Blood on the Moon is a novel about two women, one white, the other black, who are married to the same man, Prince Achille Murat. Achille, who is Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew, is the proprietor of Lipona Plantation on the banks of the Saint Johns River in the virgin wilderness of antebellum East Florida. Jenny, Achille's legal wife, although an orphan, traces her lineage to George Washington; she burns with the desire to claim what she regards as her rightful due among Achille's relatives at the court of Versailles. The fierce pride of Ophelia, the "other" wife, will not allow her to settle for less. In the end, both women set upon their own journeys of discovery which, ultimately, threatens to destroy them all.

Blood on the Moon: A Novel of Old Florida

Literature & Fiction

Glassman, Steve

Contemporary

iUniverse

Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time span into seven distinct sections. Each provides a detailed vignette of the events, explorers, and people of a particular Maya era, starting with the tropical lowlands' Olmec civilization. Among the topics covered are the shamanistic rites by which Mesoamerican monarchs based their power to rule; the Preclassic megacity of El Mirador and its near neighbor Nakbe; the Maya creation myth of the Hero Twins and its role in organizing Maya society; and the power struggles between the cities Tikal and Calakmul.

Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs, 1250 B.C. to A.D. 1903

History

Anaya, Armando

Americas

McFarland

On the Trail of the Maya Explorer: Tracing the Epic Journey of John Lloyd Stephens (Fire Ant Books)

A Mesoamerican travel book from two perspectives and two centuries.
In 1839 John Lloyd Stephens, then 31 years old, and his traveling companion, artist Frederick Catherwood, disappeared into the vast rain forest of eastern Guatemala. They had heard rumors that remains of a civilization of incomparable artistic and cultural merit were moldering in the steamy lowland jungles. They braved Indian uprisings, road agents, heat, and biting insects to eventually encounter what is today known as the lost civilization of the Maya. 
In 1841 Stephens published Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan to instant acclaim with both American and international audiences. His conversational style was fresh and crisp and his subject matter, the search for lost cities on the Central American isthmus, was romantic and adventurous. Stephens's book has been characterized as the "great American nonfiction narrative of the 19th century." Indeed, what Stephens wrote about the Maya makes a major contribution to Maya studies. 
Steve Glassman retraces Stephens's route, visiting the same archaeological sites, towns, markets, and churches and meeting along the way the descendants of those people Stephens described, from mestizo en route to the cornfields to town elders welcoming the Norte Americanos. Glassman's work interlaces discussion of the history, natural environment, and architecture of the region with descriptions of the people who live and work there. Glassman compares his 20th-century experience with Stephens's 19th-century exploration, gazing in awe at the same monumental pyramids, eating similar foods, and avoiding the political clashes that disrupt the governments and economies of the area.
Stephens's books are still widely available, but his importance to literary professionals has been overlooked. With this new travelogue, Glassman reaffirms Stephens's reputation and brings his work to wider critical and public attention.

Travel

Central America

University Alabama Press

United States

Fire Ant Books

Blood on the Moon

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Micklers Floridiana

The most sinister crime family is trying to frame Bru Bruton for the nation's biggest product-tampering scam, one that involves the entire Florida orange juice crop. 
The Family's patriarch, Billy Goins, certainly has the money to carry out this scheme, if only he can get his own affairs in order. His daughter has been enrolled and expelled from all the best colleges and universities. Her lover has just tested positive for AIDS and heroin. The old man's right hand is a text-book perfect sociopath and the county sheriff and his deputy are also on the payroll. They're all as dysfunctional as they are greedy. 
It's up to Bru and his Near Death Experiment to stop and expose this evil plot or he'll surely end up the patsy for an epidemic that could affect millions of people, including the nation's children.

The Near Death Experiment

Tropical Pr Inc

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