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Distintos proyectos de investigación con impronta chilanga imaginan nuevas respuestas para el abastecimiento del agua, el desarrollo de nuevos combustibles, los procesos electorales transparentes o la conquista espacial. Conocer quiénes están detrás de estas investigaciones y cuál es su impacto en nuestras vidas es clave para entender el papel fundamental de la ciencia y la tecnología en nuestro bienestar personal y social.

This audiobook on relocating and retiring to Mexico provides an introductory and informative guide for Americans or Canadians considering a move to Mexico. Covering various aspects of living in Mexico, Relocating and Retiring to Mexico offers valuable insights and practical advice to help individuals make informed decisions about their relocation and retirement plans.

Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, 400 stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, disorientation, and heat exhaustion. Spiral Jetta is a chronicle of this journey.

Globetrotting travel writer Lori Erickson has long searched for the sacred in locations and cultures far from home as well as in her beloved Iowa. But when the pandemic put both air travel and in-person worship off-limits, Lori and her husband hit the road with a camper in tow to discover spiritual sites and experiences in their own home country.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Naples. Greater than a Tourist: Naples, Florida, USA by Katlin E. Cornelius offers the inside scoop on Naples, the sweetest spot of Southwest Florida.

Meditate, relax, or just fall asleep with natural outside Atlantic Ocean Wave sounds from Hilton Head Island! This is the next best thing to actually being there!

In 1995, schoolteacher Melissa Cook and her young family spent two years in the isolated Aleut village of Nelson Lagoon on the edge of the Bering Sea. They later settled in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, where they measured rain in feet. With humor, vivid detail, and heart-pounding excitement, Melissa recounts her family's daily joys, struggles, and captivating adventures.

You're about to discover the #1 secret to the Appalachian Trail with this comprehensive guide to thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail! Every year, hundreds of thousands of people attempt a thru-hiking trip of the Appalachian Trail. However, only about 10 percent of these people complete the trip - about 90 percent just give up and go home after hiking a few miles. If you can complete the trip successfully, you are definitely a rare breed. The key to completing the trip lies in proper preparation.

The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River.

This audiobook will introduce you to Walt Disney World Resort: the parks, types of hotels, dining, tickets, and a lot of tips and tricks. This isn't a guide that tells you about every ride, every resort, and what to order at every restaurant. Instead, this guide is an introduction.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this audiobook is just for you. Greater Than A Tourist by Ericka Crosley offers the inside scope on Bethesda, Maryland. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir. Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed Long Island princess, grouchy couch potato, and shoe addict. He's an affable, though driven, outdoorsman.

When journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky houseguest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley and the neighboring Sonoma Valley. What develops is nothing less than a battle for the good life, a clash between old and new, the struggle for the soul of one of America's last bits of paradise.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Tucson Arizona. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the ‘Greater Than a Tourist’ series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

Recalling memoirs like Wild and Educated, an internationally renowned whitewater rafting guide offers a gripping and inspiring memoir about overcoming hardship and coming into her own through her relationship with the rivers she has known.

Eat Like a Local: Orange County by Ashley Ryan offers the inside scoop on dining in Orange County, California. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience.

Author Denver Michaels travels to the Great Smoky Mountains and the surrounding areas to bring you book three of his popular Detours into the Paranormal series. In this audiobook, he shares ghost stories from Cades Cove, Gatlinburg, Asheville, the iconic Biltmore, and more. He investigates the cryptids of the area such as Bigfoot, dogmen, pterosaurs, and even a river monster. Michaels also highlights spooky cemeteries, ghost towns, and abandoned locations scattered about the region.

Petroglyphs that depict dinosaurs and aliens. The Mogollon Monster. Earth-shattering cataclysms. Lake Monsters. Ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos. Route 66. A lost city in the Grand Canyon and much more! Join Denver Michaels as he travels through the canyon country of Utah and Arizona exploring these mysteries.

In the summer of 1978, Griffin-Nolan and a friend took to the road, hitchhiking from New York to California, on to New Orleans and back home to New York. As 2018 approached, the itch to hitch returned - but most people seemed to believe that this was now impossible. Griffin-Nolan decided to find out why nobody hitchhiked anymore. With a backpack, a hashtag, and a sign, he stuck out his thumb near his house, and let luck, and the road, take him where it would.

Von Boston nach San Francisco bis Los Angeles und zurück nach New York: Die Büchner-Preisträgerin Felicitas Hoppe erkundet ein phantastisch unbekanntes Amerika. Zehntausend so komische wie hochpoetische Meilen - eine literarische Weltentdeckung.