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    <body><![CDATA[Tim Flannery is a very interesting scientific ecological writer and this book deals with his years as a young graduate in the 1980s working at field research towards his PHd in the wilds of Irian Jaya and Papua new Guinea and later after graduation. His descriptions of these wild and wet lands and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58314788">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just bought this book... apparently Flannery is the dominant authority on global warming at least according to Democracy Now... and though he belongs to our current system support old school institution of information...(he is considered the new Darwin of the still &quot;Now&quot; time period )  S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9973532">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title says a lot about what I learned,  but I read this book because I recognized the author,  Tim Flannery,  as the writer of a more recent book &quot;The Weather Makers.&quot;  <br/><br/>Fascinating,  disturbing,  adventurous,  amazing.<br/>Anthropology,  ecology, ethics,  politics.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3094565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting and fun, but no tree kangaroos, at least no LIVE tree kangaroos.  Author allows locals tokill secimens for him to study.  This really bothered me and ruined my enthusiasm for an otherwise interesting read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far this book is wonderful, a fascinating combination of natural history, adventure (because it is an adventure) and involving vignettes about the realities of living in remote village PNG. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Hilarious, riveting and sometimes terrifying adventures of an Australian field bioligist in the jungles and mountains of New  Guinea, one of the last frontiers left on earth.  In New Guinea Pidgin, throwin 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.  Flannery observes the collision of cultures as Catholic missionaries seek to reform traditional beliefs and mining companies  exploit the huge gold and copper resources of the island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[the title refers to new guinea pidgin for traveling.  a lot of colorful description by this zoologist of a country that is a real shit hole.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far life in remote New Guinea is lush but brutal, at least at the time of writing of this book... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just a fascinating read...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In <em>Throwim Way Leg</em>, Australia-based mammologist-raconteur Tim Flannery recalls scientific expeditions in the wilds of New Guinea that convey both the thrill of discovery and the negotiations necessary to bridge huge clashes of cultures. A world expert on New Guinea's fauna, Flannery has discovered 20 new species during his two decades of research. Yet his ability to convey unalloyed adventure in his taletelling makes these scientific expeditions read more like hair-raising, funky Redmond O'Hanlon-style travels than disciplined, scholarly field trips. Energy and danger run high.<p> Terrific thunderstorms and aircraft mishaps rattle Flannery during his travels. Yet the most memorable quality of <em>Throwim Way Leg</em> is Flannery's incorporation of humans into the natural world he writes about, often contrasting the jungled New Guinea denizens with stark modern technologies. He writes rich profiles of those he has met, and his images are memorable and meaningful: crowds of people gaping at a single television set; the remote landscape of Mt. Albert Edward dotted with cattle, Swiss chalets, and the smoky fires of the Goilala people; the malnourished Yapsiei greeting him reeking of the &quot;sweet, sickly smell&quot; of <em>grile</em>, a form of ringworm.<p> Ultimately, Flannery looks ahead and sees that the age of discovery is not at all complete in New Guinea, as so much remains unknown. But, in an often-told tale, modern political forces are at work, reshaping those unique natural and cultural environments that <em>Throwim Way Leg</em> explores with such vigor. <em>--Byron Ricks</em></p></p>]]>
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