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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, [...] Illustrated with over 50 full colour photographs and many attractive black and white vignettes, this practical and informative guide enables the visitor to make the most of Kinabalu’s unique attractions, from the popular Mountain Garden at park headquarters to the relaxing Poring Hot Springs in the humid lowlands. The authors’ fact filled and informative narrative [...] This map is suitable for the tourists, divers and islands lovers, it covers most of the islands in Malaysia. This user-friendly travel map has been specifically designed for visitors as practical and informative guide to Malaysia. More that just a map, it includes detailed street plans of the major towns and large scale projections of popular tourist destinations. It includes regional climate charts, full colour photographs and concise place names index [...] This book tells the story of Borneo’s remarkable interior as it was before the white man came, living remote, vivid and often violent; then of those strange and stirring events which followed upon the sudden rain of parachutists from out of the equatorial sky. Adventure, humour, tragedy and anthropology are intertwined in a book unlike [...] Through the BufferState presents the recollections of the travels made by John MacGregor in Sarawak, Siam, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaya and Burma in 1895. It is a lively account of a medical doctor with a wide scope of interests, from contemporary political issues to the customs and the traditions of native peoples. From a well-read [...] When Redmond O’Hanlon set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo, accompanied by the poet James Fenton, it was in the best tradition of nineteenth-century exploration. They were armed with back-breaking kit suitable for surviving two months in a steaming jungle of creeping, crawling and biting things; their heads brimmed with training provided [...] WELCOME a new edition of this book. It tells of a land everyone must love who knows it. Its future is very much in front, not in the past! In twenty years there must be marvelous openings both for good and evil in Borneo. Let us serve our generation by aiding the advent of [...] |
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