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When this book first appeared in 1996, it was "Pottery 101," a basic introduction to the subject. It served as an art book, a history book, and a reference book, but also fun to read, beautiful to look at, and filled with good humor and good sense. After twenty years of faithful service, it's been expanded and brought up-to-date with photographs of more than 1,600 pots from more than 1,600 years. It shows every pottery-producing group in the Southwest,...
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A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade-the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya-and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for more than a century.
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"Here's a full-color travel guide to national parks and national monuments that have a strong connection to the lives of America's First Peoples"--
Historian Wallace Stegner characterized America’s National Park system as “the best idea we ever had.” One can quibble with that, but, indeed, it was a pretty good idea! This book specifically is a guide and a celebration of 30 of those national parks, national historical parks, and national monuments...
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Investigating a series of savage murders that disrupt a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition.
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