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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Journeys Towards Progress: Essays of a Geographer on Development and Change in Oceania by Ray Watters Publisher Comments Taking a unique look at the Oceania region through the lens of geography, this valuable collection spans 50 years of close observation and study of the emerging world of 20th-century Oceania and the Pacific Rim. Surveying the social contexts of countries... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Voyage of Rediscovery by Ben Finney Publisher Comments In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, ocean... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Krakatoa by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments On 27th August 1883 the most terrifying volcanic eruption occurred on the island of Krakatoa, five miles off the western tip of Java. The island was destroyed and almost 40,000 people were killed. The impact was truly global: ships sailing in the Red Sea... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire by Nicholas Thomas Review "Enjoyably readable."—G.E. Marcus, Choice Anne... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Hardcover
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Southern and eastern Polynesia by Glynn Barratt Book News Annotation The second volume in a projected quartet on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific, this book describes Russian activities in New Zealand, the Austral Islands, and Easter Island. Barratt (Russian,... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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New Guinea, an island apart by Neil Nightingale Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 143) and index.... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pacific Island Battlegrounds of World War II: Then & Now by Earl Hinz Publisher Comments Highlights decisive WWII military operations in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, and their effects on the islands. Illustrations, maps, and index.... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Man This Reef by Gerald Knight Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Coral Sea by Alan Villier Your price: $3.75 Used - Hardcover
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Easter Island by Olivier De Kersauson Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Captain Cook in Hawaii by And Barrow Baptista Group List Price $12.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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History of Rarotonga Up To 1853 by Taira Rere Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Chamorro a History & Ethnography of the Mariana Islands by Georg Fritz Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lahaina: Royal Capital of Hawaii by Roy Nickerson Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Curiosities From the Pacific Ocean a Remarkable Rediscovery in the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam Thirteen Ethnographic Objects From the Bruny D Entrecasteaux Expedition 1791 1794 by David Van Duuren Your price: $18.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Micronesia Winds of Change a Book on Re by Frances X Hezel Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Marquesas by Erwin Christian Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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Child's First Book about Hawaii by Cassandra L. Nellist Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Discovery of the Pacific Islands by Andrew Sharp Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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