Download or read book The Land Beyond Time Adventure in the Amazon written by Alexander Molnar and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Land Beyond Time is a non-stop, fast paced, action packed adventure that takes place in the jungles of the Amazon River. It is a story about traitors, sabotage, espionage, greed, hate, love and romance, cold blooded murder, and justice. It is the story about the trials and tribulations of a dozen human beings who’s sabotaged aircraft crashes into the Amazon jungle. The crash survivors, 6 men and 6 women, including 2 drug cartel bosses, being extradited to the US, now must compete against their individual fears, each other and those unknown unexplained challenges facing them in the hot, wet, dangerous jungle. The terrifying but strange animals that abound there, like the giant spiders, boars, anacondas, and crocodiles; two hostile tribes and the headhunters; a Colombian drug cartel group of professional killers coming to rescue their bosses; and a small, but elite team of US Marines conducting search and rescue operations for the crash survivors; all are tossed together in the jungles of the Amazon. Our adventure begins during December 1999, in Lima, Peru, when a US military aircraft (C141) preparing to take a number of government passengers back to the US, is commandeered by an Embassy official. He orders the aircraft to take on10 additional passengers, including two recently captured Colombian drug lords being extradited to the US. Hours into the flight the plane is sabotaged by someone onboard and it crashes into the Amazon River dumping the survivors into the hostile terrain north of Manaus, Brazil. Two of the 12 crash survivors are immediately separated from the main group and have adventures of their own to contend just to remain alive. The remaining survivors are captured by one of two hostile tribes (the In’gou and San’gou). The survivors are taken to the In’gou village and interrogated, while second tribe prepares to attack the In’gou village to pre-empt an escaped prisoner’s arrival there, who possesses information which could change the delicate balance of power in the jungle. Back in Peru, an Embassy official is fingered as an espionage agent for the major drug cartel. The official gets nervous and runs to his new bosses in Colombia. Meanwhile, the cartel sends 24 professional killers to retrieve their two drug bosses from the sabotaged aircraft. Their additional instructions are to eliminate all the remaining passengers. When the aircraft fails to show up at Manaus as planned, the cartel’s killers immediately begin a search pattern, and within hours of finding the crashed aircraft, their journey begins. Back in Lima, the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the Marine Security Guard (MSG) Detachment, a friend of Al Ranlom, a former Marine who is aboard the missing aircraft, hears of the espionage and the plane crash. Not one to stand by and watch, the NCOIC forms an unofficial search and rescue team, which picks up the trail of the missing craft and her survivors. The dangers to all involved: the survivors, the cartel’s professional killers and the Marine Security Detachment rescuers, are found in every turn they take. They are all around them, in the trees, at ground level, on, under and above the waterways, swamps and mangroves. These hazards eat away at their self confidence, and tears at their moral fabric. They are tested continuously, passing one test only to encounter another challenge. If it isn’t attacks by giant spiders, anacondas, and crocodiles, it’s tigers, flesh eating worms and blood sucking bats. Or it’s problems from hostile tribes or from the natural environment, like earthquakes and lava flows or from the failure of their sophisticated equipment, like the GPS systems, radios, and walkie-talk

Download or read book In the Amazon Jungle written by Algot Lange and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an adventure book that chronicles the experiences of Algot Lange, who ventured to the remote parts of the Upper Amazon River, including a sojourn among cannibal Indians. The book details Lange's encounters with various challenges, such as disease, dangerous animals, and hostile tribes, and his survival in the difficult and unexplored terrain of the Javary River region, which lies on the border between Brazil and Peru. The book also provides valuable insights into the ethnology of the western Amazon region, including the weapons, habits, and forms of battle of various indigenous tribes living in the area.

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by Willard Price and published by John Day Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1949 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two American boys find exciting adventure as they follow the Amazon in search of snakes and animals for their father's collection.

