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The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, And Truth Behind The Most Intriguing Date In History (2009)

by John Major Jenkins(Favorite Author)

2.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1585427667 (ISBN13: 9781585427666)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Tarcher

review 1: This book is what I was looking for when I ordered The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies, and Possibilities... That book was a major disappointment as it brought no science or history to the story, which I might accept due to the title, but without even the astronomical parts, it was too little and a very frustrating read.This book is what I should have ordered instead. Jenkins, with plenty of self promotion (but I don't blame him as the number of scholars that look at this upcoming date realistically is little), offers his version of the truth, supported by archaeology, historical facts, a few non-scholarly works and several scholarly works.This book presents the story from the beginning, not chronologically, and it offers every piece of the puzzle needed to unders... moretand that this upcoming date does indeed have some sort of signifigance but not necessarily the kind of signifigance that would require everyone to make hats out of tin foil and await the mother ship, as basically is suggested (or something as insane just the same) in The Mystery of 2012.I enjoyed this read and highly recommend it to anyone that is interested in the HISTORY, the SCIENCE or the ASTRONOMY behind this upcoming date.
review 2: This was easily one of the most painfully boring books I've had the poor fortune to attempt to read. Now, to give the author some credit, this book was immaculately researched. This clearly shows in all of the pages. But, this book would probably more aptly named as "The History of the Mayans in Mexico City and the Land around it", or something like that. I read through fifty gruelling pages, and it still was talking about conquistadors. If you are looking for some information about some current 2012 theories, Wikipedia probably has more info than this book. This is not a book that I would recommend to anyone. less

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