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DENIS J. SADING, FIONA JAMIYAN

Synopsis

Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Sukang yang menetap di sekitar daerah Telupid. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, ESMARIDA EBOS

Synopsis

Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Dusun Subpan di beberapa buah kampung di kawasan Daerah Lahad Datu. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, FIONA JAMIYAN

Synopsis

Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Bisaya yang menetap di sekitar daerah Beaufort, Sabah. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, SITI AMINAH ROSLAN

Synopsis

Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Iranun di daerah Kota Belud, Sabah. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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ANGELA ENGKUAN

Synopsis

Magis Sang Manuk Bura menghimpunkan 19 buah cerita rakyat Sabah yang bertemakan kemanusiaan. Cerita-cerita yang dipaparkan dilihat mampu mendidik dan menyedarkan khalayak kerana ia sarat dengan nilai-nilai murni yang tersendiri. Watak dan perwatakan yang ditampilkan begitu dekat dengan budaya dan kepercayaan etnik di Sabah. Buku ini merupakan salah sebuah khazanah sastera rakyat dari negeri Sabah. Sebagai teks sastera, buku ini wajar dijadikan rujukan dan kajian masyarakat, dari segi budaya serta stilistik kerana ia benar-benar mewakili masyarakat yang diceritakan.

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KEN GOODLET

Synopsis

The story of Tawau and its people is only around 130 years old. People alive today, including this author, have known those who were present at the very start of a recognisable settlement at the mouth of the Tawau River. Ken Goodlet's interviews cover around 21 linguistic groups in those early days, making this record of Tawau rainbow-coloured in its diversity. The book shows that Tawau has had at least two natural advantages: its location and its natural wealth. Situated at the meeting point of three states that were formerly very different (and competing) colonies, Tawau has been a haven of prosperity and peace, first under the British and then as part of Malaysia. This has attracted trade and immigration (and, at times, envy) not only from far distant Japan and China, but from the Dutch East Indies (later, Indonesia) to its immediate south and from the Spanish and American and, later, independent Philippines to its east. Tawau's natural wealth, evidenced in a favourable climate, large pockets of excellent soil and coal deposits, has provided residents with jungle produce, then mining and timber, then rubber and hemp and cocoa, and finally oil palm prosperity, augmented by a host of less important agricultural products. The book shows how this has led to extensive migration and capital investment and to the growth of a diverse agriculture-based economy with a complex infrastructure. While previously unimagined wealth has brought better health and a higher standard of living, inevitably it has brought problems unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, illegal immigration, wealth inequity and loss of some community values. But the final chapters make clear the present is a better world for most than it was at any time in the past.

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KEN GOODLET

Synopsis

This is a pictorial treasury of Tawau, with more than 260 photos, maps and diagrams showing the people and places of its 150 year story. Words in both English and Bahasa Malaysia help tell the tale. Look closely at these pictures and the strange yet familiar world of the past will come alive. Ken Goodlet collected many of the images over the 50 years from his arrival in Tawau as a teacher. Others have come from sources in Malaysia and Australia, including friends and former students. This is a companion book to the author’s 360-page history, Tawau: the Making of a Tropical Community (2010).

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K. RAVI MANDALAM, G.W.H. DAVISON, & PATRICIA REGIS 

Synopsis

This Sabah Society Monograph is devoted to commemorating 40 years since the Royal Society Expeditions to Mount Kinabalu. which was declared a national park in 1964. The Royal Society Expeditions (RSE) of 1961 and 1964 took place when Sabah was in transition from a British administered colony to an independent state within the Malaysian Federation. The First RSE was the last of a long series of major scientific expeditions undertaken during the colonial era. The First RSE was also the first team to undertake an exploration of the long and difficult Eastern Ridge of Kinabalu. All previous explorations of the mountain had focussed on its western side. The same Expedition was also the first to explore the Pinosuk Plateau, on which thrived a unique forest at 5000 ft, on rocky detritus washed down from the mountain. Sadly, this forest does not exist any more, as it was cleared in the 1980s to make way for the Agricultural Station and the Golf Course. Kotal, a Dustin hunter hailing from Kg. Kundasang, was the first to pioneer a route to King George V Peak-the summit above the Eastern Plateau-in June 1963. Corner engaged his services as the chief guide for the Second RSE in 1964. It was he who guided John Corner and, later, Gathorne Medway (now Earl of Cranbrook) to the summit. Kotal was a silent and enigmatic personality. In Corner's words, "He is the class of Dusun as silent. rugged and detached as a granite pinnacle". Kotal guided many subsequent expeditions through the same route that now bears his name. He passed away in 1998. The names of many peaks and pinnacles on Kinabalu East-the Eastern Plateau and the North and East Ridges, such as Gully Peak, Outpost, North Peak, Lion's Rock, Echoing Rocks, Rhino Horn, etc., were given by John Corner himself which are in current use in mountaineering literature on Kinabalu and referred to by climbers who frequent this mountains.