Download or read book Amazon Nights written by Arthur O. Friel and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one thinks of the classic adventure-story authors of the pulp fiction era, H. Rider Haggard, Talbot Mundy, and Rafael Sabatini may come first to mind. But Arthur O. Friel's stellar contributions -- particularly his stories featuring Lourenco and Pedro, two workers on a rubber-tree plantation in the Amazon Jungle. Their adventures in the Amazon's mysterious back-country certainly deserve honorable mention. Here are tales of peril and last-minute rescue, brutal savages and men of honor, snake-worshipping armies and half-ape Lost Races-and many more! For in the shadows of the rain-forest, many evils lurk . . . human and otherwise! Features a new introduction by Darrell Schweitzer, eight short stories, and The Jararaca, a complete novel.

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by Layne deMarin and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazon Adventure features animals and plants that live in the rain forest. It also explores the ways people use rain forest resources.

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon written by Jules Verne and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a thrilling adventure down the mighty Amazon River with Jules Verne's classic novel, "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon." Join a diverse cast of characters as they navigate treacherous waters, encounter exotic wildlife, and confront the mysteries of the South American jungle in this riveting tale of exploration and survival. Follow the journey of Joam Garral, a wealthy Brazilian planter, as he sets out on a perilous expedition to reunite with his long-lost daughter, who has been raised by an indigenous tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest. As Joam and his companions journey deeper into the heart of the jungle, they must contend with hostile natives, natural obstacles, and the ever-present threat of betrayal. Delve into the themes of adventure, discovery, and the clash of civilizations as Verne paints a vivid portrait of life along the Amazon River. From the bustling port cities of Manaus and Para to the remote villages of the interior, Verne's meticulous attention to detail brings the sights, sounds, and smells of the Amazon to life, immersing readers in a world of untamed beauty and danger. Experience the excitement and danger of the Amazonian wilderness as Verne spins a tale of high-stakes adventure and pulse-pounding suspense. From thrilling encounters with jaguars and anacondas to narrow escapes from deadly rapids, "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" is a non-stop thrill ride that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. The overall tone of "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" is one of excitement, wonder, and exploration, as Verne captures the spirit of adventure that defined the age of exploration in the 19th century. With its richly drawn characters, immersive setting, and gripping plot, the novel offers readers an unforgettable journey into the heart of one of the world's most enigmatic landscapes. Since its publication, "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" has captivated readers with its thrilling narrative and vivid depiction of life in the South American wilderness. Its enduring popularity is a testament to Verne's enduring appeal as a master storyteller and his ability to transport readers to far-off lands and distant times. Whether you're a fan of adventure fiction, a lover of exotic locales, or simply someone who enjoys a good story, "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" offers a captivating and immersive reading experience that will transport you to a world of danger, excitement, and discovery. Join Jules Verne on an unforgettable journey down the Amazon River, and prepare to be swept away by the wonders of the jungle. Don't miss your chance to embark on an epic adventure with "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" by Jules Verne. Let its thrilling narrative and exotic setting whisk you away to a world of danger and excitement. Secure your copy now and prepare to set sail on a journey of exploration and discovery down the mighty Amazon River.

Download or read book Death on the River of Doubt Theodore Roosevelt s Amazon Adventure written by Samantha Seiple and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The action-packed true story of President Theodore Roosevelt's dangerous adventure down one of the most treacherous rivers on Earth. Death on the River of Doubt takes readers inside the thrilling journey that unfolds as Theodore Roosevelt and his companions navigate the Amazonian River of Doubt through an unforgiving and unpredictable jungle. With new threats at every turn, from blood-thirsty piranhas and raging rapids to starvation, disease, and a traitor in their own ranks, it seems that not everyone will make it out alive.Through it all, the indomitable Teddy Roosevelt remained determined to complete their mission and rewrite the map of the world. Or die trying.With letters, diary entries, maps, photos, and more, Death on the River of Doubt is a comprehensive narrative nonfiction thriller and the first young adult book to tell this unbelievable tale.

