Customer Review: Any serious birder to the listed regions of this book would buy this book.
It is the best guide of the region so far with excellent plates and useful details. What I find especially useful, particularly for the raptors, is that they show illustrations of the birds in flight.
Customer Review: Causey is what anthropologists should be. His book is grounded, full of humanity, insightful, surprising, poetic, compassionate and a lovely read. He beautifully describes and explains something profound of a people through times of tremendous social and economic change. An extremely informative and... more info
Customer Review: Despite the promising title this book contains little extra information on trekking and other adventurous outdoor pursuits in remote parts of Indonesia. In fact it barely covers even the better-known parts of each region - you are better off buying a Lonely Planet or Rough Guide for practical... more info