Recommendations from our site
“The first documented ascent of Kinabalu was made by a botanist called Sir Hugh Low in 1851 – one of an adventurous group of nineteenth century plant collectors. Spenser St. John was the Consul General of Brunei who joined these botanists’ adventures and he recorded lively descriptions of them in his book Life in the Forests of the Far East. Reading it, you really get a sense of their excitement upon seeing plants that, then, were unknown to science.” Read more...
Chris Thorogood, Biologist
Our most recommended books
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The Well-Tempered Garden
by Christopher Lloyd -
Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters
by David Hinton & Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu) -
Hungry City
by Carolyn Steel -
The Digger Movement In The Days Of The Commonwealth, As Revealed In The Writings Of Gerrard Winstanley
by Lewis H Beren -
The Playground of the Far East
by Walter Weston -
The Morville Hours
by Katherine Swift
