Stories from prehistoric times to the future, about land, our abuse of the land, and the impact on the people who come after

Combines history, anthropology, natural science, and personal narrative to provide a portrait of the American Southwest, looking at the variety of people and ex

Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an A

A history of man's attempt to turn American's arid regions into productive areas.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite th