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Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria & the Pacific by David Hatcher Childress 9780932813046
RRP: $36.08$28.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932813046Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)... -
Australian History For Dummies by Alex McDermott 9780730395454
RRP: $39.98$27.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730395454Author Alex McDermottFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint For DummiesPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)... -
The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds 9780195397932
RRP: $45.81$41.05There 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 Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the... -
Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Jason Ryan 9780912777252
RRP: $46.70$36.23Today, 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 Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during... -
Blue Latitudes by Horowitz 9780312422608
RRP: $35.08$27.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312422608Author HorowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed by Kathy Marks 9781416597476
RRP: $42.88$32.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416597476Author Kathy MarksFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm -
History of the Mariana Islands Luis de Morales, S.J., S.J. 9781935198093
$175.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935198093Author Luis de Morales, S.J., S.J.Format HardbackPage Count 304Imprint University of Guam PressPublisher University of Guam Press -
History of the Mariana Islands Luis de Morales, S.J., S.J. 9781935198956
$37.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935198956Author Luis de Morales, S.J., S.J.Format PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint University of Guam PressPublisher University of Guam Press -
Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the Colonial Pacific: 1880-1920 by Kate Stevens 9781350275553
$57.23Centering on cases of sexual violence, this book illuminates the contested introduction of British and French colonial criminal justice in the Pacific Islands during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on Fiji, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu/New... -
Easter Island by Spanier Kristine Mlis 9781636903071
RRP: $52.63$41.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636903071Author Spanier Kristine MlisFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pogo BooksPublisher Pogo BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 191mm *... -
The Ancient Hawaiian State: Origins of a Political Society by Robert J. Hommon 9780199916122
RRP: $179.40$150.15Historians and archaeologists define primary states-"cradles of civilization" from which all modern nation states ultimately derive-as significant territorially-based, autonomous societies in which a centralized government employs legitimate... -
Genes, Language, and Culture History in the Southwest Pacific by Jonathan S. Friedlaender 9780195300307
$168.29The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the central Pacific is home to a set of human populations whose concentration of diversity is unequaled elsewhere. Approximately 20% of the worlds languages are spoken... -
The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929 by Paul Halpern 9781911423874
RRP: $93.58$83.48Following the end of the First World War the Mediterranean Fleet found itself heavily involved in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and to a lesser extent, the Adriatic. Naval commanders were faced with complex problems in a... -
Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba by Katerina Martina Teaiwa
RRP: $128.70$111.01Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was... -
The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I by C. S. Knighton
RRP: $89.68$80.20The reigns of Edward VI and Mary I remain largely by-passed in naval history, yet it was a vital time for the administration of the navy and it saw the apprenticeship of many who would lead the service in Elizabeth's later years. This volume helps to... -
Cane Fires: The Anti-Japanese Movement in Hawaii, 1865-1945 by Gary Okihiro
RRP: $54.58$47.07A history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in Hawaii from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War IIBook InformationISBN 9780877229452Author Gary OkihiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Temple... -
Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba by Katerina Martina Teaiwa 9780253014528
RRP: $42.88$37.42Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was... -
The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia by Adrienne L. Kaeppler 9780192842381
RRP: $45.81$32.39The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface. Comprising thousands of islands and hundreds of cultural groups, Polynesia and Micronesia cover a large part of this vast ocean, from the dramatic mountains of Hawaii to the small, flat coral... -
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by David Kalakaua
RRP: $29.23$24.08A moving account of Hawaii's most culturally significant stories, presented by King David Kalakaua.The Legends and Myths of Hawaii introduces readers to the social, historical, and religious customs of native Hawaiians, revealing the history of a culture... -
Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism by Noenoe K. Silva
