Elsie Burch Donald

In early 1970 a small plane, en route to Angkor Wat, mysteriously disappears over the Cambodian jungle. Piloted by an American hippie, the passengers are Bill Bolton, a US businessman, his wife Marjorie, their guide a young Englishwoman, and a Cambodian 'old hand', a Frenchman. Stranded helplessly in the jungle, the westerners are found by local peasants, and taken to the relative safety of their own veritable Shangri La. Here, cut off from the outside world, they find an enchanting Buddhist world, full of laughter and festivals; a gentle, sensitive people without greed, violence, or too much ...

Iniciación elemental para estudiantes de bachillerato, así como para aquellas personas que, aun sintiendo interés por la ciencia, vean en ella un terreno ajeno o desconocido, "Tuniverso" proporciona un compendio para hacerse una idea global pero bien cimentada de los conceptos clave de la ciencia moderna y orientarse a traves de ellos. Escrita en un lenguaje llano y accesible y libre de terminos cientificos, ecuaciones o graficos, esta obra de Elsie Bruch Donald, cuyo contenido viene avalado por doce prestigiosos cientificos, es producto de la curiosidad de su autora y materializa el libro que a ella le habria gustado encontrar. Tiempo y espacio, materia, energia, fisica de particulas, la vida, la especie humana y su desarrollo son solo algunos de los puntos que toca este librito que, iluminado por la ilusion del asombro, da cuenta en definitiva del mundo del que inevitablemente formamos parte: de que es, de como funciona y de nuestro lugar en el.

Iniciación elemental para estudiantes de bachillerato, así como para aquellas personas que, aun sintiendo interés por la ciencia, vean en ella un terreno ajeno o desconocido, Tuniverso proporciona un compendio para hacerse una idea global pero bien cimentada de los conceptos clave de la ciencia moderna y orientarse a traves de ellos. Escrita en un lenguaje llano y accesible y libre de terminos cientificos, ecuaciones o graficos, esta obra de Elsie Bruch Donald, cuyo contenido viene avalado por doce prestigiosos cientificos, es producto de la curiosidad de su autora y materializa el libro que a ella le habria gustado encontrar. Tiempo y espacio, materia, energia, fisica de particulas, la vida, la especie humana y su desarrollo son solo algunos de los puntos que toca este librito que, iluminado por la ilusion del asombro, da cuenta en definitiva del mundo del que inevitablemente formamos parte: de que es, de como funciona y de nuestro lugar en el.

A chance encounter in a French town brings dark memories flooding back to fifty-five-year-old Kate. As a student at Sweet Briar College, Virginia in the 1950s, she joined a grand tour of Europe along with three classmates and their chaperone, Miss Grist. At the last minute, the mysterious and wealthy new girl, Olivia Hartfield, surprised them all by joining them.Revelling in the unparalleled freedom of the old world, Kate and her friends gradually form a privileged and sophisticated clique as, one by one, three intriguing but very different young men latch on to their party. But nobody is quite as they appear, and as facades crumble, this journey would prove eye-opening in ways the girls couldnt have possibly have imagined.On a remote outing a tragic and sinister event occurs.Now, thirty years later, the question is still open: what really happened that day?

In early 1970 a small plane, en route to Angkor Wat, mysteriously disappears over the Cambodian jungle. Piloted by an American hippie, the passengers are Bill Bolton, a US businessman, his wife Marjorie, their guide a young Englishwoman, and a Cambodian old hand, a Frenchman.Stranded helplessly in the jungle, the westerners are found by local peasants, and taken to the relative safety of their own veritable Shangri La. Here, cut off from the outside world, they find an enchanting Buddhist world, full of laughter and festivals; a gentle, sensitive people without greed, violence, or too much work. As the party adjust to the lotus-eating culture, life presents excitement,pleasure - even love. And an opportunity to bring modern methods to a backward way of life. But a darker, brutal presence threatens to destroy their paradise. The Vietnam war is spilling across Cambodias borders, and an insurgency is on the rise that will become the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia must change, but in whose image?Gripping and beautifully written, A Model American is a multi-dimensional parable showing the American character abroad and its effects when used to improve an ancient, alien culture. For many, it will greatly resonate with what is happening in the world today.