Oceania
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Tupaia: Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator
$19.95 Add to cartTupaia sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and was the ship’s translator. Lauded by Europeans as an “extraordinary genius,” Tupaia was a star navigator
- Author: Druett, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: October 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0995130906
- Language: English
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Invasion Rabaul: The Epic Story of Lark Force, the Forgotten Garrison, January-July 1942
$24.99 Add to cartThe riveting first book in Bruce Gamble’s critically acclaimed Rabaul trilogy, originally published in hardcover entitled Darkest Hour, which chronicles the longest battle of World War II. January 23,
- Series: Rabaul Trilogy #01
- Author: Gamble, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0760345910
- Language: English
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History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Mu
$24.99 Add to cartDid you know New Zealand was the first country to offer universal suffrage?
Many people today only started dreaming of visiting New Zealand after discovering it was the beautiful filming place of the L
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: August 17 2023
- ISBN10: 163716873X
- Language: English
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Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii
$12.99 Add to cartA colorful illustration of Hawaii’s most cherished origin story, the myth of Pele and Hiiaka.
Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii (1915) is a collection of folktales by Nathaniel B. Emerson. Drawing fr
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Emerson, Nathaniel B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1513299689
- Language: English
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The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
$28.00 Add to cartA monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea–revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how go
- Author: Paine, Lincoln
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: October 27 2015
- ISBN10: 1101970359
- Language: English
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Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
$19.00 Add to cart“A treasure of a book.”–David McCullough
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the N- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 26 2004
- ISBN10: 0142004839
- Language: English
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe memb
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0061988359
- Language: English
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Frommer’s Honolulu and Oahu Day by Day
$16.95 Add to cartPortable, up-to-date, and to-the-point, Frommer’s Honolulu and Oahu day by day is all about maximizing the time you have to spend in Hawaii’s liveliest slice of paradise. This itinerary-based book, wr
- Series: Day by Day
- Author: Cooper, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1628875534
- Language: English
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Rascals in Paradise
$19.00 Add to cartIn a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove… [more below]
- Author: Michener, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0812986865
- Language: English
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Pina
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2017 Eug鈩e Dabit Prize
Winner of the 2019 French Voices Grand PrizeFrom award-winning Tahitian author Titaua Peu comes Pina, a devastating novel about a family torn apart by secrets and
- Author: Peu, Titaua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1632061554
- Language: English
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Jump and Other Stories
$19.99 Add to cartJump and Other Stories collects fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales from political activist and Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, with settings ranging from suburban L
- Author: Gordimer, Nadine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1250003768
- Language: English
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I Was the President’s Mistress!!
$26.99 Add to cart“Brilliant . . . Miguel Syjuco is his country’s most original and unflinching literary voice.” —Salman Rushdie
“It’s a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, a- Author: Syjuco, Miguel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1250863139
- Language: English
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Legends of Maui
$9.99 Add to cartLegends of Maui (1910) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths anthologized by W. D. Westervelt. Paying homage to the importance of Maui across Polynesian cultures, Westervelt introduces his g
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Westervelt, W. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1513299565
- Language: English
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Hawaiian Antiquities: Moolelo Hawaii
$16.99 Add to cartHawaiian Antiquities (1898) is an ethnography by David Malo. Originally published in 1838, Hawaiian Antiquities, or Moolelo Hawaii, was updated through the end of Malo’s life and later translated into
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Malo, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1513299530
- Language: English
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The Battle of Midway
$22.99 Add to cartThere are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the … [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199315981
- Language: English
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Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen
$13.99 Add to cartHawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a moving personal portrait of a girl who grew up to become Hawaii’s first and only queen, a beloved monarch who fought for the rights of her people.
Hawaii’s Story b
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Lili’uokalani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1513271903
- Language: English
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Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific
$26.99 Read moreToday, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to H… [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777257
- Language: English
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
$35.00 Add to cartA blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the
- Author: Thompson, Christina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062060872
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean
$18.99 Add to cart“Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fisherman, scientist and the crustaceans themselves. . . . Corson, who worked aboard commercial lobster boats for two years, weaves together
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Corson, Trevor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 10, 2005
- ISBN10: 0060555599
- Language: English
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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
$21.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But p- Author: Urbina, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 25, 2020
- ISBN10: 1101972378
- Language: English
