Materias: “…Islands Australia Geelvink Bay Languages…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…European Intruders and the 1878 Rabaul Eruption: 1870-1883; Blanche Bay and the Tolai; Miklouho-Maclay; Traders, Missionaries and a GentlemanExplorer…”

“…In 2008 intensive archaeological surveys began at Caution Bay, located 20km to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Sinclairs Of Pigeon Bay, or 'The 'The Prehistory of the Robinsons of Ni'ihau': An essay in historiography, or 'tales their mother told them'; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Social and Environmental Dimensions in Tropical Sustainable Architecture: Introductory Comments / Joo-Hwa Bay and Boon Lay Ong -- Architectural and Environmental Theories -- Rethinking Design Methodology for Sustainable Social Quality / Alexander Tzonis -- The Selective Environment: Environmental Design and Cultural Identity / Dean Hawkes -- Green Design in the Hot Humid Tropical Zone / Ken Yeang -- High-rise High-density Living -- Socio-Environmental Dimensions in Tropical Semi-open Spaces of High-rise Housing in Singapore Public Housing / Boon-Lay Ong and Chi-Nguyen Cam -- Building and Planning Requirements -- Policy and Evaluation System for Green Building in Subtropical Taiwan / Hsien-Te Lin -- In Search of a Habitable Urban Space-Built Ratio: A Case Study of Building and Planning Regulation in Dhaka City / Q.M. …”

“…Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Out of Cooktown -- 1, A meeting: north Queensland miners and Sudest Islanders -- The Islands -- 2. Sudest: from protection to competition then isolation -- 3. …”

“…Ranging from the Hawaiian Archipelago to the Aleutian Islands, from Silicon Valley to Guam, Pathways to the Present is a thoroughly researched and concisely argued account of economic and environmental change in the postwar "American" Pacific. …”

“…"Cuando el huracán Leo se desvía de su curso previsto para dirigirse hacia Camino Island, en la costa de Florida, la mayoría de sus habitantes decide abandonar la isla. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Belonging to the Moment: Carl de Souza's Les Jours Kaya; 2. Belonging to the Island: Nathacha Appanah's Blue Bay Palace and Ananda Devi's Ève de ses decombres; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- The State: Looking Down on JAWS -- Experiencing JAWS: Views from Below -- Overview of the Book -- 1 | Background: The Long Build-Up -- Meteorology as Science in Nineteenth-Century North America -- Meteorology and Arctic Stations -- Weather, the Great War, and the Air Age -- The Second World War, Meteorology, and a New Northern Focus -- 2 | Negotiating JAWS, 1945-47 -- Finding Funding -- Canadian Concerns -- Sovereignty, Security, and Science -- Operation Nanook (1946) -- Compromise and Cooperation -- Reaching an Agreement -- 3 | Situating the First Stations, 1947-48 -- Slidre Fiord (Eureka Sound), Ellesmere Island, 80 15'N., 86 11'W. -- Task Force 68 Ventures North -- Resolute, Cornwallis Island, 74 70'N., 94 54'W. -- 4 | Finishing the Network, 1948-50 -- Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, 78 46'40' N., 103 31'40' W. -- Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, 76 14'16'N., 119 20'28'W. -- Resupplying the Stations: The Trials of Task Force 80 -- Early Life at the Stations -- Adapting to the Environment -- Canadian Capabilities, Sovereignty, and the Resupply Missions of 1949-50 -- Alert, Ellesmere Island, 82 30'06'N., 62 19'47'W. -- 5 | Who Did the Stations Need... and Who Did TheyGet? …”

“…He saw himself, at heart, as a missionary. The islands of the Pacific Ocean were the scene of his endeavours, with extended periods lived in Samoa and the New Britain region of today's Papua New Guinea, followed by repeated visits to Tonga, Fiji, the Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. …”