| 1. |  | Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
from Bantam
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
Lets cut to the chase: if you are a history buff, or if you enjoy the history of WW II, buy this book. It is worth your time and money.
That said, let me warn you, the book is written in a rather odd manner. The author has apparently interviewed survivors and taken those notes and written this... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Krakatoa CD: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
from HarperAudio
Price: $28.37
Customer Review:
While leading up to the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa, Simon Winchester goes to great lengths describing the cultural and economic history of Sumatra and Java and the geology of plate tectonics and the volcanic activity of the Pacific Rim. I found Winchester's accounts well-written and engaging... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
I read a report on this novel which ofered a criticism to effect that Nathaniel didn't appear till half way through the novel. This should be igored. The author has chosen to illuminate a period of burgeoning capitalism about which the general public - me included - know relatively little.
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| 4. |  | A History of Modern Indonesia
from Cambridge University Press
Price: $26.09
Customer Review:
1. History is best told when it isn't a litany of dates and places and names.
2. History is better told when it attempts to describe the zeitgeist of the era, when it makes a time and place alive for you.
3. Vickers accomplishes this in describing the history of modern Indonesia, from the... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos
from Grove Press
Price: $12.60
Customer Review:
This book is both scary and important. However, the scary part is unimportant and the important part is unique in how innocent and un-scary it appears. Yet, at least to this reader, this brilliant author has inadvertently (and it seems), unnecessarily inverted the priorities of his topics.more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Balinese (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
from Wadsworth Publishing
Price: $34.15
Customer Review:
Lansing does something that few anthropologists can do with ethnography. He applies his knowledge in a real world system in an attempt to alleviate government constraints in regards to Balinese agricultural systems.
This book shows the complexity of conflicting social models of "progress" and... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Song of Survival: Women Interned
from White Cloud Press
Customer Review:
The book is entertaining, well written and easy to read. Don't be fooled by the title it is a book for men and women alike. My book club is currently reading this book and everyone that I've talked to is enjoying it. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Scents of Eden: A Narrative of the Spice Trade
from Kodansha America
Customer Review:
This is the worst sort of "docu-tainment". Neither a historical romance nor history. Absolutely no documentation. To paraphrase the author: One searches in vain for a subject here. The author permits himself some outrageous rubbish like this: "Though it was only a fresco of the imagination springing... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. | ![]() | In the Realm of the Diamond Queen
from Princeton University Press
Customer Review:
I found Tsing's book to be very informative about the Meratus culture of Indonesia, as well as very pertinent to the recent battling between the postmodernist and femminist thought schools within ethnographic literature. She manages to use a combination of more traditional Enlightment techniques... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Child of the Jungle: The True Story of a Girl Caught Between Two Worlds
from Grand Central Publishing
Price: $16.49
Customer Review:
This was an amazing journey to share. I enjoyed learning more about another world... When I was a child I remember meeting missionaries who had returned from Papua and showed finger necklaces (cut off during mourning). Different from the Fayu's practices, though relatively close. I was filled with... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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