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Island Style: Tropical Dream Houses in Indonesia This book features many amazing pictures- of exclusive hotels as well as private homes. I was most impressed with the pictures of Amanjiwo- a famed Aman resort - and with Begawan Giri in Bali. This book is also well laid out and well written. Highly recommended for people who are interested in Balinese and tropical architecture and design. |
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Java Style by Tara Sosrowardoyo (Photographer), Peter Schoppert, Soedarmadji Damais This is certainly one of the better "Style" Books, because it actually concentrates on the Architectural and Stylistic Tradition of Java instead of adaptations and interpretations. (See "Bali Style" as an example of this) The Photography is also excellent, and so is the printing. Many examples of traditional Javanese Architecture and Design are presented, along with an introduction and history of this unique and beautiful Style, which helps for a better understanding. |
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Bali Modern: The Art of Tropical Living This book documents the transformation that Balinese architecture and interior design have undergone over the past five years. Cleaner lines, more imaginative use of space, A-frame roofs, and the use of stone, concrete, and ceramic roof tiles are increasingly visible along with the traditional coconut wood, teak, and thatching. |
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Bali Style More than 200 full-page color photos capture the essence of the Indonesian island's architectural and interior design style, which ranges from relatively primitive bamboo dwellings to classy contemporary homes. Bali art forms are also included in a beautiful, detailed coverage of the Indonesian island's culture, history, and art. |
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The Year of Living Dangerously Christopher J. Koch's insight into Indonesia in 1965, when Soeharto took over power and started to hunt down 'communists'. I saw this movie years before I read the book. Weir's version was good enough but the book is something else (Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt). If you have been a scholar of Indonesian language and culture, or if you merely read world news, you can't escape the controversy that lurks behind every corner of this novel. |
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The Asian Trilogy: Freedom Square, The Timor Man, Jakarta The Asian Trilogy collects, in a single boxed set, all three of Kerry Collison's best-selling novels on Indonesia's political changes from the rise of Suharto to his downfall. Included in this set are the novels Freedom Square (formerly Merdeka Square), The Timor Man, and Jakarta, covering the sweep of events over four decades in this important and tumultuous nation. |
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A Tale from Bali Vicki Baum's evocative historical novel recounts the lives of peasants and nobles in colonial Bali, reared against a backdrop of bloodshed and cultural invasion. Dutch imperialism brings upheaval and revolution to the beautiful island, and the Balinese rebel in what would become a powerful and poignant example of symbolic resistance. A Tale from Bali culminates with the historic Battle of Badung, in which thousands of Balinese soldiers, clothed in white and armed only with daggers, threw themselves upon the merciless efficiency of the Dutch guns. |
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Revolt in Paradise This book by K'tut Tantri is an absorbing account of her life in Bali, first as an artist and later as a resistance fighter for Indonesian independence. This is a commentary on the struggle for Indonesian independence, written from an Indonesian point of view. More-over it is first rate adventure reading! The book was first published in 1960 |
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Island of Bali This book is the essential book about Bali. I read it 26 years ago when I first went to Bali and it still ranks as thee book about Bali. If you wish to learn about the Balinese people, their culture and religion and beliefs I highly recommend this book. This is by far the best book available if you want to know about the people of Bali - their unique lifestyle, religion, customs and beliefs. Written in the 1930's, it still holds true today. The classic black and white photos are worth the price alone. The Balinese people still live a magical life that is difficult for a westerner to comprehend, unless you read a book like this. |
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Bali 1912 A couple of years ago found the original book (2nd edition 1914) in a second hand bookshop. It has about 200 A4 pages with stunning photographs. You can find some of the pictures in the following book: Bali: People and Art |
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Indonesia Travel Atlas (Periplus Travel Atlas Series) Travel atlas with general maps of anywhere you would like to travel within Indonesia. Handy travel hints and highlighted points of interest. This is a good companion to your Lonely Planet guide. Contains a couple uf useful citymaps, but is not useful or comprehensive enough for bike trips. You'll need the Periplus maps to get the whole picture. |
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Moon Handbooks: Indonesia (6th Ed.) This is the best, funniest and most consistent guide to Indonesia. Previously banned under Indonesian law because of some critical remarks about Soeharto, the Dalton was nevertheless the book during the seventies and eighties to find your way around the most remote places in Indonesia. Later editions have lost it a bit, but the handbook still remains my main reference when planning another trip. A master of his subject, author Bill Dalton guides the reader to the best Indonesia has to offer, from ram fighting in Bandung to the isolated tribe of the Asmat people, together with detailed information on surfing, snorkeling, climbing volcanoes, and traditional dance and crafts. There is also a generous selection of excerpts from literature about Indonesia including V.S. Naipaul on a Japanese soldier and a bicycle and David Attenborough on the Komodo dragon About the Author |
