Due to Kiribati being largely unknown to the general international public, books about this island nation in the Pacific are hard to come by. They do, however, exist. I have created this website as a resource for people looking for books and other documents relating to the Republic of Kiribati.
This section contains books published after 1979, when the Gilbert Islands became the independent nation of Kiribati.
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Author
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Akekeia!
Traditional Dance in Kiribati
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Tony & Joan Whincup
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Tobaraoi Travel (2001), Tony Whincup.
ISBN: 0-646-41554-9
168 pages
Buy it (Pacific Island Books)
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Atoll Politics:
The Republic of Kiribati
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30 authors, including 27 I-Kiribati, 1993
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Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific
ISBN: 982-02-0081-4
392 pages
Buy it (USP)
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Cinderellas of the Empire:
Towards a History of Kiribati and Tuvalu
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Barrie Macdonald, 1982, 2001
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Australian National University Press (1982); Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (2001)
ISBN: 982-02-0335-X
335 pages
Buy it (USP)
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The Environment of Christmas Island
(Ana Otabwanin Kiritimati)
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Roger Perry & Martin Garnett, 1998
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BirdLife International
36 pages
Buy it (PIB)
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This 36 page booklet, written in English with a Gilbertese translation on the opposite page, is mostly about the bird life of Christmas Island (Kiritimati).
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Kiribati
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Tobaraki Tourism Tony Whincup, 1981 (revised 1999)
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59 pages
Buy it (PIB)
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This lovely hardcover book has 59 glossy color pages of Kiribati people, geography and culture.
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Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture
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Batiri T. Bataua, et al., 1985
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Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in association with the Atoll Research and Development Unit, the Kiribati Expansion Centre, the Kiribati Ministry of Home Affairs and the Kiribati Ministry of Education
205 pages
Buy it (PIB)
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Kiribati: Aspects of History
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Sister Alaima Talu and some 24 other authors, mostly I-Kiribati, 1979
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Institute of Pacific Studies and Extension Services, University of the South Pacific; Ministry of Education, Training and Culture, Kiribati Government
ISBN: 982-02-0051-2
146 pages
Buy it (USP)
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Management of Marine Resources in Kiribati
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Roniti Teiwaki, 1988
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Atoll Research Unit, Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific
239 pages
Buy it (PIB)
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The Material Culture of Kiribati
(German: Materielle Kultur der Gilbert-Inseln)
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Gerd Koch, translated from German by Guy Slatter, 1986
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Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific
ISBN: 982-02-0008-3
272 pages
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Tales of Kiribati
(Gilbertese: Iango Mai Kiribati)
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Kaatia mai Bairiki, Kabetitaake mai Bonriki and Maaria mai Buota, 1986
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Kiribati Extension Centre and the Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific
ISBN: 982-02-0221-3
93 pages
Buy it (USP)
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This is a great children's book with lots of traditional island stories.
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The following books were published prior to Kiribati's independence and are for the most part only about the Gilbert Islands.
This section contains publications and websites pertaining to the language of Kiribati, I-Kiribati (Gilbertese).
Note: Broken links fixed, July 2014.
Are you aware of a book not listed here? Please contact us at the following address: books@maneaba.net
