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Price: $21.99
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Sale: $14.20
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Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Chris Rowthorn::Muhammad Cohen
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Publisher: Lonely Planet
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915
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Publication Date: 2008-06-15
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Reading Level: 326
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Description: Discover Borneo
Wake deckside to the whoops of gibbons on your orangutan-spotting trip, Tanjung Putting National Park
Find out what Queen Elizabeth gave the sultan who had everything at Brunei's lavish Royal Regalia Museum
Jostle garrulous crowds at a Kuching market for some nuttle, stir-fried jungle fern
In This Guide:
First edition, with more research time than any other guide: 110 days in-country, 50 detailed maps, 35 jungle adventures
National Parks color section covers where to spot elephants, monkeys and the enormous, pungent rafflesia flowers
Specialists discuss local markets, the best Malaysian cuisine, ecotourism and conservation
Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights
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Price: $59.42
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Sale: $59.42
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John MacKinnon::Karen Phillipps
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.29598
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Publication Date: 1993-08-26
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Reading Level: 692
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Description: The islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali are ecologically one of the richest, most biologically complex areas in the world, sought out by thousands of knowledgeable nature lovers every year for the spectacular variety of wildlife and beautiful vistas. This book provides the first complete identification guides to the birds of this teeming tropical paradise. It gives descriptions of 820 regional species, illustrated in 88 specially commissioned color plates accompanied by notes detailing distinctive features and habitats. Entries cover nomenclature, plumage, markings, voice, global range, distribution and regional status, habits, and diet. The main text gives practical information on where to find many exotic species, citing major birdwatching locations. Introductory chapters discuss habitats, climate, land-use, and conservation concerns. Professional ornithologists and amateur bird watchers alike will find this the indispensable bird guide for eastern Malaysia and western Indonesia for many years to come. It is also an unrivalled source of information for casual travellers and ecotourists.
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Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nick Garbutt
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Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
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Publication Date: 2006-07-01
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Reading Level: 176
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Price: $5.98
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Sale: $600.00
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin (T)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Eric Hansen
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (T)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910
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Publication Date: 1988-02
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Reading Level: 286
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Description: Eric Hansen was the first westerner ever to walk across the island of Borneo. Completely cut off from the outside world for seven months, he traveled nearly 1,500 miles with small bands of nomadic hunters known as Penan. Beneath the rain forest canopy, they trekked through a hauntingly beautiful jungle where snakes and frogs fly, pigs climb trees, giant carnivorous plants eat mice, and mushrooms glow at night.
At once a modern classic of travel literature and a gripping adventure story, Stranger in the Forest provides a rare and intimate look at the vanishing way of life of one of the last surviving groups of rain forest dwellers. Hansen's absorbing, and often chilling, account of his exploits is tempered with the humor and humanity that prompted the Penan to take him into their world and to share their secrets.
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Price: $13.95
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Sale: $8.48
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Manufacturer: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Heidi Munan
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Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 959.83039
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Publication Date: 1991-12-12
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Reading Level: 248
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Description: Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure. Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $5.00
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Manufacturer: Seal Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Linda Spalding
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Publisher: Seal Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 599.88315095983
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Publication Date: 2003-08-11
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Reading Level: 296
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Description: Birute Galdikas, along with Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall, form the famed trio of “angels” Louis Leakey trained to study great apes in the wild. While Fossey studied the gorilla and Goodall the chimpanzee, Galdikas went to Borneo to study the orangutan and, decades later, emerged as a complicated figure, embroiled in scandal. Spalding’s quest to know this woman takes her from the offices of Galdikas’s foundation in Los Angeles to the Sekonyer River in Borneo, where she discovers a beguiling cast of characters. A host of foreign scientists, government workers, tourists, loggers, descendants of the Dayak headhunters, Javanese gold miners, and half-tame orangutans all vie for control of this despoiled Eden. Dark Place in the Jungle is an absorbing rumination on the failure of a woman trying desperately to mother a species to survival, the dangers and temptations of eco-tourism, and the arrogance of our inclination to alter the very things we set out to preserve. 30 black-and-white photographs are featured in this revealing and fascinating journey.
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Price: $12.81
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Sale: $2.22
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Manufacturer: Summersdale Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Wassner
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Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 305
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Publication Date: 2001-03-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: The indigenous people of Borneo use blowpipes and poisoned arrows. They wear "pan-handle" haircuts, live in communal dwellings and some tribes have mastered the art of making themselves "invisible" in the jungle. But above all, they have a reputation as fearsome headhunters. Having cast aside his Armani jeans and bought up all the jungle equipment he could find, the author sets off to experience and explore the wilds of Borneo, one of the last relatively unknown places on earth. His only concern: whether he would be able to find a decent cup of espresso in the jungle. But life in the wilderness turns out to be quite agreeable - with wonderful (if unusual) food, all-night longhouse parties, drunken natives and breathtaking surroundings. In a journey that took 12 months of planning and preparation, the author takes on the mighty Rajang river, travelling up its many tributaries into the heart of Borneo - visiting remote longhouses, isolated frontier towns, government outposts, logging camps and nomadic tribes deep in the jungle.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $10.36
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Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Heidi Munan
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Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915
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Publication Date: 2007-02-15
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Reading Level: 264
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Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Junaidi Payne::Gerald Cubitt::Dennis Lau
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Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
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Edition: 3rd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910
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Publication Date: 2005-06-01
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Reading Level: 176
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Price: $27.99
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Sale: $18.47
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Manufacturer: Bradt Travel Guides
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Tamara Thiessen
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Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915
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Publication Date: 2009-01-01
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Sandwiched between the South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas, Borneo is the third biggest island in the world and also the only island which is home to three nations: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Its biodiversity is also one of the greatest in the world, with tropical rainforest and rivers covering over 70 percent of Malaysian Borneo and hundreds of unique flora and fauna species. Despite extensive destruction of its rainforests over the past couple of decades, Borneo remains a floating natural paradise of tropical rainforest, jungle and wild animals. Its past is one of highlands, islands, head-hunters, sultanates and sea-going myths and therefore offers a rich cultural experience for adventure travelers, divers and sunbathers alike. |
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