World of Taroo: Daku Queen


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The world of Taroo was for a while calm, even if there was the underlying fear of the Daku queen’s return. For some, the life had briefly returned to normal and life could at least for a while at times feel safe. When revenge drives someone to do horrible things, the result might become more than hoped for. New land is acquired but as a result, there will be more than a few that would begin to show hate towards the new rulers. For some, life seems almost pointless while others live out their dreams in the most captivating or perhaps horrifying ways. Of those who learn the truth there are always some that doubt but when a revelation is shown to them, everyone falls in line to celebrate. When finally the war that everyone had expected comes, there will be discoveries of the most horrifying atrocities.




World of Taroo: The Sabors


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A rescue mission, an assassination attempt and the discovery of new incredible powers that lay within the magical stones. The knight is about to step out when a horrible scream suddenly fills the cave room and the soldiers look around. The scream continues and it sounds like someone is in pain. The knight orders them to stand in line and be ready for combat. They don’t have to wait for long until they see something coming. A light is getting closer and so is the scream. The scream is so chilling that for the first time even the knight feels his hairs stand up on the neck. A woman, wearing almost nothing, with white shiny hair is walking towards them. The knight shouts to her to stop. Instead, she brings up her arms and the soldiers immediately bring up their shields. A strong wind suddenly flows within the room and seconds later a beam of ice streams out from her hands. This is a story brought together by the complex mind of the writer who dreams and tries to offer others a glimpse of the world within him.




World of Taroo


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The world of Taroo has many stories and while some are heroic and bring great rewards, others bring kingdoms to the brink of ruin. A young man becomes champion and earns both fame and fortune but will have to learn that not everything in life is happiness. A king faces the destruction of his kingdom and will do anything to stand up against it. A magic stone, strong enough to bring the most powerful kingdom to its knees, is awakening. Death is constant and no one is safe from it, as situations could set anyone close to the end of their life.




The Fijian Colonial Experience


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Indigenous Fijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration that halted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that, almost for a century, administered their affairs in their own language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institutions. From the outset, the Fijian Administration was criticised as paternalistic and stifling of individualism. But for all its problems it sustained, at least until World War II, a vigorously autonomous and peaceful social and political world in quite affluent subsistence — underpinning the celebrated exuberance of the culture exploited by the travel industry ever since.







River of Eden


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Sanchez Travers seemed more scoundrel than scientist, but Dr. Annie Parrish needs the help of the Harvard-educated ethnobiologist to head up the Amazon in search of an extraordinary discovery.




Many Inventions


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Indigenous and Minority Placenames


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This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.