| I was in Monterey yesterday for a family BBQ, which I briefly snuck away from to visit some of my old haunts from high school — the various used book stores downtown not far from the public library. I found Book Haven, and was delighted to discover their South Pacific collection. That's a subject area that isn't usually very represented, even in bigger used book stores. And when it is represented, it's usually in the form of WWII history. But I managed to find a few gems about the Melanesian Pacific there: Gardens of War, Cousteau's Papua New Guinea Journey, and Lightning Over Bougainville. |  |