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Author
Series
Jaguar stones volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Deep in the jungle, Max and Lola battle a zombie army, mutant cave spiders, and even the ancient Maya Lords of Death" -- provided by the publisher. (t.p. verso).
2) When I wake
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her father tells her of the ancient mask that her mother died searching for, archaeologist Veronica Coleridge takes up the quest, with the expert help of a business owner named Dugan. Veronica and Dugan become caught in a maelstrom at sea and learn that far more than an ancient mask is at stake -- and only their love and trust can save them.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.
4) The Maya
Author
Series
Ancient peoples and places volume 52
Language
English
Description
"The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient Maya by experts Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston. In this new edition, this classic has been updated by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. This edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic findings, which continue to proceed at a fast pace, along with full-color illustrations. The new material includes...
Author
Series
Jake Ransom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the Skull King.
8) 500 nations
Language
English
Description
The amazing story of America's original inhabitants has been crystallized into a powerful epic event on four discs. The insight that actor, filmmaker and series host, executive producer Kevin Costner brought to Dances with Wolves serves as a springboard to this thrilling chronicle filmed at actual locations, from the jungles of Central America to the Canadian Arctic. A cast of star voices and state-of-the-art computer re-creations brings this rich,...
Author
Publisher
[Roger Williams Co.]
Pub. Date
1934
Language
English
Description
Originally published in the 1852 Christmas edition of Dickens' journal Household Words, The Poor Relation's Story takes place during a Christmas feast, where a poor relation of the host tells the story of his life. This version of The Poor Relation's Story is part of Dreamscape's The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens.
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Description
General description of all aspects of Indian life (language, subsistence, art, clothing, etc.) considerably revised from the first edition published in 1961. Now includes chapters on Indian-white relations since 1492 for the main geographic areas. Term Indians includes Eskimo.
Author
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Pub. Date
1975-<2022>
Language
English
Description
For more than 25 years the Peabody Museum has been publishing The Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions under the editorial and artistic direction of Mayanist Ian Graham. The goal of this unique series of folio volumes is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The...
Author
Language
English
Description
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with...
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