Australia & Oceania Books


Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)
Well written account of life on a submarine at the heart of the cold war. Worth a read.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Best Price: $4.49
This book is a treasure. It's hands down the best retelling of a survivor tale that I've read....
A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries)A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries)
Best Price: $13.17
There are probably only a handful of scientists the average educated person could name, among...
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Best Price: $10.00
Excellent book; well presented with photo's. Difficult to put down. It was recommended by Jeff...
The SonglinesThe Songlines
Best Price: $7.49
The first sentence sounded promising:"In Alice Springs - a grid of scorching streets where...


The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South PacificThe Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South Pacific
Best Price: $12.95
Great book. I couldnt put it down. Well written. Anyone interested in history should read...
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's FoundingThe Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
Best Price: $4.95
In short this book has taught me a great deal about the history of Australia and I totally...
The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle ClubsThe Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Best Price: $8.82
As others have pointed out, this book probably is more relevant to the aussie bike scene than...
The Road from CoorainThe Road from Coorain
Best Price: $1.20
Not very interesting. There's not much else I can say. Everybody has a story, including...
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the WorldIsland of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Best Price: $5.99
In January of 1864, the Australian schooner, Grafton, wrecked on Auckland Island, an...


The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the PacificThe Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
Best Price: $8.98
It's been some years since I read this book but it still comes back loud and clear - what a...
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeBlue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Best Price: $1.50
Blue latitudes is an excellent book about Cook's adventures in the Pacific and about the person...
Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York EskimoGive Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Best Price: $4.99
Poor Minik, captured by white traders and brought to Manhattan to be a freak! It was the age of...
Australia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Australia (Country Abcs)Australia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Australia (Country Abcs)
Best Price: $3.93
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Ancient HawaiiAncient Hawaii
Best Price: $8.98
Liked the story. LOVED the artwork. If you're only going to have one book on Hawaii's history,...

So You Want to Live in HawaiiSo You Want to Live in Hawaii
Best Price: $10.53
I can't say enough about the honesty in this book. This book does not sugar coat, living in...
The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)
Best Price: $8.90
Stellar story that was painstakenly researched. This is the kind of book that inspires one to...
Kaua'I Trails: Walks, Strolls, and Treks on the Garden Island (Kauai Trails: Walks, Strolls & Treks on the Garden Island)Kaua'I Trails: Walks, Strolls, and Treks on the Garden Island (Kauai Trails: Walks, Strolls & Treks on the Garden Island)
Best Price: $7.50
This book was a great help in planning our relatively short one week stay in Hawaii. It showed...
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All OverForeign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
Best Price: $7.85
Geraldine Brooks has written a book that I can empathise with. I think of how I might have had...
The Journals of Captain Cook (Penguin Classics)The Journals of Captain Cook (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.19
I wanted to like this book. I really did. When I saw it online, I thought that it looked...

An Island to OneselfAn Island to Oneself
Best Price: $19.96
This book is so good that i could not put it down. I I have often daydreamed about living on a...
The Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient ChinaThe Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China
Best Price: $10.19
While on vacation in China, Jane O'Connor visited the thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior...
Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral PowersWise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers
Best Price: $6.45
I bought this book with the hope of finding something more authentic than some of the more...
My PlaceMy Place
Best Price: $16.95
There are some one- to three-star reviews for this book which suggest that it (a) is boring, (b)...
A Night to RememberA Night to Remember
Best Price: $1.22
Walter Lord did his homework on the Titanic's fateful night in this unforgettable and memorable...

TracksTracks
Best Price: $7.88
This book was so inspiring, I had to order it twice. I had lent my original copy which was...
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Perennial Classics)Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Perennial Classics)
Best Price: $5.49
Dr. Meade truly was one of the most well-known American Anthropologists in the 20th Century. Her...
From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Latitude 20 Books)From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Latitude 20 Books)
Best Price: $16.70
It is encouraging to have a Hawaiian book on Indigenism that, through the perceptions and words...
Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of HeroismAntarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism
Best Price: $8.50
An authoritative and well researched review. The author has used her literary skills with...
View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestView from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
Best Price: $3.68
Sir Edmund Hillary was clearly a remarkable man with his life marked particularly by the first...