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C.M. ENRIQUEZ 

Synopsis

First published in 1927, Kinabalu: The Haunted Mountain of Borneo still enthralls readers with the exploits of early-day explorers of Kinabalu. This account follows Enrique's desire to scale the summit with his trusted companion Sau Nan and a small entourage. Enriquez's account of his expedition contains some of the most beautifully written passages that portray the starkness and beauty of Kinabalu. He notes that "Kinabalu is a sort of Mecca for naturalists" which still holds true today. An enjoyable read that captures the romance and excitement of discovery.

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CP FORMS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 

Synopsis

Contains step by step training manual on how to use Adobe Photoshop CS6 that empowers you to experience imaging magic and maximize creativity in exciting new ways. Make the most of your hardware investment and save significant time in your workflows with new preset migration and sharing, and new Background Save and Auto-Recovery options that can help boost productivity and image security. It also shows the Adobe Photoshop CS6 powerful capabilities for editing, compositing, painting, and transforming images, designs, and video.

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MICHAEL SUBINON 

Synopsis

This work is an attempt to preserve the beliefs of the Kadazan People of Sabah, on how the world and everything in it were created according to the earliest media available to them – The Inaits. Kinoingan chanted the mantras to the first Bobohizan, who in turn passed it down in similar way, to the others – over the centuries. The Bobohizans (Kadazan Priestess) cannot read nor write but they have an unsual gift – they can memorise a few day long mantras. They were just the people who could do that and today, Kadazan Mythology is an attempt; the first of its kind to have put that in a Book Form – with the hope it can sustain along the ages, ahead. It is also attached to the heart of the Author that may this Literature be found helpful to those who loves mythology and see if this can be made into a Kadazan Literature, of all time?

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ANTHONY LAMB & MICHELE RODDA 

Synopsis

The genus Hoya was established by Robert Brown in 1811 and was named after Thomas Hoy, gardener at Syon Park in England. Hoyas are mostly herbs with creeping or climbing stems and mostly epiphytic in trees, but some are small shrubs that do not produce climbing stems. Many produce umbels of colorful and scented flowers and because they are easy to propagate from cuttings or seeds have become popular house plants in the cooler temperate countries or garden plants in the tropics and sub-tropics. Hoya belongs to one of the ten largest families of flowering plants — the Apocynaceae — with 5100 species, and fall into one of the five subfamilies, the Asclepiadoideae, and specifically the tribe Marsdeniae, with 26 genera. With 350–450 species, Hoya is the largest genus in the family with the main distribution of species being in the tropical forests of Malesia, where it is found growing with the closely related genus Dischidia. Borneo is one of the top 10 biodiversity hot spots in the world and Hoya diversity on the island is only surpassed by the Philippines at present. Currently it is estimated that there are about 80 species in Borneo, with 72 named, of which 67 are covered in this Guide. Of the 72 named species, 36 species, or 50% are endemic to Borneo. Hoya are used by native people for medicinal and other purposes and medical research is now finding chemical constituents that may have future potential in the industry. Because of the colorful and scented flowers, over 100 species are now commercially available as ornamentals from nurseries that specialize in Hoya . This Guide covers some aspects of their cultivation, both as outdoor climbers in gardens in tropical and subtropical counties as well as indoor house-plants in colder climates. As a result, Hoya Societies have sprung up in many countries in Europe, the USA and Australia as well as in some tropical countries such as Thailand.

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 QUENTIN PHILLIPPS

Synopsis

This is the fully revised and updated third edition of an acclaimed field guide to the birds of Borneo, covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan. The result is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to the island's remarkably diverse birdlife. The book covers all 673 species living or reported on Borneo, including all 59 endemic species. Each species is superbly illustrated in 141 color plates containing more than 2,000 full-color bird images, which provide multiple large views of each species, including most of the sexual variants and immature forms of polymorphic species. Each plate is accompanied by facing-page species descriptions covering taxonomy, size, call, range, distribution, habits, and status. Distribution is also shown with 567 detailed color thumbnail maps on facing pages. Other features include seven habitat plates, twelve regional maps showing Borneo's top 90 birding sites, fast-find identification plates to the birds of Kinabalu and other habitats, and a full overview of Borneo's vegetation, climate, and ecology. This is a guide that any outdoor visitor to the island will treasure.

