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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $46, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPAC69A)		  
The Happy Isles of Oceania  •  Paul Theroux
EXPLORATION •  2006 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES • FAVORITE
Here's Theroux at his wickedly funny and open-minded best. The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas. (PAC03, $15.95)		   The Happy Isles of Oceania
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan
NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES
An illustrated overview of coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this compact book is an excellent resource for anyone thinking of exploring the underwater world. Beginners will appreciate the chapters on learning to snorkel, reef etiquette, photography hints and first aid. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)		   The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Reference Map of Oceania, The Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia  •  James A. Bier
2009 •  MAP
This double-sided sheet shows the whole Pacific from Hawaii west to French Polynesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea (1:17,460,000) with detailed maps of 52 islands and island chains on the reverse. Two Sides. 23x36 inches. (PAC07, $9.95)		   Reference Map of Oceania, The Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia



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Lonely Planet South Pacific  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, detailed and practical guide to travel in the South Pacific from the Solom Islands across to Pitcairn. (PAC120, $27.99)
 		  
Ocean, An Illustrated Atlas  •  Sylvia Earle   • REFERENCE  •  This National Geographic atlas features spectacular, cutting-edge maps of the sea floor, 200 color photographs, satellite images and timely commentary on exploration, global warming and conservation by Sylvia Earle and others. (OCE133, $65.00)
 		  
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Destiny's Landfall, A History of Guam  •  Robert Rogers   • HISTORY  •  This standard comprehensive history of the island of Guam and its Chamorro inhabitants is written with an anthropological focus. (PAC38, $37.00)
 		  
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On the Road of the Winds  •  Patrick Vinton Kirch   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  An excellent scholarly review of the prehistory and archaeology of Pacific civilizations before European contact. (PAC101, $39.95)
 		  
The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia  •  Adrienne L. Kaeppler   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Kaeppler's covers the range of textiles, bark cloth, body ornament carving and ornament throughout the Pacific in this lively, authoritative survey. With 100 illustrations, most in full color. (PAC214, $27.95)
 		  
Saipan, The War Diary of John Ciardi  •  John Ciardi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A personal document of the war in the Pacific as seen by an American poet, written on the island of Saipan where he was stationed as a gunner. (PAC113, $18.95)
 		  
The Edge of Paradise, America in Micronesia  •  P. K. Kluge   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $21.00)
 		  
The Island of the Colorblind  •  Oliver Sacks   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Sacks examines an unusually large population of colorblind people in the remote Pacific. (PAC44, $15.95)
 		  
Travels in the East  •  Donald Richie  •  Stephen Mansfield   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The unmatchable, exuberant Richie (who winningly writes "New countries are like new clothes") muses on Egypt, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Thailand, Yap, Korea, and Japan in this kaleidoscope of travel essays. (ASA63, $14.95)
 		  
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Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific  •  Paul Humann  •  Ned Deloach  •  Gerald Allen  •  Roger Steene   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes features 2,500 color photographs. (DIV49, $48.00)
 		  
 
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