wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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The Drum Wars: A Modern Maya Story
ISBN: 9781478147206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Drum Wars is a guide to the ancient Maya world as it collides with the 21st century. Past and present intersect at an offbeat hotel near the famed jungle ruins of Palenque, in Chiapas, Mexico. In this steamy landscape, American archaeologists, besieged Indians, and the dysfunctional hotel ownerss clash with spiritual seekers awaiting the apocalypse. While tribal drumming reaches out to the galaxies, feuds between the family patriarch and his heirs escalate into all-out battles gripping the entire community. Vying for space and time are a wild assortment of true believers: New Age gurus,...
The Drum Wars is a guide to the ancient Maya world as it collides with the 21st century. Past and present intersect at an offbeat hotel near the famed...
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72,24 |
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Travelers to the Other World : A Maya View of North America
ISBN: 9780826348883 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Travel writing, the literary exploration of other cultures, has long been a tradition in the English-speaking world. This book turns the tradition on its head and records what is surely the first Maya literary exploration of the United States. The authors were Tzotzil-speaking Zinacantec Maya who accompanied Robert Laughlin, the compiler of The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan, on two trips to the United States. These were action-packed journeys. On the initial voyage, in 1963, they were in the United States for the assassination of President Kennedy. "The murderer... Travel writing, the literary exploration of other cultures, has long been a tradition in the English-speaking world. This book turns the tradition ... |
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141,98 |