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The late Dr Steiner, a distinguished Swiss medical practitioner, made many trips to Sarawak and Sabah from 1992 to study the pitcher plants in these parts of Borneo. The results of these studies were published in 2002 in a book ‘Borneo: Its Mountains and Lowlands with Their Pitcher Plants’. These treks gave the author and [...] 
Rare Book. Postage FREE within Malaysia The Borneo Story is an ex school library book (apparently on loan to Master Arthur Wong since 3 April 1987! – maybe the Librarian forgot to cancel the loan on return). It is old but securely bound with a reinforced hard cover. ‘The Borneo Story’ is in [...] 
Rare book. Free postage within Malaysia A well traveled copy of a hard-to-find book. By Joan Rawlins, 2nd edition 1969. A primer on the history of Sarawak up until 1964, widely used as a school text book in the past. Indexed. With plenty of maps, drawings and photos. There is a very fine, [...] 
The 1962 Revolt, Imperialism, Confrontation and Oil
Rare book. Free postage within Malaysia The root causes of Konfrontasi and its development from what might be termed an unpopular uprising in Brunei to a vicious little war between an expansionist Indonesia and Britain, as guardian of its Protectorate Brunei and the fledgling States [...] 
This is the published version of an economics DPhil (=PhD) thesis by Dr Andrew Massey carried out through Hamilton University, USA. It is a mine of information and statistics collected by British North Borneo (Chartered) Company. Dr Massey’s analysis emphasizes the challenges facing the Company in developing and expanding the economy and details [...] 
Brother Michael Jacques – and autobiography. From childhood in Sarawak this book gives a very personal ccount of the long and distinguished career of one of Malaysia’s most prominent Catholic educators. Drawn from personal diaries, The Man from Borneo focuses on his lifetime of work for the De La Salle Brothers’ institutes of education. It [...] 
Sarawak Museum Journal Vol XL No. 61 (New Series) December 1989 Special Issue No. 4 Part 1 Sarawak Cultural Heritage Symposium held in conjunction with the 25th Anniversary of Independence. 309 pp. Contains 25 papers grouped under these headings: Ethnicity in a Multi-cultural Society; Ethnic Identity and Aspiration; Ethnic Arts of Sarawak; [...] 
To many in the Western World concerned about the wholesale clearance of primary rainforest and with it the loss of livelihood and living space of tribal groups like the Penan of Sarawak, Bruno Manser became a hero in the 80′s & 90′s. He lived with the Penans and encouraged them to resist development pressures, before [...] 
A Study of Brunei Dusun Religion; Ethnic Priesthood on a Frontier of Islam. A Borneo Research Council monograph by Eva Maria kershaw |
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