Author : Eric Hansen
Publisher :
Release Date : 1993
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015029778365
Pages : 298 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : Eric Hansen
Publisher : Penguin Books
Release Date : 1989-08-01
ISBN 10 : 0140117261
Pages : 284 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (14 downloads)
Download Stranger in the Forest PDF Format Full Free by Eric Hansen and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 1500 miles, Eric Hansen hiked under a canopy of leaves so thick he couldn't see the sky, hunted wild pig, gathered roots, and met tribes--here is the story of his incredible journey across the rain forests of Borneo.
Author : Tamara Thiessen
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 1841622524
Pages : 372 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (841 downloads)
Download Bradt Travel Guide - Borneo PDF Format Full Free by Tamara Thiessen and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borneo's biodiversity is among the richest in the world.The first guide to focus on Malaysian Borneo and Brunei, this book gives full details on where and how to see the island's colourful flora and fauna. Tropical rainforest and rivers cover over 70% ofMalaysian Borneo, and this lush habitat is home to hundreds of unique species, from the jelly green snake and bearded pig to the proboscis monkey. Trek through one of the region's national parks or catch a glimpse of an orang-utan. Traditional rural lifestyles,tribal influences and ethnic variety also offer the visitor a rewarding cultural experience; take part in island festivities, spend the night in a longhouse or shop in the bustling markets. Borneo can provide for adventure travellers, divers and even sunbathers.Over 27,000 UK visitors travelled to Borneo in 2007, up 10% on the previous year.
Author : Tamara Thiessen
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2012
ISBN 10 : 9781841623900
Pages : 372 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (623 downloads)
Download Borneo PDF Format Full Free by Tamara Thiessen and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2012 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straddling the equator, Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Largely covered in rainforest, with a magnificent coastline, it is easy to see what attracts visitors. Comprised of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, Borneo's unique biodiversity and cultural kaleidoscope appeals to both adventurers and those looking for a unique cultural experience. Updated throughout, this revised guide caters for all with information on how to trek through one of the region's national parks, catch a glimpse of an orang-utan, spend the night in a longhouse, or shop in the bustling markets. From the highlands and islands of Sabah and Sarawak, to the mosques and mysticism of the Sultanate of Brunei, Borneo is a mesmerizing mix of cultures, endangered animals, tropical rainforest and carnivorous plants. This new edition of Borneo provides the most comprehensive information available on the island, from its ethnographic and natural history, to accommodation and tours.
Author : Robert Burgin
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2013
ISBN 10 : 9781598849721
Pages : 606 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (849 downloads)
Download Going Places PDF Format Full Free by Robert Burgin and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2013 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. This is an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.
Author : William W. Bevis
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Release Date : 1995
ISBN 10 : 0295974168
Pages : 282 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (295 downloads)
Download Borneo Log PDF Format Full Free by William W. Bevis and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There the rainforest is being cut rapidly, local corruption and greed siphon off most of the profit, native rights and land uses are being obliterated, and much of the fine timber is shipped to Japan to become plywood forms for concrete that are thrown away after two uses.
Author : Fanny Lai
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-16
ISBN 10 : 9781462919079
Pages : 468 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (919 downloads)
Download Visual Celebration of Borneo's Wildlife PDF Format Full Free by Fanny Lai and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Borneo wildlife pictorial offers nature lovers, visitors to Borneo and armchair explorers an unparalleled introduction to this mysterious treasure island. Illustrated with more than 350 images, taken by Bjorn Olesen and other wildlife photographers, A Visual Celebration of Borneo's Wildlife is a photographic tribute to the most spectacular wildlife species on the second-largest tropical island on Earth. It displays nature's beauty, revealing many private moments of the astonishing biodiversity of Borneo, where nature runs riot. Based on the latest research, it is filled with captivating little-known facts about the wildlife that modern-day travelers may come across when visiting this enchanting island. It also describes the top 16 wildlife locations in Borneo, with a comprehensive list of recommended reading, websites and blogs provided. Also included is a foreword by HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, President of Fauna & Flora International. **All of the authors' royalties will be donated to Fauna & Flora International for nature conservation work in Southeast Asia.**
Author : Victor T. King
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-12
ISBN 10 : 9789811006722
Pages : 606 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (6 downloads)
Download Borneo Studies in History, Society and Culture PDF Format Full Free by Victor T. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book is the first major review of what has been achieved in Borneo Studies to date. Chapters in this book situate research on Borneo within the general disciplinary fields of the social sciences, with the weight of attention devoted to anthropological research and related fields such as development studies, gender studies, environmental studies, social policy studies and cultural studies. Some of the chapters in this book are extended versions of presentations at the Borneo Research Council’s international conference hosted by Universiti Brunei Darussalam in June 2012 and a Borneo Studies workshop organised in Brunei in 2012. The volume examines some of the major debates and controversies in Borneo Studies, including those which have served to connect post-war research on Borneo to wider scholarship. It also assesses some of the more recent contributions and interests of locally based researchers in universities and other institutions in Borneo itself. The major strength of the book is the inclusion of a substantial amount of research undertaken by scholars working and teaching within the Southeast Asian region. In particular there is an examination of research materials published in the vernacular, notably the outpouring of work published in Indonesian by the Institut Dayakologi in Pontianak. In doing so, the book also addresses the urgent matters which have not received the attention they deserve, specifically subjects, themes and issues that have already been covered but require further contemplation, elaboration and research, and the scope for disciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration in Borneo Studies. The book is a valuable resource and reference work for students and researchers interested in social science scholarship on Borneo, and for those with wider interests in Indonesia and Malaysia, and in the Southeast Asian region.
