amazon river region

Author recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans in his search for new medicinal plants.

Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it.

A multicultural group of American students, touring South America with Brazilian pilot Marcos Santos, learn about the culture, history, and geography of Brazil while visiting the city of Manaus and taking a river boat ride on the Amazon.

Nell and Nate Kidd travel to the Amazon rain forest with their ecologist mother at the request of their friend, Torbi, who needs help discovering who has stolen an important harvest of Brazil nuts.

Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.

Jim, Aaron, and Pam Barclay join their parents on their travels through the Amazon, not realizing the dangerous adventures they are about to face.

Explores the world of the Amazon and its inhabitants -- native Americans and developers, explorers and entrepreneurs.

Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomamo, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.

Documents the experiences of a group of seventh and eighth graders from Michigan who traveled to the Amazon to learn first-hand about biological diversity and what it is like to survive in the rain forest.