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Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 5
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English
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"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. A harrowing excavation unearths a chilling tragedy never laid to rest. They are "the disappeared," twenty-three massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of experts on a meticulous,...
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Kat wants to be at "mini-camp" with classmates rather than touring the jungles near Cancun, Mexico, on a family vacation, but a story told by one of her Mayan guides helps her understand that by always trying to please her friends, she is losing herself.
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English
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them--the Fargos are about to find out.
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Series
Julian Escobar series volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Spanish seminarian Juliǹ Escobar, known to the Mayas as Lord Kukulcǹ and worshipped as a god, witnesses the fall of the Mayan and Incan civilizations with the coming of Cortš and Pizarro.
5) The captive
Author
Series
Julian Escobar series volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
As part of a Spanish expedition to the New World, a Jesuit seminarian witnesses the enslavement and exploitation of the Mayas and his own seduction by greed and ambition.
6) Rain Player
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1991], [c1991]
Language
English
Description
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
7) Rain player
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
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Series
Infinity ring volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she can't do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?