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Tables of Contents for A Desert Calling
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Prologue
1
4
The Search for Undiscovered Life
5
6
The Immortal Animals
11
11
Elfin Farmers and Cactophylic Carpenters
22
22
Darkness and the Cave of the Jaguar
44
10
The Winding Path to Field Biology
54
16
The Desert at the Bottom of the World
70
21
Different Actors, Different Scripts
91
37
Desert in the Sky
128
8
The Vampire and the Phantoms of All Hallows' Eve
136
6
Land of the Shah
142
15
Impenetrable Land of Thorns
157
30
The Devil's Town
187
18
In the Shadow of the Pyramids
205
16
Naming the Anonymous
221
17
From Howling Wolf Mice to Fairy Armadillos
238
8
Aridity's Cornucopia
246
6
Life in the Desert of Salt
252
19
Land of Diamonds
271
5
Epilogue
276
11
Appendix. Scientific and Common Names of Species Mentioned in the Text, by Region and Major Category
287
6
Selected Readings
293
14
Acknowledgments
307
4
Index
311