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Lonely Planet Indonesia (Lonely Planet Indonesia, 6th Ed) Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has the experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveler, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money. |
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East of Bali : From Lombok to Timor (Periplus Adventure Guides) The Periplus Adventure guides do precisely what a great travel book should do- make you want to get up and go! Periplus adventure guides show you how to get there, and then help make the absolute most out of a stay, leaving no stone, no beach, no fine restaurant or mountain trail untried. With detailed, up-to-date maps, photographs-both new and archival- personal recommendations and inside tips from expert authors, the guides go well beyond the usual travel fare and offer an extraordinary value for the money. |
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Periplus Adventure Guide Bali: Indonesia
This fall, Periplus proudly offers nine additions to the Adventure Guide list, exploring some of the most breathtaking, historically important and lesser known regions of Indonesia and Malaysia and Singapore. These include an updated guide to the exotic volcanic island of Bali; the flora and fauna-rich rainforests of East Malaysia and Brunei; the little known islands of Nusa Tenggara that lie East of Bali from Lombok to Timor; the center of the Indonesian archipelago, Java, rich in Buddhist tradition; the primitive and wildlife-filled province of Kalimanatan: Indonesian Borneo, home to the fascinating Dyak culture; the truly wild, mountainous island of Sulawesi-for which this is the only guidebook available; Sumatra, home of mighty rivers, sparkling highland lakes and lush tropical rain forests; and the most comprehensive guide to West Malaysia and Singapore ever produced. |
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Maluku: Indonesian Spice Islands Maluku: Indonesian Spice Islands, a sun-drenched string of pearl like islands in the tropical sea of Eastern Indonesia; |
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Diving Indonesia: A Guide to the World's Greatest Diving The Diving series provides fresh material with minimal repetition, excellent maps, and stunning photographs. see also: |
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Diving Bali: The Underwater Jewel of Southeast Asia Best dive guide I've read about any location. Get this one if going to Bali. In Diving Bali, authors David Pickell and Wally Siagian, maybe Balis most outstanding local diver, offer you 25 years of diving experience in the reefs of this beautiful island. In addition to showing you where to dive, they will teach you how to appreciate the uniqueness of each site. This guide includes large-scale marine maps for every important site, each based on accurate charts, GPS data, and thorough surveys conducted by the authors. Background sections cover marine life and reef ecology, tides and currents, and weather conditions. An extensive practicalities section details prices and contacts for dive operators, accommodations, and transportation on the island, making Diving Bali a unique and indispensable volume. |
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Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide This is the most comprehensive book we have seen, including fish, coral, underseas creatures and even birds and turtles! The pictures are excellent, but there is little description of the fish's habitats and behaviours, although MANY, MANY fish are covered! A thorough reference and one we'll use often when we are trying to identify what we took photos of! |
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History The book deals with the competition between England and Holland for possession of the spice-producing islands of Southeast Asia throughout the 17th century. Packed with stories of heroism, ambition, ruthlessness, treachery, murder, torture, and madness, Nathaniel's Nutmeg offers a compelling story of European rivalry in the tropics, thousands of miles from home, and the mutual incomprehensibility which often comically characterized relations between the Europeans and the local inhabitants of the prized islands. |
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The Malay Archipelago (Periplus Library of the Indies Series) A work of astounding scope and originality that provides some of the first evidence of the modern theory of evolution. Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, spent nearly a decade cataloging the plant and animal species which inhabited the unique geographical area of the Malay Archipelago, and remains to this day one of the most extensive works of natural history ever written. |
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Archipelago : Islands of Indonesia In this richly illustrated book, historian Gavan Daws and biologist Marty Fujita follow Wallace's trail through the islands of Indonesia, visiting the Moluccas, Bali, Irian Jaya, and other extraordinary treasuries of biological diversity--for, as they point out, although Indonesia comprises only 1.3 percent of the world's surface, it harbors nearly a quarter of the world's species. Their naturalistic travelogue includes a careful discussion of Wallace's ideas and of how he came to hold them through the course of his remarkable body of fieldwork. In doing so, they emphasize the importance of Wallace's contributions to demographics, the theory of island biodiversity, and other tenets of modern biological thought. The result is an unusually instructive, and unusually handsome, book of scientific adventure. --Gregory McNamee |
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