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Avec pythons et chasseurs de têtes à Bornéo : la quête du mont Tiban, livre de poche...
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9781436324205
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- With Pythons and Head-Hunters in Borneo : the Quest for Mount Tiban
- Publisher
- Xlibris Corporation LLC
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- General
- Number of Pages
- 246 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation LLC
ISBN-10
1436324203
ISBN-13
9781436324205
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71853484
Product Key Features
Topic
General
Book Title
With Pythons and Head-Hunters in Borneo : the Quest for Mount Tiban
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-090159
Synopsis
Award-Winner in the Travel-Cultural category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards (sponsored by USA Book News), With Pythons & Head-Hunters in Borneo, The Quest For Mount Tiban, is a riveting piece of adventure writing . This is the thrilling narrative of the 2003 & 2006 journeys deep into the heart of Borneo, made by the author and his remarkable indigenous guides. This is a classic travel narrative long river voyages and foot trekking expeditions with the ultimate goal of scaling the mysterious & allegedly haunted Mount Tiban located near the jungly border between Malaysia and Indonesia. Following in the footsteps of comedy-adventure writer Redmond O'Hanlon's 1983 expedition, the author braves dangerous rivers, deadly disease, pestiferous insects, leeches, wild animals, venomous snakes & pythons in an attempt to become the first Westerner to scale Mount Tiban since naturalist-explorer Eric Mjoberg in 1925. Brilliantly tying together his own intrepid expeditions with fascinating quotes from famous historic predecessors to include: White Rajahs, District Officers, naturalist-scientists, military soldiers, writers, missionaries, and explorers, the author takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride of emotions while putting together a uniquely complete history of Sarawak, Borneo. This title is a finalist in the Travel Category of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards This book has just won the 2008 USBOOKNEWS.COM national award in the Travel-Cultural category. For more information, please visit http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooksawards2008.html, "Delete" looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has profound implications for us all. In "Delete," Viktor Mayer-Schonberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. The written word made it possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet now digital technology and global networks are overriding our natural ability to forget--the past is ever present, ready to be called up at the click of a mouse. Mayer-Schonberger examines the technology that's facilitating the end of forgetting--digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software--and describes the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web won't let us forget. He explains why information privacy rights and other fixes can't help us, and proposes an ingeniously simple solution--expiration dates on information--that may. "Delete" is an eye-opening book that will help us remember how to forget in the digital age.
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- r***_ (107)- Évaluation laissée par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifié*Same as the other review* Purchased two box sets from this seller with one being advertised as "like new" but was delivered as if it was actually new. Shipping time was a little slow, takes about 10 days to ship out and it takes a while to get through the system. But the packing was great and I'm still overall happy with my purchase.