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  • Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

    Christina Thompson

    Hardcover (Harper, March 12, 2019)
    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 got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind.For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.Sea People includes an 8-page photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.
  • Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

    Christina Thompson

    eBook (Harper, March 12, 2019)
    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 got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind.For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.Sea People includes an 8-page photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.
  • Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific

    Christina Thompson

    eBook (William Collins, March 12, 2019)
    ‘Wonderfully researched and beautifully written’ Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan‘Succeeds in conjuring a lost world’ Dava Sobel, author of Longitude‘Fascinating and satisfying’ Simon Winchester, author of The Map that Changed the WorldFor more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history.How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonise these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind.For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People is a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.
  • They Rode to Victory

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Cavalier Paperbacks, )
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  • Horse Stories

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Kingfisher, April 15, 1994)
    A thoroughbred collection with a diverse selection of 20 stories and extracts by such authors as Anna Sewell, Leo Tolstoy, C.S. Lewis, Helen Griffiths, Saki, Monica Dickens, Walter Farley, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
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  • Phantom Horse - Island Mystery: The Wild Palomino

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Award Publications Ltd, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Running wild in the Virginia Mountains, Phantom the palomino horse is tamed by Jean and Angus and brought to England. Christine Pullein-Thompson s much-loved series features their exciting adventures.
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  • Phantom Horse: The Wild Palomino

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Award Publications Ltd, Jan. 25, 2013)
    Running wild in the Virginia Mountains, Phantom the palomino horse is tamed by Jean and Angus and brought to England. Christine Pullein-Thompson s much-loved series features their exciting adventures.
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  • Phantom Horse - Comes Home: The Wild Palomino

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Award Publications Ltd, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Running wild in the Virginia Mountains, Phantom the palomino horse is tamed by Jean and Angus and brought to England. Christine Pullein-Thompson s much-loved series features their exciting adventures.
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  • A Home for Jessie

    Christine Pullein-Thompson, Doug Henry

    Paperback (Willowisp Pr, June 1, 1988)
    When Matt finds an injured Labrador puppy, he is determined to bring it back to health and to keep the puppy forever. Matt doesn't know the adventure that awaits him and Jessie, though.
  • They Rode to Victory

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Mass Market Paperback (Armada, )
    None
  • Phantom Horse

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Hardcover (Award Publications, July 1, 1997)
    None
  • Horse and Pony Stories

    Christine Pullein-Thompson

    Paperback (Kingfisher, June 20, 2003)
    A thoroughbred collection with a diverse selection of twenty stories and extracts by such authors as Anna Sewell, Leo Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Helen Griffiths, Saki, Monica Dickens, Walter Farley, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
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