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Describes the history, culture, economy, geographic location, and religion of the Aymara people of South America's high plains, featuring their struggle to obtain equal rights and to maintain their cultural heritage. || Introducing our Latin American neighbors -- Diverse natural landscapes -- Native cultures -- European heritage -- Population and settlement -- Cultural geography -- Politcal geography -- Economic geography -- Latin America looks ahead. Presents illustrated overviews of the physical geography, history, population, culture, society, politics, and economy of Latin America; discusses the region's future; and includes a chronology and a further reading list. || Explore the whole story of Latin America from the earliest times, through the periods of its great civilization, to the time of it exploration by European adventurers and traders. || Examines the geography, history, economy, and culture of the South American continent. || Mundus novus : opening the new world -- New Spain : the coming of the conquistadors -- Kingdom of Brazil : island of the true cross -- Guiana : the search for El Dorado -- Inca gold : viceroyalty of Peru -- Gran Colombia : Simón Bolívar and the revolt against Spain -- Las charcas : audiencia of upper Peru -- La Plata : river of silver. Explores the political and geographical changes that have occurred in Latin America; discussing the voyages of Columbus, Brazil, El Dorado, Incan gold, Simón Bolívar, Rio de la Plata, and more. || Text, photographs, and maps introduce information about the climate, land use, resources, plants and animals, population, politics, and religions of South America. || Tells the stories of a number of unexplained mysteries, including the lost continent of Atlantis, the coincidences surrounding the deaths of presidents Kennedy and Lincoln, the separate discoveries of two crystal skulls, and others. || Examines the lives of four groups of people who have adapted to life in the Amazon Basin, including the Shuar, the Yagua, the Yanomami, and the Shipibo. || Examines the geography, people, culture, history, government and economy, and nature of Brazil, provides articles on notable people, places, and events, and includes photographs, maps, charts and tables, a glossary, and other sources of additional information. || Describes the history, geography, economy, government, religious and social life, languages and cultures, various famous people, and outstanding tourist sites of Brazil. Includes a recipe for Pudim de Leite, a flan. || Profiles the land, history, people, culture, government, economy, cities, and future of the country of Brazil. || Presents the geography, history, government, economy, and social life and customs of the South American country of Brazil, which has the world's longest continuous coastline. || An introduction to Brazil, discussing its history, government, economy, people, and culture. || A Sunday in 1769 -- Not quite round -- A daughter of Peru -- The mapmakers -- Voyage to Quito -- Measuring the baseline -- High-altitude science -- Death in the afternoon -- Marriage in Quito -- Down the Amazon -- A continent apart -- Lost on the Bobonaza -- Into the jungle -- Deliverance -- Saint Amand. Tells the story of Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who in 1741 married Jean Godin, a member of a team of French mapmakers exploring South America, focusing on her three-thousand-mile trek down the length of the Amazon to reach her husband after they were separated on opposite sides of the continent--victims of international politics. || Describes the culture and lifestyle of the Yanomano tribe living in the South American rainforest. || Where in the world? -- Stories and legends -- Out of the past -- Social structures -- Communication -- Law and order -- Celebrating cultures -- Art and culture -- Dressing up -- Food and fun -- Great ideas -- At issue -- Into the future -- Fascinating facts. Describes the history, culture, and daily lives of the Yanomami peoples of the Amazon rain forest, and includes color photos, "fascinating facts," and a glossary. || Introducing Argentina -- Physical landscapes -- Argentina through time -- People and culture -- Government and politics -- Argentina's economy -- Living in Argentina today -- Argentina looks ahead -- Facts at a glance -- History at a glance. Presents information on Argentina, and describes its landscape, history, government, economy, people, and culture, as well as an examination of the issues the country will face in the future. Includes chronology. || Presents the history, geography, government, economy, people, and social life and customs of Argentina, the eighth largest country in the world. || Describes the geography, history, culture, religion, and people of the environmentally diverse South American country of Argentina. || Discusses the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness. || Physical landscapes -- Chile through time -- People and culture -- Government and politics -- Economy -- Living in Chile today -- Chile looks ahead. Examines the physical environment, history, people, culture, government, and economy of Chile, and discusses the future problems and prospects of the South American country. || The land -- History and government -- The people -- Cultural life -- The economy. Presents a photographic introduction to the land, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Chile. || Presents first-person accounts from thirty-three of the estimated two hundred thousand men, women, and children who were forced out of Chile for political reasons between 1973 and 1988, providing information about the circumstances that led to their exile, the challenges of life in different countries, and the difficulties of returning to Chile. || Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Chile. || Describes the geography, history, plants and animals, economy, language, religion, culture, and people of the South American country of Bolivia. || Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of Bolivia, and includes color photos, a chronology, and a further reading list. || Presents information on the history, geography, people, and culture of this land-bound country of South America. || Map of the Inca empire -- Facts about the Inca empire -- Cuzco and Machu Picchu -- Travel, food, and shelter -- What to see and do -- Souvenir hunting -- Keeping safe and well -- Inca empire: facts and figures. Presents