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1) Pyramid
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Presents a photographic introduction to pyramids, explaining what they are, discussing how and when they were built, examining the purpose of pyramids, and looking at different pyramids around the world.
4) The Aztecs
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1992
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Describes the history and customs of the Aztex civilization from its beginnings to its conquest by Spanish explorers.
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A picture book that introduces the Aztecs, their cities, and the dramatic confrontation between Montezuma and Cortes. Tells how the Aztecs established an empire in Mexico and what happened when they, led by Montezuma, encountered Cortés and the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century. An account of the establishment of the Aztec empire in Mexico and of the terrible battle between the Aztecs and the Spaniards known as the Sad Night.
8) Me oh Maya!
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Time warp trio series volume 13
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Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.
10) Soul of nowhere
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2003, 2002
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The death-defying and life-affirming journeys that Childs records in "Soul of Nowhere" make up an exhilarating exploration of his own attraction to remote and forbidding landscapes. The death-defying and life-affirming journeys that Childs records in "Soul of Nowhere" make up an exhilarating exploration of his own attraction to remote and forbidding landscapes.
12) Archaeological excavations in the northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico
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1958.
13) Aztec
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Aztec historical novels volume 1
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His name is Mixtli-Dark Cloud. Born the son of a provincial quarrier, Mixtli rises far above his station. He become, first, a scribe; he goes on to distinguish himself as a warrior, earns a fortune as a traveling merchant, explores every part of what the Aztecs called The One World-the far lands of mountains, jungles, deserts, seacoasts. His courage and resourcefulness earn him a knighthood and, eventually, elevation to the nobility. Mixtli's long...
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2015.
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On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
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The story of an American family--would-be writer Susannah, her sister Magdalena, and her parents--who take up life with an endangered mixed race of Black Indians in the Mexican Sierras, explores how a woman's denied sexuality leads to a loss of self and the sexual healing of the soul.
19) The Aztecs
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Discusses the beginnings of the ancient American civilization, its people and their way of life, with see-through scenes bringing ancient civilizations alive for today's readers.