An Island to Oneself, Tom Neale, 1966
- Cook Islands, #4
- Digital edition, free from privateislandsonline.com
- Read September 2015
- Rating: 2.5/5
- Recommended for: People who don’t like people
An Island to Oneself (because one is an insufferable jerk)
Non-Fiction
The Frisbies of the South Seas: Life’s too short
The Frisbies of the South Seas, Johnny Frisbie, 1959
- Cook Islands, #3
- Borrowed from Fresno State Library, via SF Library
- Read: September 2015
- Rating: 2/5
- Recommended for: Breathless admirers of Robert Dean Frisbie
Doctor to the Islands
Doctor to the Islands, Tom and Lydia Davis, 1954
- Cook Islands, #2
- Borrowed from San Francisco Library
- Read: September, 2015
- Rating: 2.5/5
- Recommended for: Tropical epidemiologists
Polynesian Mythology
Polynesian Mythology, Sir George Grey, 1854 (full title: Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs … the man obviously could have used a good editor)
- New Zealand, # 1
- Free at sacredtexts.com
- Read April 2015
- Rating: 2/5
- Recommended for: Patient cultural anthropologists
Oceanic Mythology (Polynesia section)
Oceanic Mythology, Roland B. Dixon, 1916
- New Zealand, #2
- Free at sacred-texts.com
- Read April 2015
- Rating: 1/5
- Recommended for: Miserable pedants
The Shark Net
The Shark Net, Robert Drewe, 2000
- Australia, #23
- Paperback, Alibris.com, $0.99
- Read January 2015
- Rating 2.5/5
- Recommended for: Amateur historians with an insatiable curiosity about mid-century Western Australia
My Place
My Place, Sally Morgan, 1987
- Australia, #17
- Paperback, $0.99, Alibris.com
- Read November 2014
- Rating 3/5
- Recommended for: People who value substance over style
Schindler’s Ark
Schindler’s Ark (aka Schindler’s List), Thomas Kenneally, 1982
- Australia, #16
- Paperback, Alibris.com, $0.99
- Read October 2014
- Rating 3.5/5
- Recommended for: Human beings
Oceanic Mythology (Australia section)
Oceanic Mythology (Australia section), Roland B. Dixon, 1916
- Australia, #8
- Free at sacred-texts.com
- Read September 2014
- Rating: 1/5
- Recommended for: No one. Seriously, there are better books about Australian mythology.
Australian Legendary Tales
Australian Legendary Tales, K. Langloh Parker, 1895
- Australia, #3
- Digital, free download from sacred-texts.com
- Read April 2014
- Rating: 2/5
- Opening Line: Dinewan the emu, being the largest bird, was acknowledged as king by the other birds.
- Recommended for: Lovers of cultural anthropology with a high tolerance for boredom
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