Time Among the Maya

Time Among the Maya

Author: Ronald Wright

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780802137289

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The Maya created one of the world's most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America's jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. "Wright's unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters." -- The New Yorker; "Time Among the Maya shows Wright to be far more than a mere storyteller or descriptive writer. He is an historical philosopher with a profound understanding of other cultures." -- Jan Morris, The Independent (London).


Ukulele Exercises For Dummies

Ukulele Exercises For Dummies

Author: Brett McQueen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-03-29

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1118506944

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Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you're ready to do something with it. You're in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies helps you become a better player. This practice-based book focuses on the skills that entry-level players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you creating music in no time that include: • Creating rock-steady strumming patterns and rhythms • Becoming a better fingerpicker with patterns, arpeggio exercises, and solo fingerpicking pieces • Expanding your fretboard knowledge and crafting your own rock, blues and jazz riffs and solos • Playing actual songs on the ukulele - everything from the classic ukulele tunes to the 12 bar blues! • Downloadable audio files of the exercises found in the book, providing you with a self-contained practice package No matter if you're a beginning ukulele player or you're wanting to stretch and improve your chops, Ukulele Exercises For Dummies puts you on your way to becoming a ukulele extraordinaire!


3-Chord Christmas (G-C-D)

3-Chord Christmas (G-C-D)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1495030792

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(Guitar Collection). You only need to know how to play 3 chords (G, C and D) on guitar to master the 25 holiday favorites presented in this collection! Songs include: Away in a Manger * The Chipmunk Song * Frosty the Snow Man * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Here Comes Santa Claus (Right down Santa Claus Lane) * Jingle Bells * The Little Drummer Boy * O Christmas Tree * Silent Night * Silver Bells * While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks * and more.