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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
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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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Arts of the Pacific Islands
• Anne D'Alleva
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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Australasia Map
• Bartholomew Maps
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A colorful map of the region from Australia to Samoa, including Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and many Pacific Islands. At a scale of 1:8.5 million.
(AUS61, $13.95)
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The Basic Book of Sea Kayaking
• Derek C. Hutchinson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief guide to the fundamentals of sea kayaking by a leading authority, equally useful for the beginner and as a review for experienced paddlers. With 50 color illustrations.
(OCE54, $9.95)
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Birds of the Solomons, Vanuatu & New Caledonia
• Chris Doughty
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A compact guide to the birds of the Southwest Pacific featuring 91 color plates by Nicholas Day and Andrew Plant. Maps, descriptions and illustrations are integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field.
(PAC97, $29.95)
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Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
• Tony Horwitz
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A vivid tale of modern adventure, history and fun in the wake of Captain Cook. Horwitz paints a broad picture of the explorer and his time, capturing the places and personalities Cook encountered in his daring voyages around the world.
(EXP31, $16.00)
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Captain James Cook
• Richard Hough
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vividly written narrative of the life and three great voyages of Captain Cook. This fine book includes a gripping account of his discoveries throughout the Pacific.
(PAC24, $50.00)
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Coming of Age in Samoa
• Margaret Mead
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A much-debated ethnographic classic, well worth reading for its evocation of life in the American Samoa in the 1920s.
(PAC12, $14.00)
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The Cruise of the Snark
• Jack London
• EXPLORATION
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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.
(PAC17, $13.00)
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Desolation Island
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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An Aubrey-Maturin adventure, set in the Pacific and Australia.
(PAC57, $24.00)
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Destiny's Landfall, A History of Guam
• Robert Rogers
• HISTORY
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This standard comprehensive history of the island of Guam and its Chamorro inhabitants is written with an anthropological focus.
(PAC38, $29.00)
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The Diver's Handbook
• Alan Mountain
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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Designed for beginning divers, this illustrated handbook covers everything from equipment and health to conservation.
(DIV26, $24.95)
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The Edge of Paradise, America in Micronesia
• P. K. Kluge
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The insightful, personal memoir of a Peace Corps volunteer in the American possessions in the Mariana, Caroline and Marshall Islands of Micronesia in 1967, including Truk and Ponape.
(PAC33, $19.00)
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The Far Side of the World
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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This tale, set in 1812, features a trip around Cape Horn, with Stephen Maturin, Patrick O'Brian's wonderful opium-addicted naturalist.
(PAC55, $24.00)
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Flags of Our Fathers
• James Bradley
• HISTORY
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A compelling portrait of the young men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, five marines and a navy corpsman.
(PAC77, $14.00)
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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France and the South Pacific since 1940
• Robert Aldrich
• HISTORY
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A well-researched history of the South Pacific Islands from World War II to the present.
(PAC89, $25.00)
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French Polynesia Map
• IGN
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An excellent map of French Polynesia.
(PAC32, $16.95)
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Gauguin Tahiti
• Francoise Cachin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This illustrated catalog features gorgeous reproductions and authoritative essays on Gauguin and his time in Tahiti. With 260 color and 80 black-and-white illustrations of paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and sculptures.
(PAC92, $65.00)
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Gauguin's Skirt
• Stephen F. Eisenman
• HISTORY
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A provocative analysis by an art historian of Gauguin and his work in Tahiti -- and its meaning for current politics in French Polynesia. With 110 reproductions (seven in color) of Gauguin's works and of photos circa 1900.
(PAC95, $24.95)
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Gauguin, The Quest for Paradise
• Francoise Colchin
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Concise and beautifully illustrated, this overview of the artist, his work and life features a significant section on his time in Tahiti. The book includes many paintings as well as excerpts from his journals and other writings.
(PAC27, $12.95)
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Guadalcanal, The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
• Richard Frank
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive account of the battle, using a variety of primary sources to flesh out the story of one of the most important battles on the Pacific front during WWII.
(PAC61, $22.00)
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Hidden Tahiti & French Polynesia
• Robert F. Kay
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia, geared for nature-oriented travelers. It includes a survey of culture, history, activities and extensive travel information.
(PAC22, $18.95)
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In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey
• James Houston
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California.
(PAC45, $14.95)
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The Island of the Colorblind
• Oliver Sacks
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Sacks examines an unusually large population of colorblind people in the remote Pacific.
(PAC44, $14.95)
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Kon-Tiki, Across the Pacific by Raft
• Thor Heyerdahl
• F. H. Lyon
• EXPLORATION
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The hugely popular account of a daring 1947 voyage sailing along the Humboldt and Equatorial currents from Peru to Tahiti. Apart from the sheer adventure, Heyerdahl wanted to show the world that Polynesians could have settled the region. With photographs.
(PAC10, $5.99)
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The Last Navigator: A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea
• Steve Thomas
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
• Daniel Defoe
• LITERATURE
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This edition of the classic story features reproductions of the original wood-cut illustrations and an introduction to the life and times of Defoe. Based on the story of Alexander Selkirk, who was abandoned on the island now named after him.
(PAC29, $14.99)
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Lonely Planet Fiji
• Robyn Jones
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Fiji in the Lonely Planet style.
(PAC128, $17.99)
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Lonely Planet Tahiti and French Polynesia
• Tony Wheeler
• Jean-Bernard Carillet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia with information on history, culture and nature.
