Wright, Ronald
Summary: Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WRIMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARMatthiessen, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATDixon, Franklin W.
Summary: The Hardy brothers' search for the missing son of a wealthy industrialist leads them to Brazil and great danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1972
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIXDoyle, Arthur Conan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 1997
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF DOYHernández, Karol
Summary: "A joyful and rhyming picture book showcases a colorful South American bus, the collective spirit of its people, and the vibrant power of community when trouble comes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: "A young teacher eager to change her students' lives with her books. An indigenous community with its own stories to share. And a great and dangerous serpent not to be underestimated. Set along the Amazon River, this stunningly illustrated story will spark lasting conversations about cross-cultural relationships, the importance of oral storytelling, and what it means to be a lifelong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VASBrockmann, Suzanne.
Summary: "Former Navy SEAL Ian Dunn has been tasked by a mysterious government agency with rescuing two kidnapped children believed to have been taken prisoner in a South American embassy. Leading the mission alongside Phoebe Kruger, the new hire at the prestigious law firm where Dunn is a longtime client, Dunn will embark on a race against time while simultaneously dealing with an equally pressing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Brockmann 2014Patchett, Ann
Summary: First published in 2001, Bel Canto is possibly Ann Patchett's most beloved novel. Set in an unnamed South American country, at the home of the vice president, it is the story of a lavish birthday party honoring Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has enthralled the international guests with a mesmerizing performance. The evening is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATFeehan, Christine.
Summary: Buried alive in a volcano in the Carpathian mountains for hundreds of years, Dax discovers that Mitro, the evil vampire he has been hunting for centuries, is still alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FEERoanhorse, Rebecca
Summary: "The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction RoanhorsePatchett, Ann
Summary: "Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in, taking the entire party hostage. But what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATRoanhorse, Rebecca
Summary: "The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROAMarcinko, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARWoolf, Virginia
Summary: "Rachel Vinrace, Woolf's first heroine, is a motherless young woman who, at twenty-four, embarks on a sea voyage with a party of other English folk to South America. Guileless, and with only a smattering of education, Rachel is taken under the wing of her aunt Helen, who desires to teach Rachel "how to live." Arriving in Santa Marina, a village on the South American coast, Rachel and Helen are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOFeehan, Christine.
Summary: Dominic, of the Dragonseeker lineage--one of the most powerful of the Carpathian lines--is desperate to go to the very heart of the enemy camp and learn their plans. There's only one way to do so: ingest the parasitic blood of a vampire. He knows that it is a mission from which there is no return. With little time before the blood takes effect, he'll get the information he needs, relay it to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEEFeehan, Christine.
Summary: Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows all too well the overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian males. And they're not exactly the kind of men she'd prefer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FeehaMcDermott, Andy.
Summary: While working with Interpol investigating smuggled artifacts, archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, Eddie Chase, get close to the mythical city of El Dorado and may have to sacrifice everything to solve the mystery of this legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDWhite, Randy Wayne
Summary: Doc Ford has been involved in many strange cases. This may be one of the strangest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WHICussler, Clive.
Summary: Earth us a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and scientist Francesca Carval's brilliant formula for desalination has vanished with her plane over South America. But when Kurt Austin and his NUMA team come across a pod of dead whales, their investigation takes them to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSJacobs, John Hornor
Summary: [The author] turns his fertile imagination to the evil that breeds within the human soul. A brilliant mix of the psychological and supernatural, blending the acute insight of Roberto Bolaño and the eerie imagination of H. P. Lovecraft, The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky examines life in a South American dictatorship. Centered on the journal of a poet-in-exile and his failed attempts at translating a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACResnick, Michael D.
Summary: This entertaining collection follows con artist, minister and adventurer Lucifer Jones, last seen in 1992's Exploits, as he travels through South America. Jones, seeking the perfect place to set up his tabernacle, instead finds army ants, diamond thieves and island-dwelling mad scientist Dr. Mirbeau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RESMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHHering, Marianne
Summary: Beth and Patrick time travel to 1950s and 1960s Equador where they come in contact with missionaries and the Waodani people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2016