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Bradt Guide Borneo: Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak

Bradt Guide Borneo: Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak

by Tamara Thiessen

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This comprehensive guide to Malaysian Borneo includes travel details and excellent information on history, culture and nature (BRN31, $27.99)

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean

by Paddy Ryan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)

Wild Borneo, The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Wild Borneo, The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

by Nick Garbutt | Cede Prudente | David Attenborough

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

This beautiful oversized book of 250 color photographs 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, $36.95)

Borneo Map

Borneo Map

by ITMB

  • 2008
  • MAP

A folded traveler's map of the island of Borneo, including Kalimantan, at a scale of 1:1,130,000. (BRN32, $12.95)

 
Sabah & Kota Kinabalu Map

Sabah & Kota Kinabalu Map


by Periplus Maps

  • 2010
  • MAP

A detailed and attractive travel map of Northeast Borneo. (MSA02, $8.95)

Footprint Borneo

Footprint Borneo


by Paul Dixon

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 392 PAGES

This detailed, comprehensive guide to Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Brunei includes excellent information on natural history and culture, and sections on Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. (BRN25, $25.95)

Wild People, Travels with Borneo's Head Hunters

Wild People, Travels with Borneo's Head Hunters


by Andro Linklater

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

An entertaining visit with the Iban people of Sarawak, a group perched somewhere between ancient traditions and modern commercial culture. (BRN06, $10.95)

All Elevations Unknown, An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo

All Elevations Unknown, An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo


by Sam Lightner, Jr.

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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

Into the Heart of Borneo


by Redmond O'Hanlon

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 190 PAGES

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, $14.00)

Stranger in the Forest

Stranger in the Forest


by Eric Hansen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Hansen's absorbing account of a trek across Sarawak in the company of the nomadic Penan is an entertaining portrait of a little-visited world and vanishing way of life. (BRN16, $15.00)

The Airmen and the Headhunters

The Airmen and the Headhunters


by Judith Heimann

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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)

The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles


by Frederick Rowe Davis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 312 PAGES

With Archie Carr as its focus, this biography of the great scientist and conservationist also explores the evolution of the naturalist tradition, biology and conservation during the twentieth century. (BST116, $35.00)

White Rajah, A Biography of Sir James Brooke


by Nigel Barley

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

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


by Joseph Conrad

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

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


by Carel van Schaik | Perry van Dujinhoven

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

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

Birds of Borneo, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, and Kalimantan


by Susan Myers

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A must for birders, this comprehensive field guide features1,600 color illustrations and maps. (BRN36, $29.95)

Ocean Duets

Ocean Duets


by Michele Westmoreland | Sylvia Earle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

This stunning portfolio of color photographs celebrates the diversity of marine life. (OCE107, $12.95)

Orangutans, Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation


by Junaidi Payne

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

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

Orangutans, Wizards of the Rain Forest


by Anne E. Russon

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An illustrated introduction to orangutans. Russon, a psychologist and primatologist, pays special attention to the behavior of these remarkably intelligent apes. (BST52, $24.95)

Planet Ocean

Planet Ocean


by Laurent Ballesta | Pierre Descamp

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 368 PAGES

Ballesta's exquisite photographic portraits celebrate the diversity of life under the sea, from bizarre Antarctic fish and odd benthic creatures to multi-colored reef beauties, turtles, sharks and rays. (OCE115, $40.00)

The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago


by Alfred Russel Wallace

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 515 PAGES

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, $25.00)

Water Light Time

Water Light Time


by David Doubilet

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The master of underwater photography presents 200 magnificent color photographs spanning the world's oceans and seas in this elegant, oversized collection. (OCE106, $35.00)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo


by Geoffrey Davidson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A pocket field guide to 250 species. (BRN07, $15.95)

Coral Reef Fishes

Coral Reef Fishes


by Ewald Lieske | Robert Myers

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)

Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific

Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific


by Idaz Greenberg

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • PLASTIC CARD

This double-sided plastic card shows 50 of the most commonly encountered marine invertebrates of the Indian Ocean in full-color illustrations, convenient for snorkeling trips. (DIV15, $7.50)

Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific

Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific


by Paul Humann | Ned Deloach | Gerald Allen | Roger Steene

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 450 PAGES

This comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes features 2,500 color photographs. (DIV49, $48.00)

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