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2003
ISBN 10 : 1579584241
Pages : 540 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (579 downloads)
Download Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P PDF Format Full Free by Jennifer Speake and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-12
ISBN 10 : 9781135456634
Pages : 2100 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (456 downloads)
Download Literature of Travel and Exploration PDF Format Full Free by Jennifer Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 2100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author : Richard Wallace Braithwaite
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Release Date : 2016
ISBN 10 : 9781925333763
Pages : 530 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (333 downloads)
Download Fighting Monsters PDF Format Full Free by Richard Wallace Braithwaite and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only six escapees survived the Sandakan death marches of 1945 in North Borneo, the worst atrocity ever inflicted on Australian soldiers. 1787 Australian and 641 British POWs perished. Previous descriptions of the numerous violent acts have yielded little understanding of a situation where the real struggle was to keep one’s humanity when so many were losing theirs, whether Allied POWs, local residents of Borneo, Javanese slave labourers, or Japanese soldiers. Understanding this extraordinary story is aided by reference to a wide range of sources in different countries and disciplines, and by examining the perspectives of all players in this terrible game of survival. An unusual and extreme POW story, the Sandakan tragedy had four stages: active resistance in 1942–3, stubborn endurance in 1943–4, the collapse of civilized existence in 1945 and, finally, the postwar decades of torment for the six damaged survivors, the gradual assimilation of the story, the healing of the damage and the commemoration of the tragedy by the families and communities involved. Richard Wallace Braithwaite’s father was one of the six survivors of the Sandakan death marches of 1945. He died in 1986, still wanting the story to be properly told. This led to a project that has lasted for much of the last forty years of the author’s life, culminating in this book. With a scientific background, Richard worked for many years with CSIRO and universities in the biological and social sciences and in historical research. His extensive and diverse research history and lifelong personal immersion in the story has given him a unique perspective in exploring the complexities of the Sandakan tragedy.
Author : Neal Wyatt
Publisher : American Library Association
Release Date : 2007-05-14
ISBN 10 : 0838909361
Pages : 340 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (838 downloads)
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Author : Mackenzie Cooley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-05-09
ISBN 10 : 9781000873023
Pages : 557 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (873 downloads)
Download Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds PDF Format Full Free by Mackenzie Cooley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships among natural things—ranging from pollen in a gust of wind to a carnivorous pitcher plant to a shell-like skinned armadillo—and the humans enthralled with them. Episodes from 1500 to the early 1900s reveal connected histories across early modern worlds as natural things traveled across the Indian Ocean, the Ottoman Empire, Pacific islands, Southeast Asia, the Spanish Empire, and Western Europe. In distant worlds that were constantly changing with expanding networks of trade, colonial aspirations, and the rise of empiricism, natural things obtained new meanings and became alienated from their origins. Tracing the processes of their displacement, each chapter starts with a piece of original artwork that relies on digital collage to pull image sources out of place and to represent meanings that natural things lost and remade. Accessible and elegant, Natural Things is the first study of its kind to combine original visualizations with the history of science. Museum-goers, scholars, scientists, and students will find new histories of nature and collecting within. Its playful visuality will capture the imagination of non-academic and academic readers alike while reminding us of the alienating capacity of the modern life sciences.
Author : Fred Pearce
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2010-10-31
ISBN 10 : 9781409010968
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (1 downloads)
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Author : Peter Metcalf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 10 : 9780521110983
Pages : 359 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (11 downloads)
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Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Release Date : 2009-09-29
ISBN 10 : 9781570616556
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (616 downloads)
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Author : Marco Lambertini
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2000-05-15
ISBN 10 : 9780226468280
Pages : 338 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (468 downloads)
Download A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics PDF Format Full Free by Marco Lambertini and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated throughout with color plates, photographs, and drawings, this volume is a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of the tropics worldwide. 59 color photos. 21 maps.
