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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.39 — 997,227 ratings — published 2010
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,752,596 ratings — published 2001
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,198 ratings — published 2019
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,098 ratings — published 1957
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,075 ratings — published 1948
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,673 ratings — published 1992
The Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,346 ratings — published 2009
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.07 — 866,964 ratings — published 2012
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.87 — 26,456 ratings — published 2003
Tales of the South Pacific (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,619 ratings — published 1947
Hawaii (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.22 — 81,557 ratings — published 1959
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,038 ratings — published 2015
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.51 — 10,058 ratings — published 2003
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,191,568 ratings — published 1996
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.62 — 7,081 ratings — published 2015
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.50 — 47,652 ratings — published 1981
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,740 ratings — published 2000
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,184 ratings — published 2007
State of Fear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.71 — 91,777 ratings — published 2004
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,494 ratings — published 2002
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.61 — 10,163 ratings — published 2011
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.87 — 46,835 ratings — published 2011
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.57 — 6,034 ratings — published 1846
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,487 ratings — published 1980
Mister Pip (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.68 — 24,058 ratings — published 2006
The Curse of Lono (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,234 ratings — published 1983
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.20 — 140,383 ratings — published 2003
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.53 — 414 ratings — published
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.76 — 5,049 ratings — published 2020
The Whale Rider (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,447 ratings — published 1987
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.52 — 34,205 ratings — published 2009
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.46 — 20,301 ratings — published 2024
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,127 ratings — published 1970
The Naked and the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,447 ratings — published 1948
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.55 — 3,203 ratings — published 1928
Leaves of the Banyan Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.96 — 272 ratings — published 1979
Tupaia: Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.26 — 197 ratings — published 2010
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,405 ratings — published 2016
War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,911 ratings — published 1986
Rascals in Paradise: Turbulent Adventures and Bold Courage on the South Seas (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.79 — 532 ratings — published 1957
Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.08 — 622 ratings — published 2005
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,715 ratings — published 2005
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.36 — 11,648 ratings — published 2003
Day of Infamy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,861 ratings — published 1957
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,360 ratings — published 2003
Lost Paradise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.77 — 506 ratings — published 2008
The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,998 ratings — published 1984
Playground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.15 — 42,861 ratings — published 2024
Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.90 — 97 ratings — published 2012
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.40 — 53 ratings — published 2010
“Legends speak of a primeval Pacific homeland called "Hiva" from which the first inhabitants of Easter Island came--a homeland that also fell victim to the "mischief of Uoke's lever" and was "submerged under the sea." What is particularly intriguing about all this, because of its resonance with the Seven Sages--the Apkallu--spoken of in Mesopotamian antediluvian traditions, and with the Seven Sages of the Edfu Building Texts, who sought out new lands in which to recreate the drowned and devastated world of the gods, is that the Seven Sages--"king's sons, all initiated men"--are also said to have been instrumental in the original settlement of Easter Island. Exactly as was the case with the Apkallu, who laid the foundations of all the future temples of Mesopotamia, and with the Edfu Sages who traveled the length and breath of Egypt establishing the sacred mounds on which all future pyramids and temples were to be built, the first task of the Seven Sages from Hiva after their arrival on Easter Island was 'the construction of stone mounds.”
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
“For years, the Pacific had been trying to get basic assistance in the synthetics field from the Reich. However, the big German chemical cartels, I. G. Farben in particular, had harbored their patents; had, in fact, created a world monopoly in plastics, especially in the developments of the polyesters. By this means, Reich trade had kept an edge over Pacific trade, and in technology the Reich was at least ten years ahead. The interplanetary rockets leaving Festung Europa consisted mainly of heat-resistant plastics, very light in weight, so hard they survived even major meteor impact. The Pacific had nothing of this sort; natural fibers such as wood were still used, and of course the ubiquitous pot metals.”
― The Man in the High Castle
― The Man in the High Castle
