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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 [...]

White Headhunter in Borneo; A

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Few people have the distinction of placing their signature on a document that created a new nation. This book is about how the British, Empire’s last declared Colony of North Borneo became the State of Sabah in the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. Stephen Holley describes the unique flavour of the period from ‘ [...]

White Rajahs; The (Reprint)

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James Brooke arrived back at Kuching on 29th August 1840, feeling dispirited and tired. Hasim and the Malay notables gave him a pleasant welcome. But the rebellion had not been suppressed. There seemed to be no prospect of journeys into the interior, and nothing to do at Kuching. Once more he decided to leave. [...]

Who gives a Dam; The Bakun Odyssey

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As far back as in 1936, English professor Julian Huxley, writing about Colonial attitudes in his book ‘Africa View’, among other things, said: “There is a type of (person) who allows sympathy for backward tribes and his enthusiasm for their institutions to run away with him and to blind him to the real interests [...]

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