Books about

Papua New Guinea

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publishers and distributors

35 books listed on a number of

subjects related to Papua New Guinea (books are a bit pricey.)

Subjects include history, village

politics, photos of Gogodala

people, cannibals, culture,

expeditions, festival dances,

and a book on the history of

the English Church in Papua

New Guinea, and more.

 

Wikitravel (but one book is

listed on Papua New Guinea)

 

Searching for Ropens,” living pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea—

this is a nonfiction book, believe it

or not (by Jonathan Whitcomb).

 

PNGBUAI.COM (electronic data

bases on Papua New Guinea)

 

Papua New Guinea and Solomon

Islands (7th edition, Lonely Planet

Country Guide)

 

Many books on many subjects

related to Papua New Guinea

(travel, art, expedition, culture, animal discoveries, etc)

 

The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology (by Michael Parsons)

 

Books on insects of Papua New

Guinea and other countries

(Indonesia: Papua Province)

 

Book: “Birds of New Guinea

(by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K.

Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman)

Twelve articles & books on Papua New Guinea  (cultures & history)

 

The Trobrianders of Papua New

Guinea (Amazon.com, Canada)

 

(Book same as above but for sale

on Amazon.com, U.S.)

 

 

 

 

Non-Book

Online Resources

 

People of Papua New Guinea

(no books but a general resource

for topics on Papua New Guinea)

 

Piugini (PNG) Government page

 

Wikipedia information

on Papua New Guinea

 

Press Release about Pterosaur-

like creatures called ropens in

Morobe Province, Piugini

Searching for Ropens

Living Pterosaurs in

Papua New Guinea

NONFICTION

Quality Online Resources

For Books Related to

Papua New Guinea

Books on Languages of Papua New Guinea

One Thousand One Papua New

Guinean Nights” - Folk tales from

WanTok newspaper  -  English

translations of stories from 247

languages of Papua New Guinea

 

The Nalik Language of New

Ireland (little information)

 

Tok Pisin, the Easy Way (by

Frank Mihalic)  -  (1982) only 85

pages but costs $99.99

The Papuan Languages of New

Guinea”  -  This introduction to the descriptive and historical linguistics of  the  Papuan  languages  of  New Guinea provide an accessible account of one of the richest and most diverse linguistic situations in the world. The Papuan languages number over 700 . . . . .  (book price: $95)

 

“Growing Up with Tok Pisin

(about $37)  -  256 pages