Download or read book Diary of the Wild Borneo Kid written by Raymond Dawson and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This semi-true story takes place in a lush green tropical place filled with deadly snakes, crocs and sharks; it's in exotic Borneo. Diary of the Wild Borneo Kid is a story about 9-year-old Armond, his family and two best friends: Delip and Daniel. Armond is known as a ringleader and troublemaker by the grown-ups, but to his friends, he's the go-to guy for dreaming up hare-brained schemes just for fun, then pulling them off big time just to prove they can be done. Their plan is to build a 'longhouse' to hang out in during the school holidays. The consequences are massive when the plan falls short. Being Armond can be tough sometimes, it is not all fun and games. Although he has a natural talent in creating mischief, taking risks and convincing all his friends that no matter how big a challenge, he has a knack of making it look and sound really easy. Luckily, his two best friends, Delip and Daniel, will always be there to support him as friends do, especially when things take a turn for the worse. At times, their friendship will be tested and strained to breaking point. This novel, together with its brilliant and exquisite illustrated cartoons, will keep readers in suspense, anxiously expecting the unexpected. Come and join Armond on an adventure packed with hilarious fun, danger and outrageous risk-taking. OUTRAGEOUS!
Download or read book The Last Wild Men of Borneo written by Carl Hoffman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2019 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINEE (BEST FACT CRIME) • A BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS FINALIST Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary “Wild Men of Borneo.” One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization—or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Carl Hoffman journeyed to find the truth, discovering that nothing is as it seems in the world’s last Eden, where the lines between sinner and saint blur into one. In 1984, Swiss traveler Bruno Manser joined an expedition to the Mulu caves on Borneo, the planet’s third largest island. There he slipped into the forest interior to make contact with the Penan, an indigenous tribe of peace-loving nomads living among the Dayak people, the fabled “Headhunters of Borneo.” Bruno lived for years with the Penan, gaining acceptance as a member of the tribe. However, when commercial logging began devouring the Penan’s homeland, Bruno led the tribe against these outside forces, earning him status as an enemy of the state, but also worldwide fame as an environmental hero. He escaped captivity under gunfire twice, but the strain took a psychological toll. Then, in 2000, Bruno disappeared without a trace. Had he become a madman, a hermit, or a martyr? American Michael Palmieri is, in many ways, Bruno’s opposite. Evading the Vietnam War, the Californian wandered the world, finally settling in Bali in the 1970s. From there, he staged expeditions into the Bornean jungle to acquire astonishing art and artifacts from the Dayaks. He would become one of the world’s most successful tribal-art field collectors, supplying sacred works to prestigious museums and wealthy private collectors. And yet suspicion shadowed this self-styled buccaneer who made his living extracting the treasure of the Dayak: Was he preserving or exploiting native culture? As Carl Hoffman unravels the deepening riddle of Bruno’s disappearance and seeks answers to the questions surrounding both men, it becomes clear saint and sinner are not so easily defined and Michael and Bruno are, in a sense, two parts of one whole: each spent his life in pursuit of the sacred fire of indigenous people. The Last Wild Men of Borneo is the product of Hoffman’s extensive travels to the region, guided by Penan through jungle paths traveled by Bruno and by Palmieri himself up rivers to remote villages. Hoffman also draws on exclusive interviews with Manser’s family and colleagues, and rare access to his letters and journals. Here is a peerless adventure propelled by the entwined lives of two singular, enigmatic men whose stories reveal both the grandeur and the precarious fate of the wildest place on earth.
Download or read book ROAM Journal of Real Family Adventure written by Maryann Jones Thompson and published by Californian Guides. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to take the kids to trek in Nepal or Patagonia? Dive in Micronesia or Catalina? Explore Cambodia or Colombia? Beach-hop in Croatia or Sri Lanka? ROAM publishes REAL tales of family vacations to unique and exciting destinations. Our editors collaborate with intrepid parent travelers to share their good - and the not-so-good - experiences, as well as the must-know details that will enable other families to follow in their footsteps. The ROAM Journal provides more than 50 unusual and compelling vacation ideas, inspiring families to find new places to explore together. The 19 for 2019 feature excerpts the most interesting ROAM Reports of the year and provides links to complete details online. If you're looking for winter, spring, summer and weekend holiday inspiration, you'll find it all inside! From Europe to Africa, South America to Asia, and California to New England, ROAM helps you find your family adventure!
Download or read book The Adventurer s Son written by Roman Dial and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Destined to become an adventure classic." —Anchorage Daily News Hailed as "gripping" (New York Times) and "beautiful" (Washington Post), The Adventurer's Son is Roman Dial’s extraordinary and widely acclaimed account of his two-year quest to unravel the mystery of his son’s disappearance in the jungles of Costa Rica. In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old son of preeminent Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman Dial, walked alone into Corcovado National Park, an untracked rainforest along Costa Rica’s remote Pacific Coast that shelters miners, poachers, and drug smugglers. He carried a light backpack and machete. Before he left, Cody Roman Dial emailed his father: “I am not sure how long it will take me, but I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle and a day to walk out. I’ll be bounded by a trail to the west and the coast everywhere else, so it should be difficult to get lost forever.” They were the last words Dial received from his son. As soon as he realized Cody Roman’s return date had passed, Dial set off for Costa Rica. As he trekked through the dense jungle, interviewing locals and searching for clues—the authorities suspected murder—the desperate father was forced to confront the deepest questions about himself and his own role in the events. Roman had raised his son to be fearless, to be at home in earth’s wildest places, travelling together through rugged Alaska to remote Borneo and Bhutan. Was he responsible for his son’s fate? Or, as he hoped, was Cody Roman safe and using his wilderness skills on a solo adventure from which he would emerge at any moment? Part detective story set in the most beautiful yet dangerous reaches of the planet, The Adventurer’s Son emerges as a far deeper tale of discovery—a journey to understand the truth about those we love the most. The Adventurer’s Son includes fifty black-and-white photographs.
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Download or read book Children of Borneo written by Edwin Herbert Gomes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Children of Borneo" provides valuable insight into the social customs, manners, and lives of the children of Borneo, the largest Island in Asia. The writer, Reverend Edwin Herbert Gomes, was an Anglican missionary in Sarawak at the beginning of the twentieth century. He talks about the children of Ibans, or Sea Dayaks, a branch of the Dayak people on the island of Borneo, in detail in this work, giving an idea of what things were like in those days.
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Download or read book Expedition Diaries Borneo Rainforest written by Simon Chapman and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon is flying to the island of Borneo in the South China Sea. He plans to travel by boat and plane, and trek through one of the world's oldest rainforests to find orangutans in their natural equitorial habitat. He'll be sketching some of the island's 1,000s of species of tree, mammal and bird along the way. Simon Chapman, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, brings geography to life, and his Expedition Diaries are a great way to introduce the world's biomes and habitats to children, direct from someone who's actually been in them - sometimes up to his neck! These books are perfect for sparking interest in this key school topic.
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Download or read book Undaunted written by Anita Silvey and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2019 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young scientist, Galdikas had a mission: to find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Award-winning author Silvey explores the life and legacy of this incredible and little-known primatologist. Full color.
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