The stone faces and human problems on easter island ucla. To order any publications, please send an email to books at or download an. Bookworks, the selfpublishers association, is a worldwide community dedicated exclusively to helping selfpublishing authors prepare, publish and promote their books. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of easter island by jennifer vanderbes. The tiny island is more than a thousand miles from its nearest island neighbor to the west and 2,200 miles. Are you visiting easter island or simply want to learn more about this mysterious place. Jul 10, 20 in his fascinating book, mysteries of easter island, francis mazier explores the legends of the statues and the lost land of hiva. Easter island books 101 books meet your next favorite book. Books about the island tend to fall into two categories. List of books and articles about easter island online. Easter island, in the middle of the pacific ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since europeans first arrived in the 1700s. Im particularly interested in books that will give me the sort of info id get if i went on a guided tour. Slowly unearthing the islands haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading of jennifer vanderbes easter island.
Named easter island by the dutch explorer jacob roggeveen, who first spied it on easter day 1722, this tiny spit of volcanic rock in the vast south seas is, even today, the most remote inhabited. The debut novel of jennifer vanderbes, easter island is a tale of two women from two different eras, both of who move to easter island to find refuge from their pasts. This detailed list of best easter island books includes. A story about two journeys of transformation, forgiveness, and, ultimately, redemption, easter island is a powerful debut and a wonderfully intriguing book to discuss. Easter island is loved for its beaches and has lots of places to visit including ahu akahanga and ahu hanga tetenga. Choose from 52 hotels in easter island with prices starting from usd 42 per night. Easter island is a 2003 historical novel by jennifer vanderbes.
Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. There is no such flummery in steven fischers new book. The 10 best easter island vacation rentals, apartments. In easter island dna, evidence of genetic loneliness the. Easter island is fairly isolated with only a small population of people making it the perfect place for stargazing with few external light sources, making it an ideal spot for romantic star gazing. Diamond says easter island provides the best historical example of a societal collapse in isolation.
It is an a wonderful collection of facts, scientific and historical with current theories added to the mix. It details routledges journey by yacht from england to south america, around patagonia to chile and on to easter island, giving an account of its life, history and folklore. Search, find and book the perfect easter island vacation rental for your next trip from travelocity. Here you can learn about the easter island statues and find out more about this fascinating place. Easter island guide book easter island visitor information.
View tripadvisor s 624 photos and great deals on 26 vacation rentals, cabins and villas in easter island, chile. The life of katherine routledge and her remarkable expedition. Well even let you know about secret offers and sales when you sign up to our emails. I felt betrayed by the characters i encountered and came to enjoy throughout the book that left me flat and saying is that is. Easter island by william thomson nook book ebook barnes. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Dec 10, 20 as jared diamond tells it in his bestselling book, collapse, easter island is the clearest example of a society that destroyed itself by overexploiting its own resources. One of a kind books the easter island foundation promoting. It is an a wonderful collection of facts, scientific and historical with current theories added to. Everyone who visits easter island should take a copy of this book with them.
Said veriveri to maziere, king hotumatua came to easter island in two canoes. There is also a small thread of a german world war i naval squadron present in the book. In this extraordinary fiction debutrich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passiontwo remarkable narratives converge on easter island, one of the most remote places in the world. Easter island tours, easter island sightseeing, activities in easter island, easter island day tours, easter island attractions, easter island transfers, easter island bus tours, easter island day trips, and much more. Here you can learn about the easter island statues and. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes nook book ebook. But the people who already lived there polynesian descendants of a massive human migration more than 500 years earlier, simply called the place home, van tilburg said. Known today as rapa nui, or great rapa to distinguish it from little rapa, or rapa iti, the island s earliest native settlers called it te piti o te henua, or the. Book buy direct from the worlds most trusted sightseeing brand, gray line. The secrets of easter island history smithsonian magazine. Easter island is the story of two women who went to the island and did research. Easter island is an overview of the mysterious easter island, with pictures. Best books on easter island easter island forum tripadvisor.
What happened on easter island a new even scarier scenario. Oct 12, 2017 the giant, mysterious stone men, or moai, for which easter island, or rapa nui, is known. Sep 14, 2017 the book references and analyzes most scientific theories around easter island and is a comprehensive analysis for anyone interested in easter island. Located some 2,200 miles from south america, the island was inhabited by polynesians before the arrival of the dutch, spanish, and english in the 1700s. Elsa beazley arrives at easter island in 1916 with her new husband and her mentally handicapped sister. The essential guidebook to this mysterious and enigmatic island, and the only book about easter island written by someone who actually lives here.
