{"product_id":"stone-of-kings-in-search-of-the-lost-jade-of-the-maya-9780762782543","title":"Stone of Kings: In Search of the Lost Jade of the Maya","description":"A 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A compelling tale.... This well-focused and well-told account brings America's most mythologized gemstone into sharp relief.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected as an Indie Next List \"Great Read\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Maya Code\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762782543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Gerard Helferich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181260140725,"sku":"9780762782543","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6de479f7-2fda-4a07-abb0-d8fcde7c21dd.jpg?v=1768922393","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stone-of-kings-in-search-of-the-lost-jade-of-the-maya-9780762782543","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}