Australia & Oceania

america's First Frontier Was Not The West; It Was The Sea—and No One Writes More Eloquently About That Watery Wilderness Than Nathaniel Philbrick. In His ...

From the author of Pacific Payback, the true story of how a patchwork band of aviators saved Guadalcanal during WWII.November 1942: Japanese and American f...

Balinese Art Is The First Comprehensive Survey Of Balinese Painting From Its Origins To Its Present Place At The Forefront Of The Asian Art Scene. It May Be...

The Inspiring Love Story That Will Change Your Life Over one hundred years ago, an “unsinkable” luxury liner sank on its maiden voyage. More than 1,500...

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained wit...

Pt. 1. Beginnings -- Geology, Climate, And Biota -- From Origins To Agriculture -- Pt. 2. The Age Of Dispersed Agriculturalists, 400 Bce-1250 Ce -- Politica...

A chronicle of the search for the ships sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal integrates a first-person narrative of the expedition with photographs of ship...

This book treats all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region, illustrating more than 600 of them in forty-seven fine color plates and...

Overview: Most Of Us Take For Granted The Features Of Our Modern Society, From Air Travel And Telecommunications To Literacy And Obesity. Yet For Nearly All...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffereing and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of ...

Malcolm Gladwell Weaves Together The Stories Of A Dutch Genius And His Homemade Computer, A Band Of Brothers In Central Alabama, A British Psychopath, And P...

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm...