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Plants and Flowers of Malaysia

BBooks — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:47 +0000

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 plants, the fantastic, giant flowered, parasitic Rafflesia, little known mountain rhododendrons and beautiful orchids.

Publisher’s Visit

BBooks — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:55 +0000

John Beaufoy and Ken Scriven

John Beaufoy,¬† Proprietor and MD of John Beaufoy Publishing¬† from the UK (left), and his Area Representative Ken Scriven (former CEO of WWF Malaysia) came to the shop in KK 2 days ago to show us the final mock up of¬† ‘Wild Sabah’,¬† a new volume by John (Mammals of Borneo) Payne.¬† This is a large format book with plenty of pictures of¬† Sabah wildlife, with emphasis on the mammals such as the orang-utan. Probably for sale on the internet in 2 months.

Herbs of Malaysia

BBooks — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:01:11 +0000

Herbs of Malaysia is an easy reference book that:

- contributes information to the rising world demand for alternative medicines.
- is written by experienced and knowledgeable researchers.
- is a comprehensive guide to Malaysian herbs.
- is a guide on the pharmaceutical and cosmetic uses of Malaysian herbs.
- includes more than 200 brilliant color photographs to identify herbs.

Bamboos of Peninsular Malaysia; The (Malayan Forest Records No 41)