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Post #23954 by Traitor Vic on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 11:49 PM

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Okay.
TBOI is #1. After that the pickin's get rather slim from the purely TIKI viewpoint. James Michener's "Hawaii" is good but his "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Return to Paradise" are tops on my list. "Kon Tiki," by Thor Heyerdahl, is a very important historical document and does much to explain a link between Polynesia and our section of the world.
Art is of extreme importance to the Tikiphile. Therefore "Taboo: The Art of Tiki" by Martin McIntosh and "Night of the Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz, and Selected Primitive Oceanic Carvings" by Doug Nason are virtual must-haves.
What!?! You want Magazines (or Periodical Publications) too? Tiki Times is IT! After that Barracuda is best in my book. If you don't like seeing cute babes in various stages of disrobedment (