Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson

384 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they...

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informative 100%
adventurous 57%
reflective 42%
inspiring 30%
challenging 14%
mysterious 12%
dark 2%
emotional 2%
relaxing 2%
sad 2%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 47%
fast 1%

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4.13

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