amazon river region

When Marina Singh's mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who was working on a valuable new drug, disappears in the Amazon, Marina is tasked with finding her. Despite the fact that the last person sent to find Dr. Swenson died during the course of his search, Marina sets out and encounters more than a few unusual twists along the way.

Linguist Daniel Everett recounts the experiences he had while living with a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil.

In this Yanomami tale, a youngster searches for the truth of the Moon Spirit. Explanatory sidebars present information about the Yanomami way of life.

Examines what is being done to save the Amazon rain forest and its people.

Presents an introduction to the Amazon rain forest in South America, the largest rain forest in the world, discussing the history of the rain forest and the river for which it is named, and examining its plants, animals, and people.

Presents a tour of the Amazon rain forest, discusses the characteristics of tropical rain forests, and introduces the concept of rain forest layers, and the different plants and animals that live in each zone.

Provides information about the unusual animals of the Amazon and the habitats in which they live, discussing the the green anaconda, the giant river otter, and the red howler monkey.

Describes more than seventy species of plants and animals that are found in the four layers of the Amazon rain forest.

Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with one such tribe of seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows.

Describes the Amazon River, the plants, animals, and native peoples supported by it, and the threats to its future.