Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
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1. Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
By: Joan Druett
4.05
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island … read more
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2. Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
By: Simon Winchester
4.04
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its ro… read more
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3. The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier
By: Alistair Moffat
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments … read more
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- historical
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4. Captive Paradise: The Story of the United States and Hawaii
By: James L. Haley
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. … read more
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5. Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook
By: Martin Dugard
3.50
Format: 519 pages, Paperback
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6. The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
By: William K. Klingaman , None
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Like Winchester's Krakatoa,The Year Without Summerreveals a year of dramatic global change long for… read more
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7. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- world history
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"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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9. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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11. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
By: Daniel Immerwahr
4.46
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more
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"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
12. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more
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- science
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- world history
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- geography
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"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
13. Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals
By: Christopher J. Preston
4.09
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons abou… read more
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14. Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
By: Peter Moore
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects.… read more
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15. The Great Ice Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)
By: Hourly History
4.30
Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the remarkable history of the Great Ice Age...Free BONUS Inside!On a human scale, the clim… read more
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16. Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
By: Nicholas Thomas
3.54
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this da… read more
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17. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
By: Boyce Upholt
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more
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18. Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound
By: David M. Buerge
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
This is the first thorough account of Chief Seattle and his times--the story of a half-century of t… read more
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19. Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It
By: Ari Berman
4.37
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democ… read more
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20. My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient Animals on Earth
By: Christine Figgener
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
“A wonderful book that will appeal to anyone interested in the world around us.”—DR. JANE GOODALL … read more
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"Optimismus ist eine Entscheidung. Mich selbst würde ich als kritisch-optimistisch bezeichnen: Ich glaube fest daran, dass es in Zukunft besser werden kann – ansonsten könnte ich mir gleich die Kugel …"-Christine Figgener, My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient Animals on Earth
21. Earth to Moon: A Memoir
By: Moon Unit Zappa
4.42
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more
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