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Eyewitness Guide Bali and Lombok
Jean Couteau
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 240 PAGES
A highly visual guide to the history, culture, arts and attractions of Bali with hundreds of photographs, excellent maps and select hotel and restaurant listings.
(BAL20, $20.00)
The Balinese
John Stephen Lansing
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1995 PAPER 148 PAGES
An excellent, brief survey of the geography, prehistory and modern culture and people of Bali. Lansing, one of the foremost authorities on Balinese society, is especially interested in Bali's remarkable water temples and irrigation systems.
(INS69, $39.95)
A House in Bali
Colin McPhee
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2000 PAPER 213 PAGES
A warm tribute to the people, culture and, especially, the music of Bali. McPhee, a musicologist who became captivated by gamelan music made his home in the area of Sayan Ridge near Ubud in the 1930s. A literary classic originally published in 1944.
(BAL15, $19.95)
Bali Lombok Map
Nelles
MAP
This colorful shaded relief map shows Bali and Lobok at a scale of 1:180,000, with inset maps of Ubud, Gili Ilands, Denpasar, Kuta/Legian, Lovina Beach, Ssanur, Nusa Dua and Mataram. Two Sides. 20x36 inches.
(INS36, $10.95)
Bali Java Map
Periplus Maps
A colorful detailed relief map of Bali and Java
(INS59, $8.95)
Bali Map
Periplus Maps
A map of Bali for the travelers, at a scale of 1:250,000, with handsome relief.
(BAL09, $8.95)
Insight Guide Bali
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
An illustrated overview of Bali with essays on its attractions, history, nature and culture, hundreds of color photographs and a map.
(BAL06, $18.99)
Lonely Planet Bali & Lombok
Paul Greenway
James Lyon
Tony Wheeler
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok for the independent traveler.
(BAL19, $22.99)
Periplus Guide Bali, The Island of the Gods
Periplus Adventure Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, illustrated introduction to Bali for the traveler.
(INS50, $24.95)
Rough Guide Bali & Lombok
Lesley Reader
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide to Bali and Lombok in the hip, literate and infomative Rough Guide style.
(BAL29, $24.99)
Bali Chronicles, A Lively Account of the Island's History from Early Times to the 1970s
Willard A. Hanna
Adrian Vickers
HISTORY
A social and political history of Bali, focusing on religious conficts and the island's relationship to the West.
(BAL25, $29.95)
Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Volume I: Essays on Religion, Ritual and Art
Fred B. Eiseman, Jr.
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
COMING IN OCTOBER
A new edition of Eiseman's influential aand wide-ranging collection of essays on religion, ritual and magic and the performing arts in Bali.
(BAL23, $24.95)
In the Time of Madness, Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos
Richard Lloyd Parry
HISTORY
A riveting, personal account of contemporary Indonesia, including violent upheavels in Java, Borneo and East Timor by a correspondent for the Times of London.
(INS102, $14.00)
Indonesia, Peoples and Histories
Jean C. Taylor
HISTORY
This broad social history addresses, with authority, the diversity of communities, upheaval and challenges of Indonesia. Taylor weaves a vivid tale of the nation from prehistory to modern politics.
(INS94, $24.00)
Island of Bali
Miguel Covarrubias
Adrian Vickers
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
First published in 1937, this classic portrait of Bali captures the life, traditional culture and customs of the Balinese people.
(BAL03, $24.95)
Traditional Indonesian Textiles
John Gillow
Barry Dawson
ART & ARCHITECTURE
With 200 splendid full color examples of the ikats, batiks and other textiles of the region, their techniques and cultural significance.
(INS22, $22.50)
Bali, Java, in My Dreams
Christine Jordis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A French novelist's dreamy, atmospheric account of travels in Indonesia, evoking the ancient monuments and modern peoples.
(INS96, $20.00)
The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall
Lawrence Osborne
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures on the road from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and beyond with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour and our conceptions of the exotic and primitive.
(SEA50, $14.00)
Video Night in Kathmandu, and Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East
Pico Iyer
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Iyer brings enormous wit and humor to these classic essays on travel to places including Bali, Hong Kong and Bangkok.
(ASA02, $14.95)
Archipelago, Islands of Indonesia
Gavan Daws
Marty Fujito
NATURAL HISTORY
A sweeping, richly illustrated overview of the diverse islands of Indonesia. This handsome book documents the history of the archipelago from the 19th-century journeys of Alfred Russel Wallace to modern conservation efforts.
(INS83, $55.00)
The Malay Archipelago
Alfred Russel Wallace
NATURAL HISTORY
A contemporary of Darwin, the great British naturalist describes his wanderings throughout Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, the Moluccas, New Guinea and remote islands from 1854 to 1862 in this classic of natural history and travel.
(INS06, $24.95)
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Paddy Ryan
Peter Atkinson
NATURAL HISTORY
The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $21.99)
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Java, Sumatra & Bali
Alon Compost
Tony Tilford
FIELD GUIDE
A convenient, pocket-sized guide to 235 birds on these three islands of Indonesia. Includes common species, as well as some of the more marvelous and rarely seen ones. Includes 243 color photographs and maps of the regions.
(INS89, $15.95)
Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
Gerald Allen
Roger Steene
FIELD GUIDE
OUT OF PRINT
This comprehensive identification guide to coral reef fishes and invertebrates from Hawaii to the Red Sea features 1,800 color photographs.
(DIV48, $40.00)
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