Books of Pacific Area
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Remembering the Institute of Pacific Relations: The Memoirs of William L. Holland
By William Lancelot HollandThe Memoirs of William L. Holland William Lancelot Holland Paul F. Hooper ... University of , 33 , 54 Hooper , Paul F . , 160 - 61 , 165 Hoover , Herbert C . , 95 , 433 , 436 Hoover Institution , 120 , 158 , 162 , 429 Hoover , J . Edgar ...
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Hell in the Pacific: The War with Japan, 1941-1945
By Jonathan Lewis, Ben SteeleThe war in the Pacific was not just between Japan and America; it was also Britain's forgotten war and one of the dirtiest conflicts in living memory. Hell in the...
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The Pacific Basin Since 1945
By Roger C. ThompsonTracing the postwar inter-relationships of all the rim and island nations of the Pacific Basin since 1945, this text includes expanded coverage of China's relationships with Taiwan and tensions between North and South Korea.
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Endeavour: The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage
By Peter AughtonJohn Harrison , a clock - maker from the remote village of Barrow on Humber , took up the challenge of the Board of Longitude and dedicated his whole life to building a chronometer which would keep good time at sea .
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Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
By Tony HorwitzCaptain James Cook's three epic journeys between 1768 and 1779 were the last great voyages of discovery. This text recounts his adventures and revisits the lands and peoples Cook discovered to explore the captain's legacy in the Pacific.
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Full Circle
By Michael PalinMichael Palin in 'Full Circle' brings us his most ambitious expedition to date.
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The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery: Volume I: the Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure...
By J. C. BeagleholeThis first volume of the Journals of Captain James Cook deals with the voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771.
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Tales from the Pacific Rim: The Man who Wanted to Buy a Wife and Other Stories
By Harold StephensTales from the Pacific Rim: The Man who Wanted to Buy a Wife and Other Stories
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Hunter Hunted
By Bill FrashOn Special presidential assignment in 1913, Marine Corps Captain Matt Hunter must elude assassins and locate a clever and ruthless impostor on an uncharted Pacific island. 5,000 first printing. Advertising. Author tour.
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What is in a Rim?: Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea
By Arif DirlikIn evaluating the idea of "Asia Pacific," the book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that have played a formative part in the region's constitution.
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Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power
By Bruce CumingsFrom the author of The Origins of the Korean War, this book "faces West" to focus on the importance of the Pacific Coast in a boldly original reinterpretation of the American ascendency.
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Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration
By Frank SherryIn Pacific Passions, Frank Sherry tells in sweeping narrative the enthralling story of one of the most exciting periods of human history: the first 250 years of European exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
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Tradicional cultures of the Pacific societies: continuity and change
By Sang-Bok HanTradicional cultures of the Pacific societies: continuity and change