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By Lye, Keith1987., Gloucester Press Call No: 950 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Today's world (New York, N.Y.)Summary Note: A brief introduction to the land, economy, culture, and people of Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific islands.
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By Mayo, Lida1974., Doubleday Call No: 940.54 26 Edition: [1st ed.] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC MIKAELSEN Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When sullen teenager Dylan Barstow is caught joyriding in a stolen car he is sent to his ex-Marine uncle for the summer, but soon they are on the way to Papua New Guinea in search of a World War II fighter plane and Dylan discovers that defiance is not a survival skill when you are lost in a jungle.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC MIKAELSEN Edition: First edition. Genre: Adventure fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: As punishment for joyriding, Dylan Barstow is sent to Papua New Guinea to live with his ex-Marine Uncle Todd. Uncle Todd has plans--he is going to force Dylan to help him find the wreck of the "Second Ace," the bomber Dylan's grandfather flew in World War II, which was shot down over the islands. His grandfather survived, but now the jungle has hidden all trace of the plane.
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c2011., Harper Call No: Warfare Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the crash of a transport plane carrying twenty-four American servicemen and WACs on May 13, 1945, during a sightseeing trip over the Shangri-La Valley in the mountains of Dutch New Guinea, tells how survivors Margaret Hastings, John McCollom, and Kenneth Decker, injured and grieving, braved man-eating headhunters and enemy Japanese troops to find refuge with a primitive tribe which had never seen white people, and discusses their daring rescue.
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2008, c2006., Dial Press Trade Paperback Call No: [Fic] Edition: Dial Press trade pb Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On a remote tropical island where villages are overrun by rebel fighting, thirteen-year-old Matilda is introduced to the Charles Dickens classic "Great Expectations" by her white school teacher and becomes enthralled with the story's main character, with whom she feels a connection.
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2011., Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GRAPHIC NOVELS Edition: 1st softcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2011., Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GN MIZ Edition: 1st softcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[A] semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War Two. The soldiers are instructed that they must go into battle and die for the honor of their country, with certain execution facing them if they return alive" -- from publisher's web site.
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2006, Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 599.2 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Series Title: Scientists in the fieldSummary Note: Full-color, illustrated photographs provide detailed information on the search for the tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea's cloud forest, and describes its habits, behaviors, and characteristics.
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2006., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 599.2 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Series Title: Scientists in the fieldSummary Note: Full-color, illustrated photographs provide detailed information on the search for the tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea's cloud forest, and describes its habits, behaviors, and characteristics.
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2006., Houghton Mifflin Call No: 599.2 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Scientists in the field.Summary Note: Full-color, illustrated photographs provide detailed information on the search for the tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea's cloud forest, and describes its habits, behaviors, and characteristics.
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[2014], William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Retracing Rockefeller's steps, award-winning journalist Carl Hoffman traveled to the jungles of New Guinea to solve a decades-old mystery and illuminate a culture transformed by years of colonial rule."--Provided by OCLC.