Best Selling Books by James May

Presenting recent European history in terms helpful for understanding the present, this work deals with the history of Europe from the aftermath of World War I into the 1960s. It is divided into four parts: the background and course of World War II, the nations since 1945, postwar developments in international affairs, and the social and intellectual record of the entire period.

The creation of one of the most beloved books & Broadway musicals of the century "May is one of the foremost authorities on writer James Michener. In this book he takes you inside the creation of Michener''s Tales of the South Pacific and the musical South Pacific May fascinates us with his detailed accounts of key players like Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Josh Logan, and many others."--Ken Womble, director of James Michener: An Epic Life "Stephen J. May confirms his reputation as James Michener''s most pertinent, sensitive, and accessible biographer with Michener''s South Pacific. In the wake of the acclaimed 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacific, it may seem absurd that, once upon a time--six decades ago--adapting such a serious, unflinching work as Michener''s for the musical stage was a risky challenge."--Laurence Maslon, author of The South Pacific Companion When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, James A. Michener was an obscure textbook editor working in New York. Within three years, he was a naval officer stationed in the South Pacific. By the end of the decade, he was an accomplished author, well on the way to worldwide fame. Michener''s first novel, Tales of the South Pacific, won the Pulitzer Prize. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein used it as the basis for the Broadway musical South Pacific, which also won the Pulitzer. How this all came to be is the subject of Stephen May''s Michener''s South Pacific. An award-winning biographer of Michener, May was a featured interviewee on the fiftieth-anniversary DVD release of the film version of the musical. During taping, he realized there was much he didn''t know about how Michener''s experiences in the South Pacific shaped the man and led to his early work. May delves deeply into this formative and turbulent period in Michener''s life and career, using letters, journal entries, and naval records to examine how a reserved, middle-aged lieutenant known as "Prof" to his fellow officers became one of the most successful writers of the twentieth century. Stephen J. May is the author of Michener: A Writer''s Journey, which served as the basis for the PBS documentary James Michener: An Epic Life. He has also written a two-volume biography of Zane Grey and served as technical advisor for the most recent Broadway revival of South Pacific.

Report on a survey of households in eleven urban areas of Papua New Guinea, 1974 - discusses population characteristics partic. Employment, housing, income, population growth, unemployment, educational level, level of qualification, internal migration, human settlements, economic growth and contact with the rural areas. Graphs, map, references, statistical tables.

A biography of twenty-century novelist Zane Grey, drawing from his letters and memoirs to explore some of the more adventurous aspects of his life.

Most of the sixteen articles by Australian, Indonesian and Hong Kong scholars in this collection in honour of Professor Jamie Mackie concern aspects of Indonesian history and development. Other essays include biographical notes from Professors H Feith and J Legge, patterns of Chinese migration, and coups, democracy and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. With bibliography and index.