"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[...]

Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, "Here on Earth" explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative, Flannery describes the formation o[...]

Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niqo ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane in two hundred years, the hottest European summer on record, an[...]

Credited with discovering more species than Darwin, praised for his "ability to take complex ideas and--seemingly effortlessly-- make them accessible" ("Sydney Morning Herald"), Tim Flannery is one of the world's most influential scientists, head of Australia's Climate Change Commission, and a best-[...]

Den australske zoologen Tim Flannerys fascinasjon er total allerede ved hans første møte med Ny-Guinea. I denne reiseskildringen møter vi en verden der voksne menn reiser med småfly iført overdimensjonerte penisfuteraler, en verden der tusen år gamle og nesten ufattelige varierte tradisjoner s[...]