Recommendations from our site
“It’s a really interesting look at a modern turning point in the island’s history – the point of expanding the runway on the island, changing the island from its isolated and tragic history (as opposed to its pre-contact history), and its globalization. The book is about a medical expedition, but it captures the island at a really interesting time that we’ll never see again.” Read more...
The best books on Easter Island
Terry Hunt, Historian
Our most recommended books
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
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The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd -

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
by Laurie Lee -

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
by Kate Summerscale -

My Fourth Time, We Drowned
by Sally Hayden






