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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $89, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPNG04)		  
Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands  •  Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES
This informative guide to PNG and the Solomons features a good overview of culture, history and nature, with excellent travel information and maps. (NGA06, $29.99)		   Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands
Oceanic Art  •  Nicholas Thomas
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES
A concise, cogent, and colorful overview of the gorgeous art of the Pacific Islands, placing the art in cultural and political context. Thomas not only describes the art thoroughly, but provides an understanding into the meaning of the art both for native peoples and Europeans. Thoroughly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. (PAC06, $19.95)		   Oceanic Art
Throwim Way Leg  •  Tim F. Flannery
EXPLORATION •  2000 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES
Subtitled "Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds, On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea," this witty account of a scientific expedition to New Guinea combines natural history, adventure and insightful commentary on local communities. A wonderful writer and top-notch scientist, Flannery returned from the expedition with 20 new species of mammals -- including a tree kangaroo and bat thought extinct since the Pleistocene. With sketch maps and photographs (including shots of the handsome ground-living tree kangaroo that Flannery discovered in the high mountains of Irian Jaya in 1994). "Throwim way leg" in the local idiom means to go on a journey. (NGA18, $14.00)		   Throwim Way Leg
Under the Mountain Wall, A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea  •  Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1962 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES
Among our finest writers on natural history and culture, Matthiessen describes his wanderings in central New Guinea with sensitivity and insight. Enormously enjoyable. (NGA04, $19.00)		   Under the Mountain Wall, A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea
New Guinea Map  •  ITMB
2010 •  MAP
A clear color map with index of Papua New Guinea at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with West Papua (Indonesia) on the reverse at a scale of 1,650,000. One Side. 22x32 inches. (NGA05, $12.95)		   New Guinea Map



Also Recommended

Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy pocket phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (PNG26, $8.99)
 		  
Growing Up in New Guinea, A Comparative Study of Primitive Education  •  Margaret Mead   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Mead's 1930 study of developmental stages among the people of Manus in the Admiralty Islands to the north of New Guinea. (PNG13, $14.99)
 		  
Guns, Germs and Steel  •  Jared Diamond   • HISTORY  •  An expert on Papua New Guinea, Diamond looks at geography, environment, economics and disease in this provocative, Pulitzer Prize-winning survey of human history and ecology. (GEN86, $18.95)
 		  
Pigs for the Ancestors  •  Roy Rappaport   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  In this anthropological classic, Rappaport looks at the elaborate ritual surrounding agriculture in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. (NGA07, $32.95)
 		  
The Ghost Mountain Boys, Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea: the Forgotten War of the South Pacific  •  James Campbell   • HISTORY  •  A forgotten but stirring story of patriotism and bravery, and a searing account of one battalion's hell march across Papua New Guinea. (PNG24, $14.95)
 		  
Village on the Edge, Changing Times in Papua New Guinea  •  Michael French Smith   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A portrait of the people of Kragur village in East Sepik in Papua New Guinea. Smith's unusual book, partly a report of his travels, combines clear prose with insight and affection for the people. (PNG20, $29.00)
 		  
Malinowski's Kiriwina: Fieldwork Photography 1915-1918  •  Michael Young   • EXPLORATION  •  An excellent collection of 200 previously unpublished photographs of the Trobriand Islanders. Organized thematically, Young includes extensive quotes from Malinowski's books and diaries. (PNG12, $57.50)
 		  
Four Corners, Into the Heart of New Guinea  •  Kira Salak   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An adventurous, ambitious solo journey in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion, who traversed New Guinea in 1927. (PNG14, $16.00)
 		  
Lost Worlds, Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest  •  Bruce Beehler   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Drawing on his experiences in Papua New Guinea, India, Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Panama, and the Ivory Coast, Beehler describes the surprises -- both pleasant and unpleasant -- of fieldwork. (NAT145, $17.00)
 		  
Notebooks from New Guinea  •  Vojtech Novotny   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Novotny writes with offhand candor and verve in this exhilarating account of field work among the people of New Guinea over the last ten years. (NGA24, $17.95)
 		  
Two Women, Two Worlds, Friendship Swept by Winds of Change  •  Audrey McCollum   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An intimate account of the growing friendship between a New York-based psychotherapist and Pirip Kuru, president of the South Wahgi Valley Women's Association in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. (PNG11, $16.00)
 		  
Where the Spirits Dwell  •  Tobias Schneebaum   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A lyrical account of four years among the headhunters of Asmat, a classic, highly personal portrait of a people. Schneebaum threw himself into the culture -- and this beautiful, haunting book was the result. (INS23, $15.95)
 		  
Mister Pip  •  Lloyd Jones   • LITERATURE  •  Jones sets his poignant tale of children, teachers and the transcendent power of storytelling in the midst of the 1990s civil war in Bougainville that pitched the islanders against the government of Papua New Guinea. He spins magic with gunfire and Great Expectations. (PNG22, $15.00)
 		  
The White Mary  •  Kira Salak   • LITERATURE  •  Set in the remote jungles of New Guinea's interior, Salak's first novel -- the tale of a young reporter searching for a colleague -- captures the thrill and uncertainty of adventure. (PNG25, $14.00)
 		  
Birds of The Gods  •  David Attenborough   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  David Attenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists and their expedition to film the spectacular birds of paradise. (PNG27, $19.99)
 		  
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)
 		  
The Trembling Mountain, A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease  •  Robert Klitzman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A medical mystery story set among the Fore people of highland New Guinea. This account of Klitzman's research into the origins of debilitating and incurable kuru focuses on the people and culture as much as on the groundbreaking research on prions. (NGA17, $24.00)
 		  
Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific  •  Paul Humann  •  Ned Deloach  •  Gerald Allen  •  Roger Steene   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes features 2,500 color photographs. (DIV49, $48.00)
 		  
 
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