Dave's Tropical Bungalow Dreams!

Diary of an Amazon Jungle Guide: Amazing Encounters with Tropical Nature and Culture. Expanded and Revised Edition by Paul Beaver

A personal account of the natural history and cult more...1 point

A personal account of the natural history and culture of the western Amazon by scientist, explorer and conservationist Paul Beaver. The revised edition contains three new chapters of Beaver's exploration of the cloud forest of the Amazon with Dr. Peter Lerche, which resulted in new discoveries of ruins and mummies.1 point

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William R. Easterly, William Easterly

Since the end of World War II, economists have tri more...0 points

Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics,...0 points

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost

At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost-who had been more...0 points

At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost-who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs-decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the Earth was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better.The Sex Lives of Cannibals...0 points

A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean: A Grump in Paradise Discovers that Anyplace it's Legal to Carry a Machete is Comedy Just Waiting to Happen (Travelers' Tales) by Gary Buslik

"If you look at a map, you will see that the more...0 points

"If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool." And so begins author Gary Buslik's tale of tropical adventure. Each chapter of this often hilarious and sometimes poignant travelogue recounts another island-hopping, culture-clashing crisis that pits the homesick author against falling coconuts, hospitals that remove wrong organs, insects...0 points

Letters Of A Javanese Princess by Hildred Geertz, Raden Adjeng Kartini

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Translated from the original Dutch by Agnes Louise Symmers and originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, this collection of letters was written by the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. She had been permitted the unusual privilege of attending a Dutch elementary school, but then returned home to seclusion during her adolescence, as was the Indonesian custom for women. The letters provide a fascinating picture of the life and spirit of the time during the period...0 points

Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost

With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established more...0 points

With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But...0 points

Philippines: Islands of Enchantment by Alfred A. Yuson

The Philippines: Islands of Enchantment captures all more...0 points

The Philippines: Islands of Enchantment captures all of the marvels and excitement to be found in cosmopolitan Manila and the tropical islands beyond-with beautiful photography and fascinating, informative text.0 points

Tropical Interludes: European Life and Society in South-East Asia (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)

Europeans in South-East Asia sought refuge from th more...0 points

Europeans in South-East Asia sought refuge from their alien and exotic surroundings within the confines of their own settlement. This anthology, documenting experiences as recorded from the early 1800s up to the Second World War, depicts the lives of these people and the transplanted European community in which they lived, worked, enjoyed themselves, and survived until they could at last return to their homeland.0 points

Boracay - The Island Guide by Hannes Bertschi

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Travelers' Tales Thailand: True Stories

Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel more...0 points

Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book, this newly designed collection paints a unique portrait of a complex and captivating land. One contributor lives as a monk for a month, gaining an inside look at monastic life. Another discovers Bangkok's riverine pleasures, a world away from its car-choked streets. Yet another finds refuge as the houseguest of an isolated tribesman. Through these engaging personal stories, readers witness how Thailand satisfies just about any traveler...0 points

The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks

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"Magical . . . Sacks's fans are in for a treat." --Kirkus"An explorer of that most wonderous of islands, the human brain," writes D.M. Thomas in The New York Times Book Review, "Oliver Sacks also loves the oceanic kind of islands." Both kinds figure movingly in this book--part travelogue, part autobiography, part medical mystery story--in which Sacks's journeys to a tiny Pacific atoll and the island of Guam become explorations of the time, and the complexities of being human."Sacks's total immersion...0 points

Hurricanes & Hangovers: and other tall tales and loose lies from the coconut telegraph by Dear Miss Mermaid

Take refuge, settle down to a few drinks of rum an more...0 points

Take refuge, settle down to a few drinks of rum and rain, and soon you'll be raucously entertained with these 16 stories of madness and mayhem, of life afloat and ashore in the Caribbean. Meet colorful drunks, gamblers, sailors, pirates and prostitutes. While many stories are based on truth, characters and scenes have been disguised and fictionalized to protect the guilty, the famous and the infamous. Each one of these wild and bawdy Caribbean tales will keep you smiling all day long. The flavor...0 points

A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean by Melinda Blanchard, Robert Blanchard

This is the true story of a trip to the beach that more...0 points

This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise -- and discover that even paradise has its pitfalls. It's a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs, and indelible portraits of people who live and work on a sliver of beauty set in the Caribbean Sea. It's about the maddening, exhausting, outlandish complications of trying to live the simple life --...0 points

An Island to Oneself by Tom Neale

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Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook by Mike Hollywood

The Republic of Palau is the westernmost archipela more...0 points

The Republic of Palau is the westernmost archipelago in Oceania; it is renowned for it's pristine lagoons and immense marine diversity. Palau's marine community features over 800 varieties of hard and soft corals, over 1,500 fish species and over 100 varieties of sponges. Its waters feature two species of endangered turtle the green and hawksbill turtles as well as the most endangered marine mammal, the dugong. There are over 800 islands within its territory with over 50 marine lakes within...0 points

