Cvancara, Alan M.Edible Wild Plants and Herbs: A Pocket Guide. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001. A concise guide that will enable the reader to identify and use 50 common plants and herbs.
Anderson, Edward F.Cactus Family. Timber, 2001. A monumental study of the cacti covering 125 genera and 1,810 species.
Anderson, Miles.The Ultimate Book of Cacti and Succulents. Lorenz, 1998. Comprehensive presentation of botany, classification, diversity, and cultivation; more than 1,000 full-color photographs.
Grantham, Keith, and Paul Klaassen.The Cacti and Other Succulents. Timber, 1999. From A-Z, an authoritative view of the many species of cacti.
Hewitt, Terry.The Complete Book of Cacti & Succulents. DK Publishing, 1997. Basics of growing, along with a catalog to aid in identification and cultivation of more than 100 plants.
Innes, Clive, and Charles Glass.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti. Knickerbocker, 1997. Descriptions and growing techniques for globular and columnar cacti; more than 1,200 photographs.
Preston-Mafham, Rod, and Ken Preston-Mafham.Cacti: The Illustrated Dictionary. Sterling, Timber, 1991. 1997. Focuses on identification of globular cacti; for the amateur enthusiast.
Man, John.Gobi: Tracking the Desert. Yale University Press, 1999. An engaging travelogue of the mysterious Gobi desert and the people that inhabit it.
Mares, Michael A., and Patrick Fisher, eds.Encyclopedia of Deserts. University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Comprehensive reference to the deserts and semideserts of the world.
Sayre, April Pulley.Desert. Twenty-First Century, 1995. Exploring Earth's Biomes series, for younger readers.
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