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1.The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South PacificThe Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South Pacific
from Crown
Price: $17.13

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Good sound rendition of "Gost Mountain Boys" on CD/ROM DVD.
During his life my father, HQ Coy - Special troops, 32nd Infantry Division, He did not speak much about his service.
This DVD provides insight of the trials and tribulation
and commemorates his New Guinea service. It is a... more info

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2.Argonauts of the Western PacificArgonauts of the Western Pacific
from Waveland Press
Price: $19.76

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This is a real classic in the history of anthropology, published in 1922, and unlike another classic from the same decade, Coming of Age in Samoa, it has worn well, too. This is where modern ethnography begins. Malinowski tells us how to do ethnography, in no uncertain terms, as he explains... more info

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3.Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis GourdsThrowim' Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds
from Grove Press
Price: $11.20

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Flannery is the Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. This book recounts several of his expeditions in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya in the 80s and 90s.
He's the opposite to Douglas Adams. In approaching some similar topics in his `Last Chance to See' Adams was primarily a... more info

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4.Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series)Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series)
from University of Pennsylvania Press
Price: $21.95

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5.Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43 (Battle Orders)Japanese Army in World War II: "The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43" (Battle Orders)
from Osprey Publishing
Price: $16.29

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6.Arts of the Pacific IslandsArts of the Pacific Islands
from Harry N. Abrams

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7.Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New GuineaUnder the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $17.10

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I'd advise people not to be put off by the 1 star review. I enjoyed this book immensly, though it is not as good as "Snow Leopard" or "...Fields of the Lord".

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8.A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in PapuaA Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua
from Allen & Unwin
Price: $22.76

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This book belongs in any library of books on World War II.
At the beginning of World War II the Australians sent the cream of their army to fight in North Africa. And they did a supurb job there. The stories of Montgomery's success over Rommel is filled with the Australians did this, and the... more info

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9.History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 8: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II)History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 8: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II)
from University of Illinois Press
Price: $9.95

Customer Review:
My 86 year old father served in the New Guinea campaign. Only now, in his later years, has he been interested and willing to talk about his World War II experiences. As an enlisted man with an army amphibious unit, he never knew the details of the New Guinea campaign in which he participated. This... more info

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10.Village on the Edge: Changing Times in Papua New GuineaVillage on the Edge: Changing Times in Papua New Guinea
from University of Hawaii Press
Price: $24.00

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After almost a century of modern-style research, the world is not exactly short of ethnographies. You can find works on everybody from Indiana town dwellers to Sri Lankan fishermen. Papua New Guinea, as an area where a wide variety of cultures, some with Stone Age technologies, endured well into the... more info

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