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Literature & Fiction

Dufresne, Lucie

Genre Fiction

Una novela de amores e intrigas sobre la&nbsp;caída del Imperio Maya Año 890. La ciudad de&nbsp;Chichén Itzá&nbsp;es escenario de profundos cambios. A pesar de la&nbsp;terrible sequía&nbsp;que azota la región desde hace décadas, siguen llegando inmigrantes del sur que huyen de la guerra, así como comerciantes de la meseta central en busca de nuevos recursos. Uno de ellos es Pilotl, un acaudalado&nbsp;mercader&nbsp;de origen tolteca con quien arreglan el matrimonio de la joven noble Manik, originaria de Chichén. La vida de la mujer da un giro inesperado cuando emprende un peregrinaje a la isla de Cozumel, morada de la diosa Ixchel y su séquito de magos y sacerdotisas, para ser bendecida con el regalo de un heredero. Allí conoce a&nbsp;Tsoltan,&nbsp;hechicero jaguar,&nbsp;de quien queda perdidamente enamorada... a sabiendas de que su relación es imposible: ella ha de volver con Pilotl a velar por el devenir de su familia, en la que muchos se entrometen con fines políticos. Sin embargo, a su vuelta nada sucederá como estaba previsto. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A novel about love and intrigue at the fall of the Maya empire. The year 890. &nbsp; The city of Chichen Itza is at the backdrop of profound transformations. Despite the terrible drought assailing the region for decades now, there are still people migrating from the south because of the war, same as other merchants from the central highland, looking for new resources. One of them is Pilotl, a rich trader of Toltec descent, who has agreed to an arranged marriage to the young noble Manik, native of Chichen. &nbsp; The woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she embarks on a pilgrimage to the island of Cozumel, dwelling place of the goddess Ixchel and her entourage of sorcerers and priestesses, to be blessed with the gift of an heir. There she meets Tsoltan, jaguar sorcerer, with whom she falls deeply in love with... aware that this is an impossible relationship. She must go back to Pilotl to watch over the future of their family, in which many intrude with some political agenda. However, upon her return, nothing will transpire as she had intended.

El hechizo de Chichen Itza / The Spell of Chichen Itza (Spanish Edition)

Grijalbo

This is a novel on drug traffic, corruption and human passions. The young and beautiful Canadian anthropologist Anik Thibault has been rewarded with a scholarship to carry out her master thesis in the Mexican Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, in Cobá, amid the magic and legendary Mayan world. Mrs. Morin, her thesis directress and member of World Transparency, asks her to investigate the identity of Mambo, an anonymous hacker from whom she has received secret information on the nets of drug traffic in the political dome of the government of Quintana Roo. So Anik begins a long trip in which, moved by the desire and the passion toward Hadrian, an attractive journalist, she will discover the past of the Mayan empire and the current life of the natives, as well as the hidden plots of government's corruption and of the drug traffic operation in Mexico and Latin America. Una novela de narcotráfico, corrupción y pasiones humanas. La joven y hermosa antropóloga canadiense Anik Thibault ha sido galardonada con una beca para realizar su tesis de maestría en el Instituto Mexicano de Arqueología y Antropología, en Cobá, en medio del mágico y legendario mundo maya. La señora Morin, su directora de tesis y miembro de Transparencia Mundial, le pide que durante su estancia investigue la identidad de Mambo, un hácker anónimo de quien ha recibido información secreta sobre las redes de narcotráfico en la cúpula política del gobierno de Quintana Roo. Es así que Anik, inicia un largo viaje en el cual, movida por el deseo y la pasión hacia Hadrian, un atractivo periodista, descubrirá el pasado del imperio maya y la vida actual de los nativos, así como las entretelas de la corrupción en el gobierno y la operación del narcotráfico en México y Latinoamérica.

Nieve Maya / Maya Snow (Spanish Edition)

Plaza Y Janes Mexico

Narrates the life of the first Viking to arrive on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, who became one of the greatest myths in Mexican history, covering his travels from Greenland to Mexico, his first years as a prisoner, and his rise to the throne.

Quetzalcoatl, el hombre huracan/ Quetzalcoatl, Hurricane Man (Spanish Edition)

Grijalbo Mondadori

La COULEUR des EMOTIONS de la petite FILLE: Développement personnel pour les petites filles à travers des histoires du soir sur la confiance en soi et l'estime de soi + 2 BONUS (French Edition)

Children's Books

Comics & Graphic Novels

Independently published

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