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The story of these courageous and resilient people, which has been virtually ignored for well over sixty years, has now been documented for the first time in great details. Blood Brothers not only traces the story of Sabah from humble beginnings in 1872 to a thriving outpost of the British Empire by 1941; it [...] This is a pictorial book featuring Sabah’s nature, fauna, wild life, places like Mount Kinabalu, Madai Cave. It also features the people and culture history. This book will bring you life time memories of Sabah Borneo. 
The author Datuk Leslie Davidson, one of the giants of the oil palm industry in the second half of the twentieth century. He was responsible in the 1960′s for bring oil palm to Sabah on a commercial scale, opening up Tugud Estate for Unilever on what was then the remote east coast. This volume [...] 
In the olden days of colonial Sabah, the indigenous Dusun people of North Borneo played riddles with one another while they planted young paddy shoots in the rice fields. The practice still continues to this day, but riddling has been brought into the homes as a much-loved form of entertainment for all, regardless of age [...] 
The island of Borneo conjures up images of a vast green tropical wilderness protecting doe-eyed orang utans, unique  proboscis monkey, exotic pitcher plants and the indigenous rhinoceros hornbill. From the would famous Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary in Sabah to the splendid Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei, from lavishly decorated temples to cultural villages, Borneo [...] 
This is Borneo has been produced in close collaboration with the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Malaysia, an organization which, as a matter of policy, always attempts to take a balanced, factual approach in its conservation work. Thus, this book provides a balanced view of the world’s third largest island, using a unique blend [...] 
Negara Brunei Darussalam is blessed with a rich biodiversity and its natural heritage deserves to be enjoyed, appreciated and protected by all, this book is a little gem well worth waiting for. It is not a perfect guide, nor is it a comprehensive or erudite study but it is highly informative and captivating. It will [...] 
Where Sabah’s longest river, the Kinabatangan, reaches the lowlands, it meanders through a vast floodplain, laden with oxbow lakes and swamps. Here, Borneo’s captivating wildlife – orang utans, proboscis monkeys, otters and spectacular bird life roam free. Along the mighty river, local orang Sungai have long made their homes. Not only does this key wetland [...] The Maliau Basin, Sabah’s Lost World, celebrates many natural wonders in one of the most captivating and mysteriously beautiful protected areas in the World. The Basin has a spectacular crater-like form with a mountainous rim and includes magnificent rain forests, wild rivers, splendid waterfalls and a cool highland plateau. These rain forests inspire awe [...] |
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