03181cam a2200385 4500 537046546 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s1979||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547348629 0547348622 B003SNKBQE Amazon d3a13c1f-a503-4ea3-ae03-6ec3abcf8611 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 573893 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Macaulay, David. Motel of the Mysteries [Libby]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1979. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 91MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Comic and Graphic Books. Science Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) Young Adult Fiction. HTML:<p><b>A future archeologist finds the remnants of a mysterious ancient people—<i>us</i>—in a wry satire that is "a marvel of imagination and . . . wonderfully illustrated" (<i>The New York Times</i>).</b><br /> <br /> It is the year 4022, and the entire ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist, is crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site when he feels the ground give way beneath him. Suddenly, he finds himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, is clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber.<br /> <br /> Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one laid to rest on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber. These dramatic discoveries give Carson all the clues he needs to piece together the entire civilization—which he gets utterly wrong.<br /> <br /> The acclaimed author and illustrator of <i>Castle</i> and <i>Pyramid</i>, David Macaulay presents a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek satire of both historical presumption and American self-importance.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-17 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/D3A/13C/1F/MoteloftheMysteries9780547348629.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D3A13C1F-A503-4EA3-AE03-6EC3ABCF8611&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/D3A/13C/1F/MoteloftheMysteries9780547348629.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D3A13C1F-A503-4EA3-AE03-6EC3ABCF8611&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/D3A/13C/1F/MoteloftheMysteries9780547348629.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D3A13C1F-A503-4EA3-AE03-6EC3ABCF8611&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXBVM