Throwim Way Leg: Adventures in the Jungles of New Guinea - Couverture souple

Flannery, Timothy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753807416 ISBN 13 : 9780753807415

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Throwim Way Leg is a book of wonder and excitement, struggle and sadness, a love letter to Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. ‘In New Guinea Pidgin,’ Tim Flannery explains, ‘throwim way leg means to go on a journey. It describes the action of thrusting out your leg to take the first step of what can be a long march...’ Here he invites us to share in his breathtaking adventures, as he meets skilled hunters and befriends a shaman, climbs mountains never before scaled by Europeans, discovers new species and, deep in the jungle, stumbles across the giant bones of extinct marsupials. He also writes movingly about the fate of indigenous people when their intricate cultures collide with mining companies and the high-tech modern world.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Tim Flannery is an internationally acclaimed writer, scientist and explorer. As a field zoologist he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals, including two tree-kangaroos. His books include Country and the award–winning international bestsellers The Future Eaters, The Eternal Frontier and The Weather Makers. He has also edited and introduced many historical works, including The Birth of Sydney, The Diaries of William Buckley and The Explorers.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0753807416
• ISBN 13: 9780753807415
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336