Early Tonga, As the Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810  •  Edwin Ferdon ANTHOLOGY •  1987 •  HARD COVER  • 339 PAGES • COMING IN For anyone interested in pre-Christian Tonga, this is an excellent sourcebook. The author presents the island nation as perceived by early literate visitors. (PAC70, $50.00)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)
A History of the Pacific Islands  •  Ian Campbell HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 239 PAGES • COMING IN A brief, authoritative history of the Pacific Islands from earliest habitation, through European influence, to the emergence of modern independent island nations by a professor at the University of Canterbury. (PAC04, $21.95)