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PETER B. ADAMS 

Synopsis

Dendrobium species are attractive, conspicuous and numerous along the entire eastern coast of Australia, and are popular plants for culture and breeding of colourful hybrids. In contrast to the other books in the series so far, where a selection of species was made, all Australian species and their variants (around 80) are included. There is a full spectrum of plant form from some of the smallest mat-forming dendrobiums to the largest in the genus, being over two metres tall and several metres across. The unusual and rarer species of Cape York Peninsula and central Queensland are uncommon in collections and seldom seen, requiring travel to remote places. Some of the most striking Dendrobium habitats are illustrated.

There have been a number of approaches to the classification of Dendrobium and related genera over the past 30 years. Classification and nomenclature are always evolving as new information becomes available. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6 (2014) included evidence from morphology, DNA and all other areas of study and provided an international consensus for Dendrobium, bringing a long-awaited degree of stability to the genus. This book follows the Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 6 approach and the Kew Monocot Checklist, and considers all available published evidence on the genus. An identification key to the sections is provided, and species are arranged in a checklist according to sections.

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 TSHIN LIP VUI

Synopsis

'This book contains International Research Conference Of Social Science And Engineering Proceeding IRCIM 1.0 papers with the theme “Education Shapes People’s Life”. The papers contributed the most recent scientific knowledge known in the field of Engineering, Social Sciences, Teaching and Education. It is hoped that these proceedings will furnished the academics of the world with an excellent reference book.'

JAWATANKUASA KERJA BUKU CENDERA KENANGAN PESTA JAGUNG

Synopsis

'Mengandungi aturcara Perayaan Pesta Jagung Kota Marudu 2007.'

JAWATANKUASA KERJA BUKU CENDERA KENANGAN TAMU BESAR KOTA BELUD

Synopsis

'Mengandungi aturcara Pesta Tamu Besar Peringkat Kota Belud 2016 dan susunan acara keseluruhan Tamu Besar Kota Belud.'

 LIAW HIEW LIAN, WILLIAM W.W. WONG, ELIZABETH MALANGKIG

Synopsis

'This book contains the compilation of papers on managing pests and diseases for sustainable agriculture.'

 JABATAN PERTANIAN SABAH

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Padi adalah sumber makanan utama penduduk dan merupakan tanaman sekuriti di negeri Sabah. Walau bagaimanapun, tanaman ini dianggap sebagai tanaman tradisi disebabkan status pengusaha dan cara ia diusahakan yang masih banyak perlu dibangunkan dan dipertingkatkan. Bagi mengubah tanggapan ini, Kerajaan Negeri Sabah melalui Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Makanan (KPIM) serta jabatan-jabatan dan agensi-agensi di bawahnya akan terus melaksanakan program serta aktiviti khusus untuk membangunkan tanaman ini dan seterusnya menaik taraf hidup pengusaha. Buku ini merupakan manual untuk pengusaha dalam menguruskan tanaman padi termasuklah pengurusan penyakit tanaman padi seperti penyakit Karah, Bintik Perang, Hawar Seludang dan lain-lain.'

AU WAI FONG & NILUS KALITU 

Synopsis

'Teknologi penghasilan Minyak Kelapa Dara atau ‘Virgin Coconut Oil’ (VCO) telah diperkenalkan oleh Jabatan Pertanian Sabah dalam tahun 2006 dengan kerjasama Coconut Genetic Network (COGENT). Minyak Kelapa Dara merupakan produk kelapa bernilai tinggi dan mudah untuk dihasilkan oleh para pengusaha. Oleh yang demikian, buku ini memberi panduan kepada pengusaha-pengusaha untuk menghasilkan Minyak Kelapa Dara dengan dua cara iaitu Kaedah Pamerah Tekanan Rendah dan Kaedah Penapaian Semulajadi.'

DHUHA STEFFA 

Synopsis

'Kehidupan miskin tidak menjadikan pasangan suami isteri yang tua itu berputus asa. Mereka sentiasa cuba untuk mengubah kehidupan mereka walaupun sering menjadi bahan ejekan penduduk kampung. Kemuliaan hati telah mengubah nasib hidup mereka dengan sekelip mata. Sesuatu yang ajaib telah berlaku. Ikutilah Kisah Dua Orang Tua ini untuk mengetahui keajaiban yang berlaku.'

