Featured Books
 Water
and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium
By David Carle
Previously titled “Drowning the Dream” and now in
paperback, this provocative book traces
how California’s population growth has been
shaped by imported water and how this growth
has affected the environment and the quality
of life. Written by David Carle who was a State Park
ranger for 18 years at Mono Lake. “This
book belongs in the hands of anyone interested
in California’s history and future.” —Sally
Gaines
Water and the California Dream, Sierra Club
Books, soft cover, 235 pages, 6" x
9" : $16.95 (#5600)
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Sierra East: Edge of the Great
Basin
Edited by Eastern Sierra expert and Committee Board Member Emeritus
Genny Smith, this is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the
Eastern Sierra. This book emphasizes the relationships and ingenious
way that plant and animal life have evolved and adapted to the Eastern
Sierra's harsh environs. Maps, diagrams, photographs, and
illustrations bring the chapters on geology, weather and climate,
plant communities, arthropods, native fishes, amphibians, reptiles,
birds, and mammals to life. Includes 16
pages of glossy color plates and black and white illustrations
throughout.
Item #5604, Sierra East: Edge of the Great
Basin, UC Press, soft cover, 488 pages, 6" x 9": $29.95
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The Distribution of the Birds of
California
 
Joseph Grinnell
and Alden H. Miller
Published in 1944 by the Cooper Ornithological Society,
Grinnell and Miller's The Distribution of the Birds of
California remains the definitive benchmark on
California's avifauna. It summarizes a wealth of
information on the seasonal status, abundance and
geographic range of the 644 species and subspecies then
recorded in the state. Its terse yet detailed
descriptions of habitat and habitat requirements have yet
to be bettered. It is an indispensable reference for
anyone seriously interested in California's birds.
This 1986 Artemisia Press edition is an exact
reproduction of the original text. It also includes a forward by David
Gaines and an
interview with Dr. Frank A. Pitelka on the book's genesis
and significance. New appendices update nomenclature and
list recent publications on California bird distribution. Book measures
9"x6".
615 pages. Hardback: $20.00 (#455). Softcover: $18.00 (#456).
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 Mono Lake Viewpoint
By Dave Carle. For
years, Carle has authored a regular column in the weekly
Mammoth Times. Now, Artemisia Press has gathered a
collection of his essays in a witty, enjoyable tribute to
the little mysteries that make the Mono Basin unique.
(Signed
copies available!)
Softcover, Artemisia Press, 128 pages:
$5.95.
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The High Sierra
of California: Poems and Journals by Gary
Snyder, Woodcuts and Essays by Tom Killion
 The spirit
of the Sierra Nevada is captured by the eloquent words of Gary
Snyder and the color woodcuts of Tom Killion in a unique and
amazing way. Pick up this popular and visually
stunning book and get lost in the beauty and
magic of the High Sierra.
The High Sierra of California, hardcover, Heydey Books and The
Yosemite Association, 128 pages, measures
11¾"x9¼": $50.00
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Yosemite Once
Removed: Portraits of the Backcountry
 Photographs
by Claude Fiddler, with Essays by Steve Roper, Nancy Fiddler, Anne
MacQuarie, John Hart, and Doug Robinson. Yosemite Valley is the
site of famous landmarks, but occupies only seven square miles.
Yosemite National Park covers 1,200 square miles, 94% of which is
designated wilderness. Claude Fiddler’s
remarkable photographs and essays by five veteran
backcountry travelers, take you to that other Yosemite, a
marvelous region far above the much-visited
Valley.
Yosemite Once Removed, hardcover, Yosemite Association,
127 pages, measures 11½"x9¾": $29.95
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