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The Samoan Picture Dictionary
 

The Samoan Picture Dictionary (Paperback, reprint)

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The Samoan Picture Dictionary is an excellent resource for people beginning to speak or write Samoan. It contains over 1000 commonly used words, and words needing further explanation are given in English and Samoan sentences to aid comprehension. Wordlists include parts of the bo ...

ISBN 9780143504733
Published 28 June 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 0-12 years
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One Small Island

One Small Island (Hardback)

By Lester, Alison; Tulloch, Coral

Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, between Antarctica and New Zealand. A speck of green in the vast, windswept sea, it is a haven for many creatures that live above and below the waves. This title tells the story of this remote and precious World Heritage Site.

ISBN 9780670072361
Published 1 August 2011 by Penguin
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas
  

Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas (Hardback)

By Salmond, Anne

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Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life and career in a riveting narrative that for the first time portrays the Pacific islanders as key players.

ISBN 9780670075560
Published 29 August 2011 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Legends of the Cook Islands
 

Legends of the Cook Islands (Paperback)

By Hopkins, Shona; Illustrated by Potter, Bruce

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The Cook Islanders oral history tells of many stories that date back to a mythological time known as Avaiki. These stories were of brave men and women, mystical mountains, powerful gods and majestic sea creatures. This collection of eight beautifully illustrated legends captures ...

ISBN 9780143504078
Published 2 August 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 0-12 years
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Sons for the Return Home
 

Sons for the Return Home (Paperback)

By Wendt, Albert

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This is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family.

ISBN 9780143206019
Published 30 August 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
Series Popular Penguins
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The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Swiss, Deborah J.

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The convict women who built a continent... A moving and fascinating story. -Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost The Tin Ticket takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent into suffering and slavery ...

ISBN 9780425243077
Published 25 January 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
 

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (Paperback, New edition)

By Theroux, Paul

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Invites readers to join the author on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles.

ISBN 9780140159769
Published 2 December 1992 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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In the South Seas

In the South Seas (Paperback, New edition)

By Stevenson, Robert Louis; Edited by Rennie, Neil

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Originally written as a series of sketches for an American magazine, this is Stevenson's record of the first year he and his family spent travelling around the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbers.

ISBN 9780140434361
Published 18 November 1998 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
Series Penguin Classics
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Swimming with Sharks: Tales from the South Pacific Frontline
 

Swimming with Sharks: Tales from the South Pacific Frontline (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Field, Michael

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Swimming with Sharks is roving reporter Michael Field's absorbing account of first-hand experiences within the historic of the South Pacific area. Rich with anecdotes from 30 years of living and working in the region, this timely book is at once an investigation of the Pacific's ...

ISBN 9780143203735
Published 2 August 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals

Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals (Paperback)

By Blainey, Geoffrey

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In 1769, two ships set out in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship and a small British naval vessel The Endeavour, commanded by James Cook. That Christmas, in New Zealand waters, the two captains were almost within sight of each other, though neither knew of the ...

ISBN 9780143204893
Published 2 August 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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