Results for Nonfiction, set in Australia & Pacific
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Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World
Peter Moore
Paperback: 07/21/2020
An unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped add a hemisphere to the civilized world.
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Christina Thompson
Paperback: 03/05/2020
A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual ...
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
Paperback: 07/29/2014
In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she ...
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Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story
J. Maarten Troost
Paperback: 06/03/2014
Headhunters on My Doorstep is a funny yet poignant account of one man's journey to find himself that will ...
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Mitchell Zuckoff
Paperback: 04/24/2012
Lost in Shangri-La recounts the incredible true-life adventure of twenty-four officers and enlisted men and ...
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Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics
Alexander Frater
Paperback: 02/12/2008
From one of the most celebrated travel writers at work today—a vibrantly observant, witty, utterly ...
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
J. Maarten Troost
Paperback: 06/01/2004
The laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey on the distant South Pacific ...
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