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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 •
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) |
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The Cruise of the Snark
• Jack London
EXPLORATION •
2000 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Jack London's remarkable account of his ambitious 1906-7 cruise, in which he set out from San Francisco with his wife and two crew, and sailed to Hawaii, the Marquesas, and the Solomon Islands. It's largely a true adventure tale, richly evoking the islands he visits. This National Geographic Adventure Classics reprint includes selections from his wife's account of the voyage and a new map.
(PAC17, $14.95) |
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Desolation Island
• Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE •
1994 •
HARD COVER
An Aubrey-Maturin adventure, set in the Pacific and Australia.
(PAC57, $24.00) |
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Footprint Diving the World
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
This beautifully illustrated guide covers 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) |
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In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey
• James Houston
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California. From contemplating the Kilauea crater to watching a Ryukyuan dance at an Okinawa community center, Houston reveals the pan-Pacific identity that has emerged from the mixing of Eastern and Western cultures. From the author of "Farewell to Manzanar."
(PAC45, $14.95) |
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Landfalls of Paradise
• Earl R. Hinz
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 369 PAGES
Aimed at the yachtsman and crammed with detailed information on officialdom in the region, this guide also a great sourcebook for the traveler. With a detailed overview of 75 ports and islands throughout Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Fifth Edition.
(PAC67, $46.99) |
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Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, A Companion to the Bounty Adventure
• Sven Wahlroos
• Rolf Du Rietz
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 639 PAGES
A chronicle and gazetteer of the voyage of the Bounty, originally published in 1989. A print-on-demand edition (hence the hefty price). The book includes Bligh's second expedition
(PAC109, $36.95) |
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Nutmeg of Consolation
• 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. The passage on Botany Bay is one of the most evocative (and frightening) descriptions we know of the first European settlements in Australia. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series.
(AUS69, $24.00) |
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Pioneers of the Pacific, Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
• Nigel Rigby
EXPLORATION •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
The adventures of six of Cook's immediate successors in the South Seas.
(PAC166, $26.95) |
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
• J. Maarten Troost
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
Dragged unwittingly with his wife to Kiribati, the author settled down to explore the island, its eccentric inhabitants, issues and challenges in this hilarious, disturbing first book. The account details his misadventures with pollution, angry dogs and other island disasters. It's hardly paradise. This isolated group of 33 atolls was known as the Gilbert Islands until independence from Britain in 1979.
(PAC146, $14.00) |
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South Sea Tales
• 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. They stand out among other early western fiction on the area because their heroes are islanders, not westerners, and they extend a critical eye to European influence in the islands. Moreover, they're a lot of fun.
(PAC15, $14.95) |
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Tales of the South Pacific
• James A. Michener
LITERATURE •
1989 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
This first of the big Michener novels, set in World War II Polynesia, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1948. It's dated, certainly, but still a lot of fun. It was the basis for the Rogers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific."
(PAC18, $7.99) |
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We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific
• David Lewis
EXPLORATION •
1994 •
PAPER
• 464 PAGES
A classic, this engaging book examines how Stone Age Polynesians may have navigated the Pacific. The scholarly volume, now in its second edition, will appeal to seafarers and modern Pacific travelers. More than just a history, it provides enough information that a reader could practically build a canoe and navigate the oceans using the stars as a guide. It includes a glossary of Polynesian terms, latitude and longitude of main island groups and a fairly mathematical essay on variation of star position with latitude.
(PAC35, $31.99) |
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Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania
• Nadia Wheatley
REFERENCE •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 464 PAGES
A guide to 200 destinations throughout Australasia including checklists and descriptions of the avifauna.
(PAC54, $69.00) |
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