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Series
House of Winslow volume 25
Language
English
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Emily Winslow felt deeply indebted to James Parker when she learned that his wounds resulted from trying to save her brother's life in the trenches of World War I. But by the time she discovered what really happened on that battlefield in France, Emily had fallen for James's charm. Devastated by his betrayal and overwhelmed by feelings of bitterness, Emily throws herself into her writing career. She accepts an assignment to record the life of an isolated...
2) Amazonia
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Language
English
Description
The mysterious reappearance of the body of a missing CIA agent lost in Brazil four years earlier sparks a mission into the Amazon by a team of American scientists and military people.
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Language
English
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As two Takunami youths approach their thirteenth birthdays, Luka reaches the culmination of his mother's training for the tribe's manhood test while Tirio, raised in Miami, Florida, by his adoptive mother, feels called to begin preparations to prove himself during his upcoming visit to the Amazon rain forest where he was born.
5) The explorer
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Language
English
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Description
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
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Language
English
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Description
"What if the pandemic you thought would kill you made you more intelligent instead? In the Amazon jungle, a disease is spreading. To those who survive, it grants enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. But the miracle may be the sinister survival mechanism of a fungal organism, manipulating the infected into serving it. Paul Johns, a mycologist, is convinced the fungal host is the next stage of human evolution, while his brother Neil,...
12) Heart of fire
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
�2009
Language
English
Description
"A fabulous lost Amazon city once inhabited by women warriors and containing a rare red diamond: it sounded like myth, but archeologist Jillian Sherwood believed it was real, and she was willing to put up with anything to find it--even Ben Lewis."--Container.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Language
English
Description
It was my most thrilling adventure yet! My old friend Professor von Volt had discovered the location of the famous Ruby of Fire. And before I could let out a squeak of protest, my sister Thea had dragged me into race to be the first to find the legendary gem. The jewel was protected by thousands of ancient booby-traps -- a 'fraidy mouse's worst nightmare? Would I make it through with my fur?
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2016: Lea volume 2
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2016 Lea volume 2
Girl of the year. Lea volume 2
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2016 Lea volume 2
Girl of the year. Lea volume 2
Publisher
American Girl
Language
English
Description
During a hike with her brother through the Amazon rain forest, fifth-grader Lea discovers a badly injured baby sloth.
15) Amazon fever
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When Jeff accompanies his uncle to the Amazon rain forest to acquire butterflies for an exhibit at the museum where his uncle works, Jeff hopes to see real jaguars as well.
Author
Series
Templar novels (Paul Christopher) volume 8
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
�2013.
Language
English
Description
When he and his crew uncover a five-hundred-year-old society hidden in the cauldron of the Amazon, John Holliday, trailed by hostile natives and an infamous tomb raider, comes face-to-face with the legendary Ark of the Covenant.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Blu and Jewel are taking the kids on a trip to the Amazon jungle. Jewel wants the kids to know what it was like for her growing up in the wild, but Blu is missing the comforts of home. Will this vacation be one to remember?