30 Days in the South Pacific: True Stories of Escape to Paradise

Few in the Western world can resist the lure of pr more...0 points

Few in the Western world can resist the lure of pristine beaches, endless coral reefs, and blazing tropical suns. As the world shrinks and troubles of various sorts have struck some of the more distant destinations, the islands of the South Pacific endure as a beacon of both the unfamiliar and the familiar. Not only is the South Pacific safe to travel in, it is still largely unspoiled for travelers willing to stray a little off the beaten path. Not far from most of the celebrated islands are those...0 points

Kava in the Blood: A Personal & Political Memoir from the Heart of Fiji by Peter Thomson

"The literary device of juxtaposing the story more...0 points

"The literary device of juxtaposing the story of the Fiji coup against autobiographical reminiscences of a Fiji background works very well. This is an excellent story, beautifully written and skilfully mixing the personal with the political .. The EH McCormick Award for the Best First Book of Non Fiction, sponsored by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN Inc) and Creative New Zealand, goes to Kava in the Blood by Peter Thomson." - Judges Report, Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2000. Entwined...0 points

Tahiti Beyond the Postcard: Power, Place, and Everyday Life (Culture, Place, and Nature) by Miriam Kahn

The "Tahiti" that most people imagine-wh more...0 points

The "Tahiti" that most people imagine-white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, and beautiful women-is a product of 18th century European romanticism and persists today to serve as the bedrock of Tahiti's tourism industry. This postcard image, however, masks a different, less known reality. French Polynesia remains a colony of France in the 21st century and was the site of France's nuclear testing program for nearly thirty years. The dreams and desires, which the tourism industry promotes, distract...0 points

Letters from Samoa: Life, Love and Lore of the Manu'a Islands by Mary E. Lahaye

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Pacific Islands: Myths and Wonders of the Southern Seas (Journeys Through World/Nature) by Marco Moretti

Stories and magnificent images trace the routes of more...0 points

Stories and magnificent images trace the routes of the first navigators among the wonders of the Southern Seas. Visit blue lagoons, volcanic islands covered with steaming jungles, strips of white sand nestled between banks of coral. Investigate the Maori culture from Hawaii to Tahiti, by way of Easter Island, Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand, and take in the myth of Polynesia. Land among the Melanesian peoples of Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia and venture into...0 points

Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk & the Marianas (Lost Cities of the Pacific) by David Hatcher Childress

Explores the astonishing array of megalithic ruins more...0 points

Explores the astonishing array of megalithic ruins found in the South Pacific, including the Latte Stones of the Marianas, the menhirs of Paulau, the megalithic canal city on Kosrae Island, and the ever-mysterious Nan Madol on Pohnpei Island. Childress researched Nan Madol to discover that it contains over 250 million tons of basalt columns strewn, partially submerged, over an 11 square mile area of artificial islands. Strange underwater buildings of this incredible city are found at 80 feet. Lo...0 points

Jamaican On Saipan: The True Story of One Man's Escape from the Rat Race to Live a Personal Nomadpreneur's Dream!: (A Unique Travel Guide by Walt F. J. Goodridge

Walt Goodridge escaped from America's rat race to more...0 points

Walt Goodridge escaped from America's rat race to live his nomadpreneur's dream on the Pacific island of Saipan. With its wide coverage of life on Saipan, Jamaican on Saipan also doubles as a travel guide, touching on a wide range of topics of interest to potential visitors, retirees, tourists and fellow nomads who will find his "notes" not just entertaining, but also educational, and a great way to round out one's knowledge of this relatively unknown, but quite unique island paradise. Goodridge...0 points

Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands (Latitude 20 Books) by Earl R. Hinz, Jim Howard

The fifth edition of this sailing standard includes more...0 points

The fifth edition of this sailing standard includes updated charts and text reflecting changes in regulations and facilities for most countries and specific ports of entry. New appendices include procedures for entry to Australia, which are more exacting than most Pacific landfalls, and an extensive list of information sources: cruising guidebooks, important general tourist guides, chart suppliers, and key web sites for the countries covered by Landfalls of Paradise.0 points

Exploring the Marquesas Islands by Joe Russell

Sailing to the South Pacific, whether from California more...0 points

Sailing to the South Pacific, whether from California or Panama, the first landfall is the Marquesas. Joe Russell, who has lived and sailed in the Marquesas, documents this beautiful little-known place. Volcanic, tropical beauty and ease of navigation, make these islands some of the most interesting and dramatic cruising grounds in the world. The Marquesans-the island's greatest asset-are proud of their history. They presume friendship with everyone, sharing their legends and traditions.Includes...0 points