Trip to the library! I remembered about the library. I got a stack of books:
Thrillcraft: The Environmental Consequences of Motorized Recreation. Edited by George Wuerthner.
Introduction to California Plant Life, revised edition. Robert Ornduff.
Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers, revised edition. Philip A. Munz.
Images of America: The Mojave Desert. John M. Swisher
Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Wild Foods. Thomas S. Elias & Peter A. Dykeman
Practical Projects for the Handy Man - Over 700 projects including a hammock, kite, toaster, sundial, lantern, swimming pool, camera, and much more. By The Editors of Popular Mechanics Press. (originally published 1913.)
Notes From a Turkish Whorehouse. Stories by Phillip O’Ceallaigh.