Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
Carrying the famous biologist Charles Darwin, the Beagle set sail from Plymouth Sound in December of 1831 and returned in October of 1836-completing its journey across the world. This journal kept by Charles Darwin contains his notes from the journey and his commentary on the discoveries that were made. It also includes illustrations of the wonders that they encountered and in-depth discussions about life on the sea.
3) The mission
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003, c1986
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Three-color woodcuts and simple, rhyming text follow a weary traveler who questions the elements about their effects on his aching feet.
Grabados en madera de tres colores y texto simple y rimado siguen a un viajero cansado que cuestiona los elementos sobre sus efectos en sus doloridos pies.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
9) Up
Formats
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For ten weeks in 1941, Walt Disney, his wife, and sixteen colleagues from his studio visited nations in South America to gather story material for a series of films with South American themes. This documentary uses this framing device to explore inter-American relations as Nazi influence was growing in South America, provide a rare glimpse into the artists who were part of the magic of Disney's 'golden age,' and give an unprecedented look at the 39-year-old...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An inspirational adventure, based on the true story of Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, whose thrilling and dangerous road trip across Latin America becomes a life-changing journey of self-discovery.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Uses the framework of the alphabet to present information about plants and animals of the cloud forest on the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes and the 2013 discovery of the olinguito. Includes additional information about the cloud forest and the discovery of the olinguito, a map, a glossary, an author's note, and author's sources"--
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mistaken for a famous archaeologist and entrusted with a sacred Incan relic, a Chicago construction worker helps an absentminded professor and his beautiful daughter find an ancient lost city before a group of evil treasure hunters find it first.
Author
Publisher
Libros Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Lalo the parrot encourages the animals in the Ecuadoran jungle--including the hungry snake Yoli and the aged parrot, Teteté, who knows only an Indian language--to put on an opera until he hears about an old woman who speaks an unknown tongue.
19) Fitzcarraldo
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
1999], c1982
Physical Desc
1 DVD (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
20) The jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title