Cousteau, Jean-Michel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 919.53 COUAly, Götz
Summary: "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 995.3 ALYDiamond, Jared M.
Summary: Draws on decades of field work in the Pacific islands and other world regions to illuminate the degree to which modern society reflects traditional cultures from earlier and ancient time periods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.89 DIASummary: "Two generations of Bosavi musicians and twenty-five years of field recordings : a comprehensive and intimate musical portrait of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community"--Back of container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC FELDiamond, Jared M.
Summary: Draws on decades of field work in the Pacific islands and other world regions to illuminate the degree to which modern society reflects traditional cultures from earlier and ancient time periods.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.89 DIAMoran, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.504 MORSummary: Join National Geographic photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes as they journey deep into the most remote jungles on earth in search of all 39 species of some of the most amazing birds in the world--birds of paradise.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Collections of 11 episodes from the TV series "Cousteau's rediscovery of the world" and "Cousteau's Papua New Guinea journey." Covers multiple Cousteau Society expeditions throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cousteau Society 2005
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JACBenedict, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 BENSalak, Kira
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 SALJones, Lloyd
Summary: On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, on which survival is a daily struggle, eccentric Mr. Watts, the only white man left after the other teachers flee, spends his day reading to the local children from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JonesJones, Lloyd
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Matilda watches as all the foreigners flee her homeland--all but one, the white man Mr. Watts. Amidst the ruins of the town schoolhouse, Watts reads Dickens' Great Expectations to the children, thus sparking their imaginations and giving them hope in a chaotic world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JONMarriott, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 995.3 MARSalak, Kira
Summary: A young journalist journeys deep into the jungles of Papua New Guinea, determined to discover the truth about a Pultizer-winning war correspondent who has reportedly committed suicide.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SALSummary: Young thugs brag about their "raskol" gang ritual of raping women and girls. A truck driver picks up a teenage prostitute out on the highway-just part of his routine. A "hostess supervisor" at a Port Moresby brothel explains that he might tell clients to use a condom with his girls, but that sometimes he's too tired to bother. Such are the human tragedies in this look at Papua New Guinea's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Campbell, James.
Summary: Details the 32nd Division's 1942 campaign in New Guinea, and expecially the actions of the 126th Infantry Regiment. These "Ghost Mountain Boys" were largely Wisconsin and Michigan National Guardsmen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CAMFuture Sound of London (Musical group)
Contents: Expander (5:38) -- Stolen documents (5:10) -- While others cry (4:14) -- Calcium (6:47) -- It's not my problem (3:45) -- Papua New Guinea (6:46) -- Moscow (3:34) -- 1 in 8 (4:36) -- Pulse state (7:18) -- Central industrial (4:19) -- Expander: remix (4:49) -- Moscow: remix (4:52) -- Papua New Guinea: Graham Massey mix (3:45).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hypnotic, a division of Cleopatra 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC FUTAlexander, Jane
Summary: In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 333.95 ALESummary: On World AIDS Day 2003, WHO and UNAIDS released a detailed and concrete plan to reach the 3 by 5 target of providing antiretroviral treatment to three million people living with AIDS in developing countries and those in transition by the end of 2005. It was a vital step toward the ultimate goal of providing universal access to AIDS treatment to all those who need it. This program travels to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In Papua New Guinea, a local man asked Jared Diamond a question that penetrates to the very heart of the issue of global inequality: "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [material goods], but we black people had little cargo of our own?" In this program, Diamond traces the trail of history and proposes that a society's potential for advanced development lies not in race or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: "This collection features more than 50 recordings of traditional music from Sierra Leone, Paraguay, Madagascar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and northern Australia. With an extensive booklet drawing on David Attenborough's experiences compiled and with notes by BBC producer Julian May, and stunning original photographs of the recording sessions"--Publishers website.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT ATTContents: Disc one. W.F.L. ('Think about the Future' mix (The Paul Oakenfold mix)) / Happy Mondays -- Joe / Inspiral Carpets -- Pacific state-origin (12" version) / 808 State -- Come home (Weatherall remix a.k.a. Skunk Weed Skank mix) / James -- Stepping stone (12" Ghost Dance mix) / The Farm -- Dream beam (Ben Chapman remix) / Hypnotone -- Big (Baka) / New Fast Automatic Daffodils -- All on you...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK COMSalyer, Hannah
Summary: "Around the world, our ancient ancestors' mysterious art is left behind on cave walls, in rain forests, and with ink made from charcoal and crushed clay. These people told their stories in magnificent drawings that still speak to us today, echoing across generations. In her own stunning artwork that features the deserts of North America to the caves of Papua New Guinea, Hannah Salyer showcases...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.01 SALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.01 SALGerhardt, Christina
Summary: "Low-lying island nations are least responsible for global warming, but they are already suffering its impacts severely and disproportionately. According to the International Panel on Climate Change, island nations are responsible for 0.03% of global emissions. A weave of essays, maps, poems and illustrations, Sea Change presents the impacts of and solutions to sea level rise. An essay, drawing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2023