Val's Round the World List (2015)

[Val]

These are the countries on the list for 2015.

San Marino: A Freak Of Freedom; Or, The Republic Of San Marino
Gibraltar (territory): The Escape Artist: A Gibraltarian novel
British Virgin Islands (territory): Really Dead: A Ria Butler Mystery
Palau: Being a Palauan
Cook Islands (territory): Makutu
Caribbean Netherlands (territory): Bonaire Land & Sea
Anguilla (territory): Anguilla: Tranquillity Wrapped in Blue
Wallis and Futuna (territory): Le Petit Rat de Wallis-et-Futuna (possible)
Nauru: Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
Tuvalu: Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I became the law man of the world's fourth-smallest country
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (territory): Rumrunners: The Smugglers from St. Pierre and Miquelon and the Burin Peninsula from Prohibition to Present Day
Montserrat (territory): At Home with Miss Vanesa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (territory): Rockhopper Copper
Falkland Islands (territory): A Falkland Islands Story a Doctor on Horseback
Niue (territory): Musings on Niue (possible)
Tokelau (territory): Matagi Tokelau: History and Traditions of Tokelau (possible)
Vatican City: The Secrets of a Vatican Cardinal: Celso Costantini's Wartime Diaries, 1938-1947

[Diane]

Here are a few from Niue. I have not read any of them but I hope to read Musings from Niue this year:
Musings on Niue
Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth
Tagi Tote E Loto Haaku - My Heart is Crying a Little

I haven't seen much from Tokelau. This was the most interesting one I found:
Matagi Tokelau: History and Traditions of Tokelau

I read a few of these on your list. One of them, Diving Bonaire is kind of a technical diving book. I scuba dive and have dove in the ABC islands, so it was of interest to me, but if you are a non-diver you probably would not get much out of it.

[Val]

Thanks Diane.

My daughter has done some scuba diving, mainly in Costa Rica, but I don't dive myself. I did an introductory session with a club and found it claustrophobic.

I will have a look at the Niue ones.
Edit: I might be able to get a copy of Musings on Niue via my other daughter in New Zealand, so that is going on the list as a possible.
If not, Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth is available from Amazon, but it is a bit pricey.

I came across a mention of Matagi Tokelau: History and Traditions of Tokelau in my search, but couldn't find a copy anywhere so thought it must be out of print.

There is a very good film set on Saint-Pierre, "La veuve de Saint-Pierre", which I hoped might be based on a book, but it appears to be an original screenplay.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191636
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veuve-Saint-P...

[Rusalka]

Damn those people with their original ideas ;)

[An]

Such an exotic list. I would love to read a few of those.

[Val]

I didn't manage to get hold of the Niue or Tokelau books and could only find an unsuitable audio-book version of the Wallis and Futuna one.
That is almost a complete world tour.