Children of Borneo

Children of Borneo
Author: Edwin H. Gomes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781409912774

Edwin H. Gomes was the author of: The Sea-Dyaks of Borneo (1910), Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo (1911) and Children of Borneo (1912). "Away down in the Indian Ocean there is a long chain of islands that stretches from Burmah to Australia. One of these is New Guinea which is the largest island in the world (leaving out Australia), and Borneo comes next in size. It is nearly four times as large as England. One quarter of it-the States of Sarawak and British North Borneo-is under British influence. The rest is all claimed by the Dutch, excepting one small State, Brunei, between North Borneo and Sarawak, which is governed by a Malay Sultan, who is a Mahommedan. Sarawak is governed by an English Rajah, or King, Sir Charles Brooke, who succeeded his uncle, Sir James Brooke, in 1868; -British North Borneo is owned by an English Trading Company, called the North Borneo Company, who appoint an Englishman as Governor to rule it for them. "

Little Pago

Little Pago
Author: Lauren Briggs
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1922643009

Against a magical background of coral flowers and seaweed gardens, Little Pago and his friends set out on an adventurous journey in search for food. However, not everything floating in the ocean is safe for a baby turtle to eat. This children’s fiction picture book, with an environmental and sustainable focus is written and illustrated for 2-5 year olds to share with their parents, carers and pre-school teachers. Little Pago is an imaginative, compelling and inspiring story about friendship, perseverance and the important role each of us can play in keeping one of our oceans most ancient and endangered sea creatures safe for future generations.

Into the Heart of Borneo

Into the Heart of Borneo
Author: Redmond O'Hanlon
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 253
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN: 0140073973

'The most hilarious travel book in many years' - Standard. Armed with equipment and advice from 22 SAS, Hereford, and accompanied by three trackers, Redmond O'Hanlon, the naturalist, and James Fenton, the poet, set out on a long river voyage into the interior of a tropical jungle hoping to reach the Tiban massif. At once funny and knowledgeable, Redmond O'Hanlon's account of how they battled with insects, discomfort and setbacks is a hugely entertaining and informative adventure story in the best tradition of the world's great travel classics. 'A marvellous book ... a very funny and expert witness' - Edward St Aubyn in the Tatler. 'Consistently exciting, often funny, and erudite without ever being overwhelming' - Punch.

Orangutan

Orangutan
Author: Rita Goldner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2015-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780983633358

A children's picture book about a day in the life of a young orangutan in the rainforest canopy of Borneo.

Stranger in the Forest

Stranger in the Forest
Author: Eric Hansen
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-11-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0375724958

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.

Parachuting Cats into Borneo

Parachuting Cats into Borneo
Author: Axel Klimek
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1603586814

In Parachuting Cats into Borneo, change-management experts Axel Klimek and Alan AtKisson offer crisp, concise, and targeted advice for success. They expose the most significant impediments helping readers recognize their habitual patterns of thinking and perceiving a situation, critique their own beliefs regarding change, and then move beyond these unhelpful patterns using improved systems thinking. Named after a classic tale of unintended consequences, Parachuting Cats into Borneo delivers tools that help leaders and others keep their change initiatives on track. The advice imparted will help you move away from agonizing over immediate problems toward stoking action, identifying collaborators, focusing at the right level for your cause, and aiding others in pursuing their change.

Wild People

Wild People
Author: Andro Linklater
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1994-01-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780871134776

The author describes his experiences living among the Iban, and recounts his attempts to understand their culture.