This full-color guide to Los Cabos includes vibrant photos and helpful planning maps.Mexico enthusiast Nikki Goth Itoi knows the best ways to experience Los Cabos—from hiking in the Sierra de la Laguna to visiting the amazing Pulmo Reef; the only coral reef system in the Sea of Cortez. Itoi draws on her extensive knowledge of the area to provide themed trip ideas; such as Surf and Dive Spots and Cabo Nightlife; plus in-depth coverage of the many activities available to travelers. With insightful advice on finding secluded beaches; diving shipwrecks; and grabbing a bite in La Paz; Moon Los Cabos gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
#651102 in Books 2011Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x 5.60 x 5.50l; .75 #File Name: 1611454018328 pages
Review
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. melts at a relatively low temperature making it relatively easy to pour into moldsBy Israel RamirezLight and Interesting introduction to the historical technologies behind metals; glass; plastics; and other materials.The exposition was generally non-technical with a strong emphasis on how these materials influenced people's lives. It is studded with quotations; many from the Bible and other ancient sources; illustrating the roles metals and other substances played in the lives of people in the past.I am very grateful for a clear and lively account of the development of iron and steel; in particular. I hadn't understood; until I read this book; that cast iron is a form of iron that though brittle when hard; melts at a relatively low temperature making it relatively easy to pour into molds. The development of furnaces capable of melting steel is a very recent development.I would have liked to see more semi-technical information on the physics of these materials and the chemistry of how they were produced and extracted. There were a handful of figures but there weren't enough of them and the ones that did exist weren't very clear in the Kindle edition.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. I recommend this book to anyone who wonder how the civilization we have; came to be; and why it developed the way it didBy Joseph G. LiscouskiI thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a lot from reading it. I've always been curious about how civilizations developed and why they did; where they did. This book provides a an excellent summary of those issues; putting some life into history. The history I was taught was basically facts; dates; and names always leaving out the how and why. This book helps fill those gaps and does it in an easily readable manner. My congratulations to to the author on a fantastic piece of work that should be read by history majors.History is taught from economic; political; religious; and secular perspectives in most cases as if the other aspects didn't exist; and yet all those factors are intertwined. This book overcomes that by treating the development of civilization as a complete entity tying all the pieces together.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Perhaps not written for a 6th grade level but easily understood. Thanks MrBy Jane CheekI am not a person that would normall read something this technical; even not understanding all the jargon; I was taken by how the Substance of Civilization moved me through time to the present was so revealing. Thinking of ingredients I use daily being such an integral part of the development of the world was a bit mind boggling.Perhaps not written for a 6th grade level but easily understood. Thanks Mr. Sass.
