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Recommended Borneo Books & Music

All Elevations Unknown: An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo
by Sam Lightner

Hardcover (June 12, 2001)

First-time author Lightner, a well-known rock climber, presents a memorable if somewhat problematic travel-adventure memoir of his 1999 climb up Borneo's Batu Lawi, an all-but-unknown peak in a rough jungle. He approaches the peak armed only with regional maps, none of which show the mountain, and a book called World Within, a travel memoir published in 1958 by Tom Harrisson, a British officer who parachuted onto the mountain during WWII to establish an Allied base....click here to read more reviews.

Globetrotter Kinabalu Park : Visitor's Guide : Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
by Anthea Phillipps, Francis Liew (Contributor)

Paperback (October 2000)

Kinabalu Park is one of the world's hot spots for biodiversity and at over 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) high, is Southeast Asia's highest mountain. The rich diversity of natural habitats is home to a wealth of flora and fauna, and has numerous other attractions for the adventurous traveler, including walking, trekking, climbing and relaxing in hot springs. This highly illustrated and practical guide is packed with essential information for the visitor to this unique area.

Moving Pictures : More Borneo Travel (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)
by Victor T. King (Compiler)

Paperback (February 2000)

This anthology, which is a sequel to The Best of Borneo Travel, brings together a further selection of Western encounters with the natural and cultural landscapes of this fascinating island....Look Into The Book: click here to view sample pages.

Stranger in the Forest : On Foot Across Borneo (Vintage Departures)
by Eric Hansen

Paperback (November 14, 2000)

Nearly 20 years ago, a gangling, footloose American gets boozed with a bunch of Borneo river-dwellers, and finds himself bound in a gentle obsession. Soon after, he takes off across the island of Borneo on foot armed with a quick schooling in tribal bartering systems and not much else. He has no visa, no valid passport, an unreliable map, and a few sentences of Bahasa Indonesian. He can survive in the rainforest only as long as he maintains the trust of the people he meets, as guides, tutors, friends. He does far more than survive, and it is clear from the modesty, resilience and humor that comes through in his writing, that he was made for just this journey.

Wanderings Among South Sea Savages: And in Borneo and the Philippines
by H. Wilfred Walker

Paperback (June 2001)

This is high adventure at its best! Walker spent almost 20 years wandering around the South Sea islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines, and he created this book of his exploits "among the savages" from letters he had written to friends and family. His particular interests were ornithology and entomology, but he was fascinated by all that he saw, and made friends with many people.