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9781742370514

Aboriginal Australians : A history since 1788 (4th edition 2010)

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Author: Richard Broome

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'In this book Richard Broome has managed an enviable achievement. The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in his typical lucid and imaginative style ...This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.' - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily supplanted the original inhabitants, from the shining coasts to inland deserts, by sheer force of numbers, disease, technology and violence. He also tells the story of Aboriginal survival through ... more

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9782952437202

Art Vivant: Nouveller caledonie = L'art au Passage de XXXIE Siecle (Bueno) Editions L'Eclectique 2005

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9780972342087

A Woman in the South Pacific

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Author: Sheree Lipton

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9782884740838

Bambous Kanak: Une Passion de MArguerite Lobsiger- Dellenbach

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NZ$ 120.00 each

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Author: Roberta Colombo Dougoud

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DoP 2008, France
23 x 28 cm, 184 pages w. 136 ill. coulour

Among the most original works of Kanak art is bamboo engraved in New Caledonia. The Museum of Ethnography of Geneva has one of the finest ensembles in the world, studied by Marguerite Lobsiger-Dellenbach, who was director of the museum between 1952 and 1967.

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9789042023345

Bodies and Voices: the Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies

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Author: Borch, Knudsen Leer & Ross (eds)

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DoP 2008, UK

A wide-ranging collection of essays centred on readings of the body in contemporary literary and socio-anthropological discourse, from slavery and rape to female genital mutilation,from clothing, ocular pornography, voice, deformation and transmutation to the imprisoned, dismembered,remembered, abducted or ghostly body, in Africa, Australasia and the Pacific, Canada, the Caribbean, Great Britain and Eire.

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9782915654585

Conversations Caledoniennes: Recontre avec Jacques lafleur (Kotra) Au vent des iles 2009

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Author: Walles Kotra

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DoP 2008, France
129 x 210 mm / 128pp

A conversation between Walles Kotra and Jaques Lafleur.

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9780670071586

Darwin's Armada : How Four Voyagers to Australasia Won the Battle for Evolution and Changed the World

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Author: Iain McCalman

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doP March 2010, Australia

Darwin's Armanda is both a gripping adventure story and a brilliantly enlightening work of history, for the first time portraying the Darwinian revolution as a collective enterprise forged in Australasia. Four remarkable men: Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace, did what one alone could not - combed the world for evidence of evolution by natural selection, and then fought tirelessly in the social and intellectual battle that followed its famous publication 150 years ago. Together they changed the world.

First published 2009.

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9780824834739

English-Tahitian, Tahitian-English Dictionary (2009 edition)

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Author: Sven Wahlroos

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Dop October 2009, USA
softcover
726pp

This is the most useful and comprehensive English-Tahitian, Tahitian-English dictionary available. The author, a student of Tahitian for more than three decades, provides an extensive introduction to the language with detailed notes on grammar, usage, and pronunciation.

Sven Wahlroos (Taote Tivini) was a longtime member and past director of the Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles and a distinguished member by the Friends of Tahiti. He was knighted by the president of Finland with the title of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland.

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9789042024069

Exile Cultures, Misplaced Identities

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Author: Paul Allatson / Jo McCormack (eds)

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DoP 2008, USA
319pp
Hardcover

Exile Cultures...takes a transnational and transcultural approach to exile and its capacities to alter the ways we think about place and identity in the contemporary world. The edited collection brings together researchers on exile in international perspective from three continents who explore question of exilic identity along multipe geopolitical and cultural axes including New Caledonia and Australia.

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9789829032034

Faire de Deux Pierres un coup (Jeremy MacClancy) Vanuatu cultural Centre 2002)

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Author: Jeremy MacClancy

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DoP - 2002
145 x 210 mm /184pp

Work of Jeremy Mac Clancy, translated into French by Stéphane Camille.
Published in 1980, when Vanuatu's independence, it remains the most comprehensive book and detailed history of this country. Written for the general public You'll find extensive information on custom and tradition, then traders, the introduction of foreigners, the Franco-British condominium and independence.

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Great Council of Chiefs, The : A Brief History (DVD)

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NZ$ 70.00 each

DVD Media

Author: Fiji Minstry of Information

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DoP - unknown
55 minute DVD (English)
A production of the Fiji Ministry of Information

"We have sought their wisdom. We have found refuge in their strength. They have delivered without asking. They have been ridiculed without provocation. Born out of necessity held together by the ideals of their forefathers, in a better fture for all who have come to call Fiji home. What ever the future holds this august body will forever remain an indispensable part, in the lives of the people of Fiji."

