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Zane Grey, who is best known for his novel "Riders of the Purple Sage," helped to define the popular image of the Old West through his popular adventure novels. First published in 1910, "The Heritage of the Desert" is set in the American southwest where John Hare is found dying in the desert and consequently nursed back to health by the rancher August Naab. John soon finds himself caught between his indebtedness to the generous rancher, whose daughter...
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It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers what really makes a birthday special. Echoing the simple yet graceful cowboy poetry of yore, David Ezra Stein's picture-book debut celebrates best friends.
10) Desert survival
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2008
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32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.
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Explains what deserts are and why they are so hot, examines different deserts around the world, and describes the plants and animals commonly found in them.
11) Life in a desert
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to life in a desert. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
14) Deserts
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
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24 pages cm.
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"A kindergarten-level introduction to deserts, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their dry terrain"--
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Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c2004
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1 DVD (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Three programs on the natural wonders of Australia, covering the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Alps, Daintree, Lord Howe Island, Shark Bay, King's Canyon, Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyres, Kakadu, the Blue Mountains, and Lamington's primeval rainforest. From ancient, misty forests to canyons that conceal secrets from the age of dinosaurs, from pristine lakes to majestic peaks, and from sophisticated cities to some of the world's greatest wilderness...
17) Gold fame citrus
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"Drought has transfigured Southern California into a surreal, phantasmagoric landscape. Most of the Southwest has been evacuated. Luz and Ray are holdouts, squatting in a starlet's abandoned mansion and subsisting on rationed cola and whatever they can loot, scavenge, and improvise, their love somehow blooming in this arid place. But when they cross paths with a mysterious child, and the thirst for a better future begins."--
18) Southbound
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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On a desolate stretch of desert highway, several travelers have a variety of unsettling and horrific experiences.
19) Deserts
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2006
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xvii, 254 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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