Books, Travel, Australia & South Pacific, Papua New Guinea

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Kira Salak
Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
by National Geographic (Paperback) (Release Date: 2004-11-01)

Following the route taken by British explorer Ivan Champion in 1927, and amid breathtaking landscapes and wildlife, Salak traveled across this remote Pacific island-often called the last frontier of adventure travel-by dugout canoe and on foot. Along the way, she stayed in a village where cannibals m was still practiced behind the backs of the missionaries, met the leader of the OPM-the separatist guerrilla movement opposing the Indonesian occupation of Western New Guinea-and undertook an epic trek through the jungle. The New York Times said "Kira Salak is tough, a real-life Lara Croft." And Edward Marriott, proclaimed Four Corners to be "A travel book that transcends the genre¨It is, like all the best travel narratives, a resonant interior journey, and offers wisdom for our times."

Andrew Burke, Arnold Barkhordarian, Rowan McKinnon
Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands (Lonely Planet)
by Lonely Planet (Paperback)

Feel the frenzy of the tribal drums at a Highlands singsing, follow in the footsteps of history on the challenging Kokoda Track, take a slow boat down the mighty Sepik River or dive into a spectacular underwater realm. Let the best and only guide to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands take you on an unforgettable journey. • WATCH WILDLIFE - expert naturalist and bestselling author Tim Flannery give the lowdown on a wondrous environment where kangaroos climb in the treetops and luminous mushrooms light up the night forest • ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE - a comprehensive Culture chapter connects you with diverse and fascinating communities • REST EASY - all the best places to bed down, from world-class resort hotels to humble village houses • BE INSPIRED - new highlights, itineraries and planning sections help you dream it up and make it happen • GET AROUND - user-friendly maps take you from highlands to islands and everywhere in between

Tobias Schneebaum
Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the Jungle of New Guinea
by Grove Press (Paperback)

Tobias Schneebaum here tells the remarkable story of his four years among the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people rumored to have killed Michael Rockefeller. Instead of ferocious cannibals, Schneebaum found a regal, gentle people who freely accepted him and initiated him into a way of life no outsider had ever seen before.

ITMB Publishing
Papua New Guinea Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map)
by ITMB Publishing (Map)

Folded road and travel map. Scale 1:2,000,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from national highways to major roads. Legend includes lodges, lighthouses, reefs, shipwrecks, beaches, scuba diving ares, fishing, mangroves, swamps. Elevations in feet. Indexed.

Adrian Lipscomb, Rowan McKinnon, Tony Wheeler
Papua New Guinea (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
by Lonely Planet Publications (Paperback)

Kira Salak
Four Corners: Into the Heart of New Guinea-One Woman's Solo Journey
by Counterpoint (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2001-10-23)

A story of extraordinary danger and adventure as a very young woman attempts, alone, a trip across Papua New Guinea. After her first taste of the freedom found in travel at age nineteen, Kira Salak spent the next several years of her youth as a constant, impulsive traveler. Barely old enough to drink, she leaves her life behind-graduate school, a job, a boyfriend who loves her-to attempt the impossible, her dream of following in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion, the first person to successfully cross the island of Papua New Guinea in 1927. She is motivated by something much deeper than simply wanting to be the first woman to make such a crossing, and as she composes this memoir she still searches for answers. Why would a lone traveler, a very young woman at that, want to embark on such a dangerous and mysterious trip? Where was her fear? Or was this all an attempt to court and indulge her fear for some larger purpose? No one, on the road or at home, could quite ...

Thomas H. Slone
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights: Folktales from Wantok Newspaper. Volume 2: Tales from 1986-1997, Indices, Glossary, References and Maps (Papua New Guinea Folklore Series)
by Masalai Press (Paperback)

One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights is a two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea's Wantok newspaper. The folktales were originally published in Tok Pisin, the pidgin English language of Papua New Guinea. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin. This collection is one of the largest general collections of Papua New Guinean folktales; all of Papua New Guinea's provinces are represented and approximately 35% of Papua New Guinea's 700 language/culture groups are represented. This first volume presents the introduction and 550 folktales; the second volume presents the remaining folktales. The folktales have been intensively indexed in the volumes and the indices are presented in volume two. Indices are given for author, village, original language (or culture group), province, flora and fauna, and folklore motif. Also in volume two are a glossary, ...

Stephen Davies, Elaine Morgan
Cruising Guide to Southeast Asia, Vol. 1: South China Sea, Philippines, Gulf of Thailand to Singapore
by Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson (Paperback)

This new pilot covers the South China Sea including Hong Kong, Philippines, Eastern Malaysia and Thailand to Sinapore. Stephen Davies and Elaine Morgan's detailed text provides cruise planning information, an extensive discussion on climate, technical data concerning radio and weather forecasting services and general background commentary on each country. Each region is then treated in detail and pilotage information is given for key harbours. This pilot is a unique source of information for cruise planning and also will be an essential reference for yachtsmen on passage.

Robert Young Pelton
Three Worlds Gone Mad: Dangerous Journeys through the War Zones of Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific
by The Lyons Press (Paperback)

As the author of The World's Most Dangerous Places, Robert Young Pelton has come to know some of the most unusual and dangerous individuals in the world. In THE HUNTER, THE HAMMER, AND HEAVEN, he introduces an extraordinary cast of characters from three of the most war-ravaged countries on earth - the West African country of Sierra Leone, the breakaway republic of Chechnya, and a mysterious island in the South Pacific called Bougainville. In war-torn Sierra Leone, as he wanders through the world's most expensive peacekeeping mission, he meets an ex-mercenary who hunts pirates, a ragtag militia whose members believe they have supernatural powers, and white men with "diamond fever."In Chechnya, Pelton enters the jihad with three traveling companions - an American muhjadin who wants to die, a young woman seeing her first war as a journalist, and a grumpy cameraman. Pelton brings this motley crew down the secret muj trail from Georgia and into terrorist-filled bunkers, suicide ...

Fred Hargesheimer
The School That Fell From The Sky
by Bookstand Publishing (Paperback)

This is the story of a Photo Reconnaissance pilot in WWII shot out of the sky over the rain forest of the island of New Britain in the South Pacific. After 30 days alone he was found by friendly natives. Hidden from the nearby Japanese soldiers and later taken to the camp of a team of Australian Commandos who arranged his rescue in a USA submarine. He returned to New Britain in 1963 with his son, Dick, to build a school for the natives who saved his life. Today, over 400 children attend the Airmen's Memorial School.

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