Virginia Woolf's "The Voyage Out" is a compelling exploration of youth, self-discovery, and the tensions between societal expectations and personal desires. The novel follows Rachel Vinrace, a young woman from an affluent family, as she embarks on a voyage to South America, where she encounters new perspectives on life, love, and independence. The journey is both literal and figurative, as Rachel experiences emotional awakening and wrestles with her...

"Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera’s most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening-until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something...

Presents a historical review of South America, its people, and its natural wonders for middle readers.

In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller-adapted...

Traces the lives of the Truebas, beginning with clairvoyant Clara del Valle's summoning of the man she intends to marry, ambitious Esteban Trueba, and following their participation in the history of their times which is their destiny.

The author documents his travels in South America as he followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin.

Buried alive in a volcano in the Carpathian mountains for hundreds of years, Dax discovers that Mitro, the evil vampire he has been hunting for centuries, is still alive.