$52.53In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized a massive petition drive to protest. Ninety-five percent of the native population signed the petition, causing the annexation treaty to fail... -
Naven: A Survey of the Problems suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe drawn from Three Points of View by Gregory Bateson
RRP: $58.48$51.68"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest... -
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson 9780062060877
$39.00A 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 remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got... -
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by Nicholas Thomas 9781541619838
RRP: $48.75$30.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619838Author Nicholas ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 142mm * 28mm -
False Start in Paradise: Cook Islands Self-government by Iaveta Short 9780473497576
RRP: $42.88$38.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473497576Author Iaveta ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Moana PublishingPublisher Moana PublishingWeight(grams) 708g -
The History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890 by Alex Sutherland 9781511550987
RRP: $14.22$13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781511550987Author Alex SutherlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors by Andrew Crowe 9780824878658
RRP: $83.75$71.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824878658Author Andrew CroweFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressDimensions(mm) 241mm *... -
Polynesia, 900-1600 by Madi Williams
RRP: $31.10$30.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641892148Author Madi WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
The Forgotten Children of Maui: Filipino Myths, Tattoos, and Rituals of a Demigod by Lane Wilcken 9781492768685
RRP: $63.34$51.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492768685Author Lane WilckenFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Laughing at Leviathan: Sovereignty and Audience in West Papua by Danilyn Rutherford
RRP: $58.50$57.04For West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long and fraught struggle for independence from Indonesia. In "Laughing at Leviathan", Danilyn Rutherford examines this struggle through a series of interlocking... -
Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds by Anne Salmond
RRP: $87.65$81.10Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers, who inhabited a cosmos in which islands sailed across the sea and stars across the sky, arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes and climatic conditions. Four... -
The Complete Rugby Footballer On The New Zealand System by David Gallaher 9781015439382
RRP: $54.50$47.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015439382Author David GallaherFormat HardbackPage Count 390Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 721g -
History of New Zealand: the Land of the Long White Cloud by J W Gregory 9781973803508
RRP: $26.91$22.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781973803508Author J W GregoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Chasing the Bounty: The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy by Donald A. Maxton 9781476679389
RRP: $56.53$45.59Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 sparked the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora--dispatched to track down the mutineers and return them to England for court-martial--and the Matavy, a... -
Suburban Bravery: The Firemen of North Perth 1902 - 1926 by Leanne Duckworth 9780994382504
RRP: $29.15$26.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994382504Author Leanne DuckworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Andrew DuckworthPublisher Andrew Duckworth -
The Naval Route to the Abyss: The Anglo-German Naval Race 1895-1914 by Matthew S. Seligmann
RRP: $93.58$83.48The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by many as the most totemic of all armaments races. Blamed by numerous commentators during the inter-war years as a major... -
British Naval Aviation: The First 100 Years by Tim Benbow
RRP: $97.48$84.83In 1909 the British Admiralty placed an order for a rigid airship, marking the beginning of the Royal Navy's involvement with airpower. This collection charts the Navy's involvement with aviation over the following century, and the ways in which its... -
Wisdom and War: The Royal Naval College Greenwich 1873-1998 by Harry Dickinson
RRP: $97.48$84.83Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with 'the highest possible scientific instruction in all branches of study bearing upon their... -
Theorist of Maritime Strategy: Sir Julian Corbett and his Contribution to Military and Naval Thought by J. J. Widen
RRP: $97.48$84.83Since its publication in 1911, Sir Julian's Corbett's Some Principles of Maritime Strategy has remained a key document within naval strategic thinking. Yet despite his undoubted influence, Corbett's theories have not been subjected to scientific review... -
Kava in the Blood: A Personal & Political Memoir from the Heart of Fiji by Peter Thomson 9781419695766
RRP: $38.90$33.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419695766Author Peter ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm)... -
The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919 by Robert L. Davison
RRP: $97.48$84.83In the period leading up to the First World War Britain's naval supremacy was challenged by an arms race with Germany, fuelled not only by military and geo-strategic rivalries, but an onrush of technological developments. As this book demonstrates, steam...