Flannery Mammals New Guinea
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Flannery, Tim: Thowim Way Leg - Tree-Kangaroos , Possums and Penis Gourds - On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea, Atlantic New York 1998
Hardcover in DJ ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... light shelf bend to first five pages , small feltpen x bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... 326 pages ... illustrated with 16 glossy pages of full-color photographs ... " What an extraordinary book this is ... Author Tim Flannery provides a magical polychrome of New Guinea ... You can hear the cataclysmic thunderstorms ... hear the hunting dogs ... smell the roast possum ... No one else could have written this book ... The themes he elucidates are the largest themes available to any writer ... life and death ... religion and questions of belief ... greed and the havoc that th e pursuit of money can cause ... the politics of colonialism and oppression ... the cultural specificity of morality ... Flannery is a fiercely intelligent and perceptive guide ... He is also courageous ... This is a journey through and beyond fear ... This book is as fertile and fascinating as New Guinea itself ... It deserves to be widely read and often." - Michael Winkler, Sunday Age ... " Thowim Way Leg - Tree-Kangaroos , Possums and Penis Gourds - On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea " ... by Tim Flannery ... published by Atlantic Press , New York 1998 Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality
New Hard Cover in Dust Jacket Later Printing
[SW: Tim Flannery, New Guinea , Tree Kangaroo , Kangaroos , Possums, Opossums, Penis Gourgds, unknown mammals , mammal, New Guinea, cannibals, cannibalism, anthropology, natural history]
Flannery, Timothy: Throwim Way Leg; Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds; On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea, New York Atlantic Monthly Press 1999
ISBN: 087137313 Good Photographic
650 g; 326 pp., colour photographs, maps, index, colour illustrated dust jacket. Birthday gift inscription on lower part of half title page. '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 ...' With these words he invites us to share in his breathtaking adventures in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Very Good Yellow Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Local History -- New Guinea
[SW: etymology, socialite, customs, New GuineaNatural History -- Australia Papua and New Guinea New Guinea Natural History -- Mammals]
Flannery, Tim: THROWIM WAY LEG. Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds - on the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea.
New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1998). Reprint. Cloth, fine in d/w, maps, colour illust., pp. 326. ISBN 0-87113-731-3. Journeys of the Australian naturalist in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. The hardback first American edition.
[SW: Pacific PNG Papua New Guinea SEA South East Asia Irian Jaya travel indigenous peoples]
Flannery, Tim: Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds - on the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea, New York, New York Atlantic Monthly Press 1998
ISBN: 0871137313 Very Good
Book contains a few color photographs! First American Edition. Clean, tight text. Usual library markings. Book shows slight shelfwear. Dust jacket covered with original library protector. Very Good Hard Cover Ex-Library
[SW: FIRST NATION PEOPLES NEW GUINEA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PAPUA NEW GUINEA ETHNOLOGY SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS DESCRIPTION AND TRAVELCulture Ethnography Ethnic Culture Social Life Customs First Nation Peoples]