Lamar Public Library

His name is Mixtli-Dark Cloud. Born the son of a provincial quarrier, Mixtli rises far above his station. He become, first, a scribe; he goes on to distinguish himself as a warrior, earns a fortune as a traveling merchant, explores every part of what the Aztecs called The One World-the far lands of mountains, jungles, deserts, seacoasts. His courage and resourcefulness earn him a knighthood and, eventually, elevation to the nobility. Mixtli's long...

Explains the daily lives of the Mexican people including school, work, family activities, and everyday life both in the city and the country.

"Thirty years ago, Carlos Castaneda published The Teachings of Don Juan, the story of a magical journey into the unknown. Under the tutelage of don Juan Matus, the young anthropologist entered another world and emerged to give readers of his first book glimpses of the "nonordinary reality" of a Yaqui Indian sorcerer. Castaneda wrote eight more books, most recently The Art of Dreaming, which describes don Juan's teaching methods as well as the sorcery...

When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

Retells a Mexican legend in which the sky god and the wind god bring music from Sun's house to the Earth.

Examines who the Aztecs were, where they came from, how they lived, how they built up their power, and how they lost it.

A biography of the Mexican president who during his tenure in office separated church and state, established religious tolerance, and made the land distribution system more equitable.

In Race to the River The Journey Continues, Sally Crum s exciting sequel to Race to the Moonrise An Ancient Journey, a young Native American brother and sister continue an event-filled, 13th century journey to return their injured father from today s southern Colorado to their home in Casas Grandes, Mexico. Meanwhile, three unlikely emissaries of peace, two boys and a Chumash noblewoman, embark from the California coast with hopes of averting an attack...