 DHUHA STEFFA

Synopsis

'Cerita Bondiu & Konduruhan ini mengisahkan tentang seorang gadis Rungus bernama Konduruhan. Tanpa pengetahuannya, ia telah berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki berdarah jin, bernama Bondiu, yang wujud di alam ghaib. Konduruhan menempuh pelbagai halangan sepanjang menjejaki Bondiu di dalam mimpinya. Akhirnya, Konduruhan bersua dengan Bondiu, akan tetapi suaminya itu meletakkan syarat sebelum perkahwinan mereka dilangsungkan. Apakah syarat tersebut dan mengapa jin Liliukon tidak menganggu manusia?'

NORIZAH STEPHEN

Synopsis

'Pengetahuan tradisi daripada nenek moyang kita yang memperlihatkan siapa kita dan dari mana asalusul kita. Pengetahuan tradisi pada masa dahulu hanya diturunkan secara lisan dan praktik secara hands-on. Dengan adanya buku ini, masyarakat atau generasi akan datang boleh menggunakan buku ini sebagai rujukan ataupun untuk memperkenalkan identiti suku Sungai Kalabuan kepada masyarakat luar. Buku ini mengandungi adat-adat resam perkahwinan suku Sungai Kalabuan dimana semua maklumat yang berkaitan ini didapati daripada sumber asli iaitu daripada orang tua-tua yang berpengalaman dan berpengetahuan di kampung mereka.'

ROHENI SUANING & DURIMUDA JAUMEH

Synopsis

'Dengan penghasilan buku ini, masyarakat luar dapat mengetahui cara-cara ubat tradisi yang dihasilkan oleh Orang Asal. Antara sakit-sakit yang boleh dirawati menggunakan ubat tradisi ini adalah merawat hidung berdarah, menurunkan bengkak di kaki semasa mengandung, merawat ulser mulut dan sebagainya.'

 MATIKAH KEMUDI, MEGLINAH PIUN & YOHANIS ALI

Synopsis

"Buku ini adalah sangat istimewa di mana ia memperlihatkan penanda identiti Orang Asal yang sangat unik. Buku ini mengandungi resepi makanan traidisi iaitu ubi kayu yang dimasak mengikut pelbagai resepi dimana buku ini dapat digunakan dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran kanak-kanak dan beliabelia pada masa hadapan."

 DAYU SANSALU, AMMAN SIROM, BENEDICT

Synopsis

This book contains researches on the origin, custom, culture and beliefs of the Kadazandusun ethnic. 

AIDA SHAFREENA, AHMAD PUAD, DAVID G. FRODIN, TOFF J. BARKMAN

Synopsis

This beautiful book describes 32 Schefflera taxa, including 29 species, from the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Bomeo. Prior to this work, only seven species of Schefflera in Sabah had published names and none had been described from the state in the last 100 years. Thus this treatment provides a long overdue contribution to our understanding of the genus, in particular, and the Sabah flora, in general. Beyond including an enumeration of the species of Schefflera in Sabah, introductory material on both the history and systematics of the genus and natural history of Sabah is provided. Numerous photographic images and line drawings are provided to illustrate the taxa and their distinguishing characteristics. In addition, distribution maps document the occurrence of each species and variety. This account will be an invaluable addition to botanical libraries and aid to herbarium curators worldwide with an interest in Schefflera from Bomeo.

 HAJAH NABSIA HAJI YUNUS, CLEMENT LOO, RUKIAH MALAGOB

Synopsis

'Buku ini menjadi panduan kepada para pengusaha dan pengurus pusat prasekolah. Buku ini telah ditulis dan disusun hasil pengalaman dan penglibatan para penulis dalam bidang prasekolah sejak 32 tahun dahulu. Ia memuatkan cadangan-cadangan ideal dan panduan yang lengkap kepada para pembaca tentang perkara penting dalam penubuhan sebuah Pusat Pendidikan Prasekolah termasuk Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak. Buku ini juga akan menambahkan koleksi khazanah ilmu, khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan prasekolah di Malaysia, dan menjadi sumbangan Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah yang sanagat penting dalam bidang pendidikan awal kanak-kanak.'

 KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI, HAJAH SITTI HADIAH HAJI ABD MUTALIB

Synopsis

Kebanyakan cerpen dalam antologi ini mengisahkan cerita berlatarkan budaya etnik dan masyarakat Bajau Semporna hasil karya Hajah Sitti Hadiah Haji Abd. Mutalib. Antologi Cerpen Bunang-Bunang ini adalah mengisahkan cerita kemasyarakatan yang pernah berlaku di daerah kelahiran beliau diolah mesejnya secara kreatif yang halus dan bahasa yang kuat, tepat dan indah, akhirnya dapat memaparkan serba sedikit sejarah kisah zaman dahulu. Beliau ini, Hajah Sitti Hadiah seorang penulis hebat ketika tahun 80-an dan 90-an.

