KAMUS AKRONIM, INISIALISME DAN SINGKATAN
By Agata Parsidi
This second edition has about 28 000 (!) abbreviations and acronyms found in contemporary or older Indonesian mass media writing.
Published by Grafiti Pers, Jakarta, 687pp, 1992. Available through Web site http://www.idola.net.id/tempo/web/pug/buku/umum/buku2.htm for Rp 19,000, or from Nusantara Bookshop for AU$29.95.

THERE IS ONLY ONE WORD: RESIST!
An introduction to the People's Democratic Party (PRD)
By Max Lane, Nico Warouw, Wiji Thukul & others
Includes a chronology of actions since April 1995, manifesto and political program, and an explanation of the PRD structure.
Published by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET), September 1996, 40pp. For individual orders (AU$5 + postage) or bulk orders at a discount (20 or more), fax +61-2-690 1381, tel 690 1032, email asiet@peg.apc.org.

TIMOR: A PEOPLE BETRAYED
By James Dunn
The first edition of this work (1983) has become the standard reference on the Indonesian annexation of East Timor. This work represents a careful revision of the original text in order to include new material to about March 1996. It deals with all aspects of the Timor problem, including a detailed study of how the invasion and forced annexation of the colony took place, and the horrendous events that followed, one of the most serious violations of human rights since the end of World War II. It will also provide an understanding of the long struggle by the Nobel Peace Prize winners, Bishop Carlos Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta and, in particular, of the ordeal faced by the Timorese people.
Available: ABC Bookshops, fax +61-2-9950 3888, $34.95.

EAST TIMOR: BLOOD AND TEARS IN ASEAN
By Sonny Inbaraj (preface by Walden Bello)
More than a fresh retelling of the Timor tragedy, this book exposes how Indonesia's ASEAN partners have been weak-kneed accomplices of the Suharto government's 21-year rape and pillage of East Timor. In the name of the 'principle of non-interference' Indonesia's ASEAN neighbours refused to utter one word of concern about massacres taking place right under their noses. The revised edition takes into account the Nobel Peace prize and the subsequent bans on Jose Ramos Horta from entering Manila and Kuala Lumpur. Inbaraj is an editor at the Bangkok daily The Nation.
Chiang Mai: Silkworm, revised edition January 1997, AU$15 (Bt 300) + AU$7.50 postage. Order by email from silkworm@pobox.com or by visiting Web site http://www.muang.com/silkworm. All proceeds donated to Associaco 12 Novembro, a Portuguese NGO providing for Timorese youths in political exile.

COMMANDO: FROM TIDAL RIVER TO TARAKAN:
The history of 2/4th Australian Independent Company AIF - the 2/4th Australian Commando Squadron AIF
By George Ernest Lambert
Detailed account of experiences of Australian commando troops in Portuguese Timor and Kalimantan during World War II.
Australian Military History Publications, 13 Veronica Place, Loftus NSW 2232, tel +61-2-521 6515, mob 015-284 760, revised edition, 500 pp, January 1997, AU$45.

BALI THE IMAGINARY MUSEUM:
The photographs of Walter Spies and Beryl de Zoete
by Michael Hitchcock and Lucy Norris
Bali was seen before World War II as an island of bare breasts, exotic dancers and malevolent witches. Walter Spies, a German artist who lived there in the inter-war years, challenged the more lurid aspects of Bali's image. He and British writer and dance critic Beryl de Zoete present many hitherto unpublished photographs dealing with rural life in Bali, with dance-drama traditions, and with their own research. Accompanied by an informed text.
Oxford University Press, 1996. Available: Nusantara Bookshop AU$90.

AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA LEGAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Launched in 1995, the Foundation aims to facilitate contacts between the Australian and Indonesian legal professions, and to support the development of the rule of law and the protection of fundamental human rights in Indonesia. Members receive a newsletter. The inaugural newsletter (August 1996) has articles on the new company law, controversy surrounding the High Court, the Sri Bintang Pamungkas trial, the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) and others.
For information about membership contact Lisa Ting, Honorary Secretary, c/- Asian Law Centre, Law School, Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia, tel +61-3-9344 6847, fax 9344 4546, email l.ting@law.unimelb.edu.au.

TWO NEW ELSAM BOOKS ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Tanah sebagai komoditas
By Endan Suhendar & Ifdhal Kasim
As Indonesia urbanises, more and more land is converted from agricultural use to industrial, commercial and residential uses. This gives rise to equity problems of a kind and on a scale not seen in Indonesia before. 135 pp.
Mendemokratiskan pemilu
By Aribowo & others
Elections are often an instrument of those in power to strengthen their legitimation and thus justify their repressive policies. A book of essays, with appendices detailing abuses recorded during the 1992 elections by all three political parties. 235pp. Elsam is a human rights study institute.
Available: Elsam (Lembaga Studi & Advokasi Masyarakat), Jl Kp Melayu Besar no. 44, Jakarta Selatan 12840, Indonesia, tel +62-21- 829 6905, fax 835 3690, email elsam@nusa.or.id.