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[Paperback] - $21.95
The Making of Modern Nevada
by Hal K. Rothman,
Foreword by David M. Wrobel
Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewhere—... more

[Hardcover] - $55.00
Mammals of Nevada
by E. Raymond Hall
First published in 1946, Mammals of Nevada is a monumental work. Hall and a team of more than sixty scientists, graduate students, and staff members of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Kansas spent innumerable hours trapping, preparing, studying, and documenting thousands of specimens found within the state.... more

[Hardcover] - $44.95,
[Paperback] - $24.95
Mapping and Imagination in the Great Basin
A Cartographic History
by Richard V. Francaviglia
The Great Basin was the last region of continental North America to be explored and mapped, and it remained largely a mystery to Euro-Americans until well into the nineteenth century.... more

[Hardcover] - $34.95
Mapping the Empty
Eight Artists and Nevada
by William L. Fox
Foreword by Jeff Kelley. Nevada's open spaces have long inspired complex responses from a population largely shaped by European sensibilities toward land and its uses.... more

[Hardcover] - $34.95,
[Paperback] - $24.95
Married to a Daughter of the Land
Spanish-Mexican Women and Interethnic Marriage in California, 1820-1880
by María Raquél Casas
The surprising truth about intermarriage in 19th-Century California. Until recently, most studies of the colonial period of the American West have focused on the activities and agency of men.... more

[Paperback] - $19.95
The Maverick Spirit
Building the New Nevada
Edited by Richard O. Davies
A collection of biographical essays on fourteen contemporary Nevadans. The subjects of the essays are Maude Frazier;... more

[Paperback] - $15.95
Monsters in the Woods
Backpacking with Children
by Tim Hauserman
How and why you should take your children backpacking Despite America’s enthusiasm for outdoors activities like hiking and backpacking, most books on these subjects focus on adults.... more

[Paperback] - $29.95
More Peoples of Las Vegas
One City, Many Faces
Edited by Jerry L. Simich, Thomas C. Wright
The remarkable economic growth of Las Vegas between 1980 and 2007 created a population boom and a major increase in the ethnic and religious diversity of the city.... more