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Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Two years before this story begins, the Liawep were living deep in the jungle of Papua, New Guinea, long forgotten by the outside world. Numbering seventy-nine men, women, and children, the tribe worshipped a mountain, dressed in leaves, and hid when planes flew overhead, believing them to be evil sanguma birds. Their discovery by a missionary hit the headlines in 1993. Galvanized by the reports of people living in Stone Age conditions, Edward Marriott...
Author
Language
English
Description
The British author embarks on an awe-inspiring trek through 1930s West Africa in " one of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century " ( The Independent ). When Graham Greene left Liverpool in 1935 for what was then an Africa unmarked by colonization, it was to leave the known transgressions of his own civilization behind for those unknown. First by cargo ship, then by train and truck through Sierra Leone, and finally on foot, Greene embarked...
5) Walking with ghosts in Papua New Guinea: crossing the Kokoda Trail in the last wild place on earth
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson (Full Moon Over Noah's Ark) tackles his most challenging adventure yet: a formidable trail through the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea.
Rick Antonson has traveled to parts of the world that are not simply exotic but sometimes damned near inaccessible. He has climbed to the summit of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, traveling beyond to Iraq and Iran and Armenia. He has undertaken an improbable overland journey...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
“Four Corners” is Kira Salak's riveting account of her epic, solo jungle trek across the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, often called the last frontier of adventure travel. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, confronting the dangers and wonders of a largely untouched world, she became the first woman to traverse this remote country and write about it. “Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea” is a must-read...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Updated and revised edition.
Language
English
Description
Featuring hundreds of original, color photographs, this fascinating study of New Guinea chronicles the rituals and daily life of this remote and culturally rich region. Between the Tides offers a compelling mix of New Guinean storytelling, history, natural history, politics, and culture. David Pickell brings warmth and intelligence to his subject, and Kal Muller's photographs are surprising and evocative. Together, author and photographer show how...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Join guides Matt and Zoe on two adventures to the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea. In the Cook Islands Zoe visits Atieu, where Captain Cook landed, experiences a Polynesian welcome and joins in the Mire Tarai Festival. In Papua New Guinea, Matt treks the Kokoda Trail, taking part in a wild boar hunt and learning war history along the way.
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