The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $10.14
Apsley Cherry-Garrard was only 24 when he set out on Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. He...
In a Sunburned CountryIn a Sunburned Country
Best Price: $4.19
Bill Bryson's take on Australia is hilarious. I'm going there in a few weeks and can't wait to...
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the ArcticAda Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
Best Price: $5.12
This is a very interesting true story, of four young men lured to their deaths in the polar...
Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom (Asao Special Publications ; No. 1)Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom (Asao Special Publications ; No. 1)
Best Price: $12.50
Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's...
Hawaii The Big Island Revealed; The Ultimate GuidebookHawaii The Big Island Revealed; The Ultimate Guidebook
Best Price: $30.00
With the purchase of Hawaii The Big Island Revealed I now have the entire set of...

Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaSlicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica
Best Price: $14.11
Griffiths opens his book: "To voyage towards Antarctica is to go beyond the boundary of...
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest MutinyBatavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
Best Price: $6.85
I came across the bloody story of the shipwrecked Batavia as a footnote somewhere and decided...
People of the Deer (Death of a People)People of the Deer (Death of a People)
Best Price: $8.25
The concept is correct anyway. These people were led to their demise by three factors: the...
Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War IIDarkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II
Best Price: $5.75
Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Stalingrad, Iwo Jima. These are just a handful of the battles that come...
The Worst Journey in the WorldThe Worst Journey in the World
Best Price: $5.71
Cherry-Garrard is a truly a literate,educated man, writing his experiences as well as including...

Argonauts of the Western PacificArgonauts of the Western Pacific
Best Price: $17.25
This is a real classic in the history of anthropology, published in 1922, and unlike another...
The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)
Best Price: $23.12
Morgan writes an academic book of 13th century Mongolian history, culture and building of their...
Aboriginal Designs (Design Source Books)Aboriginal Designs (Design Source Books)
Best Price: $5.33
Beautiful and easy to reproduce, the designs in this collection are a rich source of inspiration...
Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime (Inner Traditions)Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime (Inner Traditions)
Best Price: $12.00
Now this is a book i would recommend: Yorro Yorro: Aboriginal Creation and the Renewal of...
Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic ExplorerShackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
Best Price: $22.96
I enjoyed this book. It's a short read but certainly with some substance. Ernest Shackleton is,...

AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll BandAC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band
Best Price: $15.68
First off, AC/DC are my favorite band and have been for years. It took me some time to get...
The Land of OsirisThe Land of Osiris
Best Price: $12.86
Stephen Mehler's research, spanning over 30+ years, indicate that whenever there is a so-called...
Woven into the Earth: Textiles from Norse GreenlandWoven into the Earth: Textiles from Norse Greenland
Best Price: $45.31
This hard-cover book, translated from Danish, is a fascinating look at an obscure treasure....
The Lost Continent of MuThe Lost Continent of Mu
Best Price: $11.53
Though a book written some years ago, it is a very good investigation around the world of the...
A Fortunate LifeA Fortunate Life
The story of Albert Facey's life is one of the most inspiring, poignant biographies I have ever...

A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of AustraliaA Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
Best Price: $7.74
Robert Hughes,'Fatal Shore' redressed? Not quite. Hughes's well-honed invective sits uneasily...
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in GreenlandThis Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
Best Price: $8.82
I have enjoyed Ehrlich's writing style, very poetic descriptions about the ice and the people....
The Tiwi of North Australia (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)The Tiwi of North Australia (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Best Price: $18.88
Living Spirits With Fixed Abodes: The Masterpieces Exhibition of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art GalleryLiving Spirits With Fixed Abodes: The Masterpieces Exhibition of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery
Best Price: $80.00
It's a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the TreetopsIt's a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops
Best Price: $13.75
Do you want you and your family to be inspired by the wonders science reveals to the world? ...
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