Frank Carlson Library

A first-person account of the 1995 discovery of the over 500-year-old Peruvian ice mummy on Mount Ampato and a description of the subsequent retrieval and scientific study.

Paula's journey with her father to find a lost Incan city becomes shadowed with mystery and danger, and in the end truths learned on the journey, not at the destination, are what is important.

Neblinas Doradas, muestra en su camino primigeneo las existencia del Imperio Yarovilca, formado por hombres de espiritu guerrero, indoblegables ante la adversidad, su dominio se hacia sentir en el sur de Ancash, el norte de Pasco, el valle del rio Maranon hasta las cumbres de la cordillera Central, territorio conseguido a base de sangrientos combates e invasiones, llegando a extenderse hasta Cajamarca y Chachapoyas.

Un hijo busca a su padre. La necesidad es antigua pero se renueva generaci�on a generaci�on hasta que, por alguna circunstancia especial, alcanza un poder inusitado. Por ejemplo, si el hijo es Renato Cisneros, un escritor dotado y un periodista reconocido. Por ejemplo, si el padre es el exgeneral del ej�ercito Luis Federico el Gaucho Cisneros, uno de los militares m�as importantes de la historia peruana reciente. El autor ha decidido explorar...

"When a plane crash leaves her stranded deep in the Amazon Rain Forest, Juliane Koepcke must fight to make it out alive. This graphic nonfiction title tells the true story of her survival, including her fall from the sky, her encounters with dangerous wildlife, and her eventual escape from the jungle. Colorful illustrations and engaging dialogue featuring actual quotes draw readers into the story, while a map, timeline, and bonus facts offer further...

In this bilingual version of the classic rhyme, set in Peru, Maria takes her llama to school one day.

Describes the life and career of the Spanish soldier famed as the conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru.

After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first.

I wouldn't trade my childhood for any other. Conceived in the Amazon rainforest, I learned to walk and talk among the Machiguenga Indians who, to this day, I call Rani. Ron's life and adventures begin in this fast-paced, riotous romp through the Amazon jungle. The Machis become his first babysitters and friends who laugh at his log rides down rampaging rivers and catch exotic pets for him as he grows up truly "in the middle of nowhere". A death-defying...