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Bali & Borobudur   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Bali and Lombok  •  Jean Couteau
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 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, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Bali and Lombok
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, $42.95)
  The Balinese
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)
  A House in Bali
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 Lombok Map
 

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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)
 
 
Diving Bali, The Underwater Jewel of Southeast Asia  •  Dick Pickwell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A dive guide to Bali with good selection of color photographs, large scale maps of recommended dive sites, details on what to expect at each location, and good general travel information. (BAL14, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Lonely Planet Indonesian Phrasebook  •  Paul Woods   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy phrasebook for Indonesian basics. (INS64, $8.99)
 
 
Periplus Guide to 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)
 
 
An Artist's Journey to Bali: The Island of Art, Magic and Mystery  •  Betty Reynolds   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  With striking watercolor illustrations and concise captions, this book explores the food, geography, and customs of the island paradise and will delight readers of all ages. (BAL32, $16.95)
 
 
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  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 


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