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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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New Criminal Type in Jakarta : Counter Revolution Today (98 Edition) by James T. Siegel Publisher Comments In A New Criminal Type in Jakarta, James T. Siegel studies the dependence of Indonesia’s post-1965 government on the ubiquitous presence of what he calls criminality, an ensemble of imagined forces within its society that is poised to tear it apart.... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors by Irfan Kortschak Publisher Comments Mercy Corps, an international NGO based in Portland, Oregon (www.mercycorps.org) is proud to introduce Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors. This 200-page, hard-bound, pictorial book chronicles the lives of nineteen Indonesian street vendors... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - Hardcover
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Indonesian Destinies by Theodore Friend Publisher Comments �How can such a gentle people as we are be so murderous?� a prominent Indonesian asks. That question�and the mysteries of the archipelago�s vast contradictions�haunt Theodore Friend�s remarkable work, a narrative of... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $6.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Nathaniels Nutmeg How One Mans Courage by Giles Milton Publisher Comments The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago -- remote, tranquil and now largely ignored. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, however, Run's harvest of nutmeg turned it into the most lucrative of... (read more) Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Krakatoa by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments On 27th August 1883 the most terrifying volcanic eruption occurred on the island of Krakatoa, five miles off the western tip of Java. The island was destroyed and almost 40,000 people were killed. The impact was truly global: ships sailing in the Red Sea... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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From the Place of the Dead: The Epic Struggle of Bishop Belo of East Timor by Arnold Kohen Publisher Comments East Timor's struggle for independence under Indonesian occupation has dominated international headlines. Now, as UN troops uphold the August 1999 referendum calling for the island nation's self-rule, From the Place of the Dead offers the only up-to-date,... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Media & Nation Bulding How the Iban Beca by John Postill Book News Annotation Malaysia was formed from the British colonies Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah in 1963 in that era's wave of state formation in Africa and Asia. Singapore seceded about two years later, but the rest remained united, despite a deeply divided... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton Publisher Comments A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas. The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored. Yet 370 years ago, Run's... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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A New Criminal Type in Jakarta: Counter-Revolution Today by James T. Siegel Publisher Comments In A New Criminal Type in Jakarta, James T. Siegel studies the dependence of Indonesia’s post-1965 government on the ubiquitous presence of what he calls criminality, an ensemble of imagined forces within its society that is poised to tear it apart... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir by Lucy Lum Publisher Comments With a fresh and powerful voice, Lum breaks the long silence of the Singaporean Chinese who, during the 1940s, lived under the specter of the invading Japanese. Heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant, it speaks of the softly-spoken, redemptive love... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Indonesian Military After the New Order by Sukardi Rinakit Publisher Comments This up-to-date and well-informed study identifies the factors behind the Indonesian military's decision to reposition its dominant role in the country's socio-political affairs after the fall of Suharto. It covers the contestations between the military... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Exile: Conversations with Pramoedya Ananta Toer by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Publisher Comments “Fascinating... endlessly sad.”—Noam Chomsky In these remarkable interviews with André Vltchek and Rossie Indira, edited by Nagesh Rao, Indonesia’s most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Indonesia in Transition: Social Dimensions of the Reformasi and the Economic Crisis (Indonesia Assessment Series) by Chris Manning Publisher Comments Indonesia enters the new millennium at a time of transition. It has experienced several crises--in particular the economic crisis of 1997-98, a severe intensification of its environmental degradation, and more recently the East Timor crisis, the ongoing... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Indonesia by G L Simons Publisher Comments Geoff Simons profiles the appalling human-rights record of modern Indonesia against a history of the country. Brutal repression, the unjust legal system and corrupt nepotism are described, with attention to the independence struggles of the East Timorese... (read more) List Price $165.50 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Diary of a Girl in Changi by Sheila Allan Publisher Comments Diary of a Girl in Changi is the moving personal account of a young girl living in the midst of hardship and adversity. Written on scraps of paper which were kept hidden in her quarters, Sheila Allan's diary is a record of the daily lives of those... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir by Lucy Lum Publisher Comments Lucy Lum was the third of seven children, born in Singapore in 1933 into a Chinese immigrant family ruled with an iron hand by Popo, her fearsome and superstitious grandmother. Popo is a firm believer in the old ways, in stomach-churning herbalist... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $22.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Bali: Sekala and Niskala Vol. II (Bali - Sekala & Niskala) by Fred B Jr Eiseman Synopsis These two volumes present erudite yet informal essays on the visible -- sekala -- and the occult -- niskala -- elements of Bali's cultural life. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from magic and trance healing to cockfighting and seaweed farming... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The West New Guinea Debacle: Dutch Decolonisation and Indonesia, 1945-1962 by Christian Lambert Maria Penders Publisher Comments Indonesia 1945-1962 is a history dealing with the end of Dutch colonial rule, the early years of independent Indonesia, the West New Guinea question, and the emergence of Papuan nationalism. The book covers several key themes relevant to the volatile... (read more) List Price $41.00 Your price: $36.39 Google eBooks - Electronic
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