KUMPULAN PENGKARYA GURU MKBM 2016

Synopsis

'Sumpahan Canlaon dan cerita-cerita lain dalam siri kumpulan Dongeng Asia ini menghimpunkan cerita-cerita dongeng klasik dari negara Filipina, Indonesia, dan Malaysia, nukilan Kumpulan Pengkarya Guru, Majlis Buku Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016. Bertujuan mengenalkan pembaca dengan hasil sastera rakyat yang menjadi kebanggaan masyarakatnya, cerita-cerita dongeng klasik seperti lagenda Si Tunggal Mata dan Dongeng Belangkas dari Malaysia, Sumpahan Canlaon dari Filipina, dan Putera Kera Kepulauan Bintan dari Indonesia, mempunyai unsur-unsur pengajaran untuk memupuk peribadi murni dalam diri generasi muda yang mahu menggali makna tersiratnya.'

 AMINI GAWIS

Synoposis

'Cerita ini hanyalah rekaan dan imaginasi penulis semata-mata. Imaginasi yang sering berlegar-legar di ruang minda manusia ada kalanya sukar untuk ditebak. Begitu juga dengan setiap kejadian yang berlaku dan baik buruknya nasib setiap makhluk-Nya juga sukar ditebak hamba-Nya. Namun, semuanya sudah sedia tercatat di lohmahfuz. Sebagai manusia yang waras dan beriman, kita hanya mampu berusaha dan berdoa. Selebihnya, reda dan bertawakallah. Walaupun karya ini bukanlah sebuah karya yang berpaksikan cerita di sebalik misteri kehilangan MH370 yang sebenarnya, jauh sekali ingin menumpang kehangatan misterinya, namun sekurang-kurangnya karya ini memberikan gambaran bagaimana emosi, persepsi, dan kesannya terhadap waris mangsa yang terlibat dalam apaapa nahas sekalipun.'

KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI

Synopsis

'Antologi cerpen Topi Jelita ini menghimpunkan cerpen-cerpen penulis wanita yang membawa dimensi atau sudut pandang wanita terhadap dunia kehidupan-menepati konsep bahawa sastera itu merupakan penyalinan kehidupan manusia sebenar yang diolah menjadi cerita dengan segala struktur dan kesannya. Cara kumpulan cerpen ini disusun sesungguhnya menampkkan sifat egalitarian tanpa membezakan tahap atau nama besar di kalangan penulis wanita yang ada. Lantaran itu sifat egalitarian kumpulan cerpen ini memberi sebuah keunikan yang tersendiri. Walaupun kesan pembaca turun naik oleh tahap kekuatan cerpen yang berbeza-beza, namun pemerhatian secara keseluruhannya menemui sudut pandang penulis wanita yang walaupun kelihatan pelbagai tetapi akhirnya menemukan titik yang satu- iaitu jiwa kewanitaan yang rapi, halus dan dipenuhi gelembung perasaan. Hal ini memperlihatkan wajah tipikal penulis wanita ynag tekal dan tepu. Wajah tipikal ini memberikan kekuatan yang tersendiri, malah keperibadian yang unik terhadap karya-karya dalam kumpulan cerpen ini.'

JUDI STONE AND PHILLIP CRIBB

Summary

Phaius are spectacular terrestrial orchids, widespread from tropical and subtropical Asia, Australasia, Madagascar and Africa. The genus comprises just over 40 species and used to include the endemic Madagascan genus Gastrorchis which has nine known species. For historical reasons and because they have frequently been artificially hybridized, both genera are covered in this monograph. They have a fascinating history: Phaius tankervilleae was the first tropical orchid to be grown and flowered in England some 250 years ago. It certainly stimulated interest in the growing of exotic orchids that took off spectacularly in the following century as tropical plants flowed into Europe and once growers had established the appropriate cultural conditions for them. This book introduces many showy and little known species to the reader and will, no doubt, stimulate interest in them and their attractive and easy-to-grow hybrids.

JURI DURABI

Summary

Iman dan Ah Kiong adalah sahabat baik. Mereka saling membantu dalam pelajaran. Pada suatu hari mereka terserempak dengan Razali dan kawan-kawannya sedang menghisap rokok. Apakah reaksi Iman dan Ah Kiong?

