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Throwim Way Leg

By: Tim Flannery
Narrated by: Tim Flannery
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In New Guinea Pidgin, "Thrown Way Leg" means to go on a journey and it is also Tim Flannery's invitation to join him on his breathtaking adventure through the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Flannery meets skilled hunters, befriends shaman, climbs mountains never before scaled by Europeans, discovers new species and stumbles across the giant bones of extinct marsupials. You will never think about the bird-shaped island to Australia's north the same way again.

©1998 Tim Flannery. (P)2003 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Animals Australia & Oceania Biological Sciences Environment Oceania Outdoors & Nature Science
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I love Tim Flannery; the way he speaks, the way he writes and this personal account of this blending of culture and Science was of great interest. However 10chapters in, it was all over! This is clearly NOT the actual Throwim Way Leg written in 1998 and I would be OK with that if that was represented at the time of purchase. I have no issue with the content nor the reading. I thoroughly enjoyed both. Unfortunately, this left me wanting more in more ways than one. :(

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