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; [...]
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This is the first general work devoted to the Microlepidoptera, one of the biologically richest areas on earth. More than 6500 Microlepidoptera species are known, twice the number known from western Europe. Used as an identification manual, this book should enable the readers to identify a small moth from South east Asia to [...] In 1879, Carl Bock was commissioned by his Excellency VanLansberge, the Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies to travel through and report on the interior of South-East Borneo. in 1881, he published his somewhat sensational account of his observations on the route from Tangaroeng to Bandjermasin, a distance of over 700 miles. The headhunters [...] This is a lavishly illustrated handbook which captures some of the wonderful, weird, beautiful, rare and common plants that are part of Malaysia’s natural heritage. The book features 170 native and naturalized Malaysian plant species, including a parade of carnivorous pitcher plants – the world’s most successful vegetable trappers of insects and extraordinary ant [...] This field guide is organized according to the features of a plant you actually see, it is an indispensable companion book which will lead you to recognize some 300 species of trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers commonly found in Tropical Asia. More than 300 color photographs. Each plant description includes the species’ scientific [...] Footprints in the paddy fields is both a family portrait and a childhood memoir, set against the vanished would of bamboo huts on spindly timber stilts, a world where one’s prized possessions were makeshift farm tools and a buffalo or two, and where the dead were placed in stone burial jars. those were the [...] Wild Borneo is a beautifully photographed and eloquently written celebration of the island’s gorgeous scenery, vast wealth of plant and animal life and fascination local peoples. This book highlights an unknown aspect of Japanese immigrants and investments in Sabah (then North Borneo) during the pre-war period. Although Sabahans know of the existence of the Japanese presence on the east coast, the details remain virtually unknown., her the author presents previously unpublished historical facts on the Japanese immigrants and investments. The [...] These recordings were made in an area of primary rainforest in Sabah Borneo. The sequence of sound represents the distillation of many hours of listening. The composition starts the day before the dawn and ends with nightfall, it has most of the birds’ calling such as bushy crested Hornbills, Asian fairy bluebird, great Argus, [...] This map is suitable for the tourists, divers and islands lovers, it covers most of the islands in Malaysia. |
Blood Brothers Blood Brothers is not only a moving and absorbing tale, it is a wonderful tribute to those who demonstrated courage of the highest and rarest order, inspired not by the prospect of victory, but by the reality of defeat and oppression. |
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