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30 Days in the South Pacific, True Stories of Escape to Paradise

30 Days in the South Pacific, True Stories of Escape to Paradise


by James O'Reilly | Sean O'Reilly | Larry Habegger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 226 PAGES

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)

The Cruise of the Snark

The Cruise of the Snark


by Jack London

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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 members. With 119 original photographs of places and people. (PAC17, $14.95)

Desolation Island


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER

An Aubrey-Maturin adventure, set in the Pacific and Australia. (PAC57, $24.00)

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)

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)

Landfalls of Paradise

Landfalls of Paradise


by Earl R. Hinz

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 369 PAGES

Aimed at the yachtsman, this cruising guide is also a compact, illustrated overview of 75 ports and island nations throughout the Pacific. (PAC67, $46.99)

Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, A Companion to the Bounty Adventure

Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, A Companion to the Bounty Adventure


by Sven Wahlroos | Rolf Du Rietz

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 639 PAGES

A chronicle and gazetteer of the voyage of the Bounty (PAC109, $36.95)

Nutmeg of Consolation

Nutmeg of Consolation


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 315 PAGES

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

Pioneers of the Pacific, Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810


by Nigel Rigby

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

The adventures of six of Cook's immediate successors in the South Seas. (PAC166, $26.95)

The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific

The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific


by J. Maarten Troost

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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, $14.00)

South Sea Tales

South Sea Tales


by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 289 PAGES

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, $17.05)

Tales of the South Pacific

Tales of the South Pacific


by James A. Michener

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific


by David Lewis

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

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, $31.99)

Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania


by Nadia Wheatley

  • REFERENCE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 464 PAGES

A guide to 200 birdy places throughout Australasia . (PAC54, $69.00)

 

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