peru

In mid-1860s San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Aiden gains a hoped-for chance at a change in fortune when he wins a ship in a poker game, but soon he is involved in Peru's savage guano trade and the exploitation of its Chinese workers.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, describing his conquest of Peru and the impact of his subjugation of the Incas on world history.

Title explores the history, politics and culture of South America, the world's fourth largest continent.

Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.

In the mountains of Peru, friends Hector the bear and Hummingbird the hummingbird spend most of their time together, doing the same things, and Hector has had just about enough of it--or has he? Includes a list of animals hidden in the illustrations.

Introduces readers to the land, cities, history, and food of Peru.

Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.

Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.

Come along on this adventure as Doyli, a real girl, saves real monkeys in the Amazon. Doyli rescues endangered, orphaned monkeys from the perils of indian hunters and the black market. She carries them home to her island where she nurtures them with her strong medicine of love and nourishing food. When the little monkey orphans are old enough and strong enough, she releases them back to their jungle where they live out their lives free, as they were meant to be.