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9780761456667

Hawaii (Culture Shock)

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NZ$ 33.00 each

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Author: Brent Massey

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DoP 2010

a refreshing and insightful guide that will help you make Hawai'i your home. Affectionately called the 'Rainbow Islands' by Mark Twain, the 50th state of the USA is well known by many but little understood by those who have only surface knowledge of its geography and its people. This book delves into the historical and cultural background of the various ethnic groups on the islands and guides you on how to relate with them, breaking down cultural barriers and fitting into their intricate society.

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9782915105131

Jardins de Tahiti: aua No Tahiti (Dominique Morvan

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Author: MORVAN & ROULEAU

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135x185mm 60pp

Gardens of Tahiti in colour with English, French and Ma'ohi text.

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978284170254

Kava: Plante du Pacifique

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NZ$ 38.00 each

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Author: Cecile Mozziconacci

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DoP 2007
110 x 150 mm / 84pp

Kava is recognized as a medicinal plant. This plant grows in the Pacific from Vanuatu to Fiji, the Solomons, Wallis, Tonga to Hawaii. The drinking ritual around Kava is integral to the customary life of Vanuatu people. A symbol of identity, kava has also become a daily drink. Far from the sacred, coveted and rejected by the pharmaceutical, kava is also a valuable economic commodity.

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9782915105162

Maisons de Tahiti:Fare no tahiti (Dominique Morvan Mathu 2005

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NZ$ 55.00 each

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Author: Hinarai Rouleau , Dominique Morvan

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DoP 2005
185cm x 140 mm / 58pp

Colonial & traditional homes of Tahiti with text in French, English and Tahititian.

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9781869621759

Me'a Kai : The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific

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NZ$ 75.00 each

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Author: Robert Oliver (photography Shiri Nam)

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The cuisines of the South Pacific island nations are noted for their sensational use of coconut cream, fresh
fruit and the most delicate fish. Away from the big resort hotels, skilled local cooks make the most delicious
meals, whose range would surprise most tourists. Two years ago, New Zealand-born chef Robert Oliver, who
has had a stellar career in the United States restaurant industry, went back to Fiji, where he grew up, to
rediscover the art of Pacific cooking. He travelled to Tonga, Niue, Tahiti, Samoa, Vanuatu and the Cook
Islands to track down the most skilled local cooks. Adapting their recipes for modern kitchens, this
outstanding, landmark book brings together a treasury of South Pacific cooking, arranged country by country,
with 90-plus recipes and photos that capture the essence of the Pacific. And there's much more than just
recipes. Along the way Robert pauses to tell fascinating stories from his encounters with ... more

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9782953319804

Mystere Dang (Pitoiset) Rayon vert 2008

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Author: Pitoiset & Wery

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DoP 2008, Paris
1st Ed.
220x145mm /192 PP, plus 32 PP with 23 b/w and 25 colour photos.
French text.

Son of a Vietnamese family (indentured labour) working on Nickel projects, Nickel mining and Nickel smelting plants (Koniambo in New Caledonia, and in South Korea).

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9782952550239

Nicolai Michoutouchkine, Aloi Pilioko 50 ans de creation en Oceanie (Bladinieres ) Madrepores Editions 2008

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Author: Susan Cochrane

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DoP 2008, Nouméa
29cm / 219 p.

A history of the careers of Oceanic artists Nicolai Michoutouchkine & Aloi Pilioko.

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9788779344464

Papuan Plutocracy: Ranked Exchange on Rossel Island

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Author: John Liep

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Dop 2009, Europe
hardcover

This book of classic scope is a monograph of a Melanesian society, an exploration of ranked exchange and a bold critique of anthropological exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossel Island east of New Guinea. At centre stage is the famous 'Rossel Island money', a hierarchy of more than twenty classes of sea shells displayed in payment rituals such as bridewealth and pig feasts. High-ranking shells are monopolised by big men who control exchange and dominate social life on the island. Theories of reciprocity and gift exchange with their built in utopian assumption of social equality, Liep finds, cannot account for a system of ranked exchange. Instead, exchange is unequal and money an instrument of distinction and power. Liep argues that ranked exchange has remained undiscovered as a general phenomenon. Still found in some Pacific societies it was formerly ... more

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9781921656101

The Pacific

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Author: Hugh Ambrose

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Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan.

In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of these five men, who put their lives on the line for their country. The book is published to coincide with the broadcast of the brand new HBO miniseries The Pacific on Australia's Channel 7 in April 2010, executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman - the producers of the Emmy-winning 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

First published 2010.

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