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Borneo: Sabah & Kota Kinabalu   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Footprint Borneo  •  Dinah Gardner  •  James Alexander  •  Joshua Eliot
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A detailed, practical guide to Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantaan and Brunei, including sections on Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. (BRN25, $24.95)
  Footprint Borneo
Wild Borneo, The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan  •  Nick Garbutt  •  Cede Prudente  •  David Attenborough
NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 176 PAGES
This beautiful oversize book of 250 color photographs, many full-page, and accompanying essays on Borneo's habitats, wildlife, history and conservation (including a chapter on the Heart of Borneo project), published in association with the World Wildlife Fund, is an excellent overview of the natural history of the island. (BRN26, $34.95)
  Wild Borneo, The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan
Orangutans  •  Rob Shumaker
NATURAL HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 72 PAGES
A slim, illustrated overview of ecology and behavior, habitats and conservation of the red ape of Borneo and Sumatra. Shumaker is director of Orangutan Research at the Great Ape Trust and former co-ordinator of the Orangutan Language Project at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. (BRN28, $17.95)
 
Stranger in the Forest  •  Eric Hansen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES • FAVORITE
A marvelous account of Hansen's treks across Borneo in the company of the nomadic Penan, on which he trudged through more than 1,500 miles of forested terrain. It's an entertaining portrait of a little-visited world and vanishing way of life, absorbing in detail. By the author of the classic account of Yemen and the Red Sea, "Motoring with Mohammed." (BRN16, $13.95)
  Stranger in the Forest
Kalimantan Map, East Malaysia Brunei  •   Nelles
2004 •  MAP • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
This full-color folded map covers the island of Borneo, both Kalimantan and East Malaysia, at a scale of 1:1.5 million. With city maps of Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Bandar Seri Begawan. (BRN27, $9.95)
 
 

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Borneo Map  •   ITMB    •  A folded traveler's map of the island of Borneo, including Kalimantan, at a scale of 1:1,1,30,000. (BRN32, $12.95)
 
 
Sabah & Kota Kinabalu Travel Map  •   Periplus Maps    •  A detailed and attractive travel map of Northeast Borneo. (MSA02, $8.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Borneo  •   Lonely Planet Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This Lonely Planet guide covers Malaysian Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah) , Brunei and Kalimantan in practical, full-color detail. (BRN35, $22.99)
 
 
Wild People, Travels with Borneo's Head Hunters  •  Andro Linklater   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An entertaining visit with the Iban people of Sarawak, a group perched somewhere between ancient traditions and modern commercial culture. (BRN06, $10.95)
 
 
A Dark Place in the Jungle, Following Leakey's Last Angel into Borneo  •  Linda Spalding   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An emotionally charged account of the life and work of orangutan researcher Galdikas. The author, though no fan of the besieged scientist, writes lyrically about Tanjung Putting National Park. (INS80, $15.95)
 
 
All Elevations Unknown, An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo  •  Sam Lightner, Jr.   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A good-hearted tale of exploration, WWII history and rock climbing in the interior of Borneo. Intrigued by a WWII account, Lightner and a climbing buddy set out for Kelabit highlands in Borneo, in part to climb Batu Lawi -- and in part to retrace the adventures of Tom Harrison, who parachuted into the region in 1945. (BRN18, $19.00)
 
 
Into the Heart of Borneo  •  Redmond O'Hanlon   • EXPLORATION  •  An absurd (and true) story of a biologist's journey into the mountains of Sarawak in search of the fabled Borneo rhino. O'Hanlon's entertaining account mixes plenty of humor, detail on local peoples and natural history. (BRN03, $12.95)
 
 
The Airmen and the Headhunters  •  Judith Heimann   • EXPLORATION  •  Heimann tracked down the Borneo side of the nearly forgotten saga of 11 young American airmen shot down over Kalimantan in WWII -- and the Australian pilots, missionaries and, especially, the Dayak villagers who helped them to survive and evade capture. (BRN29, $15.00)
 
 
White Rajah, A Biography of Sir James Brooke  •  Nigel Barley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An anthropologist, Barley conveys the romance, ambition and opportunism of Sir James Brooke, the 19th-century Rajah of Sarawak and founder of the Borneo Company. (BRN34, $16.99)
 
 
Almayer's Folly, A Story of an Eastern River  •  Joseph Conrad   • LITERATURE  •  A Modern Library edition of Conrad's first novel, set on the east coast of Borneo. (BRN33, $13.00)
 
 
Among Orangutans, Red Apes and the Rise of Human Culture  •  Carel van Schaik  •  Perry van Dujinhoven   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An exploration of the Sumatran orangutan by one of the leading experts in the field, complete with full-color photographs. (NAT63, $29.95)
 
 
Birds of Borneo, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, and Kalimantan  •  Susan Myers   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN AUGUST  •  An experienced birder and tour leader, Myers includes 620 species of birds in this comprehensive, up-to-date guide to Brunei, the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the Indonesian provinces of Kalimantan. With 1,600 color illustrations and color range maps. (BRN36, $29.95)
 
 
Orangutans, Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation  •  Junaidi Payne   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Payne presents an informative and compelling overview of the lives of orangutans, from their habitat and behavior to the complex intricacies of orangutan society. (BST114, $29.95)
 
 
Orangutans, Wizards of the Rain Forest  •  Anne E. Russon   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated introduction to orangutans. Russon, a psychologist and primatologist, pays special attention to the behavior of these remarkably intelligent apes. (BST52, $24.95)
 
 
The Malay Archipelago  •  Alfred Russel Wallace   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A contemporary of Darwin, the great British naturalist describes his wanderings throughout Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, the Moluccas, New Guinea and remote islands from 1854 to 1862 in this classic of natural history and travel. (INS06, $24.95)
 
 
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo  •  Geoffrey Davidson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket field guide to 250 species. (BRN07, $15.95)
 
 


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