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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico on an earthquake relief mission when they come upon the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot. Inside the pot is a Mayan book, a codex containing amazing information. Now they need to protect the book from a devious enemy.
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1996.
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The present world will end on December 22, 2012. So prophesied the Maya 5,000 years ago - the mysterious people whose ruined pyramids and temples in the depths of the Central American rainforests are alive with inscriptions that baffled scholars for centuries. Who were the Maya? Where did they come from and why did they suddenly disappear? Will we suffer floods, volcanic eruptions, and chaos in 2012?
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Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them.
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Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 5
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It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers ravaged the village of Chupan Ya, raping and killing women and children. Twenty-three victims are said to lie in the well where, twenty years later, Dr. Temperance Brennan and a team from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation now dig. No records were kept. To their families, the dead are "the disappeared."
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[2009]
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Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya living in the year 2012, is a math prodigy who spends his time playing abstract strategy games on his computer and raking in profits from online trading. His secret weapon is something called the "Sacrifice Game"--a divination ritual that the ancient Maya used to predict the birth and death of civilizations. But Jed's life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, the game-theory scientist Taro Mora, and...
10) The Maya
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[2005]
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The Maya were one of the early Indian cultures to emerge in what is now Mexico and Central America, and many of their descendents still live in the region today. This book provides a fascinating look at the traditions and beliefs of the Maya people as well as a glimpse into the life of the Maya today.
11) The honey jar
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c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
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In this book - the companion volume to The Girl From Chimel - Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maya activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum returns to the world of her childhood.
The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations...
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Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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In Guatemala in 1558, a young Mayan k'iche' man, who had learned to write the K'iche' language in Latin characters, transcribed what he described as a sacred book that "we can no longer see." This was the Popol Vuh. What he gave us was a written account of the creation of the universe, the gods and demi-gods who occupied that universe, and the story of how man was created by them.
14) Apocalypto
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2006.
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Set during the decline of the Mayan civilization, a man makes a dangerous journey home as he escapes the violent invading forces to save his way of life. Exclusive bonus features include an in-depth look at the ancient and mysterious Mayan civilization.
15) The ruins
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[2008]
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Jeff and Amy are an American couples who goes to Mexico for a vacation. They find themselves in the most brutal struggle when, on an archaeological dig into the jungle, they are ambushed by hostile Mayans and forced to the top of an ancient temple. There, a monstrous and diabolically clever entity awaits them among the ruins.
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