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In this book, Theroux takes a trip in and around fifty-one

Pacific Islands. From New Zealand"s rain forests to

crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty

harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by kayak

wherever the winds take him—and what he discovers is a world to

explore and try to understand.

PART ONE: MEGANESIA

  1. New Zealand: The Land of the Long White Cloud

  2. New Zealand: Sloshing Through the South Island

  3. Waffling in White Australia

  4. Walkabout in Woop Woop

  5. North of the Never-Never

PART TWO: MELANESIA

  6. Buoyant in the Peaceful Trobriands

  7. Aground in the Troubled Trobriands

  8. The Solomons: Down and Dirty in Guadalcanal

  9. The Solomons: In the Egg Fields of Savo Island

  10. Vanuatu: Cannibals and Missionaries

  11. The Oddest Island in Vanuatu

  12. Fiji: The Divided Island of Viti Levu

  13. Fiji: Vanua Levu and the Islets of Bligh Water

PART THREE: POLYNESIA

  14. Tonga: The Royal Island of Tongatapu

  15. Tonga: Alone on the Desert Islands of Vava'u

  16. In the Backwaters of Western Samoa

  17. American Samoa: The Littered Lagoon

  18. Tahiti: The Windward Shore of the Island of Love

  19. A Voyage to the Marquesas

  20. The Cook Islands: In the Lagoon of Aitutaki

  21. Easter Island: Beyond the Surf Zone of Rapa Nui

  22. Easter Island: The Old Canoe Ramp at Tongariki

PART FOUR: PARADISE

  23. O'ahu: Open Espionage in Honolulu

  24. Kaua'i: Following the Dolphins on the Na Pali

Coast

  25. Ni'ihau and Lana'i: Some Men Are Islands

  26. The Big Island: Paddling in the State of Grace

Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1941 and

published his first novel, "Waldo" in 1967. His subsequent novels

include "The Family Arsenal", "Picture Palace", "The Mosquito

Coast", "O-Zone", "Millroy the Magician", "My Secret History", "My

Other Life", and "Kowloon Tong". His highly acclaimed travel books

include "Riding the Iron Rooster", "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The

Old Patagonian Express", and "Fresh Air Fiend". "The Mosquito

Coast" and "Dr. Slaughter" have both been made into successful

films. He was the guest editor of The Best American Travel Writing

(Houghton Mifflin, October 2001). Theroux is a frequent contributer

to magazines including Talk and Men's Journal. He divides his time

between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands, where he is a

professional beekeeper.

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In this book, Theroux takes a trip in and around fifty-one Pacific Islands. From New Zealand"s rain forests to crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by kayak wherever the winds take him—and what he discovers is a world to explore and try to understand.