Books like Cactus thorn by Mary Austin

Explore the life and work of environmentalist and writer Edward Abbey, who spent the 1950s as a park ranger in the American Southwest.

John Muir’s first summer in the Sierra Nevada is presented as a biographical and natural‑history account, enriched by photographs from Herbert W. Gleason and drawings by Muir himself.

Anna Pigeon, a new park ranger, seeks solitude in the Texas wilderness but is drawn into a murder investigation that will test her survival skills and detective instincts.

Antonio Silver, a striking and haughty man, distrusts Corinna Moon when she leaves London to care for his ailing father. As tension mounts, suspicion turns to attraction, and their rivalry evolves into romance.

An undercover reporter follows a celebrity into rehab to uncover juicy gossip about her personal life.

Describes the special parts of the cactus plant and how they work together to enable the plant to survive in the desert by storing water.

A first‑hand memoir of Isabella L. Bird’s travels through the Rocky Mountains, conveyed in personal letters to her sister.

"When Victor Villasenor stood at the podium and looked at the group of teachers amassed before him, he became enraged. He had never spoken in public before. His mind was flooded with childhood memories filled with humiliation, misunderstanding, and abuse at the hands of his teachers. With his heart pounding, he began to speak of these incidents. To his disbelief, the teachers before him responded to his embittered recollection with a standing ovation. Many could not contain their own tears." "So begins a touching memoir of an extremely angry adolescent. Highly gifted and imaginative, Villasenor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally diagnosed with extreme dyslexia at the age of forty-four) and the frustration he felt growing up Latino in an English-only American school system that had neither the cultural understanding nor the resources to deal with Hispanic students." "Often beaten by his teachers because he could not speak English, Villasenor was made to feel ashamed about his heritage, and even questioned the core values prioritized by his tight-knit family. Villasenor's dyslexia, and growing frustration over not fitting in, fueled his dream to one day become a writer. He is now considered one of the premier writers of our time."--BOOK JACKET.