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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 60
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Holey cheese -- my sister, Thea, was in danger! She had traveled to Easter Island in search of a secret treasure, and now she needed my help. There was no time to lose! My friends and I hopped on a plane to begin our search, aided by a map and a mysterious riddle. What an exciting adventure!
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[2009]
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The towering 80-ton statues on Easter Island and the 800-ton trilithon stones of the Roman God of Thunder's Temple are examples of ancient engineering miracles that would appear to be too heavy to move. Scientists and engineers search for clues and set out to unearth the secrets behind some of the most famous and impressive feats of primitive load-shifting.
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"Mahani Teave grew up on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, where moai statues stand and music is everywhere. When she began taking lessons on the island's only piano, she proved to be a great talent. She left Rapa Nui when she was just nine to continue her music education, wishing she didn't have to leave such a beautiful place to pursue her dreams. She became an internationally acclaimed classical...
8) Hop
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Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst houseguest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up.
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"Discovering North of Chile by Car," is a travel story with more than 50 photos of a remote and fascinating region of Chile. You'll journey through beautiful landscapes, from Antofagasta up to the border with Bolivia and Peru, from the volcanoes of the Andes, the arid Atacama Desert, to the raging waves of the Pacific Ocean. You'll drive between lakes, salt deserts, geysers, rocky areas, canyons and small and isolated villages, full of charm and contrast....
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Chile has been a very desirable place to work and live for people and families from different parts of the world.
Its stable economy and countless international trade agreements, combined with a modern and beautiful capital city like Santiago, makes it very attractive as a favorite destination to start a new life. Besides, its people are nice and warm.
But like any new place we move to, there are hundreds of issues to know beforehand .Having the...
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After seizing power in a violent coup, President Augusto Pinochet ordered the construction of the Carretera Austral, a highway across Chile's southern wilderness. Staggering over mountain passes, skirting around volcanoes and glaciers, and cutting across interminable stretches of dense rainforest, the ambitious project took the rest of the century to complete. In an absorbing account, Justin Walker explores this territory from one end to the other,...
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Museum-hop in Barrio Bellas Artes, kayak down the calm Rio Serrano, or marvel at the strikingly enigmatic moai of Easter Island; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Chile and Easter Island and begin your journey...
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2017.
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"Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery"--
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Beside a rain-swollen river in Patagonia, a man approached on a horse. His mount, a rusty red beauty, sported the short-trimmed mane and neatly squared-off tail of a well-kept horse. The man wore goatskin chaps, a woolen poncho, and the jaunty black beret typical of the region. This pair belonged to this place in a way I could only dream of. The man stared at us. We were up to our knees in mud and dwarfed by huge backpacks. It was apparent we had...
15) El viejo puerto
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Con este libro pongo fin a mis "ejercicios de memoria", una trilogía que se refiere a las experiencias vividas en tres etapas de mi vida. Si las dos primeras tenían una secuencia en el tiempo, El viejo Puerto vuelve atrás, se retrotrae a la infancia y gira en torno a una ciudad: Valparaíso.
Dividido en tres partes, la primera subraya la originalidad de esta ciudad, en un país cuyas ciudades suelen tender a una cierta uniformidad. La segunda...
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Travel with the author to some fascinating and popular places as well as to interesting but less-traveled places in Southern South America. You will visit dozens of places through the author's adventures and misadventures in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and the Falkland Islands (also known as Islas Malvinas).
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Chile is a land of contrast and surprise, flanked by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Andes to the east, the forbidding salt basins of the Atacama Desert to the north-with a verdant Central Valley and Cape Horn at its southern extremity. The Chilean people, too, are surprising: on one hand reserved, family-oriented, Catholic, and conservative; and on the other fun-loving, entrepreneurial, neoliberal, and modern. Their geographical isolation from...
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After working in more than 40 countries and having served with the British SAS, Richard Villar knows a thing or two about the world. Join him as he tells the story of his 25-day journey from Arica in Chile's north, through Bolivia, to Chile once more, and San Pedro de Atacama. He will have you laughing, he will have you thinking, he will have you wondering. Read how holding a horse's testicles brings good luck, the danger of being attacked with burundanga,...
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Laissez-vous guider au cœur du Chili
Vivre le monde est la première collection de guides qui s'adresse au désir grandissant des Français et des Européens de vivre à l'étranger.
Etudiants, ingénieurs, artistes, professeurs, les opportunités ne manquent pas à Santiago et dans le reste du pays, créant une véritable communauté internationale dans le pays. Le Chili, puissance économique et puissance culturelle, semble trouver un nouveau...
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