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 The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian FrontierBest Price: $7.59 This is an anthology of excerpts from Australian Explorers journals ranging from early sixteenth... |  Vikings : The North Atlantic SagaBest Price: $18.98 This sumptuous and lavishly illustrated volume of 432 large pages, was published by the... |  The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)Best Price: $21.99 This is an absolutely fascinating book. It tells how the men of Ilahita, a village in the Sepik... |  Australia: A New History of the Great Southern LandBest Price: $7.45 This engaging account places Australia's history in a global context, drawing on sources from... |  Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the ArcticBest Price: $4.69 This is a very interesting true story, of four young men lured to their deaths in the polar... |
 Farthest North (Modern Library Exploration)Best Price: $16.37 If you like adventure, this one is for you. This one is in the same genre as Shackleton's... |  The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia (Oxford History of Art)Best Price: $16.83 To a reader already interested in the culture of the Pacific, this is an instructive and... |  On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European ContactBest Price: $29.50 The pacific islands and people who inhabit them have long been viewed as seperate, isolated and... |  This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in GreenlandBest Price: $5.95 I have enjoyed Ehrlich's writing style, very poetic descriptions about the ice and the people.... |  AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll BandBest Price: $7.60 I discovered AC/DC back in college (circa 1988). Since then I've gotten all their albums and... |
 The Devil's Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)Best Price: $29.67 Germany’s overseas colonial empire was relatively short lived, lasting from 1884 to... |  Canadian Studies: An Introductory ReaderBest Price: $65.00 |  Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842Best Price: $0.01 This book is fascinating from beginning to end. If you're one of those readers that are... |  Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Conduct and Communication)Best Price: $20.93 Now in its second edition, Sound and Sentiment is an ethnographic study of sound as a cultural... |  Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art (Objects/Histories)Best Price: $16.17 If you get through it it is very interesting, but you better be ready for some dry academic writing. |
 Mission Possible: The Wonderful Story of God and a Wyclife Translator in the Jungles of Papua New GuineaBest Price: $3.07 I first bought this book after hearing Marilyn speak. It is almost as good as hearing her in... |  Sock It to 'Em, Baby: Forward Air Controller in VietnamBest Price: $13.72 Excellent! An unvarnished account of precisely what it was like to be a forward air controller... |  Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea HighlandsBest Price: $19.99 I have used *Kuru Sorcery* for several university courses. It's a great book for its time... |  Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto)Best Price: $7.00 "Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion Of Europe, 900-1900" by Alfred... |  The Lost Continent of MuBest Price: $11.63 Though a book written some years ago, it is a very good investigation around the world of the... |
 Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War IIBest Price: $6.99 Darkest Hour is not only an excellent historical account of one of the most important... |  Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic JourneyBest Price: $21.35 Although this is a "coffee table" style book, and the pictures are excellent, its... |  Maui: Hawaiian ParadiseBest Price: $18.23 I have been to his galleries in Las Vegas many times, just to get lost in his amazing work. He... |  The Manchus (Peoples of Asia)Best Price: $34.81 Read your typical history book covering Chinese history and you'll get a very distinct picture... |  Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest MutinyBest Price: $6.99 This was a very well researched story about history's bloodiest mutiny. I found the most... |
 A Concise History of New Zealand (Cambridge Concise Histories)Best Price: $1.00 A Concise History of New Zealand is exactly that -- concise. It is an "easy read". ... |  The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II HawaiiBest Price: $12.40 Very interesting and well written work; carefully researched with appropriate citations. It... |  Australian Language & Culture (Language Reference)Best Price: $4.45 This is an interesting book for someone who has not been to Australia. Although there are... |  Mau Moko: The World of Maori TatooBest Price: $39.20 |  Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863The Tide Turns at GettysburgBest Price: $10.88 This is one of the best and most well written accounts on the battle of Little Round Top to... |
 Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar ExpeditionBest Price: $10.00 I love this book. Could not put it down. The author has researched the facts and gives excellent... |  Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime (Inner Traditions)Best Price: $12.00 Well well well, I fully expected to find a five star reader rating here. I guess I forgot that... |  Birds of Australia: Seventh Edition (Princeton Field Guides)Best Price: $26.03 Thorough field guide, easy to use, compact and suitable size to truly call itself a field guide.... |  Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II (Transitions--Asia and Asian America)Best Price: $21.73 The most outstanding attribute of this book is its honest depiction of Japan's atrocities. The... |  Pitcairn Island, the Bounty Mutineers and Their Descendants: A HistoryBest Price: $44.00 This book is rich with detail. The author goes beyond the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty and... |
 The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the TalibanBest Price: $6.02 "The Punishment of Virtue" gives the reader great insight into the political... |  The Proving GroundBest Price: $39.88 I read An Extreme Event (about the 98 Sydney-Hobart race) prior to reading Knecht's book, so... |  Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the WorldThe history uses many cartoonists, many cartoon styles. Text outside the cartoons is minimized.... |  A Concise History of Australia (Cambridge Concise Histories)Best Price: $24.13 According to the author, Australian history is 200 years of racism, sexism, oppression,... |  The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'iBest Price: $7.67 I thought I'd buy this to help teach history in school to my middle school ESOL students, I also... |
 Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese AmericansBest Price: $8.94 This is a book about Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. It is a useful book for people... |  The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal PeopleBest Price: $26.95 I bought this book to learn more about the primal religious practices of the Aboriginal people. ... |  Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty (History of Communication)Best Price: $13.99 As N. Chomsky brilliantly states, `Alex Carey draws the veil of deceit and imposed ignorance in... |  Guam 1941 & 1944: Loss and Reconquest (Campaign)Best Price: $5.05 As Mr Forczek (sp?) comments in his excellent, comprehensive review, this is a good factual,... |  The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China 221 B.C. to AD 1757 (Studies in Social Discontinuity)Best Price: $22.37 My history professor claims that this is one book which former students complain about years... |
 At Home in BaliBest Price: $30.65 This book has given me many great ideas as we are redoing our outdoor area in Perth, Western... |  Floating Brothel, The: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female ConvictsBest Price: $7.47 Love, adventure and seafaring around the world. A little known but very real story of ordinary... |  The Enigmas of Easter IslandBest Price: $75.00 Flenley and Bahn have created an incredibly comprehensive reconstruction of Easter Island's... |  Dancing With Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First ContactBest Price: $3.00 This is a thoughtful, insightful look at the initial contacts between Australia's indigenous... |  Wayward Women: Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea SocietyBest Price: $20.94 The book arrived within two weeks of my ordering it and was in the condition advertised. |
 A History of the Pacific IslandsBest Price: $30.79 This is a very well-written introduction to South Pacific history, with the additional bonus of... |  The Life of Captain James CookBest Price: $17.90 J.C. Beaglehole has brought to life in this book, not only the greatest seaman and navigator... | |||
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