A Natural History of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona:
with an Introduction to the Madrean Sky Islands, By Richard C. Brusca and Wendy Moore
Foreword by Bill Broyles

This watershed book takes us behind the picture-postcard views and into the landscape, where we can understand, appreciate, and enjoy the natural history of the spectacular Santa Catalina Mountains. Its vividly illustrated chapters and nine picture guides (featuring native flora and fauna) paint a rich portrait of this famous range. In clear, everyday language the authors explain just what the Sky Islands are, telling the story of when and how they came to be — their deep geologic and biotic history. They also describe ten stops along the Mt. Lemmon Highway where visitors can easily see and understand the eight major biomes found in this range. Hundreds of photos, a dozen maps and figures, and more than two dozen stand-alone profiles highlight special places, people, or elements of the Catalinas and Sky Island Region. more...

Mission San Xavier:
A Story of Saints and Angels, Art and Artists / Una Historia de Santos y Ángeles, Arte y Artistes, Edna San Miguel (Author/Illustrator)

Saints and angels, missionaries and Indians, artists and conservators populate this fascinating introduction to a house of spirit, a Sonoran Desert landmark, and an artistic bridge to another era. A richly illustrated story for young and old alike, it is the perfect book for families to share. more...

Vanishing Circles: Portraits of Disappearing Wildlife of the Sonoran Desert Region, By Linda M. Brewer
Foreword by Richard Leakey

Vanishing Circles is a richly illustrated volume documenting an important Desert Museum exhibition and showcasing the beauty and diversity of species rapidly disappearing from the American Southwest. more...

Land of Black Volcanoes and White Sands:
The Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Larry G. Marshall & Clark Blake

The Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Preserve was created in July 1993 by decree of the Mexican government. Conscious that we protect what we know, the authors of this book describe the geology, plants, animals, and human history of this special place. more...

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (Soft Cover), Edited by Steven J. Phillips & Patricia Wentworth Comus

"This fine book offers one-stop shopping for authoritative answers to all your questions about a most wonderful place, the Sonoran Desert. Bees, birds, beetles, biodiversity, all right here in one place in accessible prose. Who can ask for more than that?" - John Alcock, author of Sonoran Desert Spring and In a Desert Garden. more...

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (Hardback), Edited by Steven J. Phillips & Patricia Wentworth Comus

"This fine book offers one-stop shopping for authoritative answers to all your questions about a most wonderful place, the Sonoran Desert. Bees, birds, beetles, biodiversity, all right here in one place in accessible prose. Who can ask for more than that?" - John Alcock, author of Sonoran Desert Spring and In a Desert Garden. more...

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers, David Wentworth Lazaroff

Supplemented with nearly 100 illustrations, this 200 page book is broken down into three sections: getting to know the desert, the desert as one's backyard, and enjoying the desert. Seven useful appendixes cover a range of topics including hummingbird gardening, venomous bites and stings, climate, and additional sources of information about desert life. A fun way to learn how wild and fascinating our deserts really are! more...

Desert Waters: From Ancient Aquifers to Modern Demands, Nancy K. Laney

Desert Waters provides an engaging and readable look at where we get our water in the Sonoran Desert and why we are overdrawing our water "accounts." more...

Desert Life / Vida Desértica:
A Vocabulary / Vocabulario, Doris Evans and Jesús Manuel García

Here is a handy bilingual vocabulary intended for students, teachers, writers, naturalists, and anyone else who needs quick access to Spanish words that describe the natural history of the Sonoran Desert region. Its small size (3" by 5") makes it a "natural" for a pocket, daypack, or glove box. more...

Seeds of Change: The Legacy of Father Kino,

Explore the life and times of one of our region's most influential historic figures, Father Eusebio Kino. In this 2007 issue from our sonorensis series, authors from Arizona, Mexico, Italy and Spain take you back to the late seventeenth century to illuminate the secular legacy of Kino as scientist, agronomist, diplomat and cartographer. more...

A Desert Illuminated: Cactus Flowers of the Sonoran Desert, Photographs by John P. Schaefer
Essays by John Alcock, Mark A. Dimmitt, John Janovy, Jr. & David Yetman

This unique book combines stunning four-color photographs of cactus blooms of the Sonoran Desert with critical essays on cacti, their history, and their effect on the desert landscape and ourselves. A brilliant addition to any nature or photographic library, with photographs by Dr. John Schaefer, and essays by John Alcock, Mark A. Dimmitt, John Janovy, Jr. and David Yetman. more...