Field guide to 150 of the most conspicuous flowering plants of the Southwest found above 7,000 feet, particularly those common to National Park Service sites. Detailed line drawings.
Here is an original and exciting guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world's greatest mountain ranges. Spectacular, full-color photographs of secret mountain kingdoms and scenes of courageous climbers as they conquer the summits present an eyewitness view of the majesty of mountains. See cable cars, and steep mountain roads, lost ruins of the fabled Inca and Aztec civilizations, and dramatic waterfalls and rock formations. Learn how mountains are created, and why the body of Ötzi, the Ice Man, lay undiscovered for centuries. Discover the truth behind yetis and other mountain myths, the sacrifice of the ice maidens of the Andes, and much much more.
Detective-Inspector Bonaparte visits the Baden Park Hotel in the guise of a sheep farmer on vacation in order to find out the fate of two young Australian girls who had been hiking and were known to be well able to take care of themselves. Some weeks after the disappearance, young Detective Price out searching for them is found shot dead in his car. Bony doles out small drinks of whiskey to the elder invalid Simpson in return for what information he can give. The younger Simpson, Jim, owner of Baden Park Hotel, is a cold man, though an excellent organist, often heard playing on a large expensive organ brought from Germany for him by his wealthy friend Carl Benson.
A perfect combination between education and diversion: stories, songs and games have been developed and made by a team of qualified experts in the education of the English.
A perfect combination between education and diversion: stories, songs and games have been developed and made by a team of qualified experts in the education of the English.