NORTHEN BORNEO TROPICANA

Summary

This book is useful for readers whether they want to be full-time or part-time journalists. It can be an item for collectors, a handy reference material or as a supplementary. The principles of journalism discipline herin are still applicable and very practical. As a public service, knowledge on how to be a journalist is shred quite comprehensively and concisely through this book.

GEORGE JESSEL

Summary

Finding Jesselton is about George’s search to discover why a historical trading post in the South China Seas was so intriguingly once named after his great-grandfather, Sir Charles James Jessel. So over the past ten years whenever possible, he have tried to collect various photographs and articles and have now, with the help of Gill and Roger Joye, published authors who live in Goudhurst, been able to start his own version of his family association with North Borneo. George’s original aim was to tell the story of his great-grandfather, Sir Charles James Jessel, but as he started to research his greatgrandfather’s life he realised that, as is so often the case in many family histories, it is always about more than just one man and in this case his connection with the British North Borneo Company. And so George’s story starts with Aaron Jesel of Frankfurt in the mid-18th century and finishes with his grandfather who died in 1977 – plus a few recent trips to Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo (Sabah) to round it off!

 LEMBAGA KEBUDAYAAN NEGERI SABAH

Summary

Buku ini mendokumentasikan warisan budaya etnik Dusun Tatana iaitu ginda, yang memberi informasi dan sebagai bahan rujukan kepada generasi muda yang akan datang. Terdapat 301 ginda yang telah didokumentasikan dalam buku ini dan sebahagian besar daripada ginda tersebut dicipta sendiri oleh Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang dan sebahagiannya diperoleh daripada penduduk etnik Dusun Tatana di sekitar daerah Kuala Penyu.

ALICIA K.C. NG

Summary

Entitled, Highland Tales in the Heart of Borneo, the 78-page book is a colourful showcase of the community’s past, present and future that are very much intertwined with their natural surroundings in the picturesque highlands of Ba’ Kelalan, Bario, Long Semadoh in Sarawak and Long Pa’ Sia, Sabah. It is a collection of stories gathered from the Kelabit, Lun Bawang and Lundayeh storytellers and there are five chapters. The book is written in dual-languages, English and Bahasa Malaysia.

 WILFRED MADIUS TANGAU

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This book clarifies the technological innovations that are greatly beneficial to society, the nation and the world from the aspects of economy, technology and also global health and well-being. It expounds on the importance of the people knowing and understanding technological achievements, how they are attained (through simple explanation) and how they benefit the people, thereby enabling the people to accept the intensive changes and technovations pursued by the government, in particular through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). The content of this book encompasses a variety of aspects to provide a time line of the future of Malaysians consistent with the initiatives of National Transformation 2050 by the government in preparation for the coming years.

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS KENT TUARAN SABAH

Summary

Buku Ekspirasi Visual Kent ini mengetengahkan ekspresi (luahan) terbit hasil dari sumber inspirasi (idea) yang menggabungkan aspek kognitif, psikomotor dan afektif dalam penghasilan karya yang mampu memberi makna dan daya intelek tersendiri. Buku ini juga adalah sebagai pemangkin kepada warga pendidik untuk memperlihatkan bakat dan potensi pelajar dalam berkarya menerusi pelbagai disiplin kerja, kemahiran dan budaya kerja berkumpulan. Justeru, penghasilan buku Ekspirasi Visual Kent, Koleksi Terbaik Karya Seni Visual Pelajar 2012-2016 ini adalah selari dengan komitmen pelajar untuk mendidik masyarakat dalam memupuk penghayatan Seni Visual khasnya dalam dunia pendidikan, kerana Seni Visual adalah bahasa universal yang merentasi sempadan dan mampu diinterprestasi oleh segenap lapisan masyarakat.

KHATIRINA SUSANNA TATI

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Molig, seorang anak perempuan sulung menjadi ‘barang cagaran’ kepada Alaat dan Daing kerana hutang sekampit beras oleh ibu bapanya. Alaat dan Daing memerah tenaga Molig menguruskan kerja-kerja rumah, mendera fizikal dan mentalnya. Namun, Molig tabah dan sabar demi keluarganya. Nasib Molig mula berubah apabila muncul seorang lelaki tua yang cedera meminta bantuan daripadanya. Sapu tangan berwana kuning keemasan serta bersulamkan dua bilah keris hadiah daripada lelaki tua itu menjadi punca perubahan. Kulit Molig menjadi mulus dan kelihatan cantik manakala fizikal Alaat serta Daing menjadi seperti orang utan. Orang kampung semuanya gembira dengan perubahan Alaat dan Daing kerana menganggap itu balasan terhadap sikap orang yang sombong dan jahat kepada Molig dan juga orang-orang kampung. Apakah yang berlaku kepada Puteri Molig seterusnya?

