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ISBN: 9789810834418
Hardback: 272 pages
Talisman Books
Aug 2009

Price: S$515   
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


ISBN: 1905170629 | 9781905170623
Paperback: 320 pages
Accent Press
Jan 2007

Price: S$15 
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 
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.

ISBN:1905170394 | 9781905170395
Paperback: 352 pages
Accent Press
Jan 2007

Price: S$15 
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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