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      Agave Spirits

      Gary Paul Nabhan, David Suro Pinera

      An acclaimed ethnobotanist and a pioneering restaurateur beautifully capture the unparalleled diversity and distinctiveness of artisanal mezcals

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      Against the American Grain

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      In this book, Gary Paul Nabhan has illuminated the outlines of a history too long in the shadows. The resisters, performance artists, grassroots organizers, nomads, and spiritual leaders from the…

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      Chile, Clove, and Cardamom

      Beth Dooley, Gary Paul Nabhan

      Explore mouth-watering recipes from the most vibrant and diverse culinary traditions of the hottest and driest places on earth - including the aromatic dishes and arid-adapted traditions from Central Asia…

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      Cultures Of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan provides 26 essays that go beyond mere observations of wildlife but offer theories of links between cultural and biological diversity.

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      Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      The father of the local food movement shares how collaboration across the political divide can fix our broken food system.

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      Counting Sheep: Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      This unusual anthology demonstrates the range of possibilities in nature writing with contributions from Charles Bowden, Julian Hayden, Danny Lopez, Charles Sheldon, Ann Zwinger, and others . Essential reading for…

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      Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      As biological diversity continues to shrink at an alarming rate, the loss of plant species poses a threat seemingly less visible than the loss of animals but in many ways…

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      Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      The landscapes, cultures, and cuisines of deserts in the Middle East and North America have commonalities that have seldom been explored by scientists, nd have hardly been celebrated by society…

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      Cross-Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      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…

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      Conserving Migratory Pollinators and Nectar Corridors in Western North America

      A unique work of comparative zoogeography and conservation biology, this is the first book to bring together studies of important migratory pollinators and of what we must do to conserve…

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      Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Shows how climate change, free trade policies, genetic engineering, and loss of traditional knowledge are threatening our food supply. This book reveals just how much diversity has already been lost…

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      The Nature of Desert Nature

      In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Nabhan invites a prism of voices from his more…

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      Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Arousing the mind and the appetite, Nabhan tells of his adventures as he walks through northern and central Italy along a route used by St. Francis of Assisi. From his…

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      The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Published more than forty years ago, The Desert Smells Like Rain remains a classic work about nature, how to respect it, and what transplants can learn from the longtime residents…

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      Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Food

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Relates how the author’s experience with food permeates his life as an avid gardener and forager, as an ethno-botanist and farmland conservation advocate, and as an activist devoted to recovering…

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      Food, Genes, and Culture: Eating Right for Your Origins

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with…

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      Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Traveling along 4 prominent trade routes - the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real, this book follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from…

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      Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Traveling along 4 prominent trade routes - the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real, this book follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from…

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      Gathering the Desert

      Gary Paul Nabhan,Paul Mirocha

      Winner of the John Burroughs Association’s John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing and a Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association To the untrained eye, a desert…

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      Taste, Memory: Forgotten Foods, Lost Flavors, and Why They Matter

      David Buchanan

      The modern-day explorer is one who doesn’t discover new lands and new cultures, but who rediscovers common food heritage and then works to bring it back. Buchanan evaluated thousands of…

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      Unnatural Landscapes: Tracking Invasive Species

      Ceiridwen Terrill

      Louisiana crawfish, cheatgrass, Russian thistle, Hottentot figs, rats, and sweet fennel. These and dozens of other seemingly benign flora and fauna have become some of the worst culprits in the…

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      Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land: Lessons from Desert Farmers on Adapting to Climate Uncertainty

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      Because climatic uncertainty has now become the new normal, many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more resilient…

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      Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair

      Gary Paul Nabhan

      An homage to the useful and idiosyncratic mesquite tree

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      Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, 2nd Edition

      Ross Conrad

      Ross Conrad brings together the best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive.

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      Ethnobiology for the Future: Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity

      In this important new collection, Gary Paul Nabhan puts forth a call for the future not only of ethnobiology but for the entire planet. He articulates and broadens the portfolio…

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      Ironwood: An Ecological and Cultural Keystone of the Sonoran Desert

      Gary Paul Nabhan,Gary Paul Nabhan,John L. Carr

      This volume presents the findings of four studies of the ironwood tree found in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Topics include perennial plants that depend on the…

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      Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History

      Ana G. Valenzuela Zapata,Gary Paul Nabhan

      This comprehensive guide to tequila’s varieties, production and history shares marks of distinction for connoisseurs and highlights the link between artisanal agave cultivation and final flavor, arguing for a return…

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      Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System

      Nabhan, Gary Paul

      In Jesus for Fishers and Farmers, Gary Nabhan offers a fresh look at the parables of Jesus to bring us into a heart of compassion for those in the food…

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      The Forgotten Pollinators

      Stephen L. Buchmann,Gary Paul Nabhan

      This work looks at the human impact on plants and the animals they depend upon for reproduction. As an increasing number of species are erased by pesticides or habitat disruption…

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      Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals

      Gary Nabhan, Ph.D. (University of Arizona),David Suro Pinera

      An acclaimed ethnobotanist and a pioneering restaurateur beautifully capture the unparalleled diversity and distinctiveness of artisanal mezcals.

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      People, Plants and Protected Areas: A Guide to in Situ Management

      John Tuxill,Gary Paul Nabhan,with Elizabeth Drexler,Michael Hathaway

      A practical guide to the management and conservation of plant resources in their natural habitats. It aims to facilitate better management of protected areas and innovative approaches to plant conservation…

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      People, Plants and Protected Areas: A Guide to in Situ Management

      John Tuxill,Gary Paul Nabhan,with Elizabeth Drexler,Michael Hathaway

      A practical guide to the management and conservation of plant resources in their natural habitats. It aims to facilitate better management of protected areas and innovative approaches to plant conservation…

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      Faith in a Seed (Limited Edition): The Dispersion Of Seeds And Other Late Natural History Writings

      Henry D. Thoreau

      Faith in a Seed contains the hitherto unpublished work The Dispersion of Seeds, one of Henry D. Thoreau’s last important research and writing projects, and now his first new book…

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      Last Water on the Devil’s Highway: A Cultural and Natural History of Tinajas Altas

      Bill Broyles,Gayle Harrison Hartmann,Thomas E. Sheridan,Gary Paul Nabhan,Mary Charlotte Thurtle

      The Devil’s Highway-El Camino del Diablo-crosses hundreds of miles and thousands of years of Arizona and Southwest history. This heritage trail follows a torturous route along the U.S. Mexico border…

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      Woodlands in Crisis: A Legacy of Lost Biodiversity on the Colorado Plateau

      Gary Paul Nabhan (University of Arizona),Marcelle Coder,Susan J Smith,Patricia West,Zsuzsi I Kovacs

      In recent years, the West has suffered from unprecedented stand-replacing wildfires, and the government has invested more money in preventative forest thinning than ever before. This forest crisis has led…

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      Reinventing Nature?: Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction

      How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be reinvented through theme parks…

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