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Language
English
Description
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked,...
Author
Series
Liga de antiprincesas volume 1
Publisher
Chirimbote
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
El pueblo de Falgalá sufre una invasión. Yaisa, la hechicera sabia, convoca a Juana Azurduy, la teniente coronel. ¿Quién salvará al pueblo? Un ejército de guerreros parece ser la respuesta... O, al menos, el comienzo de una gran aventura.
10) The voyage out
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Description
"Rachel Vinrace, Woolf's first heroine, is a motherless young woman who, at twenty-four, embarks on a sea voyage with a party of other English folk to South America. Guileless, and with only a smattering of education, Rachel is taken under the wing of her aunt Helen, who desires to teach Rachel "how to live." Arriving in Santa Marina, a village on the South American coast, Rachel and Helen are introduced to a group of English expatriates. Among them...
18) Do or die
Author
Series
Reluctant heroes volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suzanne Brockmann's seamless blend of heroic military action and intense passion inspired USA Today to call her "a superstar of romantic suspense"—and for years her award-winning Troubleshooters books have been must-reads for fans of sizzling stories of action and adventure. Now the New York Times bestselling author shoots to thrill again with Do or Die, an electrifying new novel that is certain to win Brockmann new readers and delight devotees.
Navy
...20) Racing the wind
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Jody has arrived in the South American rain forest, desperate to see some botos- amazing, bubble-gum-pink river dolphins. She has heard that when the river floods the forest, these magical creatures can be seen swimming between the trees!