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by Dan Green and published by QEB Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put your chemistry to the test when you take over a chocolate factory. Get to grips with biology as you venture through the Amazon Rainforest. Swat up on astronomy as you navigate through the Solar System. And use your physics know-how to escape a haunted fun fair! Questions are carefully chosen to address core science subjects for the age group. Finding the answers enables readers to advance through the story, learning more about science with every step they take.Clues are dotted along the way, and wrong turns will direct readers towards the right answer! A glossary explains scientific words and provides added reference material. Readers must use their problem-solving skills and scientific knowledge to navigate through four thrilling adventures. Questions are carefully chosen to address core science subjects for the age group. Finding the answers enables readers to advance through the story, learning more about science with every step they take.Science Quest series includes:Amazon Adventure - Learn about Biology (978-1-60992-506-2) Fall 2013Lost in Space - Learn about Astronomy (978-1-60992-507-9) Fall 2013Fun Fair Fright - Learn about Physics (978-1-60992-504-8) Spring 2014The Secret Formula - Learn about Chemistry (978-1-60992-505-5) Spring 2014

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by John Emil Becker, PH D and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling to the Amazon Rainforest to learn about the wildlife that inhabit the Upper Amazon region of Peru was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. AMAZON ADVENTURE is the story of my incredible journey through the world's most spectacular rainforest. From the moment I flew into the regional capital city of Iquitos, until I returned to the United States, my travels on the world's greatest river, the Amazon, and its tributaries, my trip included one thrilling moment of discovery after another. Racing down the Amazon River in a fast boat from Iquitos to the isolated Explorama Lodge nestled deep in the rainforest, I was amazed by sheer number of plants and animals that call this part of the world home. Iquitos is located 2,200 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, yet the river is so wide at that point that you can barely see one shore to the other (further downstream as the river gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger, you can sail down the middle of the river and not see either shoreline!). Altogether the river is over 4,000 miles long, and over its long journey from a small stream high in Andes Mountains in Peru, until it finally empties into the Atlantic, the Amazon River contains an unbelievable diversity of animal life including stingrays, electric eels, bull sharks, lungfish, pink river dolphins, manatees, caiman (reptiles related to alligators and crocodiles), as well as more different species of fish than live in the Atlantic Ocean.As I traveled through the lush, green rainforest with my guide Roldan, I saw a vast array of rainforest animals from quick-moving spider monkeys, to barely-moving sloths, as well as tapirs, capybaras, poison dart frogs, and many other living creatures. One highlight of this part of my trip was seeing the bright blue wings of a morpho butterfly flash past, and observing a giant wasp dragging a young tarantula across the forest floor. After thoroughly exploring the area surrounding the Explorama Lodge, we boarded another boat and traveled to the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER) to learn about the important work they are doing to preserve the Amazon Rainforest, and the plants and animals that call the Amazon home. Undoubtedly, the most exciting part of our visit was our walk along the ACEER's canopy walkway. Swaying back and forth as went higher and higher into the canopy gave us a view of the rainforest that was incredibly beautiful and thrilling at the same time. Reaching the highest point of the walkway at 180 feet, we found ourselves looking down at the tops of 100-foot tall trees!Once we left the ACEER site, we found ourselves back on the water, and it wasn't long before we had yet another amazing experience. As we cruised along in our small boat, suddenly we heard a loud splash. When we turned around to see what would make such a loud noise, we saw a large river dolphin shoot out of the water in a playful leap. What a sight! The final leg of my amazing journey through Peru's Upper Amazon region was aboard an fantastically beautiful boat named La Amatista. This large river boat was complete with luxury, woodlined cabins, and views of the surrounding rainforest that looked like something straight out of a magazine. Each day we would sail out from La Amatista in small boats to explore the tributaries of the Amazon River. On one such trip early one morning we were greeted by the loud barking sounds of a tree filled with large red howler monkeys. They weren't happy with our incursion into their territory, and were not afraid to let us know about it! On yet another side trip in our small boats, we tied up on some trees in a black-water lagoon where we used impromptu fishing poles to fish for a local favorite - red belly piranhas! Being that close to water filled with the hungry, vicious "swimming teeth" gave new meaning to the locals saying, "Sometimes you eat the piranha, and sometimes the piranha eats you.

