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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queenby Queen Liliuokalani
Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 10.95The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant. more...
Adventure Guide to Hawaiiby John Penisten
Hunter Publishing 1999; US$ 15.00A comprehensive guide to the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Hawaii, Kauai and Oahu by a long-time Hawaii resident. Smaller less-visited islands are also included. Along with the basics ? getting there, on-island transportation, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing ? you'll find plenty of outdoor fun. The best diving and snorkeling spots, the most scenic hiking trails, the most challenging kayak routes ? there's lots to do and this book shows when and where, with contact names and numbers outfitters, as well as tips on going solo. Maps, index, photos. more...
Hawaii - A Walker's Guideby Rod Smith
Hunter Publishing 1995; US$ 15.00A practical guide to the most scenic walks on the major Hawaiian islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Hawaii, Kauai and Oahu. Walks range from easy strolls of a few hours to multi-day excursions where blankets and sleeping packs are de rigeur . Waikiki, the Koolaus, Honolulu, Lahaina, the Seven Pools of Kipahulu, Kaanapali, Iao Valley State Park, Waimea Canyon, Kalalau Valley, the Na Pali Cliffs, Kalaupapa, Kaiholena Gulch, Waipop Valley, and Kilauea all have designated trails covered here. more...
Internationalizing the Pacificby Tomoko Akami
RoutledgeCurzon 2001; US$ 195.00Akami's study of the Institute of Pacific Relations offers insight into the formation of the dominant ideologies and institutions of regional and international politics in the Pacific during the inter-war years. more...
Coupby Brij V Lal; Michael Pretes
Pandanus Books 2001; US$ 24.00This book gathers together a handful of memoirs of the tragic events in Fiji from may 19, 2000, when the democratically elected multiracial government was hijacked by a group of armed gunmen led by George Speight, and held hostage for fifty days. more...
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesiaby Patrick Vinton Kirch; Roger C. Green
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 38.00Kirch and Green develop an anthropological approach to long-term history, combining archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics. They advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction, presenting a detailed reconstruction of Hawaiki, the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished some 2,500 years ago. more...
Bittersweetby Brij Lal
Pandanus Books 2004; US$ 36.00A collection of essays, fiction and memoir commemorating the Indo-Fijian experience more...
Balandaby Mary Ellen Jordan
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 19.60Intensely remembered and evocatively told, this is the story of the year Mary Ellen Jordan spent living and working in Maningrida, an Aboriginal community in Australia's Far North. more...
Narratives of Nation in the South Pacificby Ton Otto; Nicholas Thomas
Routledge 1997; US$ 41.95A collection of essays which focuses upon local perceptions of the state, efforts to ground nationhood in tradition, the character of national narratives and recent transformations of the Pacific nationalism. Case studies are included from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Cook Islands. more...
Archaeology of Oceaniaby Ian Lilley
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 121.95This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands. The first text to provide integrated treatment of the archaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands Enables readers to form a coherent overview of cultural developments across the region as a whole Brings together contributions from some of the region’s leading scholars Focuses on new discoveries, conceptual innovations, and postcolonial realpolitik Challenges conventional thinking on major regional and global issues in archaeology more...