central america

Describes the development of a fictional city in Central America from 1000 B.C. to the late twentieth century.

Provides photographs and facts about ten of the world's most extraordinary pyramids, including El Templo Mayor, and Los Guachimontones.

An illustrated discussion of seven natural wonders of the area, including Angel Falls, the Amazon River, the Atacama Desert, the G?lapagos Islands, Montecristo Cloud Forest, Po?s Volcano, and the Andes Mountains.

Describes various dinosaurs that lived in Central and South America and discusses their extinction.

Examines the history of the Maya people of Central America, discussing their culture, beliefs, and daily lives, and looking at how things changed for the Maya after the arrival of Europeans explorers. Includes information about modern-day Maya.

Traveling to Central America to inspect her real estate holdings, seventeen-year-old Vesper tries to stop a villain from building a canal which would destroy an Indian tribe's homeland.

When his father is reported murdered in Mexico, supposedly by the husband of his lover, thirteen-year-old Josh refuses to believe it and sets out to get the true story, which he believes involves UFOs and alien abduction.

Describes the adventures and discoveries of early explorers to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, the Pinzon brothers, and others, and features a glossary, maps, and illustrations.

Describes the interdependence of plants and animals in a Central American rain forest, focusing on a Morpho butterfly and a Mucuna vine.

Explores the causes of conflict in Central America, examining the social-political-historical elements of each country individually in its struggle for change.