oceania

Provides an illustrated overview of South Pacific mythology, covering Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Hawaii, and discussing the unique qualities and traditions of the region's mythology.

Presents brief historical information about the Southwest Pacific as well as descriptions of the cultures of the people and instructions for making craft projects representative of them.

Describes what it would be like to travel to the South Sea Islands in order to study their natural history.

Thirty-one folk tales from Asia, the Middle East, and islands in the Pacific with a section of notes on each story at the end of the book.

A collection of essays that explore the issues women in Asia and Oceania face at the dawn of the twenty-first century, including information on health, education, employment, violence, and politics.

The author, a neurologist, tells of his journey to Pingelap where he went to observe a community of islanders born with hereditary total colorblindness, and a subsequent visit to Guam where he went to investigate a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that has been plaguing people for over a century.

Text and photographs present a discussion of many of the early explorers of the Pacific.