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  • Guam Past and Present

    This expansive history of Guam provides a rare look at the people and culture of this tiny, but strategically important Pacific Island.In a highly readable style author Beardsley-himself a sometime resident of Guam-introduces the reader to the island in three stages. Part One, "The Island in Profile," furnishes practical information on the geography, flora, fauna, aboriginal inhabitants, early ... Read more

    $6.29 USD $3.99 USD

  • Plant Life of the Pacific World

    This Asian ecology book offers an overview of the plant life of the vast Pacific region.Among the topics covered are the tropical forest and jungles, the grasslands, the primary and secondary forest, and the plants of the seashores. Weeds and cultivated plants are also discussed with overviews of plant distribution and notes on specific islands and island groups.Plant Life of the Pacific World ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Down Under in Henn Boo

    Imagine heading out for a six-month trip to a foreign country intending to live in a recreational vehicle. First you would have to quickly locate and then buy a satisfactory vehicle so you could get on the road to see as much as possible in the time allotted.Bill and Marcia Hogan did that starting out in Cairns, Australia and had the time of their lives, seeing the beautiful sights of Australia ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • No Worries, Mate

    A Manly Adventure in the Land Down Under

    by Ken Ewell ...
    No Worries, Mate is the journal of a modern-day swagman on a manly adventure in the land down under. Follow his manful exploits as he closes the pubs of Sydney, tramps about the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, cruises Victoria's Great Ocean Road, searches for the elusive Tasmanian devil, surfs the shores of Queensland, dives along the Great Barrier Reef, explores Kakadu National Park in the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Penelope Bungles to Broome

    by Tim Bowden ...
    'We were completely unprepared for the magnificence of the gallery suddenly revealed. A shiver ran up my spine as I saw for the first time the great white Wandjina spirit figures, two and three times larger than human scale.' So begins Tim Bowden's fascination with rarely seen Aboriginal rock art, a major theme in this most recent book detailing the Bowdens' continuing love affair with Australia ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Gone Walkabout in Henn Boo Too

    Like Down Under in Henn Boo this book is comprised of the e-mail messages sent to family and friends while on a ten month journey around Australia. The messages tell of the people, places and things encountered along the way and some of the tribulations that were experienced.The trip began with a test run of the vehicles around Victoria and New South Wales so that at the end of thirty days all ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Dog Fence

    A Journey Across the Heart of Australia

    The Dog Fence is an enthralling account of a most unusual journey over sand, gibber plains and salt lakes. It is about the hazards of travel, the lessons of history and the passion and resilience of the men and women on the land.At 5400 kilometres, the Dog Fence is one of the longest man-made structures on Earth. It slices across Australia's desert heart, dividing the continent to keep dingoes ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Miss Tutti Frutti Contest: Travel Tales of the South Pacific

    by Graeme Lay ...
    This marvelous collection of travel stories from the South Pacific reveals Paul Gauguin's shocking Tahitian secrets, retraces the last tragic days of Robert Louis Stevenson, and recounts the author's own haunting by Herman Melville, as well as his attempts to seduce the Slovenian Olympic ski team in the Cook Islands. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Tasmania

    From the renowned British author of The Dancer Upstairs comes this “meticulous, lyrical history” of the remote island and his family’s connection to it (Publishers Weekly).Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “one of the best English novelists of our time,” Nicholas Shakespeare decided to move to Tasmania after falling in love with its exceptional beauty. Only later did he discover a cache of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 50 Years of Hunting and Fishing, Part Iv

    Awesome Action in Australia

    by Ben Mahaffey ...
    Join Ben D. Mahaffey and friends as they form a "Geriartric Trio" to travel to the Australian Outback in search of Buffalo, Wild Bulls, Deer, Kangaroos and other exotic animals. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Papa Mikeýs Palau Islands Handbook

    The Republic of Palau is the westernmost archipelago in Oceania; it is renowned for it's pristine lagoons and immense marine diversity. Palau's marine community features over 800 varieties of hard and soft corals, over 1,500 fish species and over 100 varieties of sponges. Its waters feature two species of endangered turtle the green and hawksbill turtles as well as the most endangered marine ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Happy Isles of Oceania

    Paddling the Pacific

    by Paul Theroux ...
    The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly).In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Guide to Australian Weddings