information on the Inca empire in the form of a travel guide, covering such topics as food, shelter, government, things to see and do, and health and safety. || Map of the Inca empire -- Facts about the Inca empire -- Cuzco and Machu Picchu -- Travel, food, and shelter -- Things to see and do -- Souvenir hunting -- Health and safety -- Inca empire facts and figures. A description of life in the Inca empire written in the form of a travel guide. || Discusses the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a young girl on a mountain top in the Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of the ancient South American civilization of the Incas. || Explores the history and culture of the ancient Incas and examines their emperors and gods, religion and rituals, art and architecture, and their conquests and fall of their empire. || A high-altitude civilization -- An ordered world -- Bureaucrats and taxpayers -- Private life -- Priests and worshippers -- Working life -- Army life -- The builders -- The end of Empire. Presents an examination of the ancient Inca Empire, discussing its location, and examining Incan economy, land management, industry and trade, law and government, family life, education, religion, work, military, and building accomplishments. || An introduction to Peru that discusses its geography, natural landscape, history, people, culture, government, and economy. || The Inca world -- Incan government and society -- Daily life -- Science and technology -- Empire of the sun. Presents a short study of the Incas of Peru and examines their ancient civilization and culture, Spanish conquest, Incan government and society, daily life and religious practices, science and technology, and Machu Picchu. || Introducing Peru -- Land of environmental diversity -- Native cultures -- People and culture -- Political history and government -- Peru's economy : problems and prospects -- Living in Peru today -- Peru looks ahead. Presents a study of the history and culture of Peru and includes information on its government and politics, economy, environmental diversity, native peoples, and their religion and language. || Explores the history and culture of the ancient Inca civilization of Peru; and examines such sites as the fortress of Sacsahuaman, Machu Picchu, and a Moche tomb. || Photographs, illustrations, and maps explore the ancient Inca civilizations and other cultures of ancient South America; and describes their artistic achievements, religion, government, and fall of the Incan empire. || Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, sports and arts, religions, culture, and people of South America's third largest republic. || Explains the various elements of the Incas, including their history, daily life, religion, cooking and eating, trading and transportation, and more. || A first-person account of the 1995 discovery of the over 500-year-old Peruvian ice mummy on Mount Ampato and a description of the subsequent retrieval and scientific study. || National Geographic explorer Johan Reinhard chronicles his high-altitude archaeological adventures in the Andes, focusing on the 1995 discovery of the Incan Ice Maiden, sacrificed five hundred years earlier, and the 1999 find of three Inca children on Llullaillaco, frozen in a state of near perfection. || Examines the customs and daily lives of the Incas who lived along the Pacific coast of South America. Includes four cut-way diagrams of a palace, temple, typical houses, and messenger's roadside station. || Traces the history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas in Peru, showing how they explored and then took over native cultures, creating Spanish colonies in the New World. || The land -- History and government -- The people -- Cultural life -- The economy. Introduces through text and photographs the land, history, government, people, and economy of the third largest country in South America. || Photographs, maps, charts, and special features introduce children to the people, history, culture, geography, government, and economy of Colombia. || Presents the geography, history, government, economy, and social life and customs of the country of Colombia, located in the northwestern part of South America. || Describes the geography, history, economy, natural resources, culture, religion, and people of the South American country of Ecuador. || Describes the history of Venezuela's Angel Falls, the largest waterfall in the world, as well as the indigenous peoples, animals, and plants that live nearby, and discusses the environmental impact of tourism in the area. || Venezuela, a youthful nation -- Paradise on earth -- Plants and animals -- Venezuela's history -- Venezuela's current government -- A country that runs on oil -- The people of Venezuela -- Faith and spirituality -- From baseball to ballet -- Daily life. An overview of Venezuela that covers its environment, plants and animals, history, government, industries, religions, culture, and lifestyles and includes a time line, further resource list, fast facts, and approximately one hundred color photos. || Presents the geography, history, government, economy, and social life and customs of the South American country of Venezuela. || Text and illustrations introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the South American republic once known as British Guiana. || Describes the geography, history, culture, religion, and people of Guyana. || Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of Paraguay. || Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of the smallest country in South America. || ||
 *  |||| **History of South America 980-989 April 2011  ** ||
 * Sorted by Call Number / Author  ||
 * 980 EAG || Eagen, James. __The Aymara of South America.__ 1st American ed. Minneapolis, MN : Lerner, 2002.
 * 980 GRI || Gritzner, Charles F. __Latin America.__ New York : Chelsea House, c2006.
 * 980 MAC || Machado, Ana Maria, 1941-. __Exploration into Latin America.__ Hardback ed. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2000], 2001.
 * 980 MCL || McLeish, Ewan, 1950-. __South America.__ Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1997.
 * 980 RIC || Rice, Earle. __A brief political and geographic history of Latin America : where are--Gran Colombia, La Plata, and Dutch Guiana.__ Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2008.
 * 980 SAM || Sammis, Fran. __South America.__ New York : Benchmark Books/M. Cavendish, [1999], c2000.
