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Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Argonauts of the Western Pacific


by Bronislaw Malinowski

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 527 PAGES

A landmark work in the field of economic anthropology, this book focuses on the exchange system of the Trobriand Islands. It also includes well considered ruminations on social organization, folklore, magic and ways of life. (PNG07, $21.95)

The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer, Close Encounters with Strangers

The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer, Close Encounters with Strangers


by Eric Hansen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

A hilarious account of Hansen's offbeat experiences and encounters around the world over the past 25 years. Hansen is a favorite travel writer with a welcome interest in natural history, oddball characters and tales. (TVL38, $15.95)

Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed


by Jared Diamond

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 575 PAGES

Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris). This revised edition includes a new afterword. (GEN324, $18.00)

Ethnographic Presents, Pioneering Anthropologists in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Ethnographic Presents, Pioneering Anthropologists in the Papua New Guinea Highlands


by Terence Hays

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • HARD COVER

In this richly detailed book, seven pioneering anthropologists tell of their field work in the highlands region of Papua New Guinea, a world largely unseen by westerners as late as 1950. (NGA15, $60.00)

The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead, A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research


by Derek Freeman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

Freeman continues the de-construction of Margaret Mead in this painstaking follow-up to his controversial biography of the anthropological icon. (PAC103, $17.00)

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific


by H. Douglas Pratt

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 409 PAGES

This landmark field guide with chapters on the islands and habitats features superb color plates by Pratt and a checklist of birds. (HWI32, $45.00)

Footprint Diving the World

Footprint Diving the World


by Beth Tierney | Shaun Tierney

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This beautifully illustrated guide covers 220 favorite dive sites in Australia and the Pacific, Central America, the Red Sea, East Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and the South Pacific. (OCE102, $29.95)

The Future Eaters, An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People

The Future Eaters, An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People


by Tim F. Flannery

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

An engaging ecological history of Australasia, focusing on human impact on local environments and animal populations in the recent geologic past. (AUS48, $16.00)

The Happy Isles of Oceania

The Happy Isles of Oceania


by Paul Theroux

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas in this wickedly funny, wide-ranging tale. (PAC03, $15.95)

In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey

In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey


by James Houston

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California. (PAC45, $14.95)

Like People You See in A Dream, First Contact in Six Papuan Societies

Like People You See in A Dream, First Contact in Six Papuan Societies


by Edward Schieffelin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

This book collects stories told by the people of the highlands of New Guinea about early European visitors, and especially the Strickland-Purari patrol of 1935 which encountered six "undiscovered" tribes. (PNG09, $27.95)

Michael Rockefeller: New Guinea Photographs, 1961

Michael Rockefeller: New Guinea Photographs, 1961


by Kevin Bubriski

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

This companion book to an exhibition at the Peabody features 75 striking duotone images of the culture and community of the highland Dani, selected from the work of Michael Rockefeller, who disappeared in the Asmat in 1961. (PNG23, $29.95)

Modern Papua New Guinea


by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

A collection of review articles. (PNG19, $25.00)

On the Road of the Winds

On the Road of the Winds


by Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

An excellent scholarly review of the prehistory and archaeology of Pacific civilizations before European contact. (PAC101, $39.95)

Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered

Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered


by Tim Cahill

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER

A collection of enertatining travel essays. (WLD01, $16.00)

Patterns of Culture

Patterns of Culture


by Ruth Benedict | Margaret Mead

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 290 PAGES

This pioneering book compares and contrasts three native cultures. (PNG10, $15.00)

PNG, A Fact Book on Modern Papua New Guinea


by Jackson Rannells

  • REFERENCE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 212 PAGES

A source book on the history, geography, people, economy and government of Papua New Guinea, organized from A to Z. (NGA08, $65.00)

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies


by Margaret Mead

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

A classic, still controversial book originally published in 1935. Mead looks at development, and especially the roles of men and women, in three societies in New Guinea. She conducted field work along the Sepik River from 1931-1933. (NGA12, $15.99)

Stinging Trees and Wait-A-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist

Stinging Trees and Wait-A-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist


by William Laurance

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 184 PAGES

A scientist's memoir from the 1980s at Millaa Millaa in the tropics of Queensland, detailing the rigors of field research and the joys of discovery. (AUS90, $25.00)

 

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