The author describes his experiences living among the Iban, and recounts his attempts to understand their culture.
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Once known to the world only through the reports of a few anthropologists and missionaries, the island of Borneo is getting a lot of press these days--especially now that its once-huge tracts of rainforest are falling ever faster for Tokyo paneling and Euromodern furniture. British journalist Andro Linklater set out to have a look at the headhunting Iban, whose formerly inaccessible homeland lies smack in the chainsaw's path. As a work of amateur anthropology, Wild People outdoes many professional efforts to explain ways of life in societies that are close to nature. The book is not for the squeamish, however. Linklater's excursus on the bloodsucking leeches of the island, alternately humorous and revolting, puts his book in the same universe as Redmond O'Hanlon's masterpiece Into the Heart of Borneo.
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IN HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Margaret Brooke was candid about the shortcomings of her husband, Charles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Rumah Langga, Singalang Burong, Nanga Bretik, Charles Brooke, Lubok Antu, Gillian Boucher, Assistant Keeper, Pulang Gana, Sultan of Brunei, James Brooke, Sarawak Gazette, Highland Fling New!
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IN HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Margaret Brooke was candid about the shortcomings of her husband, Charles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gawai kenyalang, hornbill festival, longhouse meeting, pounding rice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rumah Langga, Singalang Burong, Nanga Bretik, Charles Brooke, Lubok Antu, Gillian Boucher, Assistant Keeper, Pulang Gana, Sultan of Brunei, James Brooke, Sarawak Gazette, Highland Fling New!
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- Ten Years in Sarawak (Oxford in Asia hardback reprints) by Charles Brooke on page 53
- The Sword in the Stone by Terence Hanbury White on page 132
- Good Night: Three Short Stories for Children by Agnes P. Cronin in Front Matter
- Good Morning and Good Night (Traveller's) by Ranee Margaret of Sarawak in Front Matter
- The Land Of Dreams by Kathleen Michael on page 35
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