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The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012
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- Artist
- Aveni, Anthony
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10
0870819615
ISBN-13
9780870819612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102823397
Product Key Features
Book Title
End of Time : the Maya Mystery of 2012
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Future Studies, Cosmology, Time, Eschatology
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Religion, Social Science, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-023097
Reviews
[Aveni writes with a mastery and polish that is wonderfully accessible. -The New York Times Book Review, Anthony Aveni delivers the goods on 2012. This isn't really a book about the Maya. It's about us. Read it now while there's still time. -Dr. E.C. Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory, "[Aveni writes with a mastery and polish that is wonderfully accessible." -The New York Times Book Review, "Anthony Aveni is a passionate scholar and a vivid, engaging writer. . . .He is a polymath, too, with as astounding range of interests and knowledge. Like Jared Diamond, Aveni is a brilliant synthesizer, and a delightful one." -Oliver Sacks, "[Aveni] writes with a mastery and polish that is wonderfully accessible." --The New York Times Book Review, "Anthony Aveni delivers the goods on 2012. This isn't really a book about the Maya. It's about us. Read it now while there's still time." -Dr. E.C. Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory, "This marvelously informative book should dispel all fears of worldly disasters or transformations that December 21, 2012 might bring." -Grant D. Jones, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Davidson College, "Anthony Aveni is a passionate scholar and a vivid, engaging writer. . . .He is a polymath, too, with as astounding range of interests and knowledge. Like Jared Diamond, Aveni is a brilliant synthesizer, and a delightful one." --Oliver Sacks, "[Aveni] writes with a mastery and polish that is wonderfully accessible." -The New York Times Book Review, "Today's foremost archaeoastronomer explains what 2012 meant to the Maya and, more importantly, what it has come to mean for us. . . . a must for anyone interested in the year 2012." -Elizabeth Hill Boone, Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University, "Anthony Aveni is a passionate scholar and a vivid, engaging writer. . . .He is a polymath, too, with as astounding range of interests and knowledge. Like Jared Diamond, Aveni is a brilliant synthesizer, and a delightful one." - Oliver Sacks, "Anthony Aveni delivers the goods on 2012. This isn't really a book about the Maya. It's about us. Read it now while there's still time." --Dr. E.C. Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory, " A concise and authoritative overview, providint a valuable introduction for non-exoerts. . . . The writing style is engaging and clear, and the author never talks down to the reader. Summing up: Highly recommended." --Choice Magazine, " A concise and authoritative overview, providint a valuable introduction for non-exoerts. . . . The writing style is engaging and clear, and the author never talks down to the reader. Summing up: Highly recommended." -Choice Magazine
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
001.9
Synopsis
December 21, 2012. The Internet, bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that this date marks the end of the world, or at least the end of the world as we know it. Whether the end will result from the magnentic realignment of the north and south poles, bringing floods, earthquakes, death, and destruction; or from the return of alien caretakers to enlighten or enslave us; or from a global awakening, a sudden evolution of Homo sapiens into non-corporeal beings--theories of great, impending changes abound. In The End of Time , award-winning astronomer and Maya researcher Anthony Aveni explores these theories, explains their origins, and measures them objectively against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers, and epigraphers., December 21, 2012. The Internet, bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that this date marks the end of the world, or at least the end of the world as we know it. Whether the end will result from the magnentic realignment of the north and south poles, bringing floods, earthquakes, death, and destruction; or from the return of alien caretakers to enlighten or enslave us; or from a global awakening, a sudden evolution of Homo sapiens into non-corporeal beings--theories of great, impending changes abound. In The End of Time , award-winning astronomer and Maya researcher Anthony Aveni explores these theories, explains their origins, and measures them objectively against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers, and epigraphers. He probes the latest information astronomers and earth scientists have gathered on the likelihood of Armageddon and the oft-proposed link between the Maya Long Count cycle and the precession of the equinoxes. He then expands on these prophecies to include the broader context of how other cultures, ancient and modern, thought about the "end of things" and speculates on why cataclysmic events in human history have such a strong appeal within American pop culture.
LC Classification Number
QB638.8.A94 2009
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- 0***a (1428)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseLike new just as described. I really appreciate the packaging of this book prior to shipment. My book wasn’t just thrown into some plastic bag. I do appreciate that so keep it up seller. A+J. D. Vance Is a Fake Hillbilly: Think Twice Before Calling (All) Coalfield Appa (#388042689635)
- m***e (2167)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseWonderful set of books! Pristine. Very pleased. As advertised. Very good price. Items were wrapped and packed securely: books individually wrapped in packing paper, bubble wrap for cushion, sturdy cardboard box - great job!! Fast post. Free shipping (nice!). Worry free transaction. Thank you!Album of American History, 4 Volume Set, Colonial Period; 1738-1853; 1853-1893.. (#383587204152)