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Cooking The Central American Way: Culturally Authentic Foods, Including Low-Fat And Vegetatian Recipes
Central America is a slender bridge of land stretching between North and South America, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Scattered across this bridge, called an isthmus, are the seven small countries of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. These nations share many... | | Frommer's Kauai (Frommer's Complete)
On any list of the world’s most spectacular islands, Kauai ranks right up there with Bora Bora, Huahine, and Rarotonga. All the elements are here: moody rainforests, majestic cliffs, jagged peaks, emerald valleys, palm trees swaying in the breeze, daily rainbows, and some of the most spectacular golden beaches you’ll find ... | | Basic Ship Theory Volume 1, Fifth Edition
Rawson and Tupper's Basic Ship Theory, first published in 1968, is widely known as the standard introductory text for naval architecture students, as well as being a useful reference for the more experienced designer.
The fifth edition continues to provide a balance between theory and practice. Volume 1 discusses ship geometry and... |
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Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild
It's a jungle out there. And survival is never a given. Somehow, a blind, defenseless tiger kitten must evolve into a deadly, efficient predator; a chimp must learn to distinguish edible plants from lethal poisons; a baby buffalo must be able to pick its mother out of a herd of hundreds. Contrary to common belief, not everything is... | | Frommer's Maui 2011 (Frommer's Complete)
Maui, also called the Valley Isle, is just a small dot in the vast Pacifi c Ocean, but it has the potential to offer visitors unforgettable experiences: fl oating weightless through rainbows of tropical fi sh, standing atop a 10,000-foot volcano watching the sunrise color the sky, and listening to the raindrops in a bamboo forest.
| | Drowning in Oil: BP & the Reckless Pursuit of Profit
As night settled on April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. The ensuing inferno claimed 11 lives, and it would rage uncontained for two days, until its wreckage sank to a final resting place nearly a... |
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