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by Larry Bischof and published by ABDO & Daughters. This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In keeping with his mission to help solve Earth's pressing environmental problems, the teenage alien hero Widget and his human friends travel to the Amazon rainforest to save endangered trees.

Download or read book Up the Creek written by John Harrison and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2012 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'During recent years a sinister shadow has fallen across the world of travel and travel-writing. It's name is Sponsorship' writes Dervla Murphy in her foreword to John Harrison's unsponsored Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. Harrison's tale is compelling, full of suspense, humour and wonderful descriptions of Amazon wildlife, all told in down-to-earth unpretentious language with disarming honesty. His quest to reach the upper limit of the Jari river in Brazil and portage his canoe across the border into French Guiana is ambitious, exciting and, ultimately, flawed, but it's the trip itself, full of unexpected encounters, crippling bouts of malaria, moments of intense emotion mixed with just a tinge of madness, which is as inspiring as the tales of even the earliest adventurers.John Harrison uses vigorous, unpretentious language combined with stunning descriptions of Amazonian wildlife.Up the Creek was originally published by Bradt in 1986 and remains as relevant to the spirit of exploration and real, raw travel writing today as it was then. Reviews at that time hailed Harrison's adventure as epic.

Download or read book Walking the Amazon written by Ed Stafford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the star of Discovery Channel's Naked and Marooned comes a a riveting, adventurous account of one man’s history-making journey along the entire length of the Amazon—and through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth. Fans of Turn Right at Machu Piccu and readers of Jon Krakauer and Bill Bryson and will revel in Ed Stafford's extraordinary prose and lush descriptions. In April 2008, Ed Stafford set off to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the Amazon. He started on the Pacific coast of Peru, crossed the Andes Mountain range to find the official source of the river. His journey lead on through parts of Colombia and right across Brazil; all while outwitting dangerous animals, machete wielding indigenous people as well as negotiating injuries, weather and his own fears and doubts. Yet, Stafford was undeterred. On his grueling 860-day, 4,000-plus mile journey, Stafford witnessed the devastation of deforestation firsthand, the pressure on tribes due to loss of habitats as well as nature in its true-raw form. Jaw-dropping from start to finish, Walking the Amazon is the unforgettable and gripping story of an unprecedented adventure. Walking the Amazon is also available as a Spanish edition entitled Caminado El Amazonas.

Download or read book Head Hunters of the Amazon written by Fritz W. Up de Graff and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by Beth Huntley and published by Gareth Stevens Pub. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of the Amazon River region, the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it, and its uncertain future in the face of rapidly encroaching modern civilization.

Download or read book Black Hawk and Other Tales of the Amazon written by Arthur O. Friel and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This followup volume to "Amazon Nights" presents more adventures of Amazon workers Pedro and Lourenco, as they work, explore, and play in the exotic depths of the Amazon jungle. Included are the novels "Black Hawk" and "The Pathless Trail" and the novelet "The Tapir."

Download or read book Jungle written by Yossi Ghinsberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful story of self-discovery, survival in the wild.” —Los Angeles Times Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. But when a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet. Stranded without a knife, map, or survival training, he must improvise shelter and forage for wild fruit to survive. As his feet begin to rot during raging storms, as he loses all sense of direction, and as he begins to lose all hope, he wonders whether he will make it out of the jungle alive. The basis of an upcoming motion picture, Jungle is the story of friendship and the teachings of nature, and a terrifying true account that you won’t be able to put down.