Ubud Writers Festival
FU Day wisdom from Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler, odd coupled with Asian casinos
Happy Felix Unger Day from Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler, Ubud Writers Festival and Asian casinos.
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Ubud encounters: Chauly, Godden, Wibowo explore identity
Three writers from outside their national mainstream find themselves through writing memoirs.
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Chefs without borders
Leading Indonesian and Malaysian chefs show, like good fences, good food makes good neighbors.
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Ubud encounters: Pamuntjak, Lewis live dangerously in novels on 1965 turmoil
Two new novels try to pry open the books on Indonesia’s 1965-68 mass killings that remain among the nation’s deepest secrets. 
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Ubud encounters: Goenawan Mohamad names, reserves judgment on Indonesia’s ‘next president’
Indonesia’s foremost man of letters and so-called conscience of the nation is “watching” presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo but not yet endorsing him. 
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Books
Hong Kong On Air
Insider view of TV news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie
Red-Blooded Risk
The Secret History of Wall Street
Lonely Planet Indonesia
Updated guide to the world's most intriguing archipelago
The Poker Face of Wall Street
Gambling for investors and investing for gamblers