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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ... | |||
Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the AmazonTRAVEL WRITING. This title presents new Foreword by Simon Winchester. In the summer of 1925 Colonel Fawcett - soldier, spy and legendary explorer - embarked on a journey into the dark and uncharted heart of Brazil in search of the lost 'City of Z ... | |||
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest JourneyChronicles the 1914 expedition of Theodore Roosevelt into the unexplored heart of the Amazon basin to explore and map the region surrounding a tributary called the River of Doubt, detailing the perilous conditions they faced. | |||
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle CityFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of ... | |||
The Amazon River Forest: A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and PeopleThe floodplain forest of the worlds mightiest river, the Amazon, is one of the last major agricultural frontiers. Inhabitants of this bountiful environment have long harvested its wealth of plant and animal resources for a wide array of products ... | |||
The River Sea: The Amazon in History, Myth, and LegendSince its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon. The River Sea is a sweeping chronicle of those brave and hardy souls, ranging from ... | |||
In the RainforestThe most comprehensive study of the world's rainforests available. Catherine Caufield's beautifully written work looks at these threatened resources from historical, political, economical, and biological viewpoints. Her new afterword includes ... | |||
Families of the Forest: The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian AmazonThe idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century, assumes moving, breathing form in Families of the Forest. According to Allen Johnson’s deft ethnography, the Matsigenka people of ... | |||
Amazon: Where Do Fish Swim Through the Treetops?As an Earth Inspector, the reader is called upon to save a friend lying near death after returning from the Amazon. | |||
