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Of Books New to the Shelves of the CLUI Library
Peter Goin, 1996
Landscape Photographer and University of Nevada Professor Peter
Goin has produced a remarkable book of his photographs on the
subject of human interaction with natural processes, including
views of the Army Corps' model maps and other unusual sites.
Barbara C. Matilsky, 1992
A volume associated with an exhibition of the same name, which
examined works by artists involved in "nature" and landscape
issues, such as Helen and Newton Harrison, Nancy Holt, Mierle
Laderman Ukeles, and Mel Chin.
Virginia L. Grattan, 1992
A book on the early 20th century Southwestern architect Mary Colter,
whose buildings of rough stones and wooden beams, such as the
Tower at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, seem born in their
settings.
Phil Patton, 1993
An eclectic collection of informative essays discussing the origins
of a wide range of American items like the folding aluminum lawn
chair, and the Willy's Jeep.
Mark Monmonier, 1996 (second edition)
Similar to the landmark book "How to Lie With Statistics",
this accessible volume describes the techniques used by cartographers
and graphic artists, and how the maps they produce transform information,
often in misleading ways.
Donovan Webster, 1996
A contemporary look at battlegrounds of the past, in Europe, Vietnam,
and Kuwait, many of which continue to do battle through buried
unexploded ordnance, and other hazards. The author also recounts
his visits to the Nevada Test Site and the Tooele chemical weapons
incinerator in Utah.
Anne Wilkes Tucker, 1996
The book for the "mid career retrospective" show (organized
by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts) of the Southwestern landscape
photographer Richard Misrach. Essay by Rebecca Solnit and some
interesting, previously unpublished photographs.
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