The Laughing Desert

The Laughing Desert
Author: Robin R. Cutler
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781479138920

"The 1925-1926 illustrated paper with a Hall family photo album and Dick's love poems to Daysie."

The Desert's Daughters

The Desert's Daughters
Author: Edward Groughan
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1528988795

A story of indomitable spirit. A journey of ancestral discovery. Set against the backdrop of the most inhospitable desert on the planet, two young women from different worlds forge a link that transcends time. Mia Chavez, a young Australian archaeologist, arrives in Chile to connect with her familial origins. Startling events unfold as she unearths dramatic links to the flight for the life of an Atacameños girl, Kiki, five centuries previously. Hunted by the malevolent shaman, Mamut, Kiki’s escape within the ancient mountains of the Andes, inexorably lure Mia to uncover a mystery beyond belief.

The Laughing Sutra

The Laughing Sutra
Author: Mark Salzman
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307814246

Iron & Silk, Mark Salzman's bestselling account of his adventures as an English teacher and martial arts student in China, introduced a writer of enormous charm and keen insight into the cultural chasm between East and West. Now Salzman returns to China in his first novel, which follows the adventures of Hsun-ching, a naive but courageous orphan, and the formidable and mysterious Colonel Sun, who together travel from mainland China to San Francisco, risking everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture called The Laughing Sutra. Part Tom Sawyer, part Tom Jones, The Laughing Sutra draws us into an irresistible narrative of danger and comedy that speaks volumes about the nature of freedom and the meaning of loyalty.

Living in Deserts

Living in Deserts
Author: Tea Benduhn
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2007-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0836883411

Describes desert conditions, how people can live in deserts, the lives of traditional desert peoples, and the effects of the modern world on deserts.

The Salarian Desert Game

The Salarian Desert Game
Author: J. A. McLachlan
Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2016-07-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1770531130

What if someone you love gambled on her life?Games are serious business on Salaria, and the stakes are high. When Kia's older sister, in a desperate bid to erase their family debt, loses the game and forfeits her freedom, Kia is determined to rescue her.Disguised as a Salarian, Kia becomes Idaro in order to move freely in this dangerous new culture. When she arrives on Salaria, she learns it's a world where a few key players control the board, and the pawns are ready to revolt. Kia joins the conflict, risking everything to save her sister. As if she doesn't already have enough to handle, Agatha, the maddeningly calm and unpredictable Select who lives life both by-the-book and off-the-cuff shows up to help, along with handsome Norio, a strong-willed desert girl with her own agenda, and a group of Salarian teens earning their rite of passage in the treacherous desert game.What can an interpreter and former thief possibly do in the midst of all this to keep the people she loves alive?

The Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert
Author: Eric Magrane
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2016-02-25
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0816531234

Desert cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii - Simmons B. Buntin

Desert Storm

Desert Storm
Author: Nan Ryan
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453282424

DIVMarried off to a Texas landowner, a young woman fights temptation when her husband’s son moves home/divDIV Her whole life, Angie Webster has been raised to heed her father. Since her mother died—a fallen woman, and a disgrace to the family name—Jeremiah has kept Angie away from friends, from society, and, most of all, from boys. But as Jeremiah nears death, he realizes it is time for her to settle down. He chooses Barrett McClain, a wealthy rancher whose isolated mansion might provide Angie with a haven from the temptations of the world. But for this frightened young bride, temptation is just the beginning./divDIV /divDIVAlthough her new husband seems to be a kindly old widower, his smile hides inconceivable viciousness. And then there is his son, Pecos, who appears to hate his father’s new bride, but secretly lusts for her. Alone on the ranch, Angie will learn that to become a woman, she must learn to fight like a man./div

Guess Who's in the Desert

Guess Who's in the Desert
Author: Charline Profiri
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Desert animals
ISBN: 9781933855790

The desert is full of suprises! You never know what you might find nestled in a tall saguaro or climbing steep canyon walls. All you have to do is look! "Guess Who's in the Desert" is a fun, interactive, guessing game that invites curious children to discover all of the secrets and surprises the desert holds. Who leaves x-shaped tracks? Who has orange and black beady skin? Just open the book to find out. Each time you do, you're bound to find something new.

The Desert Virgin

The Desert Virgin
Author: Sandra Marton
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2010-03-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426858051

Cameron Knight is a fearless troubleshooter on a mission in the desert kingdom of Baslaam…. Leanna DeMarco is a ballerina; she's been abducted to dance for the sultan of Baslaam…. When the sultan offers Leanna to Cam, he sees a way to escape with her across the sands. But she's temptation! Can Cam resist taking the sultan's gift?