(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just a week before their marriage, Christine's fiance calls off the wedding, leaving her heartbroken. With hopes of helping her through a difficult time, Christine's best friend Jessica enrolls them both on a humanitarian mission in Peru, to work at an orphanage called El Girasol--The Sunflower. It is while working at the orphanage that Christine meets Paul Cook, a successful and charismatic American doctor who has fled the States after one fatal...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
Author
Series
Celestine series (James Redfield) volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
The unnamed hero takes on the Peruvian government, priests, guerrillas and drug dealers to find an ancient manuscript whose nine insights prophesy New Age spirituality. An adventure story replete with energy transfers and other psychic phenomena.
Author
Series
Black Knights Inc volume 8
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dan "The Man" Currington is back in fighting form with a mission that takes him four thousand miles south of BKI headquarters, high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. He's hot on the trail of a rogue CIA agent selling classified government secrets to the highest bidder, when Penni DePaul arrives on the scene. Suddenly the stakes are higher, and keeping Penni safe becomes Dan's number one priority. A lot has changed since former Secret Service Agent...
9) Excavation
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting; where earth-shattering discoveries -- and wealth beyond imagining -- could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown. Here where the perilous journey ends, in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis; something created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous. Something terrifying.
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck.Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death. The next three days were an impossibly...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 34
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they learn that the farmer's baby llama has been stolen, and Jack and Annie vow to bring the little animal back to its owners. But the journey is treacherous--they must climb to the peak of Machu Picchu and climb back down in order to complete this mission. Jack and Annie have been on many dangerous travels, but can they survive this...
14) Peru
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Presents the landscape, culture, food, animals, and sports of Peru.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"In this novel, simultaneous plot lines ranging from an investigation by Corporal Lituma of a mysterious disappearance, to his deputy's love affair with a prostitute, to an Andean community terrorized by Shining Path guerrillas, and the alternating first- and third-person narrators all obscure coherence. Grossman's lazy translation needlessly retains large doses of original Spanish lexicon. An introduction, maps, and a translator's note are badly...
Author
Series
Special publication volume 36-S
Publisher
Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Español
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 105
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
How disaster relief operations can be more effectively and efficiently coordinated.
Author
Series
Celestine series (James Redfield) volume 2
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
An adventure parable in which Charlene continues the spiritual quest begun in "The Celestine Prophecy," traveling into other dimensions, exploring memories of past experiences, and learning to overcome fear of the future.
.png)