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List of titles published in the past 3 months (Feb 2013 - May 2013).

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Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987
 

Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hensley, Gerald

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In 1984, the newly elected Labour Government's anti-nuclear policy collided with a United States foreign policy based on nuclear deterrence. After three years of ship visits denied, angry meetings, fraught diplomacy and press conferences, the stand-off led to the unravelling of t ...

ISBN 9781869407414
Published 26 April 2013 by Auckland University Press
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Head Hunters Black and White: Three Collectors in the Western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914
 

Head Hunters Black and White: Three Collectors in the Western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914 (Paperback)

By Richards, Rhys

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Contents I Introduction: A Gentleman, an Officer and a Scholar: Three collectors in two decades of change 5 II The Context: A very short history of the western Solomons before 1914 III Twenty British Collections: What 10,000 artifacts can teach us now 59 IV A Gentleman ...

ISBN 9780473226797
Barcode 9780473226794
Published 1 March 2013 by Paremata Press
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Kastom: Art of Vanuatu

Kastom: Art of Vanuatu (Paperback)

By Howarth, Crispin; Huffman, Kirk

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Kastom: Arts of Vanuatu showcases a unique collection of the National Gallery of Australia. During the early 1970s an impressive array of traditional arts through a program of field collecting on the Islands of Ambrym and Malakula.

ISBN 9780642334336
Published 1 February 2013 by National Library of Australia
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Pacific Edge: Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice
 

Pacific Edge: Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice (Paperback)

Edited by Seve-Williams, Nuhisifa; Saafi, Etuate; Taumoepeau, Mele

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Research papers from the fourth Health Research Council of New Zealand Pacific Health Research Fono

ISBN 9781877495106
Published 28 February 2013
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Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
  

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Leckie, Robert

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From the World War II veteran and New York Times -bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.

ISBN 9780553386912
Published 1 February 2013 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific Vol 18
  

Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific Vol 18 (Paperback, Name change - was Revenue Juridique Polynesienne)

Edited by Yves-Louis, Sage

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The present issue of this journal marks its 18th year of publication. The journal has it may be said attained its majority. It is important here to recognise that this "relative" longevity owes a great deal to the constant and generous encouragement from a select group of Fren ...

ISBN 316963
Published 14 February 2013
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Coconut Chaos

Coconut Chaos (Paperback)

By Souhami, Diana

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At dawn on 27 April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on the quarterdeck. This seemingly insignificant act resulted in mutiny, chaos and a chain of events that leads right up to the present day.

ISBN 9781780878744
Published 1 May 2013 by Quercus Publishing Plc
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Fitafita Mai Samoa, Le: The Force from Samoa - Soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War
 

Fitafita Mai Samoa, Le: The Force from Samoa - Soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War (Paperback)

By Liava'a, Christine

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At the beginning of the Great War, 1914-1918, Western Samoa was invaded and captured by a New Zealand force acting on behalf of Britain. Australia similarly invaded and captured German New Guinea. Thus the German possessions in the South Pacific were rendered incapable of assi ...

ISBN 9781927160275
Published 14 May 2013
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Names are Thicker Than Blood: Kinship and Ownership Amongst the Iatmul
 

Names are Thicker Than Blood: Kinship and Ownership Amongst the Iatmul (Hardback)

By Moutu, Andrew

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This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Written from the viewpoint of a Melanesian scholar, this book seeks to re-think anthropology's central assumptions about social relations.

ISBN 9780197264454
Published 15 April 2013 by Oxford University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs
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Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism & Early New Zealand Anarchism

Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism & Early New Zealand Anarchism (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Davidson, Jared; Foreword by Pateman, Barry

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The charming story of an adventurous Jewish tailor whose infectious passion for freedom brought revolutionary anarchism to New Zealand.

ISBN 9781849351324
Published 9 April 2013 by AK Press
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