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	30 Days in the South Pacific, True Stories of Escape to Paradise • James O'Reilly • Sean O'Reilly • Larry Habegger • ANTHOLOGY • This anthology, which presents its stories as a month-long journey, features 30 tales of visitors and vagabonds taken in by the South Pacific. (PAC159, $14.95)
	Arts of the Pacific Islands • Anne D'Alleva • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • A brief overview of the well known textiles, sculptures, jewelry, paintings, architecture and dance of the Pacific Islands. This handsomely produced paperback covers the diversity of Polynesian and Micronesian art -- and the cultures that produce it. (PAC81, $18.95)
	The Cruise of the Snark • Jack London • EXPLORATION • A facsimile edition of London's richly evocative account of his ambitious 1906-7 voyage aboard a 43-foot ketch from San Francisco to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tuomotos, Fiji and the Solomon Islands with his wife and two crew. With 119 original photographs of places and people. (PAC17, $13.00)
	Desolation Island • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • An Aubrey-Maturin adventure, set in the Pacific and Australia. (PAC57, $24.00)
	Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas • Beth Tierney • Shaun Tierney • GUIDEBOOK • An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards. (OCE102, $29.95)
	In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey • James Houston • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California. (PAC45, $14.95)
	Landfalls of Paradise • Earl R. Hinz • GUIDEBOOK • Aimed at the yachtsman, this cruising guide is also a compact, illustrated overview of 75 ports and island nations throughout the Pacific. (PAC67, $44.95)
	The Last Navigator: A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea • Steve Thomas • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • In this travelogue, Thomas (best known as the host of This Old House), sailed by the stars throughout Micronesia with a master "palau" from the Caroline island of Satawal. (PAC39, $15.95)
	Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, A Companion to the Bounty Adventure • Sven Wahlroos • Rolf Du Rietz • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • A chronicle and gazetteer of the voyage of the Bounty (PAC109, $36.95)
	Nutmeg of Consolation • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • Further adventures of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. (AUS69, $24.00)
	Pioneers of the Pacific, Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810 • Nigel Rigby • EXPLORATION • (PAC166, $26.95)
	The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific • J. Maarten Troost • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Dragged unwittingly with his wife to Kiribati, the author settled down to explore the island and its eccentric inhabitants in this hilarious, disturbing first book. It's a fascinating, decidedly unromantic glimpse into island life. (PAC146, $12.95)
	South Sea Tales • Robert Louis Stevenson • LITERATURE • Towards the end of his life in the late 19th century, Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Samoa and traveled widely around the South Pacific. These entertaining tales, set among both real and mythical islands, show Stevenson's keen observations of island life. (PAC15, $14.95)
	Stevenson Under the Palm Trees • Alberto Manguel • LITERATURE • Manguel (A History of reading) evokes Robert Louis Stevenson and his years in the South Seas in this meditative novella set in Samoa. (PAC158, $18.00)
	Tales of the South Pacific • James A. Michener • LITERATURE • The first of the big Michener novels, set in World War II Polynesia. It's great fun, and the basis for the Rogers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific." (PAC18, $7.99)
	We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific • David Lewis • EXPLORATION • This engaging classic examines how Stone Age Polynesians may have navigated the Pacific. The scholarly volume will appeal to seafarers and modern Pacific travelers. (PAC35, $29.95)
	Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania • Nadia Wheatley • REFERENCE • A guide to 200 birdy places throughout Australasia . (PAC54, $62.50)
	The Wine-Dark Sea • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • Further adventures of Captain Aubrey and his friend Maturin, set in the Pacific. (PAC56, $24.00)

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