Happy Isles of Oceania（ISBN=9780618658985）

In this book, Theroux takes a trip in and around fifty-one Pacific Islands. From New Zealand"s rain forests to crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by kayak wherever the winds take him—and what he discovers is a world to explore and try to understand.

Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1941 and published his first novel, "Waldo" in 1967. His subsequent novels include "The Family Arsenal", "Picture Palace", "The Mosquito Coast", "O-Zone", "Millroy the Magician", "My Secret History", "My Other Life", and "Kowloon Tong". His highly acclaimed travel books include "Riding the Iron Rooster", "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The Old Patagonian Express", and "Fresh Air Fiend". "The Mosquito Coast" and "Dr. Slaughter" have both been made into successful films. He was the guest editor of The Best American Travel Writing (Houghton Mifflin, October 2001). Theroux is a frequent contributer to magazines including Talk and Men's Journal. He divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands, where he is a professional beekeeper.

PART ONE: MEGANESIA
  1. New Zealand: The Land of the Long White Cloud
  2. New Zealand: Sloshing Through the South Island
  3. Waffling in White Australia
  4. Walkabout in Woop Woop
  5. North of the Never-Never
PART TWO: MELANESIA
  6. Buoyant in the Peaceful Trobriands
  7. Aground in the Troubled Trobriands
  8. The Solomons: Down and Dirty in Guadalcanal
  9. The Solomons: In the Egg Fields of Savo Island
  10. Vanuatu: Cannibals and Missionaries
  11. The Oddest Island in Vanuatu
  12. Fiji: The Divided Island of Viti Levu
  13. Fiji: Vanua Levu and the Islets of Bligh Water
PART THREE: POLYNESIA
  14. Tonga: The Royal Island of Tongatapu
  15. Tonga: Alone on the Desert Islands of Vava'u
  16. In the Backwaters of Western Samoa
  17. American Samoa: The Littered Lagoon
  18. Tahiti: The Windward Shore of the Island of Love
  19. A Voyage to the Marquesas
  20. The Cook Islands: In the Lagoon of Aitutaki
  21. Easter Island: Beyond the Surf Zone of Rapa Nui
  22. Easter Island: The Old Canoe Ramp at Tongariki
PART FOUR: PARADISE
  23. O'ahu: Open Espionage in Honolulu
  24. Kaua'i: Following the Dolphins on the Na Pali Coast
  25. Ni'ihau and Lana'i: Some Men Are Islands
  26. The Big Island: Paddling in the State of Grace