Guide to Reference Books

Guide to Reference Books
Author: Robert Balay
Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1992
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

The 10th edition of the Guide (1986) is one of a small core of references essential to the day-to-day operations of Reference and Research Book News (it was enthusiastically reviewed in our May 1987 issue) and, we trust, to librarians and researchers everywhere. This Supplement, the only one to the 10th edition, lists 4,668 titles that cover reference publishing from the end of December 1984 through the end of 1990. As in prior editions, the focus continues to be on reference works for scholarly research, but representative works intended for general reference are included as well. Member price, $76.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Australasia and South Pacific Islands Bibliography

Australasia and South Pacific Islands Bibliography
Author: John Thawley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN:

This selective bibliography of nearly 6,000 items concentrates on monographs published during the last fifty years, updating other major bibliographies on the Australasian and South Pacific region.

Post-colonial Literatures in English

Post-colonial Literatures in English
Author: Mark Williams
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

This is the second volume in a new series on new post-colonial English-language literature. It contains annotated listings of critical works on the literature of Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, organized by geographical area and by general works and works by particular authors. Includes listings of general reference aids, including national and annual bibliographies, and finding aids. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

South Pacific Handbook

South Pacific Handbook
Author: David Stanley
Publisher: David Stanley
Total Pages: 948
Release: 1996
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781566910408

Whether it's the legends about breadfruit trees or ghosts inhabiting inland Tahiti, the endangered delicacies to avoid or the gift-giving protocol when invited to a local's home, how to tour a vanilla plantation on Raiatea or when to find the Nouméa flame trees "catch fire" in hues of red and orange, South Pacific Handbook covers everything about this region of boundless ocean and scarce land. Drawing on two decades of editions and incorporating the comments of countless previous readers, this user-friendly guide extends beyond the hot spots and steers readers off the beaten path throughout Polynesia and Melanesia.