RODIAH HAJI SAID

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Kemboja Klias mengangkat semangat perjuangan nasionalisme dan kemanusiaan pada zaman penjajahan Inggeris di Sabah. Yusof Fansuri, seorang ustaz lulusan sekolah pondok nekad untuk berjuang menegakkan syariat agama dalam kelompok masyarakat yang mementingkan adat budaya pada waktu itu. Konflik bermula setelah beliau difitnah di desa kelahirannya, Kota Klias. Beliau akhirnya berhijrah ke sebuah desa bernama Kemboja Klias untuk menggantikan imam surau yang telah meninggal dunia. Penghijrahannya telah membuka banyak peristiwa dalam hidupnya. Novel ini mempunyai unsur sejarah, politik, falsafah, kekeluargaan dan ketuhanan. Sentuhan terhadap latar zaman telah merakam ideologi sebuah etnik dan ras bangsa terhadap harapan kesejahteraan pada masa hadapan.

FRANCIS SEOW-CHEON, KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI

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150 puisi, 34 penulis Momogunsia. Puisi-puisi dalam antologi ini menyentuh pelbagai isu bertunjangkan jati diri KDM. Setiap penulis berkongsi resah dan gelisahnya tentang wujud masing-masing sebagai pengamat dan perakam zaman. Antologi puisi dengan pendekatan sastera etnik seperti dalam antologi ini jelas satu sumbangan yang amat bermakna oleh Momogunsia yang memberi keunikan dan warna-warni dalam ujana penulisan puisi di negara ini.

PERSATUAN BAHASA DAN BUDAYA BAJAU SAMA SABAH

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Kamus Asas Bajau Sama edisi pertama ini sesuai dibuat rujukan oleh pengguna dan penggiat Bahasa Bajau yang sedang meneruskan usaha kajian bahasa, menulis pelbagai bahan ilmu dan karya seni atau penyampaian maklumat serta isu semasa dalam Bahasa Bajau. Kamus ini menjadi nadi sulung penggerak ke arah perbincangan lebih serius dan lebih berdisiplin tentang kualiti, ketepatan ejaan dan makna, memperbanyak perbendaharaan kata dan mengurus perbezaan penggunaan perkataan mengikut penutur dan tempat.

KOISAAN PUBLICATIONS, KADAZANDUSUN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION SABAH

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This book is about the history of past to present Leadership of KCA (KDCA) as tribute and appreciation to them and those that gave part of their lives for the development of what KDCA is today. Why KDCA upholds the Kadazan (Identity) Resolution 1961, the Kadazandusun Resolutions 1989 and 2004, and the Kadazandusun Language Joint Accord and Declarations 1995 with USDA as foundation for Kadazandusun identity with divine-human dignity, can be deduced from this book.

KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI

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Sejumlah 25 buah cerpen karya 25 orang penulis Borneo, seluruhnya wanita, dimuatkan di dalam buku Antologi Cerpen Wanita Borneo Perempuan, Cinta dan Maruah ini. Keseluruhan karya yang dimuatkan di dalam buku ini mengujakan, dan beragam sifatnya. Malah turut membawa pelbagai pemikiran masing-masing, dengan gaya bahasa dan teknik persembahan yang relatif rencam. Ada yang sangat konvensional sifatnya, manakala yang lain menerapkan teori atau gaya penceritaan baharu dengan lebih berani. Ternyata, kekayaan latar budaya sangat mewarnai karya yang terkandung dalam buku Antologi Cerpen Wanita Borneo Perempuan, Cinta dan Maruah ini. Malah, ia mampu menuangkan pengetahuan dan maklumat budaya ke dalam naratif secara santun, bermakna, dan terdapat jalinan halus yang boleh dirasakan dimana-mana, serta memukau khalayak pembaca.

DAYU SANSALU

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Dengan membaca buku ini, anda akan mengetahui kisah kepahlawanan Datuk Seri Panglima Ontoros @ Antenom Pahlawan Terbilang Bangsa Murut yang menyentuh tentang latar belakang beliau sehigga diangkat sebagai ikon bangsa Murut. Buku ini juga melihat latar belakang masyarakat bangsa Murut serta laluan pendidikan tradisional. Paling penting melihat bagaimana British campur tangan dalam system pentadbiran di Rundum sehingga menyebabkan wujud gerakan penentangan terhadap British. Lebih menarik anda akan mengetahui sejarah asal-usul keturunan Ontoros @ Antenom dan penubuhan PUSAKA. Buku ini merupakan bahan bacaan dan rujukan pelajar di sekolah rendah, menengah, kolej dan university di samping sebagai rujukan umum semua lapisan masyarakat di Sabah khasnya dan Malaysia amnya, terutama yang berminat mengetahui cerita DSP Ontoros @ Antenom. 

