Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewhere—gambling, prize-fighting, brothels, easy divorce—and embraced a culture of individualism and disdain for the constraints of more conventional society.... more

First published in 1946, Mammals of Nevada is a monumental work. Hall and a team of more than sixty scientists, graduate students, and staff members of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Kansas spent innumerable hours trapping, preparing, studying, and documenting thousands of specimens found within the state.... more

An exploration of the full diversity of California writers and their writings. The second edition of this general-interest anthology adds ten new authors and their works plus five new selections from some favorite writers, including Carolyn See, Al Young, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and David Mas Masumoto.... more

Foreword by Jeff Kelley. Nevada's open spaces have long inspired complex responses from a population largely shaped by European sensibilities toward land and its uses.... more