Oceania Books

Global, US national, and local forces are finely articulated in this rich study of the literatures of Hawai'i and the counter-canons of Pacific possibility. While drenched in academic discourse and theory-speak, Wilson's wry humor and lyricism come through in chapter after chapter revealing the contestatory forces of an American Pacific coming unglued in the post-imperial era. This is an important work, deftly wrought, building upon and transforming what cultural studies can be in the trajectories of Birmingham into Asia/Pacific contexts.

I am especially fond of this book because my mother-in-law tells her story as a 6 year old child living in Pearl Harbor and recounts her memories of the bombing. The inclusion of these "personal" accounts of war makes you consider things that you may not have considered before... like a mother trying to maintain her composure while her husband leaves for duty all the while keeping small children quiet, safe, and in complete darkness at night... As children, they have memories that they did not totally understand until they were adults and pieced the pieces together of what had happened. There are many other personal accounts of the tragedies of WWII and the book includes many personal photos, maps, and a war timeline that describes the events that took place. The timeline would be an especially useful source for youth preparing a school presentation or project about WWII.

It is not a long, excessively detailed book (only 61 pages) but is perfect for youth and provides an understanding that they can relate to since the stories told are told by adults who experienced the events as children. As an adult, I, too have enjoyed this book very much, as well as my kids (elementary and middle school ages).

to cultural poetics in timely, disjunctive, and importan ways from the interviews with Clifford and Said to the poems and stories and essays by indigenous peoples, settlers, interlopers, disciplinarians and a cast of thousands. I have used this text in a postcolonial writing course at Santa Cruz and it worked quite well to prod theory reflection and to thicken Pacific dimensionality. It is a well wrought text, finely made by editor and UH Press deserving broad circulation and use

In the great spirit of the early American settlers, post war Brits moved to Australia in search of opportunity. The strange world that was found was exciting and mind blowing. When that place was taken away by circumstance, a young man's curiosity was so great he had to return in later years. If you love the spirit of adventure, you must read this book. It will entertain you, it will make you feel proud of your own history.

I read this book before deciding to emigrate to Australia. I found both extremely helpful and factual, as well as being entertaining. I am trying to procure a copy of it for myself - the one that I read was borrowed from a library

Philip Weigall is a long time fly fisher from the New South Wales/ Victorian border area in Australia. His book focuses upon his experiences in fly fishing in this area, and irrespective of whether or not you know the area, the book will quickly bring you under its spell.

The book describes to the reader in a series of stories, how Philip feels about flyfishing - not a sport but a part of life.

The stories are beautifully accompanied by pictures taken by Philip and his partner and add immeasurably to the experience of the book.

Dangerous to leave on the coffee table, this book will be worn out within 12 months. A great book as a gift (My father got a copy last Christmas!) but buy two and keep one on your own bookcase. I did.

I have read this book with the very exciting feelings ,as reading a good scientific novel. The story bigins with the history of scientific novels as well as the history of the observation on Mars. The central portion of the book would de the argument of the experiments about the possibility of life on Mars. This argument is too deatiled to read the book with patience, but may be of considerable scientific importance. After leaving the story of Mars, this book also refers to the future endevour for searching life in the outer space beyond earth. This book may be best dedecating for amature astronomers or students interested in science.

Sometimes I need to stop reading a book for the night but decide to read one more chapter. Then I find myself sliding into the next chapter, and the next, etc. This is one of those books. The Rock is well written and it covers the subject. On occasion it does wax purple as though the author prefers poetry to prose and the theme of the apologetic white man who tries to defend and bond with the aboriginal has become hackneyed, especially given the attitudes of the aboriginals themselves toward other cultures and toward wild animals. Yet this attitude and no other seems to satisfy the demands of today's marketplace.

Mr. Salecker has done a major service to the history of US Army armor by providing us with a complete history of the Army tank units involved in the Pacific campaigns from 1941 thru victory in 1945. This is an area that has been ignored by other publications that cover the history of American tank units. Here we see the desperate battles by under-trained tank crews in the fall of the Phillipines, the use of tanks in the jungles of New Guinea, the landing of tanks on island invasions, the large use of tanks in the recapture of the Phillipines and the final actions on Okinawa. The author looks at the machines used, but the real focus of the book is on the units and the men who actually fought in the tanks. Many veterans contributed stories about combat in places where heat, insects and disease were as deadly as the determined enemy. Well written and easy reading. This volume belongs on the shelf of anybody interested in the Pacific campaigns or the history of American armored units.

A great way to experience Hawaii!