amazon river valley

Margo must race against time, death and an enemy so horrifying that she must find the strength within herself to destroy it and save the Museum from disaster.

Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.

After his election defeat in 1912 with his just-established third party, the Bull Moose Party, Theodore Roosevelt looked for a punishing physical challenge to take his mind off the loss. What he found was The River of Doubt, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. He made the trip with his son Kermit, and Brazil's most famous explorer, Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. Facing an unbelievable series of hardships including loosing their canoes and supplies to rapids, enduring starvation, Indian attack, disease, drowning, and a murder within their own ranks, Theodore Roosevelt changed the map of the Western Hemisphere forever. Three men died and Roosevelt was brought to the brink of suicide. Although he and his son survived his health was never the same.

These tales of the rain forest offer a glimpse into the village life, surroundings, and beliefs of the Amazonian Indians.

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, and experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

When visitors are killed at the New York Museum of Natural History before the opening of the Superstition exhibition, graduate student Margo Green discovers a link between the killings, a tragic archaeological trip to the Amazon Basin, and a figurine from the exhibit.

A biography of the American president who, after leaving office, led a small expedition into the Brazilian wilderness on an exploration of the Amazon River basin.

Introduces the history, culture, and daily life of the South American Indians who live along the Amazon basin.

The birds in the forests surrounding the Amazon River all have dark feathers until they decide to steal some colors from the Hummingbird.

Colorful photographs and text discuss the Amerindians and their continuing struggle to preserve their way of life and maintain their cultural identity in the modern world.