Bøger om Melanesia

The US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats were used in every theater of WWII, but they are most famous for their daring exploits in the South Pacific, where they were the US Navy's first line of defense against the "Tokyo Express," the nightly attacks of Japanese destroyers against American forces on Guadalcanal. Dark Nights, Deadly Waters tells the story of the first PT boats deployed to the fetid and malarial island of Tulagi, in the desperate early days of America's "island hopping" campaign across the Pacific.

Laura Reagan and her team are shooting an episode of Creature X on the pterosaur called ropen on Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea. But what begins as a simple TV shoot takes a drastic turn when the body of a team member's Ph.D. adviser is discovered.

"Puwuls verden" er en beretning for børn, der fortæller om Puwuls første møde med verden på den anden side af bjergene. Puwul er ni år og bor i bjergene på den vestlige del af verdens næststørste ø Ny Guinea. Han tilhører Yali stammen, et naturfolk der levede i stenalderen, da billederne i bogen blev taget. Bogen er udgivet af Remote Frontlines 2018 (48 sider, 50 farvefotos). Læs også af samme forfatter bogen: PAPUA BLOD - En beretning fra West Papua (248 sider, 200 farvefotos, udgivet 2018).

"Papua blood" is a documentary eyewitness account taking the reader through the western part of the island of New Guinea. Over an interval spanning three decades the author and photographer Peter Bang descibes his experiences among the indigenous people of West Papua who are threadened by a continuing history of genocide and extinction. "... Exelent written ... from a culture that one day will be gone. The author enlightens and entertains while delivering a deeply engaged statement for West Papua´s independence ..." - Jorgen Bjerre / journalist, former Chief Editor. Note: This edition in 128 pages is updated with a few black & white photos on the basis of the photographic edition of the book "PAPUA BLOOD - A Photographer´s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years" by Peter Bang (248 pages, 200 color photos) / published by Remote Frontlines.

"Puwul´s World" is a tale for children about Puwul´s first meeting with the world on the other side of the mountains. Puwul is nine years old and lives in the mountains in the western part of the second largest island in the world, New Guinea. He belongs to the Yali tribe, an indigenous people in West Papua who lived in a stone age culture when the pictures for this book were taken (48 pages / 50 color photos. Published by Remote Frontlines 2018). Read more about West Papua / by the same author: PAPUA BLOOD - A Photographer´s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years.

"Papua Blood" is a documentary account taking the reader through the western part of the island of New Guinea. Over an interval spanning three decades the author and photographer Peter Bang describes his experiences among the indigenous people of West Papua, who are threatened by a continuing history of genocide and extinction. "... Excellent written with outstanding and valuable photos from a culture that one day will be gone. The author enlightens and entertains while delivering a deeply engaged statement for West Papua's independence ... " - Jorgen Bjerre / journalist, former Chief Editor.

"Papua Blod" er en dokumentarisk beretning, der tager læseren med på en rejse ind bag de fjerneste bjerge på verdens næststørste ø Ny Guinea. Over et interval på tre årtier beskriver forfatteren og fotografen Peter Bang sine oplevelser blandt den oprindelige befolkning i West Papua, der er truet med udslettelse.

"Puwul´s World" is a tale for children about Puwul´s first meeting with the world on the other side of the mountains.Puwul is nine years old and lives in the mountains in the western part of the second largest island in the world, New Guinea. He belongs to the Yali tribe, an indigenous people in West Papua who lived in a stone age culture when the pictures for this book were taken (48 pages / 50 black and white photos (this book is also published in a color edition). Published by Remote Frontlines 2018).Read more about West Papua / by the same author: PAPUA BLOOD - A Photographer´s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years.