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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site ... and the terrifying presence that lurks there.
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Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico.
More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this intriguing study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico. Dozens of these charismatic leaders of nations and armies are brought to life by the deep research and entertaining storytelling of Peter Tsouras.
Tsouras introduces the reader to the colossal personalities of the period: Smoking Frog,...
3) Apocalypto
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
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As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate...
5) Middleworld
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The Jaguar Stones volume 1
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Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2010
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When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.
7) Ancient Maya
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Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2006
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Examines the facts and explains the lives of the Maya.
10) The Actual Star
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Through the epic saga of three reincarnated souls, this book takes readers on a journey over thousands of years and six continents where it demonstrates the entanglements of tradition and progress, sister and stranger, love and hate.
14) The ancient Maya
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
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Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
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Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
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2016.
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Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to crea create colorful weavings. Includes glossary and author's note.
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