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Where Hornbills Fly

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‘An engrossing study of 7 years spent among the Iban of Sarawak half a century ago, Where Hornbills Fly is a remarkable testament of a young man’s devotion to a remote people, the Iban of Sarawak, and a wonderful fund of firsthand knowledge about a dying culture.’   Colin Thubron

‘Fascinating and insightful, light-hearted and humorous, [...]

Sarawak people of the longhouse and jungle

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This is a book about two European visitors to Sarawak and their experiences with the indigenous peoples. But it is more than just travel writing, Dr. Steiner and his wife made several visits to the country, and along the way took time to “jot down” their observations of the peoples’ lifestyles, to extensively research past [...]

Tree Flora of Sabah & Sarawak (Vol 2)

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The Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak is an account of the families of trees that occur in these two botanically rich Malaysian states situated in the island of Borneo. The Flora provides identification keys and illustrations for all families treated and descriptions of all species that grow to a ‘significant size’, usually taken [...]

History of Bidayuh in Kuching Division Sarawak

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The history of the Bidayuh in Kuching Division is both colourful and eventful. It was believed that the Bidayuhs migrated from Kalimantan Barat Indonesia to Sarawak long time ago. However, there are some Bidayuh groups claiming that their ancestors came from Kalimantan Barat, Java and Sumatra while others said that they are the original [...]

Trees of Sarawak: A New Checklist of the

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The first comprehensive Check-List for the trees of Sarawak was compiled by Dr. J.A.R. Anderson and published in 1980, to meet the need for scientific forestry in the fields of forest inventory, silviculture and ecology. Anderson’s Check-List contains over 2,500 species, and he predicted at the time that more would be added in the [...]

Sea-Dyaks of Borneo; The

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Borneo: Its Mountains & Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants Trekking from 1992 to 2002

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Impressed by the beauty and elegance of the pitcher plants of the family Nepenthaceae, the author and his wife made annual trips for 12 years to Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysian states on the island of Borneo, to study and photograph the numerous endemic pitcher plants in their natural, frequently remote, habitats. They were fascinated [...]