The Family That Couldn't Sleep
For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, ... [... more]
Random House |
Federal Bodysnatchers And The New Guinea Virus
 Desowitz makes another hit!: Anything written by Robert Desowitz is always a worthwhile read and his most recent (and sadly, last) book, "Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics," is no exception. [... more]
CDN$22.50
Amazon CA |
Darlene Deibler Rose
Darlene Deibler Rose was the first American woman to enter the Baliem Valley of New Guinea. She remarried after the war and resumed missionary work in the Australian outback where she now lives. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Thomas H. Huxley
Thomas H. Huxley was born in Ealing, near London, in 1825. A stint as an assistant surgeon aboard the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, a Royal Navy frigate assigned to the Australian and New Guinea coasts, solidified his interest in naturalism, and his ... [... more]
Random House |
James Campbell
JAMES CAMPBELL mounted an expedition to New Guinea to retrace the route of the Ghost Mountain Boys and discovered a wilderness almost unchanged in more than sixty years. He is the author of The Final Frontiersman and has written for Outside ... [... more]
Random House |
Jonathan Evans
Jon Evans has backpacked through China, Japan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, New Guinea, India, Nepal, the Balkans, and, most recently, Iraq. Between journeys, he has worked for internet and software companies and now divides his time among ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
MacArthur's Eagles: The U.S. Air War Over New Guinea, ...
Air war over new guinea: Another good book from the naval institute press. 255 pages and 90 pages of appendix and 18 pages of b & w pictures. There are almost no maps which is a weakness. The author is an Australian and some bias was evident to me. [... more]
CDN$35.07
Amazon CA |
Village on the Edge: Changing Times in Papau New Guinea
Dispela buk em i tok tru: After almost a century of modern-style research, the world is not exactly short of ethnographies. You can find works on everybody from Indiana town dwellers to Sri Lankan fishermen. Papua New Guinea, as an area where a wide [... more]
CDN$19.80
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Secret Places: My Life in New York and New Guinea
Increased My Sense of Awe: In travels through faerie sanctuaries and other exotic lands, I've enjoyed the company of many unusual personalities. One of the most memorable is Tobias Schneebaum. Reading his latest book, Secret Places, has increased my [... more]
CDN$25.03
Amazon CA |
Zen Explorations in Remotest New Guinea
Zen confusions: The author is currently mixin up two different tribes of Papua (Irian Jaya), one time he even quote a story from Borneo. He describes the Dani people as Cannibals and Headhunters, they never have been both. It«s the story of a [... more]
CDN$16.02
Amazon CA |
Searching for Ropens - Living Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea
defies categorization: Author's Introduction (Jonathan Whitcomb) "Searching for Ropens" is captivating to some readers, this non-fiction about investigations and expeditions for living pterosaurs. It defies categorization. According to the [... more]
CDN$30.07
Amazon CA |
Beyond Fear: A Harrowing Journey Across New Guinea ...
living it up in Indo: I didnt want to believe some of Mr Kramers stories until I moved to Indonesia myself. His descriptions are accurate and well thought out. Mr kramer makes no attempts to save the reader from the unpleasant aspects of life in a world [... more]
CDN$37.95
Amazon CA |
