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Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK 2008 PAPER 264 PAGES
A practical guide to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands featuring region-by-region descriptions, a good overview of the culture, and excellent advice on travel.
(NGA06, $29.99)
Oceanic Art
Nicholas Thomas
ART & ARCHITECTURE 1995 PAPER 216 PAGES
A concise, cogent, and colorful overview of the gorgeous art of the Pacific Islands, placing the art in cultural and political context. Thomas not only describes the art thoroughly, but provides an understanding into the meaning of the art both for native peoples and Europeans. Thoroughly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and drawings.
(PAC06, $18.95)
Throwim Way Leg
Tim F. Flannery
EXPLORATION 2000 PAPER 336 PAGES
Subtitled "Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds, On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea," this witty account of a scientific expedition to New Guinea combines natural history, adventure and insightful commentary on local communities. A wonderful writer and top-notch scientist, Flannery returned from the expedition with 20 new species of mammals -- including a tree kangaroo and bat thought extinct since the Pleistocene. With sketch maps and photographs (including shots of the handsome ground-living tree kangaroo that Flannery discovered in the high mountains of Irian Jaya in 1994). "Throwim way leg" in the local idiom means to go on a journey.
(NGA18, $14.00)
Under the Mountain Wall, A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1962 PAPER 272 PAGES
Among our finest writers on natural history and culture, Matthiessen describes his wanderings in central New Guinea with sensitivity and insight.
(NGA04, $19.00)
Papua New Guinea Map
HEMA Maps
MAP
A clear color map of Papua New Guinea at a scale of 1:2,000,000, featuring city plans on reverse side.
(NGA05, $9.95)
PNG, A Fact Book on Modern Papua New Guinea
Jackson Rannells
REFERENCE
A source book on the history, geography, people, economy and government of Papua New Guinea, organized from A to Z.
(NGA08, $65.00)
Growing Up in New Guinea, A Comparative Study of Primitive Education
Margaret Mead
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Mead's 1930 study of developmental stages among the people of Manus in the Admiralty Islands to the north of New Guinea.
(PNG13, $14.95)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
HISTORY
A provocative, Pulitzer Prize-winning survey of human history and ecology by the ever-interesting Jared Diamond.
(GEN86, $17.95)
Pigs for the Ancestors
Roy Rappaport
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
In this anthropological classic, Rappaport looks at the elaborate ritual surrounding agriculture in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
(NGA07, $27.95)
Village on the Edge, Changing Times in Papua New Guinea
Michael French Smith
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A portrait of the people of Kragur village in East Sepik in Papua New Guinea. Smith's unusual book, partly a report of his travels, combines clear prose with insight and affection for the people.
(PNG20, $24.00)
Four Corners, Into the Heart of New Guinea
Kira Salak
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An adventurous, ambitious solo journey in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion, who traversed New Guinea in 1927.
(PNG14, $14.00)
Lost Worlds, Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest
Bruce Beehler
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Drawing on his experiences in Papua New Guinea, India, Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Panama, and the Ivory Coast, Beehler describes the surprises-- both pleasant and unpleasant -- of fieldwork.
(NAT145, $28.00)
Two Women, Two Worlds, Friendship Swept by Winds of Change
Audrey McCollum
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An intimate account of the growing friendship between a New York-based psychotherapist and Pirip Kuru, president of the South Wahgi Valley Women's Association in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
(PNG11, $16.00)
Where the Spirits Dwell
Tobias Schneebaum
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A lyrical account of four years among the headhunters of Asmat, a classic, highly personal portrait of a people. Schneebaum threw himself into the culture -- and this beautiful, haunting book was the result.
(INS23, $12.95)
Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones
LITERATURE
Jones sets his poignant tale of children, teachers and the transcendent power of storytelling in the midst of the 1990s civil war in Bougainville that pitched the islanders against the government of Papua New Guinea. He spins magic with gunfire and Great Expectations.
(PNG22, $12.00)
The Ghost Mountain Boys, Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea, the Forgotten War of the South Pacific
James Campbell
LITERATURE
A forgotten but stirring story of patriotism and bravery, and a searing account of one battalion's hell march across Papua New Guinea.
(PNG24, $14.95)
The White Mary
Kira Salak
LITERATURE
Set in New Guinea, Salak's first novel -- the tale of a young reporter searching for a colleague -- captures the thrill and uncertainly of adventure.
(PNG25, $25.00)
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Paddy Ryan
Peter Atkinson
NATURAL HISTORY
The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $19.95)
The Trembling Mountain, A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease
Robert Klitzman
NATURAL HISTORY
A medical mystery story set among the Fore people of highland New Guinea. This account of Klitzman's research into the origins of debilitating and incurable kuru focuses on the people and culture as much as on the groundbreaking research on prions.
(NGA17, $24.00)
Birds of New Guinea
Bruce Beehler
FIELD GUIDE
COMING IN MAY
Beehler is at work on a new edition of this standard field guide to the birds of New Guinea for Princeton University Press
(NGA01, $45.00)
Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific
Paul Humann
Ned Deloach
Gerald Allen
Roger Steene
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes, featuring 2,500 color photographs of 2,000 species.
(DIV49, $45.00)
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