About where is easter island unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote pacific island. I even purchased katherine routledges mystery of easter island on which elsas story was based, thats how interested vanderbes made me in easter island. First published in 1919, this work provides information on that most mysterious of islands easter island rapa nui. Easter island was named on easter day, 1722, by the dutch navigator jakob roggeven. As jared diamond tells it in his bestselling book, collapse, easter island is the clearest example of a society that destroyed itself by. Jan 21, 2011 a thorough read of this always complex and sometimes dissatisfying book reveals that vanderbes chose that title carefully. Easter island went nowhere by nbaker see profile 102611. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes reading guidebook club.
Mazier was able to talk with a dying leper named gabriel veriveri who was allegedly the last initiate of the secrets of easter island. How to visit easter island without breaking the bank. Reading guide for easter island by jennifer vanderbes. To get started booking your cheap flights to easter island, simply enter your travel dates into our easytouse reservation system. Easter island, an isosceles triangle of volcanic rock in the pacific ocean, is two thousand miles from both tahiti and chile and one of the most isolated places on earth. This guidebook includes the island s history, culture and all of its significant archaeological sites. May 14, 2020 browse and book from the best vacation rentals with prices in easter island. List of books and articles about easter island online research. The island is one of the most remote locations on earth, being more than 3,200 km 2,000 mi from the closest populations on tahiti or chile. Both women are curious and intelligent, and both experience betrayal and loss as well as true friendship and love. The cataclysm of easter island and the statues walked.
Apr 19, 2019 rapa nui is more commonly known as easter island because dutch explorer jacob roggeveen first landed there on easter sunday, april 5, 1722. Guide for inquisitve minds is one of those books that captures the imagination right from the start. The tiny island is more than a thousand miles from its nearest island neighbor to. Sausalito press is delighted to announce that easter island sketchbook has been selected as the bookworks book of the week for the week of march 9, 2015.
My selfguided tour plan leads me to another question. A remarkable book, heavy in research and with a vivid description of easter island. All book sales directly support the easter island foundation. The secret of easter island lj 9158, a popular account of his excavation of the remote pacific island with its now famous monumental stone statues. Easter island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people. Vacation rentals in easter island, chile tripadvisor. The island is perhaps most famous for the giant stone monoliths, known as moai, that have been placed along the coastline. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The characters are flawed but well developed and believable in both eras. Paphos publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Make sure to book a window seat on the lefthand side of the plane on the way there and back for the best views.
Slowly unearthing the island s haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever. The giant, mysterious stone men, or moai, for which easter island, or rapa nui, is known. From library journal the title of this book is somewhat redundant, for in 1955 heyerdahl made his first trip to easter island and wrote akuaku. As jared diamond tells it in his bestselling book, collapse, easter island is the clearest example of a society that destroyed itself by overexploiting its own resources. The spread of european diseases, especially smallpox, and the raids of spanish slavers reduced the population to slightly more than 100 by 1887. Join two intrepid young women as they delve into the centuriesold mysteries of easter island. This book employs the comparative method to understand societal collapses to which environmental problems contribute.
Lonely planet chile and easter island country travel guide. In the prologue, jared diamond summarizes his methodology in one paragraph. Dotted with mysterious stone statues and boasting several volcanic craters, chiles easter island is one of the remotest places on earth. Night view of easter island and statues representing gigantic human faces near the edge of a cliff.
Restrained passion and conflicted loyalties drive this sweeping debut novel, in which two women of different eras experience the mysteries of easter island. You fly right over the island and make a turn southeast across the ocean to finally land from the west at mataveri international airport, the only airport on easter island. This title features expanded coverage of patagonia, including new adventure options in puerto natales and more information on chiles crown jewel, torres del paine national park. Book your perfect vacation rental in easter island, chile on flipkey today. Easter island sketchbook an artists journey to the.
Jan 21, 2011 easter island, an isosceles triangle of volcanic rock in the pacific ocean, is two thousand miles from both tahiti and chile and one of the most isolated places on earth. Many books about easter island are superficial fluff. Strong cultural coverage gets under the skin of this skinny country including a special feature on wine. Being dedicated to their work there is little room for love and romantic connections. However, i found that greers story intrigued me much more than elsas, even though elsas was closer to my normal time period and subject matter of choice.
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