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Jaguar Wind And Waves: A novel of the Early Classic Maya

Jaguar Wind And Waves: A novel of the Early Classic Maya

David L. Smith

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2011
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378 AD. Great Jaguar Paw, the Lord of Tikal, sent his third daughter to marry the son of one of the lords of Teotihuacan in Central Mexico in fulfillment of an alliance. Thirteen years later, Lady Jaguar Claw returns with her husband, Spearthrower Owl, who has been chartered to deliver a prophecy and establish a new order in the jungle cities. He orders Born of Fire, his warlord enforcer, to execute his wife's family and erase even the memory of her father and the former rulers. Battered by bouts of anger, bitterness, and guilt, Lady Claw descends into an abyss of depression and despair. Her birth prophecy said she would battle a mighty demon amidst "powerful winds and waves." This is the story of that battle and her triumphant rise from the abyss. This story of empowerment is an immersion in the life, times, customs, and environments that contributed to the uniqueness of ancient Maya civilization. Based on decades of archaeological, ethnographic and anthropological research, Jaguar Wind And Waves is not a fantasy novel about the "mysterious" Maya. Rather, it depicts real people facing universal human challenges at a time when their civilization was flourishing in the jungles of Central America. As such, it's an excellent book for those who have visited or plan to visit, archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala or Belize.
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The Day of the Nefilim

The Day of the Nefilim

David L Major

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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The premise of The Day of the Nefilim, David Major's debut novel, is simple: take a good-sized sampling of the most popular conspiracy theories and new age thought forms that the culture has to offer, put them in a blender, and hit the switch. From the resulting goo, create a sequence of events which begins with the arrival on earth of a time-travelling, aether-surfing ship crewed by a collection of ingrates and leeches (not literal leeches, metaphorical ones), while at the same time, in a coincidence of astronomical proportions, the Nefilim home planet, Marduk, is reentering the solar system after its 3,000 year orbit around the sun. How this plays out, and what a few of the locals have to do with it, only time can tell. It seems that the New World Order might not be so orderly after all... Reviews "I love this book as much as I love all of my favorite science fiction books, and that's a quantity that defies quantifiers." "THERE IS NOTHING more joyous to me than discovering new, raw creativity. David Major, regardless of his hallucinogen(s) of choice, is a rare find and a fun read. With a smidgeon of Douglas Adams he spends all of six pages before rearranging our world with a sledgehammer and sending us down into underground caves, underworld civilizations in a ship that sails the winds of time." - J. Stephen Peek "I HAVE BEEN READING SF since about 1970, when I was ten years old, having inherited a bookshelf of the greats - Heinlein, Herbert, Azimov, Bradbury, Vonnegut, etc. In the last year, as a result of having an iphone and discovering manybooks.net, I have started consuming more and more SF from the 'unknowns' and 'unsigned' which have been showing up with a greater frequency, and the fact of the matter is: The Day of The Nefilim is one of the best SF novels I have read since I began reading. Maybe that's just because all of what I have read until now provided the knowledge and context to appreciate the depth of David's work, which didn't allow me to put it down until I finished it. Straight through, in one sitting. Yeah, that's right, I did not put the book down until I finished reading it. Couldn't. Well done David. Keep writing. Can't wait to read your next book...You would make Robert Anton Wilson proud, and Douglas Adams smile." - exiledsurfer on Manybooks.net "Strange aliens, end of the world scenario, weird flying ships, invisibility, ugly despot. Can't get enough of this stuff. Includes a great view of a better life beyond the war zone...." "I've read a lot of SF and conspiracy theories in my time, watched thousands of SF movies and documentaries, but I've never come across anything like this " - E.V. "A little over-imaginative..." From The Day of the Nefilim The liquid and gas that had long since been frozen solid by the unyielding cold of the vacuum of space began to thaw. If there had been anyone on the planet's bleak surface to see, the approach to its star would have been greeted first with wisps of vapor as the atmosphere began to return to its gaseous state. Then clouds of mist formed, covering the entire globe in wreaths of swirling white. As the approach continued, continents of ice crumbled, disintegrating into the seas that had begun to form. Life that had been suspended in the death of absolute zero began to stir. Life cycles resumed as seed found sustenance in the chilled tundra, and creatures emerged from eggs hatching in the slight warmth of the sun. Spores drifted through the reconstituted atmosphere, seeking and finding refuge. Deep in the frozen earth, other processes were set in motion. Ice fell from hollowed, gaunt faces; deep black eyes flickered and opened. Muscles that had been as solid as ice for eons flexed and moved again. Tall forms moved through dark caverns. Nefilim, they called themselves..
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Jaguar Rising: A novel of the Preclassic Maya

Jaguar Rising: A novel of the Preclassic Maya

David L. Smith

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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Approaching initiation into manhood, Fire Eyes Jaguar discovers that he has inherited royal blood and that the prophecy given at his birth requires him to prepare for a life of privilege, perhaps to rule. His mother and his spiritual guide urge him in this direction, as does his scheming father who berates him for wanting to follow the path of his uncles who are builders and artists. Must he choose the path of his blood or can he follow his heart? Set in Belize and Guatemala in 35 BCE, encounters with rulers, tradesmen, and potential marriage partners combine with shamanic rituals, difficult trials, and betrayals that challenge the young man to look within for answers. This coming-of-age story is an immersion in the life, times, customs, and environments-architectures and the natural world-that contributed to the uniqueness of ancient Maya civilization. Based on decades of archaeological, ethnographic and anthropological research, Jaguar Rising is not a fantasy novel about the "mysterious" Maya. Rather, it depicts real people facing universal human challenges at a time when their civilization was flourishing in the jungles of Central America. As such, it's an excellent book for those who have visited or plan to visit, archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala or Belize.
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Dangerous Grounds

Dangerous Grounds

David L. Parsons

The University of North Carolina Press
2020
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As the Vietnam War divided the nation, a network of antiwar coffeehouses appeared in the towns and cities outside American military bases. Owned and operated by civilian activists, GI coffeehouses served as off-base refuges for the growing number of active-duty soldiers resisting the war. In the first history of this network, David L. Parsons shows how antiwar GIs and civilians united to battle local authorities, vigilante groups, and the military establishment itself by building a dynamic peace movement within the armed forces. Peopled with lively characters and set in the tense environs of base towns around the country, this book complicates the often misunderstood relationship between the civilian antiwar movement, U.S. soldiers, and military officials during the Vietnam era. Using a broad set of primary and secondary sources, Parsons shows us a critical moment in the history of the Vietnam-era antiwar movement, when a chain of counterculture coffeehouses brought the war's turbulent politics directly to the American military's doorstep.
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