Desert Solitaire: A Comment on Culture and Environment by E.Abbey For several seasons Edward Abbey worked as a ranger in what is today known as the Arches National Park in eastern Utah. While performing his duties during the summer season, Abbey lived alone in an old-fashioned …
Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur Tears of the Desert (One World/Ballantine, ISBN 0345506251) is the first memoir by a woman telling the true story of the horrors in Darfur. Born into the Zaghawa tribe in Sudan, Halima was …
Mojave Crossing Still Spellbinding: Louis L’Amour’s Classic Westerns Still Captivate Readers of Today Louis L’Amour’s Mojave Crossing (Bantam Books, 13th printing) is truly a classic. Published almost fifty years ago, this book, like almost all classic westerns, is almost impossible to find in used bookstores. So …
