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ISBN: 9789810834418
Hardback: 272 pages
Talisman Books
Aug 2009
Price: S$515
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A Field Guide To The Birds
of Borneo
by Susan Myers
A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo is the first comprehensive
and accurate guide to the varied avifauna of this island biodiversity
hot-spot, which comprises Brunei, the Malaysian states of Sabah
and Sarawak, and the Indonesian states of Kalimantan. More than
630 bird species have been recorded in Borneo and, using the most
up-to-date taxonomy and nomenclature, the guide includes all recently
split species and also gives full coverage to the distinctive
Bornean races where they differ from their counterparts on neighbouring
islands or in mainland South-East Asia. Borneo is of particular
ecological significance; the unique combination of its tropical
latitude and the relief of the land, which includes high mountains
and rainforests, has created many isolated micro-habitats which
have enabled a remarkable number of different species of birds
to evolve, many of which are endemic to the island. Every species
recorded is described in detail with key identification characteristics
and habitat information given, plus a colour distribution map.
All species are illustrated in the 246-page full-colour ID section,
with paintings by the same expert team of artists who worked on
New Holland’s celebrated A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East
Asia.
• More than 1,600 colour artworks over 246
colour pages
• All 631 species are covered in unprecedented detail
• Accurate and up-to-date text covers the identification,
voice, habitat and behaviour, range and status and breeding of
all the species and distinctive subspecies of the island
• More than 630 colour maps for individual species illustrate
their distribution within Borneo
• A complete reference guide to all of Borneo, including
Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, ICalimantan and offshore islands
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ISBN: 1905170629 |
9781905170623
Paperback: 320 pages
Accent Press
Jan 2007
Price: S$15
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The
Amber Knight
by Katherine John
This fast-paced action thriller is a multi-layered story that spans
eight centuries, from medieval Germany and Prussia to present day
Poland and USA centred on the legend of the Amber Knight - a beloved
relic that inspired generations until the Nazis stole it. Created
in 1232 during The Teutonic Crusade when the heroic knight, Helmut
von Mau, dies in battle at Elblag. When the town is burned and the
amber in the treasury melts and is poured into Helmut’s sarcophagus,
covering his body and creating the Amber Knight.
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ISBN: 1905170645 |
9781905170647
Paperback: 352 pages
Accent Press
Jan 2007
Price: S$15
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Ordinary
Miracles
by Grace Wynne-Jones
Paperback | 352pgs | 1905170645 |
9781905170647 | Accent Press | S$15.00
Jasmine Smith will be forty next month and not ready for it; married
to a man she likes and not prepared to give up on love; smothered
by life’s mundanity, and yet drawn towards its mystery. She
wants the sort of love that makes her feel more alive, she wants
wild sex in stalled lifts with film stars. She wants something else...Jasmine
Smith is in desperate need of a miracle. And with the help of an
adventurous school friend, a man called Charlie and a pig called
Rosie she is about to find one. This work is a sharp, funny, moving
novel and an exhilarating invitation to step out of quiet desperation
and re-discover the magic in life and in love.
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ISBN:1905170394
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Paperback: 352 pages
Accent Press
Jan 2007
Price: S$15
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Straight
on Till Morning
by Lynne Barrett-Lee
‘It was then that it struck me, with terrifying clarity. I
was going to die. I was going to die at any moment. I was going
to die, moreover, in a pair of tartan pyjamas and a grubby black
cardigan. For whatever was attached to the headlights in front of
me was actually driving on my side of the road...’ So begins
Sally Matthews’ date with destiny. She doesn’t actually
believe in destiny, of course - she’s way too busy looking
after her husband, arranging her step-daughter’s wedding,
and humouring her mum-on-a-mission (which currently involves Tony
Blair). No surprise, then, that she’s out late at night, with
nothing but a dog and a cricket bat for company. In short, Sally
hasn’t time for a near-death experience. However handsome
the man who’s about to run her off the road...
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