Gary Paul Nabhan

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The Desert Smells Like Rain

A Naturalist in O'odham Country

The University of Arizona Press

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 of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O’odham people.

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The Nature of Desert Nature

The University of Arizona Press

The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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At the Desert's Green Edge

An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima

By Amadeo M. Rea; Foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan; Illustrated by Takashi Ijichi
The University of Arizona Press

Winner of the Society for Economic Botany’s Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.

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Ethnobiology for the Future

Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity

Edited by Gary Paul Nabhan; Foreword by Paul E. Minnis
The University of Arizona Press

Ethnobiology is dedicated to celebrating the knowledge and values of some of the most distinctive cultures and practices on Earth. In this important new collection, MacArthur Fellow Gary Paul Nabhan lays out the case for the future of the field. Nabhan and his colleagues from across disciplines and cultures call for an ethnobiology that is provocative, problem-driven, and, above all, inspiring.

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Last Water on the Devil's Highway

A Cultural and Natural History of Tinajas Altas

The University of Arizona Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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Aridland Springs in North America

Ecology and Conservation

The University of Arizona Press
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Arab/American

Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts

The University of Arizona Press
  • Copyright year: 2008
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Unnatural Landscapes

Tracking Invasive Species

The University of Arizona Press
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Tequila

A Natural and Cultural History

The University of Arizona Press
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Enduring Seeds

Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation

The University of Arizona Press
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Counting Sheep

Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn

The University of Arizona Press
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