tragic story of his attempt to save the trapped whale from the pointless sport of a handful of individuals who poured many hundreds of rounds of ammunition into the animal..... More
THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA.
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1977. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 389 pgs, index, b&w illustrations by the author. This facsimile edition of the original 1894 classic conveys with words and pictures some of the wonder and delight the great naturalist found on his first trips into the Sierras. More