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Religious and Cosmic Beliefs of Central Polynesia
Originally published in 1933, this book forms one of two volumes on the religious, mythical and cosmic structures of Central Polynesia.
Furious Winds and Parched Islands
The modern understanding of climate extremes in the vast Pacific Ocean has been hampered by an incomplete picture of the incidence of such extremes in the past. For the first time in this book is given a largely complete account of extreme events – tropical cyclones (hurricanes) and droughts – culled from a myriad of sources, ranging from whalers’ logs to missionary diaries, as far back in time as written records extend. This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the nature and recurrence times of climate extremes in the Pacific Ocean. It also provides fascinating insights into the historical impacts of extreme events on often highly vulnerable island populations and livelihoods and, in doing so, underscores their continuing vulnerability as they confront 21st-century climate change.
The Statesman's Year-Book
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-Book
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-Book
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Treasured Islands
Not only the British writer himself, already famous for novels and poems, but his family with him took to the sea between 1888 and 1890 to search Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia for Robert's health and adventure. Writer and film maker Holmes (emeritus anthropology, Wichita State U. Kansas) has