    A Guide to Australian Weddings helps you to plan the most important event in your life. And it's full of information for everyone involved in planning or taking part in a wedding—including your family, bridal party, and friends. All the finer details of getting married—the presents, invitations, organizing the ceremony and reception, how to handle the tricky problems that arise when parents are ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Customs and Culture of the Phillippines

    This classic introduction to the rich culture and history of the Phillipines Islands is a must have for any traveler or cultural scholar.Few countries are as rich in cultural heritage as the Republic of the Philippines. The original inhabitants came from various parts of Southeast Asia, and outlying areas preserve many of their unique and interesting customs. In the age of exploration the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Solomon Time

    An Unlikely Quest in the South Pacific

    by Will Randall ...
    Who hasn't fantasized about dismantling his or her hassled, wired-up life for a simpler existence? Yet who among us has the will and opportunity to do it? The answer, of course, is very few.Will Randall, a young English schoolmaster, had such a chance -- and took it. He uprooted his conventional First World life and let himself be blown to one of the farthest and most beautiful corners of the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Devil in Tim

    Penelope's travels in Tasmania

    by Tim Bowden ...
    In a word: delightful - Herald SunPrepared to be charmed. - Canberra TimesWhen Tim Bowden went back to Tasmania to explore his state of origin for the first time in many years, he was reminded of his adolescent assertion that Tasmania is the testicle of Australia, suffusing the mainland with strength and vigour. What a pity there is only one of them.'In this cheeky and warm rediscovery of Tasmania ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Down Under in the Top End

    Penelope heads north

    by Tim Bowden ...
    Tim Bowden loves a good yarn. He also loves travelling with his wife Ros, their four-wheel drive and camping trailer, and setting up camp under bush skies. In Down Under in the Top End he combines all three to take us on one of the world's great road trips, from Australia's east coast to the Top End and into the heart of the outback.Told with wry humour, an infectious enthusiasm for history and a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Chasing Kangaroos

    A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature

    by Tim Flannery ...
    The internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers crafts a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique inhabitants: the kangaroo.Drawing on three decades of travel, research, and field work, Tim Flannery shows us how the destiny of the extraordinary kangaroo is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Stout Pair of Boots

    A guide to exploring Australia's battlefields

    by Peter Stanley ...
    Australians are becoming increasingly fascinated by their military history, and every year greater numbers visit the scenes of the battles commemorated each Anzac Day - Villers-Bretonneux, Long Tan, Kokoda, Gallipoli itself. But what can you learn from visiting a battlefield? And how do you make sure you get the most out of the experience?Peter Stanley, one of Australia's most experienced military ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Alone Near Alice

    Australia's Outback

    On their second trip to Australia, Ruth and Harold met a couple during a Great Barrier Reef cruise. They and their children eventually became great friends. Lynette and Rob had lived in Washington, DC and had traveled all over the world, but they had never been to the Outback. So when the opportunity to explore it under the sponsorship of the highly respected National Trust appeared, they seized ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Hide And Seek Melbourne

    Hide & Seek Melbourne is a funky bordering on quirky insight into Melbourne's unique hidden treasures. Divided into four main themes, covering places to see/things to do, shopping, food and bars/clubs, the guide focuses on secret and intriguing places that you won't find in any regular Melbourne travel guide. The concept also extends to some of Melbourne's better known attractions, but these ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Hide & Seek Melbourne

    Do you know which barber in Melbourne serves a complimentary Coopers Ale while you get your locks chopped? Or which clothing store doubles as a sewing school? Or which Japanese cafe can whip up a bento box in under ten seconds? Or which bar was a former motorcycle workshop? Hide & Seek Melbourne is a funky and compact guide to Melbourne's hidden treasures. From restaurants and shops to live music ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Upside-Down and Blindfolded

    What might a two-month visit to Australia and New Zealand be like if the traveler were not distracted and overwhelmed by the spectacular scenery? In this book Dan Pukstas, a blind professor, answers this question by providing a series of humorous and insightful perspectives about the places and people he encountered. Whether he is trying to find his way out of a strange restroom or climbing to the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Backpacking at an Older Age

    Back Packing at an Older Age This book is about my 6-month adventure, back packing and working around Australia, which was a dream of mine since migrating to Australia in 1996. Eventually becoming an Australian citizen. This type of down to earth adventure travel gives one a totally different perspective about the country landscape and about the travelers from different countries that do this type ... Read more

    $8.99 USD