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y separately published work icon Throwim Way Leg : An Adventure single work   autobiography   travel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Throwim Way Leg : An Adventure
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'Throwim Way Leg is unputdownable, a book of wonder and excitement, of struggle and sadness, a love letter to Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya.

'This book brims with marvellous stories. Tim Flannery meets skilled hunters and befriends a shaman. He climbs mountains never before scaled by Europeans, discovers new species and stumbles across the giant bones of extinct marsupials.

'And he writes movingly about the fate of indigenous people when their intricate cultures collide with mining companies and the high-tech world of the late twentieth century.

'‘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. You will never think about the bird-shaped island to our north in the same way again.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 1998 .
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      Extent: x, 326 p.p.
      Description: maps, ports.
      ISBN: 1875847626
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Weidenfeld and Nicolson ,
      1998 .
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      Extent: 326p.p.
      Edition info: Hardback ed.
      ISBN: 9780297842729, 0297842722
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Phoenix ,
      1998 .
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      Extent: 326p.p.
      Edition info: Paperback ed.
      ISBN: 9780753807415, 0753807416
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 1999 .
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      Extent: 352p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 1999
      ISBN: 9781876485191
Alternative title: 我在怪怪島的日子
Transliterated title: Wo zai Guai guai dao de ri zi
Language: Chinese

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Cultural and Economic Ties : Developing Links and Relationships Between the Chinese and Australian Publishing Industries Eleanor Taylor , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Publishing Research Quarterly , December vol. 29 no. 4 2013; (p. 371–382)

'The publishing industry in China has changed rapidly since the 1970s and 1980s, in large part due to increasing ties with the West. The Chinese Government has begun encouraging these ties, recognising the importance of cultural links as well as economic ones. Australia is one of those countries with which China’s publishing industry has been developing a relationship, predominantly through shared publishing projects and international forums. Australia has a long history of Chinese publishing; and the demand for Chinese language materials in Australia is growing. As such, it is likely that the relationship between the publishing industries in the two nations will grow and develop in coming years.'  (Publication abstract)

Cultural and Economic Ties : Developing Links and Relationships Between the Chinese and Australian Publishing Industries Eleanor Taylor , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Publishing Research Quarterly , December vol. 29 no. 4 2013; (p. 371–382)

'The publishing industry in China has changed rapidly since the 1970s and 1980s, in large part due to increasing ties with the West. The Chinese Government has begun encouraging these ties, recognising the importance of cultural links as well as economic ones. Australia is one of those countries with which China’s publishing industry has been developing a relationship, predominantly through shared publishing projects and international forums. Australia has a long history of Chinese publishing; and the demand for Chinese language materials in Australia is growing. As such, it is likely that the relationship between the publishing industries in the two nations will grow and develop in coming years.'  (Publication abstract)

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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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