{"product_id":"b00mjd6uqy","title":"Stone of Kings: In Search of the Lost Jade of the Maya","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A compelling tale.... This well-focused and well-told account brings America’s most mythologized gemstone into sharp relief.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e— Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“[T]he story of the search for the long-vanished mines of the Mayas . . . [with] engaging digressions into plate tectonics, the technology of jade carving and the brutal history of the regimes of a succession of Guatemalan generals. . . . [Prospectors] Ridinger and Johnson endured earthquakes, coups, kidnapping, even civil war. But eventually they stumbled upon huge blocks of the alluring, elusive stone.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e— New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelected as an Indie Next List “Great Read”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The search for the sources of this mysterious rock reads like detective fiction, and involves geologists, archaeologists, entrepreneurs, poachers, and a host of other characters, but it’s all true. A wonderful read!” —Michael D. Coe, author of  Breaking the Maya Code\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67936559398948,"sku":"YSL36761","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/71Kr_By-b9L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793261289","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b00mjd6uqy","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}