Rabuka
Author : Eddie Dean
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fiji
ISBN : 9780958799201
Rabuka of Fiji
Author : John R. Sharpham
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Fiji
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781566913362
Book Description
This Fiji handbook provides a thought-provoking introduction to Fiji's turbulent history, diverse population, and cultural riches. Travelers gain from seasoned traveler Stanley's extensive descriptions and evaluations of Fiji's lodgings, from luxury resorts to simple hotels on the beach. His comprehensive reporting of outdoor recreation makes it simple to locate the perfect activities, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, sailing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golf.
Daughters of the Pacific
Author : Zohl Dé Ishtar
Publisher : Spinifex Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9781875559329
Book Description
Indigenous women from across the Pacific have a voice in this book. Zohl de Ishtar travelled the Pacific during 1986-87 on behalf of Women Working for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific and interviewed women of many nations. Following up with extensive research, Zohl de Ishtar has written an impressive book that gives a voice to the Pacific women and shows what strength there is in the underknown cultures, or nearest neighbours. The nuclear industry, tourism, dumping of waste. Pollution of the oceans all carry a huge price for these islands on the rim of the world, and one the rim of our imaginations. Countries covered are: Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Marianas, Guam, Belau, Fiji, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Te Ao Maohi/Tahiti Polynesia.
South Pacific Handbook
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780918373298
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, not just the popular spots. This is a guide for the budget traveller to the whole of the South Pacific.
South Pacific Handbook
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 44,16 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781566910408
Book Description
Whether it's the legends about breadfruit trees or ghosts inhabiting inland Tahiti, the endangered delicacies to avoid or the gift-giving protocol when invited to a local's home, how to tour a vanilla plantation on Raiatea or when to find the Nouméa flame trees "catch fire" in hues of red and orange, South Pacific Handbook covers everything about this region of boundless ocean and scarce land. Drawing on two decades of editions and incorporating the comments of countless previous readers, this user-friendly guide extends beyond the hot spots and steers readers off the beaten path throughout Polynesia and Melanesia.
Fiji Islands Handbook
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781566910385
Book Description
A fourth revised edition of a handbook to the 322 islands of the Pacific that make up the Fiji Islands, covering Viti Levu, Yasawa islands, the Lomaiviti group, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, the Lau group and Rotuma. Offers recommendations for the traveller on accomodation, airfares, air routes and tour services and inter-island travel.
Moon Handbooks South Pacific
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2004-12-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781566914116
Book Description
Travelers will find the best of the South Pacific in this guidebook that provides in-depth coverage of outdoor recreation. Complete with helpful maps, photographs and illustrations, as well as useful advice on food, entertainment, and money, this guidebook offers the tools travelers need for a uniquely personal experience.
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji
Author : Jon Fraenkel
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 44,49 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1921536519
Book Description
This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians - including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All Coups? is essential reading for those with an interest in the contemporary history of Fiji, politics in deeply divided societies, or in military intervention in civilian politics.
The Method of Hope
Author : Hirokazu Miyazaki
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 20,3 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804757171
Book Description
The Method of Hope examines the relationship between hope and knowledge by investigating how hope is produced in various forms of knowledge - Fijian, philosophical, anthropologtical. The book participates in on-going debates in social theory about how to reclaim the category of hope in progressive thought.
