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Child of the jungle: the true story of a girl caught between two worlds by Sabine Keugler
Call # B KUEGLER

One of the newest additions to the nonfiction collection is Sabine Kuegler’s memoir about growing up among the Fayu tribe in the jungles of West Papua. As the daughter of German linguist parents, Sabine grew up with a very limited knowledge of western culture. She came of age with the Fayu children and spent her time learning to take pleasure in the jungle’s delights and avoid its dangers. At the age of 17, Sabine is sent to a boarding school in Switzerland and the world as she knows it crumbles around her. Sabine’s memoir is about the clash of cultures, finding ones self and learning to survive in a strange world.

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Island in the clouds: travels in the highlands of New Guinea by Isabella Tree
Call # 919.5304 TREE

In this Lonely Planet Journeys publication, Isabella Tree tells the story of her journey through the remote and dangerous regions of Papua New Guinea and Iran Jaya accompanied by a man native to Papua New Guinea.

Four corners: one woman’s soloj into the heart of Papua New Guinea by Kira Salak
Call # 910.4 SALAK

Salak traveled to Papua New Guinea on a quest to become the first European woman to travel solo through the remote areas of New Guinea by retracing the steps of Ivan Champion, a British explorer who crossed the island in 1927.

Throwim way leg : tree-kangaroos, possums, and penis gourds--on the track of unknown mammals in wildest New Guinea by Tim F. Flannery
Call # 919.5 FLANNERY

Mammologist Tim Flannery traveled to New Guinea in search of new and unclassified animal species. This is his story of his travels across the island, the animals he found there and his interactions with the native peoples.

Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies by Jared M Diamond.
Call # 304.4 DIAMOND

Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond’s work on the ecology and evolution of the birds of New Guinea helped lead to his groundbreaking work about the factors that have shaped the world’s populations and led some societies to be the conquerors and others to be conquered. While this book isn't exactly about New Guinea, it does help to explain why Sabine Kuegler's family were the missionary linguists studying the diminishing Fayu culture and not the other way around.