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

Nick Garbutt, Cede Prudente

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2007 Kiriyama Prize "Notable Book".

The island of Borneo is a place of great natural beauty and rich biodiversity. From the peaks of the majestic Mount Kinabalu to the enchanting coral-fringed islands that lie offshore, with vast tracts of lush rainforest in between, Borneo's landscape is as varied as it is magnificent. In Wild Borneo, author Nick Garbutt embarks upon a fascinating investigation into the wonders of this island, exploring every aspect of Borneo's terrain, from its rainforest-covered lowland areas to its mountain ranges, highland areas, and winding rivers. He shows us the profusion of flora and fauna living within these habitats, including the enormous Rafflesia flower, the carnivorous Pitcher plants, snakes, frogs and lizards that fly, fish that walk on mud, and rich and varied bird life. The island is home to a diversity of mammal species, some of which are highly unusual, including the outrageous-looking Proboscis Monkey, the remarkably tolerant Bornean Pygmy Elephant, the diminutive and shaggy Sumatran Rhinoceros, the native Bornean Orang-utan, and the doe-eyed, endearing Slow Loris.

Published in association with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Wild Borneo also examines the ongoing attempts to preserve the island's natural resources in the face of commercial logging and large-scale land clearing. Illustrated with more than 200 stunning photographs, this book offers a vivid celebration of Borneo's many natural wonders.

Fifa 192: The True Story Behind The Legend Of The Brunei Darussalam National Football Team

Stanley Park

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Truly Stanley's "Magnum Opus" 5 out of 5 stars.
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Read and learn. This is Football's answer to Anthony Burgess' "Devil of State - also banned in Brunei.

Passion, corruption, hypocracy they are all here in capital letters.

Anyone who has ever lived in South East Asia will love it!
So will anyone who has never lived in South East Asia and who has a sense for truth being stranger (and funnier) than fiction.

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This is the true story behind the legend of the Brunei Darussalam National Football Team, almost but not quite, the worst international team in the world. Stanley Park, the alter ego of a desperate and disillusioned sporting romantic abroad, needs the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team of world soccer to bring him financial and moral salvation. Set in the alien cultural maelstrom of a near-bankrupt and comically corrupt Islamic despotism, Stanley's travails as the teams media manager illuminate football for what it truly is: a spherical, hand-stitched universe of heaven and hell. Kick or be kicked is football's moral imperative. A true Scouser, armed only with a yellow anorak and a war cry of "Giblets," Stanley Park's fight for justice in Brunei is a veritable sporting Jihad.

"Better than Fever Pitch: more balls, more laughs, more giblets. The universal truths of football as uniquely revealed by Stanley Park." --Brian Reade, U.K.’s #1 sports columnist, The Daily Mirror

Rebellion in Brunei: The 1962 Revolt, Imperialism, Confrontation and Oil (International Library of Twentieth Century History)

Abdul Harun Majid

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Brunei has long been associated with massive oil resources and the stability that its wealth can guarantee. But little is known of the revolt of 1962 which might have changed the fortunes of the sultanate and the fate of South East Asia.

This is the first comprehensive history of the Brunei Rebellion, the trigger for the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation of the 60s and of critical importance in understanding the history of the region.

The revolt of 1962 was a small armed uprising in support of a Borneo Federation consisting of Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo. It opposed the Malaysian Federation, seen as a buttress of British and Western imperial interest. In a period of great tension between the West and the Communist world, China viewed the rebellion as a national liberation war and it was quickly suppressed by the British Emergency Force. But although the rebellion itself was short-lived, the consequences for the region's international relations within Asia and with the West - especially given Brunei’s emergence as a significant oil-producer - were far-reaching.

Report On Brunei In 1904: Mis Sea#74 (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series)

M.S.H. Mcarthur

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Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C., for Southeast Asian Studies: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

Patrick M. Mayerchak

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Peoples of Eastern Asia: Bangladesh-Brunei (Volume 1)

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A History of Brunei

Graham Saunders

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Brunei is a tiny country that is one of the richest per capita in the world. Due to its vast reserves of oil and gas. Located on the island of Kalimantan, it bears closer resemblance to Kuwait and the Emirates of the Middle East, than to anywhere in south east Asia. Saunders gives us an indepth look at its history. How its royal family managed to keep the country independent. A notable achievement, considering that Malaysia and Indonesia are its neighbours. Malaysia managed to absorb its sultanates prior and during its independence from Britain. But even under British rule, Brunei was considered somewhat different from Malaya.

Saunders also describes the society that has emerged under the mostly benevolent rule of the Sultan of Brunei. Again, like the Emirates, the Sultan delivered a broad prosperity that garnered continuing consent to his rule. Certainly, the contrast between the average income in Brunei and that of Indonesia or Malaysia is vast. Of course, the small population and area of Brunei greatly aided the efficient dissemination of wealth.

The escapades of Prince Jefri are outlined. Some details are murky, due to veils of financial secrecy. But there was a period of heavy free spending that has now been sharply curtailed.

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A History of Brunei is the first full-length study of the Brunei Sultanate from earliest times to the present. It addresses long-standing controversies over the antecedents of the Brunei state, the date of the conversion to Islam, the reigns of the early Sultans, the Spanish attack of 1578, and the troubled decades of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and treats more recent events including the Japanese Occupation and the crises associated with the Brunei Revolt and the creation of Malaysia. The story ends with the atttainment of full independence in 1984 and a survey of the reign since then of Sultan Sir Hassanal Bolkiah.

Healing flora of the Brunei Dusun. (Research Notes).: An article from: Borneo Research Bulletin

Robert A. Voeks, Samhan Nyawa

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This digital document is an article from Borneo Research Bulletin, published by Borneo Research Council, Inc on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 5102 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Healing flora of the Brunei Dusun. (Research Notes).
Author: Robert A. Voeks
Publication: Borneo Research Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: Borneo Research Council, Inc
Page: 178(18)

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Healing flora of the Brunei Dusun. (Research Notes).: An article from: Borneo Research Bulletin

Robert A. Voeks, Samhan Nyawa

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This digital document is an article from Borneo Research Bulletin, published by Borneo Research Council, Inc on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 5102 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Healing flora of the Brunei Dusun. (Research Notes).
Author: Robert A. Voeks
Publication: Borneo Research Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: Borneo Research Council, Inc
Page: 178(18)

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