HAMZAH MD. OMAR, MOHD KHAIRUDDIN ABDULLAH, ABDUL RASHID MOHAMED

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Tales from The Land Below the Wind is real. Not only real but notorious for creating social ripples. Why So? What if? If those questions give you pause, it might be because you have been carrying around the many perceptions of what local culture do embodied. In this book, the authors want to outfit you with a new way of seeing and framing the past to presence the memorable pieces of life long forgotten in remote land.

DAYU SANSALU

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Dengan membaca buku ini, anda akan mengetahui mengenai Warisan Sejarah Kadazandusun yang menyentuh tentang lagenda Nunuk Ragang, unsur sejarah dalam cerita Nunuk Ragang, penghijrahan dari Nunuk Ragang ke seluruh negeri Sabah dan pelbagai pendapat tentang asal-usul bangsa dan bahasa Kadazandusun. Anda juga akan mengetahui tentang isu identiti Kadazandusun dan dilemma Sino-Dusun dan Sino-Kadazan serta mengetahui usaha memperkasa etnik Kadazandusun dan kegiatan mereka semasa zaman tradisional dan pada masa pemerintahan kesultanan Brunei. Buku ini merupakan bahan bacaan ringgan, bahasanya mudah difahami. Buku ini merupakan rujukan para pelajar yang mempelajari bahasa Kadazandusun di sekolah rendah, menengah, kolej dan universiti di samping sebagai rujukan umum bagi yang berminat inigin mengetahui warisan sejarah masyarakat Kadazandusun. Buku ini sesuai dibaca oleh para penutur keluarga bahasa Dusunik, Murutik dan Paitanik serta semua lapisan masyarakat dan kumpulan etnik di Sabah khasnya dan Malaysia amnya.

ROBERT F. INGER, ROBERT B. STUEBING, T. ULMAR GRAFE, J. MAXIMILIAN DEHILING

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As of March 2016, 183 species of frogs have been found to occur in Borneo. The exact number is uncertain because new species are discovered every year. Thirty-three new species have been described as new since the last edition of this field guide. The number of new species continues to rise, and we can only guess how many more remain to be found. It would not be surprising if the total number of species eventually exceeds to 200. Thus, for this third edition of the book, we welcome new colleagues who have made their contributions to the knowledge of the identities, distribution and abundance of the island’s frog fauna.

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS GAYA

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Mengandungi Koleksi Artikel Penyelidikan Tindakan Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perguruan ambilan Januari 2014 (Bahasa Kadazandusun), Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Kent Tuaran.

FRANCIS SEOW-CHEON

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In this book, the author concentrates his efforts on the stick insects of Mount Trusmadi, the second highest mountain in Borneo, with her peak at 2642 m asl. Besides Trusmadi, the author also studied the drawers of the entomological collections of Kinabalu Park and Forest Research Centre Sepilok. Volume II lists 373 Bornean species or subspecies from 92 genera with descriptions of 4 new genera, 1 genus new to Borneo, 37 new species, 4 new name combinations, 3 new synonyms; 2 wrong synonyms and 9 descriptions of the previously unknown sex of known species. This book is an indispensable reference to anyone interested in the insect fauna of Borneo; no matter if it’s just for admiring the splendid photographs or trying to identify an insect in the forest or most essentially for the person working through a taxonomic problem.

JOHN B SUGAU, JOAN T. PEREIRA & ALVIANA DAMIT

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This book features the various trees that are planted in this special man-made forest that covers 190 tree taxa from 40 families and 115 genera of which 147 are native to Sabah. Of these taxa, 30 are endemic or only confined to the island of Borneo and three species are endemic to Sabah. In the book, the trees are arranged alphabetically according to their scentific family names which are colour-coded at the lower margin of each page and within the family, the genera and species are arranged alphabetically. Each plant is accompanied by a botanical description (that attempts to give a layman understanding of the various pans of the plant), the ecology and distribution of the plant and also the uses, in some instances. For the ease of users, colour photos are included to feature some of these plant characters such as the habit, bark, leaves, flowers and fruits.