Author: La Verne M. Seales Soley
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: culture, customs, caribbean, america, panama, latin
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2008-12-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313336679
ISBN-13: 9780313336676

High school and public libraries will find this volume a welcome addition to reference book shelves. Engagingly written, this comprehensive volume gives students an overview of contemporary life in Panama-what religions are practiced, what the cuisine is consumed on a day-to-day basis, and what people wear in urban and rural settings, among many other topics. Modern literature, media outlets, gender issues, education, visual arts, and performing arts are also covered. While the focus is on current customs and contemporary culture, readers will also gain insight into Panama’s unique relat

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Puffin
Keywords: classics, puffin, days, eighty, world
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1995-10-01
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 014036711X
ISBN-13: 9780140367119

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the earth in 80 days.

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Keywords: classics, illustrated, saddleback, sea, leagues
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1562549502
ISBN-13: 9781562549503

This series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 70-page, softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics.

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Phoenix Pick
Keywords: city, underground
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2008-06-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 160450255X
ISBN-13: 9781604502558

Please visit www.PhoenixPick.com for more great books by this and other authors.

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Cosimo Classic
Keywords: balloon, weeks, five
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1596055286
ISBN-13: 9781596055285

The chiefs are armed with muskets," said he, "and our balloon is too easy a mark for them." "Would a hole make us fall?" asked Joe. "Not immediately; but the hole would soon become a vast rent, through which all our gas would escape." "Then let us keep at a respectful distance. What can they think of us? I’m sure they want to worship us!" "We will let ourselves be worshipped," answered the doctor, "but from afar..." First published in France in 1863, this is the first of Jules Verne’s novels of imaginative adventures. Much more down to earth-figuratively, if not literally-than his

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Wildside Pre
Keywords: runners, blockade
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2005-08-17
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 1592242464
ISBN-13: 9781592242467

Jules Verne once more gives a sympathetic treatment to the Americans in this tale set during the English blockade of American ports. Originally published in 1871 as Les Forceurs de Blocus. Translated from the French by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

Author: Verne Varona
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, macrobiotics
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-05-04
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0470401389
ISBN-13: 9780470401385

The definitive guide to incorporating a macrobiotic diet into your daily life Do you want to make the most of macrobiotics? This practical guide uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to introduce you to the basics of this popular diet. You’ll see how to use macrobiotic principles to enhance your health and happiness; prepare the right foods to increase your energy and fight off disease; and make lifestyle changes to support your new way of eating. Begin on the path to healthy living — understand the science behind macrobiotics and how to apply the principles to your daily life Hea