description and travel

Text and photographs introduce the scenery of our southern neighbor, as well as various aspects of that country's way of life.

Describes some of the things visitors choose to visit in Mexico including festivals, ruins, and sports games.

Photographs and text explore the natural wonders of Canada.

Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts.

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America. Includes archival photographs.

Looks at Namibia, in Southern African, focusing on the environment and animals of the Skeleton Coast, the Namib desert, and the Etosha national park.