Book reviewed in this article:The Garia: An Ethnography of a Traditional Cosmic System in Papua New Guinea. By Peter LawrenceTalk Never Dies: The Language of Huli Disputes. By Laurence GoldmanThe First Taint of Civilization. A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre‐Colonial Days, 1521–1885. By Francis X. HezelThe Island States of the Pacific and Indian Ocean: Anatomy of Development. Edited by R.T. ShandMicronationalist Movements in Papua New Guinea. Edited by R.J. MayThe Political Economy of Fiji, Jay NarayanThe Lost World of Irian Jaya. By Robert MittonThe Filipino Nation. Edited by Jim HaskinsTongan Society at the time of Captain Cook's Visits: Discussions with Her Majesty Queen Salote Tupou. By Elizabeth Bott with the assistance of TaviSexual Antagonism, Gender, and Social Change in Papua New Guinea. Edited by Fitz John P. Poole and Gilbert H. HerdtSorcery and Social Change in Melanesia. Edited by Marty Zelenietz and Shirley LindenbaumSexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality. Edited by S.B. Orner and H. Whitehead.Muslim Women. Edited by Freda HussainWomen In Islamic Societies: Social Attitudes and Historical Perspectives. By Bo UtasMothering in Greece: From Collectivism to Individualism. By Mariella DoumanisMother Worship: Theme and Variations. By James J. PrestonMothers At Work. Public Policies in the United States, Sweden, and China. By Carolyn Teich Adams and Kathryn Teich WinstonLanguage‐The Loaded Weapon. The use and abuse of language today. By Dwight BolingerThe History of the Fijian Languages. By Paul A. GeraghtyA Grammar of Manam. By Frantisek LichtenberkEthnography and language in Educational Settings. Edited by Judith Green and Cynthia WallatLanguage Planning: An Introduction. By Carol M. EastmanThe Ethnography of Communication. An Introduction. By Muriel Saville‐TroikeForms of Talk. By Erving GoffmanNative Language and Foreign Language Acquisition. Edited by Harris WinitzRacism and Colonialism. Essays on Ideology and Social Structure. Edited by Robert RossVillage Communities and the State. Changing Relations Among the Maka of South‐Eastern Cameroon since the Colonial Conquest. By Peter GeschiereOld Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment. Edited by Wim van Binsbergen and Peter GeschiereWorship and Conflict under Colonial Rule. A South Indian Case. By Arjun Appadurai.Development and Underdevelopment in Historical Perspective: Populism, Nationalism and Industrialization. By Gavin KitchingCulture and Sericulture. Social Anthropology and Development in South Indian Livestock Industry. By S.R. CharsleyEssays on Linguistics. Language, Systems and Structures. By Members of the Institute of Li