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MDC, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave-its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs-becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert"--
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English
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In this completely revised edition-now in full color and with new color tour maps-intrepid local writers and travelers Drea Knufken and John Daters are once again your guides to the pinnacles of the Rockies, the sandstone valleys of the Western Slope, and the windswept prairies of the eastern part of the state. Follow them through carefully crafted itineraries so you too can: Ski, hike, or camp in the massive 2.3-million-acre White River National...
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
There are certain things every Texan should know how to do and say, whether your Lone Star roots reach all the way back to the 1836 Republic or you were just transplanted yesterday. Some of these may be second nature to you, but others... well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to have a few handy hints if, say, branding the herd or hosting a tamalada aren't your usual pastimes. That's where How to Be a Texan can help.
In a lighthearted style, Andrea Valdez...
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English
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The fate of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years...