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The Trip

The Trip
  • Author(s): Audrey J Cole
  • Location(s): Pacific Ocean
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A luxury sailing trip is the perfect escape from Palmer’s shattered marriage. Until the Pacific Coast cruise—a chance for old friends to mend old wounds—descends into a harrowing fight for their lives. Twenty years ago, the five of them...

The Web

The Web
  • Author(s): Jonathan Kellerman
  • Location(s): Micronesia
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1995

Dr. Woodrew Moreland, a respected scientist, has invited Alex Delaware, psychologist/detective, to his home on a tiny Pacific island to help him organize his papers for publication. It’s a light workload leaving plenty of time for Alex and his...

The White Mary

The White Mary
  • Author(s): Kira Salak
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

A young woman journeys deep into the untamed jungle, wrestling with love and loss, trauma and healing, faith and redemption. Marika Vecera, an accomplished war reporter, has dedicated her life to helping the world’s oppressed and forgotten. When not...

Throwim Way Leg

Throwim Way Leg
  • Author(s): Tim Flannery
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Tiseniko in Samoa

Tiseniko in Samoa
  • Author(s): June Allen
  • Location(s): Samoa
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Tiseniko is a fantasy character who loves to visit exotic places. In this story he visits Samoa and finds out about Samoan culture. Samoa is a group of islands in the tropical South Pacific. It has its own language...

Tiseniko in Tonga

Tiseniko in Tonga
  • Author(s): June Allen
  • Location(s): Tonga
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Tiseniko is a fantasy character who loves to travel to exotic places. This amusing story is set in the Kingdom of Tonga, a group of islands in the tropical South Pacific. Tiseniko borrows a bike and cycles along the...

Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific

Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific
  • Author(s): Julian Evans
  • Location(s): Pacific Ocean
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

The Pacific Ocean calls to mind a world of fabulous kingdoms and noble savages, guilt free sex and gin-clear lagoons, and a perfect idleness fed by lush fruits and fish-rich seas. Ever since Captain Cook first went to Tahiti...

Travels with George

Travels with George
  • Author(s): Vivien Fallows
  • Location(s): Australia, Los Angeles, New Zealand (Aotearoa), The Cook Islands
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2010's

In 2000, after her children set off for new lives on the other side of the globe, Vivien Fallows embarked on a solo travel mission. At the request of her husband, Vivien shared the stories in a diary, which...

When in Vanuatu

When in Vanuatu
  • Author(s): Nicki Chen
  • Location(s): Vanuatu
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Diana quit her job and followed her husband to Manila, she believed the move would work for both of them: Jay would finally have his dream job, and she would take time off from her accounting career to...

Where We Once Belonged

Where We Once Belonged
  • Author(s): Sia Figiel
  • Location(s): Samoa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

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