(PAC86, $22.99)
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Moon and Sixpence
• Somerset Maugham
• LITERATURE
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Maugham's well-regarded 1919 novel, inspired by the life of Gaugin; it's the powerful story of a man who relinquishes his family to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, eventually moving to the South Pacific.
(PAC16, $12.00)
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Moon Handbook Micronesia
• Neil Levy
• GUIDEBOOK
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A thorough introduction to the land, history and culture of Micronesia, including Guam and Palau. It includes good practical detail on getting around, where to go, and where to stay. With maps and a few black-and-white drawings and photographs.
(PAC40, $17.95)
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Moon Handbook Tahiti
• David Stanley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, map-filled guidebook to Tahiti, including the Cook Islands, with information on history, culture and highlights.
(PAC87, $17.95)
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Mr. Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the "Bounty"
• Greg Dening
• HISTORY
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The story of Captain Bligh and his mutiny is still fertile ground.
(PAC42, $43.00)
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Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, A Companion to the Bounty Adventure
• Sven Wahlroos
• Rolf Du Rietz
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A chronicle and gazetteer of the voyage of the Bounty
(PAC109, $36.95)
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Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands
• Douglas L. Oliver
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A digest of the author's scholarly work on the cultures of the Pacific before contact with Europeans. It's a brief and illuminating overview of native cultures, featuring good descriptions of family life, food, travel, and social relations.
(PAC08, $20.00)
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Nest in the Wind, Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island
• Martha C. Ward
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A memoir of anthropological research among the peoples of Ponhpei in Micronesia.
(PAC37, $14.95)
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Noa Noa, The Tahiti Journal
• Paul Gauguin
• John Miller
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Gauguin's journals from Tahiti, originally published by the author in 1818. With gorgeous reproductions of watercolors and etchings alongside the artist's impressions of two years in French Polynesia.
(PAC13, $19.95)
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Nutmeg of Consolation
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Ocean World
• Jacques Cousteau
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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The classic gorgeously illustrated overview of ocean life by Jacques Cousteau and his team.
(OCE40, $34.98)
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Okinawa, The Last Battle of World War II
• Ross Leckie
• HISTORY
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A fast-paced history of the battle as witnessed by participants on both sides.
(PAC60, $15.00)
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Omoo
• Herman Melville
• LITERATURE
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The second entry in Melville's triology set in the Marquesas and South Pacific.
(PAC93, $14.00)
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Pacific Ocean Map
• HEMA Maps
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A map of the Pacific at a scale of 1:24 million with detailed maps of individual islands and island groups.
(PAC52, $8.95)
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Pioneers of the Pacific, Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
• Nigel Rigby
• EXPLORATION
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(PAC166, $26.95)
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Pouliuli
• Albert Wendt
• LITERATURE
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A celebrated novel of village life and power and myth by the noted Samoan writer.
(PAC19, $10.00)
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Reference Map of Oceania, the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia
• James A. Bier
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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NEW EDITION NOW DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST 2008. This outstanding double-sided map shows both an overview of the western Pacific at a scale of 1:17,460,000 and 52 detailed inset maps of the principal islands and island chains
(PAC07, $9.95)
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Robinson Crusoe
• Daniel Defoe
• LITERATURE
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It's worth revisiting this classic before exploring Selkirk Island.
(PAC30, $8.00)
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Serpent in Paradise
• Dea Birkett
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Intrigued by legends and romance, journalist Dea Birkett gets herself to three-square-mile Pitcairn Island for a sojourn among the descendents of Captain Bligh's mutinous crew.
(PAC28, $12.95)
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
• J. Maarten Troost
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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South Sea Tales
• Jack London
• LITERATURE
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Drawn largely from his cultural experiences in the Pacific, this is a dark collection of London's tales about the South Sea. Originally published in 1911, the collection includes "Mauki" and "The Terrible Solomans."
(PAC85, $7.95)
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South Sea Tales
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
• Alberto Manguel
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Tahiti and Society Islands Map
• IGN
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A French-produced foldup map of Tahiti and the Society Islands, at a scale of 1:100,000.
(PAC65, $16.95)
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Tahitians, Mind and Experience in the Society Islands
• Robert I. Levy
• Pierre Heyman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly book on the cultural aspects of the peoples of Tahiti.
(PAC84, $43.00)
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Treasure Island
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• LITERATURE
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The famous adventure story inspired by the Isla de Coco.
(PAC25, $8.95)
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The Truelove
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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More terrific Aubrey & Maturin, set in the Pacific.
(PAC53, $24.00)
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Typee, A Peep at Polynesian Life
• Herman Melville
• LITERATURE
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The most popular of Melville's books during his lifetime, this partly autobiographical work first published in 1846 tells the story of Tommo, a Yankee sailor who jumps ship and enters the flawed Pacific paradise of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas.
(PAC14, $12.95)
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Typee, Omoo, Mardi
• Herman Melville
• LITERATURE
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Melville's South Pacific trilogy featuring a Yankee sailor who jumps ship and enters the flawed Pacific paradise of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas.
(PAC62, $40.00)
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Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania
• Nadia Wheatley
• REFERENCE
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A guide to 200 birdy places throughout Australasia .
(PAC54, $60.00)
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The Wine-Dark Sea
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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Further adventures of Captain Aubrey and his friend Maturin, set in the Pacific.
(PAC56, $24.00)
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