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Chile / by Miller, Jennifer A.;: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.Explores the landscape, culture and people of Chile, the narrowest country in the world.; © 2011., Lerner,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Chile and Easter Island. by DK Publishing, Inc.,publisher.;: Subjects: Guidebooks.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
La Tribuna (Los Angeles, Chile): Mode of access: Internet.; Subjects: News;; © , Empresa Periodística Bio Bio Ltda; unAPI
Portrait in sepia : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,1942-; Peden, Margaret Sayers;: Subjects: Women; Women photographers; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Family; Historical fiction;; © c2001., HarperCollins,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Something fierce : memoirs of a revolutionary daughter / by Aguirre, Carmen,1967-;: The story of Carmen Aguirre who fled to Canada from Chile in 1971 with her parents and returned to South America with her family five years later, following in her parent's footsteps and serving as a member of the Chilean resistance.LSC; Subjects: Aguirre, Carmen, 1967-.; Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (Chile).; Women revolutionaries;; © 2012, c2011., Douglas & McIntyre,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / by Grann, David,author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"--; Subjects: Wager (Ship); Mutiny; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
Death on the Patagonian express / by Conrad, Hy.;: "Upon the breakout success of the TrippyGirl blog, Amy Abel and her mother, Fanny, are asked to join a group of other prominent travel writers on a scenic train tour of Patagonia. Fanny welcomes the extra publicity, but it takes coaxing from suave tour owner Jorge O'Bannion to win Amy's commitment. Once in Argentina, their South American expedition seems to chug along smoothly--despite Fanny drinking way too much yerba mate tea. But while out snapping photos for TrippyGirl, Fanny makes a dreadful discovery--a body scavenged by condors in the wilderness. Even more unsettling, the corpse mysteriously disappears before the others arrive. Some question Fanny's sanity, but doubt becomes horror when Jorge's angel investor is found dead in a similar position. As a number of "accidents" validate Amy's suspicion of foul play, the Abels must outsmart one very conniving killer... or they'll soon be en route to their final destination--six feet under."--; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Women detectives; Travel agents; Murder;; Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2; unAPI

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