Frank Carlson Library

'LOS ANDES — UNA GUIA PARA ESCALADORES Y ESQUIADORES' es la única guía completa sobre las cumbres de los Andes. Esta es la 4ª edición en español de la única guía completa de escalada de las cumbres de los Andes. Cubre muchas áreas que no se describen en ninguna otra fuente. Esta nueva edición ha ampliado la cobertura de toda la cordillera, con muchas fotos nuevas y diagramas de rutas, además de una mayor cobertura de las oportunidades...

After finishing university in England, Elliot Lord had the urge to live abroad. He knew he wanted to be a teacher, and this could open many doors for him. Country To Country is a collection of stories of his experiences in 8 countries over a perioid of 13 years. Cultural differences and adjusting to life elsewhere led to amusing anecdotes as well as times where not everything went well. This book covers his experiences in five European countries and...

Daniel, a 16-year-old American boy wants to enter a photography contest. He goes to Ecuador to visit his Ecuadorian American relatives. While there, he must deal with various culturally challenging situations. On a day trip he meets Carmen, a girl with exceptional eyes. He wants to photograph her, but... The story is told from Daniel's point of view. This novella is filled with cultural substance and significant facts about Ecuador.

An island is about to be born- one that in time will become the home of plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. This book is the biography of a Gal�apagos island- from birth, through adolescence, to adulthood, and beyond.

These rocky and beautiful islands are remote and unforgiving, yet home to giant tortoises, equatorial penguins, pink iguanas, and dandelion trees. In the film state-of-the-art research vessel with floating labs, helicopters, and sonar scanners are used to capture rare animals and submerged worlds. Expert presenters rappel into volcanoes and free-dive offshore to tag hammerheads and film baby sea lions at play.

Myra, a high school senior, will do almost anything to win a contest and earn money for a study trip to the Galapagos Islands, which would mean getting away from her demanding family life in Utah and ex-boyfriend Erik, but Erik is set on winning the same contest.

Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition to the Galapagos Islands, home to some of the world's most unique wildlife, including iguanas, giant tortoises, and tropical penguins.

Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.

"Next stop...The Magic School Bus heads to the Galapagos Islands to learn about invasive species! Seat belts, everyone! The class returns from summer break to find their beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, is taking her place. But Arnold is worried. What if the new Ms. Frizzle makes a mess of things? His fears come true when she takes them on a field trip and everything goes wrong! Can Arnold find a way to...