This book is about the Peruvian labor trade in Polynesia, 1862-1864. Harry Maude has been connected with the Pacific Islands ever since 1927, when he read for honors in anthropology at Cambridge University, specializing in the social organization of the islanders. Fascinated by the romance of the South Seas, as portrayed in its literature, Maude joined the British Colonial Service as District Officer in the Gilbert Islands in 1929, and later became Chief Lands Commissioner and eventually Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Colony (now the Republic of Kiribati and Dominion of Tuvalu), the only anthropologist ever to administer a British territory. 
Anticipating the collapse of colonialism he then joined the international South Pacific Commission in charge of regional social development; and on retirement at 50 he accepted an offer to research and write on Pacific Islands history at the Australian National University.

Slavers in Paradise

Maude, H E

Institute of Pacific Studies

Maori, the language of the Cook Islands, consists of a number of mutually intelligible dialects. This dictionary is concerned chiefly with the dialect of Rarotonga, the main island, but many words characteristic of other dialects are also identified.

A Cook Islands Maori Dictionary

Reference

Jasper Buse

Raututi Taringa

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa is the first definitive account of the ornithology of this island region in the South-west Pacific. This is an area where there is a lack of ornithological material available to the public but where there is a growing demand for information. 
The book draws its material from the author's research and experience in the region and a thorough review of the literature. 
Each resident bird species and the regular migrants are given an individual species account with sections on identification-oriented descriptions, flight, voice, food, breeding behaviour and ecology. Many of the land birds have restricted distributions while others have curious discontinuous distributions. Distribution maps are included as an important aid for identification, especially for those not familiar with the avifauna. Vagrant species and unconfirmed sightings are included in the Remarks section of species accounts of birds with which they may be confused. 
The birds are magnificently illustrated on full colour plates, painted by Chloe Talbot-Kelly, an internationally renowned ornithological artist and illustrator. She has also prepared black and white text illustrations which depict special features of different birds or important facets of their lifestyle. 
Introductory chapters give an insight into the ornithological history of the region, how some of its closely related species avoid direct competition and a summary of how little we know about the breeding and moulting regimes of the land birds. The geography of the region is brought to life by the photographs of Jim Siers, foremost Pacific photographer. 
The book concludes with an exhaustive Bibliography of the literature relating to the ornithology of the region, and three indices to enable readers to have easy access to any particular bird by using either English, local or scientific names.

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa

Science & Math

Watling, Dick

Biological Sciences

In this book, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega sets the intellectual and legislative agenda on Pacific issues for the next decade. As a delegate from American Samoa, he naturally focuses on the Pacific Island issues, but demonstrates considerable knowledge in Asian security and trade concerns. The author navigates a middle ground between those who see evil in everything that the U.S. does and the Pollyannas that are incapable of seeing any wrong. In readable prose we are mentored through arcane constitutional and treaty issues such as Exclusive Economic Zones, Territorial Status and Nuclear Free Zones. The author is also adept at explaining the more mundane problems of driftnet fishing, and agricultural and commercial policy. But the reader must realize that Eni is a Pacific Islander first and a scholar and practitioner second. Therefore, cultural issues mold his world view and knit together such diverse issues as American Indian policy, media fairness, and trad! e. This book will be valued by Americans and Pacific people alike, for Faleomavaega is one of the few Pacific Islander Americans who is in regular and informed contact with the whole Pacific Region - especially with the 22 Pacific Island nations and territories. He is highly respected throughout for productivity, pragmatism, dedication and integrity. 
Faleomavaega has probably done more than any U.S. Congressman to improve the lot of people throughout the Pacific Island region, and to facilitate a deeper and more mutually beneficial relationship with the United States. In addition to superb service to his electorate (as shown by the fact that he has been re-elected four times in a row and still earns more than double the votes of his nearest rival), he has taken many initiatives for the Pacific Islands region as a whole. 
The book outlines ways in which relations between the United States and the Pacific can be improved to mutual advantage and calls for deeper understanding! of the exceedingly diverse cultures and socio-political systems of this vast region.

Navigating the Future: A Samoan Perspective on U.S.-Pacific Relations

History

Faleomavaega, Eni F. H.

Australia & Oceania

In search of a home

Unknown, Author

Ples Blong Iumi: Solomon Islands, The Past Four Thousand Years

Rotuma: hanua pumue Precious Land

Anselmo

Fatiaki, Daniel

Others

Traditional architecture in Vanuatu

Coiffier, Christian

Understanding Fisheries in the South Pacific

King, Michael G.

There is a beginning and an ending to everything that is  alive.  In between is a lifetime.  It is the same for people as it is  for plants and animals, even for the tiniest insects.  Lifetimes helps  both children and parents to remember, to understand and to explain  that dying is as much a part of living as being born.  A moving and  beautiful book.  In Samoan, Tongan, and English.

Lifetimes: Beginnings and endings with Lifetimes in Between

Children's Books

Mellonie, Bryan

Growing Up & Facts of Life

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