The Island of the Colour-blind
The Island of the Colour-blind

Author: Oliver Sacks

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1447204948

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'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' – Sunday Times Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic there for a century. Along the way, he re-encounters the beautiful, primitive island cycad trees – and these become the starting point for a meditation on time and evolution, disease and adaptation, and islands both real and metaphorical in The Island of the Colour-Blind.

The Island of Rota
The Island of Rota

Author: Scott C. Russell

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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"This booklet is divided into several sections. The first provides an overview of Marianas prehistory and a physical description of Rota. This is followed by a section presenting a summary of archaeological research undertaken on Rota beginning with the observations of European visitors in the nineteenth century and concluding with the professionally-supervised archaeological projects completed between the 1970's and the mid-1990's. The final section presents a broad historical overview divided into periods corresponding with the various colonial regimes that administered the Marianas from the late seventeenth century until the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 1970's. Augmenting the main text is a relatively extensive bibliography of pertinent works"--P. ix.

The Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow
The Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-03-07

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0309175240

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This book, while focusing on current preservation challenges posed by the Aga, or Mariana crow, also reflects the larger issues and challenges of biodiversity conservation in all oceanic island ecosystems. It evaluates causes for the continuing decline of the Aga, which exists on only the two southernmost islands in the Mariana archipelago, Guam and Rota, and reviews actions to halt or reverse the decrease. This book reminds us of the importance and challenge of preserving the unique environmental heritage of islands of the Mariana archipelago, the need for increased knowledge to restore and maintain native species and habitats, and the compelling and lasting value of extensive public education to stimulate environmentally informed public policy development.

Tinian and the Bomb
Tinian and the Bomb

Author: Don A. Farrell

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780930839048

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Seabees and Superforts begins by describing the miracle of construction by the 6th Naval Construction Brigade, building the airfields, roads, and harbor necessary to land and support 400 B-29s for the air campaign against Japan. It then tells the story of how those B-29s were used to bomb Japan and aerial mining to blockade Japan's harbors. It ends with the story of the Manhattan Project on Tinian, receiving, assembling, and delivering the bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hold the Marianas
Hold the Marianas

Author: D. Colt Denfeld

Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Hold the Marianas is the first English language account of the World War II battle of the Marianas from the Japanese perspective. Employing diaries, messages, and oral histories in the English, Japanese, and Korean languages, the author demonstrates that the Japanese commanders were their own worst enemy. Despite the importance of the Marianas to the survival of the home islands, they were slowly reinforced and defended at the beach line, a terrible choice, in light of American naval and air bombardment capabilities. The book explains why the leadership held to this flawed defense. Hold the Marianas describes how the Japanese high command finally came to realize its errors. The result was better dug-in troops at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, prolonging the battles and inflicting higher American casualties. Had an in-depth defense been used in the Marianas, American casualties might have been four or five times greater.

CAMERA IN A ROOM PB
CAMERA IN A ROOM PB

Author: MORELL ABELARDO

Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)

Published: 1995-08-17

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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Abelardo Morell's first monograph, from the Smithsonian's Photographers at Work series, includes selections from his camera obscura series, as well as samples of book photographs, objects, and night shots.

Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands
Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands

Author: Dieter Mueller-Dombois

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 905

ISBN-13: 1441986863

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Written by the leading authorities on the plant diversity and ecology of the Pacific islands, this book is a magisterial synthesis of the vegetation and landscapes of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is organized by island group, and includes information on geography, geology, phytogeographic relationships, and human influences on vegetation. Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands features over 400 color photographs, plus dozens of maps and climate diagrams. The authors’ efforts in assembling the existing information into an integrated, comprehensive book will be welcomed by biogeographers, plant ecologists, conservation biologists, and all scientists with an interest in island biology.

Saipan
Saipan

Author: Bruce M. Petty

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1476613710

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The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan. In this work, the survivors--including Pacific Islanders on whose land the Americans and Japanese fought their war--have the opportunity to tell their stories in their own words. The author offers an introduction to the volume and arranges the oral histories by location--Saipan, Yap and Tinian, Rota, Palau Islands, and Guam--in the first half, and by branch of service in the second half.

Remember Guam
Remember Guam

Author: Paula Ann Lujan Quinene

Publisher: Information Press

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 9780741455031

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Remember Guam is a collection of memories and recipes about the island of Guam. People from across the oceans and across the generations sent in their stories: World War II veterans, children of WWII veterans, current Guam residents, former Guam residents, visitors, etc. The book includes 20 recipes not found in A Taste of Guam, each with an on-line video demonstration for such foods like empanada, shrimp kelaguen, pantosta, chalakiles, bonelos yeast, shrimp patties, and more!