 * 980.01 SHU || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Shuker, Karl. __Lost worlds and forgotten secrets : riddles of earth and beyond.__ Hardback ed. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [2000], 2001.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 CAS || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Castner, James L. __Native peoples.__ New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, c2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 DEC || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Deckker, Zilah. __Brazil.__ Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 DOM || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Dominguez, Adriana. __Brazil.__ Austin, TX : Steadwell Books, c2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 GRE || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Greenbaum, Harry, 1932-. __Brazil.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2003.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 RIC || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Richard, Christopher, 1959-. __Brazil.__ 2nd ed. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 STR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Streissguth, Thomas, 1958-. __Brazil in pictures.__ 2nd ed. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, c2003.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981 WHI || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Whitaker, Robert. __The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon.__ 1st ed. New York : Basic Books, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981.004 TAH || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Tahan, Raya. __The Yanomami of South America.__ 1st American ed. Minneapolis, MN : Lerner, 2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">981.004 WEB || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Webster, Christine. __Yanomami.__ New York : Weigl, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">982 CRO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Crooker, Richard A. __Argentina.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">982 GOF || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Gofen, Ethel, 1937-. __Argentina.__ 2nd ed. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">982 HIN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Hintz, Martin. __Argentina.__ New York : Children's Press, c1998.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">982 REA || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Read, Piers Paul, 1941-. __Alive.__ New York : Avon, [1975], c1974.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">983 CRO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Crooker, Richard A. __Chile.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">983 DIP || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">DiPiazza, Francesca, 1961-. __Chile in pictures.__ New, completely rev. and redesigned 2nd ed. Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2007.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">983 FLI || __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Flight from Chile : voices of exile. __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> 1st ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1998.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">983 MCN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">McNair, Sylvia. __Chile.__ New York : Children's Press, c2000.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">984 AUG || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Augustin, Byron. __Bolivia.__ New York : Children's Press, c2001.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">984 LIN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Lineback, Mandy. __Bolivia.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">984 PAT || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Pateman, Robert, 1954-. __Bolivia.__ Reference ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish, c1995.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 BIN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Bingham, Jane. __The Inca empire.__ Express ed. Chicago : Raintree, c2008.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 BIN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Bingham, Jane. __The Inca empire.__ Chicago : Raintree, c2007.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 BUE || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Buell, Janet. __Ice maiden of the Andes.__ 1st ed. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, 1997.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 CAL || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Calvert, Patricia. __The ancient Inca.__ New York : F. Watts, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 COR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Corrick, James A. __Life among the Inca.__ San Diego : Lucent Books ;, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 CRO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Croy, Anita. __Peru.__ Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 GEO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">George, Charles, 1949-. __The Inca.__ Detroit, MI : Blackbirch Press :, c2005.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 GRI || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Gritzner, Charles F. __Peru.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2005.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 GRU || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Gruber, Beth. __Ancient Inca : archaeology unlocks the secrets of the Inca's past.__ Washington, DC : National Geographic, c2007.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 JON || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Jones, David M. (David Michael), 1950-. __The illustrated history of the Incas : the extraordinary story of the lost world of the Andes, chronicling the ancient civilizations of the Paracas, Chavín, Nazca and Moche, and other tribes and cultures of ancient South America.__ London : Southwater, c2007.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 MOR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Morrison, Marion. __Peru.__ New York : Children's Press, c2000.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 REE || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Rees, Rosemary, 1942-. __The Incas.__ Des Plaines, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c1999.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 REI || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Reinhard, Johan. __Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden : my adventures on Ampato.__ Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, 1998.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 REI || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Reinhard, Johan. __The Ice Maiden : Inca mummies, mountain gods, and sacred sites in the Andes.__ Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2005.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 WOO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Wood, Tim. __The Incas.__ New York : Viking, 1996.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985 WOR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Worth, Richard. __Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2000.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">985.06 MAR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Márquez, Herón. __Peru in pictures.__ Rev. and redesigned 2nd ed. Minneapolis : Lerner, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">986.1 CRO || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Croy, Anita. __Colombia.__ Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">986.1 DUB || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">DuBois, Jill, 1952-. __Colombia.__ 2nd ed. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">986.6 MOR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Morrison, Marion. __Ecuador.__ New York : Children's Press, c2000.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">987 WAT || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Watson, Galadriel Findlay. __Angel falls : the highest waterfall in the world.__ New York : Weigl Publishers, c2004.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">987 WIL || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Willis, Terri. __Venezuela.__ New York : Children's Press, c2003.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">987 WIN || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Winter, Jane Kohen, 1959-. __Venezuela.__ 2nd ed. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2002.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">988.1 GUY || __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Guyana-- in pictures. __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Rev. and updated ed. Minneapolis : Lerner, 1992.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">988.1 MOR || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Morrison, Marion. __Guyana.__ New York : Children's Press, c2003.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">989.2 JER || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Jermyn, Leslie. __Paraguay.__ Reference ed. Tarrytown, NY. : Marshall Cavendish, 2000.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">989.5 JER || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Jermyn, Leslie. __Uruguay.__ New York : Marshall Cavendish, 1999.