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From Judy Hedding,
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Why would you want to buy a book about Phoenix when everything you need is right here at the Phoenix site? Well, OK, I understand. Sometimes you want something you can take along with you in your backpack. Or that you can give as a unique gift. Or that you can read on the train as you plan your visit. These selections should take care of you!

1. Best Places Phoenix

Restaurants, golf courses, day trips and lots more are included in this Phoenix city guide.
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2. Insiders' Guide to Phoenix

Resorts, nightlife, shopping, culture...the works! 400+ pages, paperback.
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3. The Best of Phoenix and Tucson

Subtitle is: "An Impertinent Insider's Guide." Attractions, restaurants, lodging, parks, trails and more make this a great travel guide for the larger cities in Arizona. 
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4. Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun

This is a hardcover, "coffee table" book with large glossy photos. Great as a gift for someone moving to the area, someone who enjoys visiting the area, or a thank you gift for someone who doesn't live here but did something nice!
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5. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

A different perspective than your typical Phoenix travel guide book. Written by the staff of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. A hard cover book suitable as a gift, or just for the person who wants to understand the desert environment in which Phoenix and Tucson thrive.
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6. Historic Scottsdale: A Life from the Land

Another hard cover coffee table style illustrated history book, suitable as a gift.
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7. The Phoenix Lights

This isn't really a travel guide, but it is the story of the UFO sightings over Phoenix in 1997 apparently seen by many people--I wasn't one of them! The book includes research data and photographs of this still unexplained phenomenon.
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8. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers

An entertaining primer with basically three sections: getting to know the desert, the desert as one's backyard, and enjoying the desert. Written by museum staff.
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9. Phoenix: Then and Now

Another coffee table book, taking you on a pictorial journey of the development of Phoenix since the early 1900s.
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10. Frommer's Portable Phoenix & Scottsdale

This city guide includes hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, sports, shopping, and nightlife in a lightweight, inexpensive guide.
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