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  • Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines

    by W. J.Thomas ...
    When the white man first carried the burden and blessing of civilization to the shores of Australia, he found the land inhabited by a very primitive race of people. They lived simple lives, and their activities were confined to hunting, fishing and the procuring of vegetable food. Their dwelling place or gunyah was a rude shelter formed by the boughs and bark of trees, which afforded them little ... Read more

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    'The story reaches out and grabs you by the throat' - Dr Clare Wright, historian and author of The Forgotten Rebels of EurekaThe facts are shocking. The treachery is chilling. The fallout ongoing.This edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light as a result of the groundbreaking original publication.Investigative journalist Frank Walker's ... ... Read more

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  • The Book Of Werewolves

    by Sabine Baring-Gould ...
    Sabine Baring-Gould's work on lycanthropy and the legends of the werewolves is probably the most detailed on the market. She goes back deep into the history, tries to share knowledge on the evolution of the legends and expresses her views on modern-day werewolves' talks. ... Read more

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  • Paradise Reforged

    by James Belich ...
    This book is the eagerly awaited companion to Professor James Belich's acclaimed Making Peoples, published in New Zealand, Britain and the United States in 1996. Making Peoples was hailed as a turning point in the writing of New Zealand history.Paradise Reforged picks up where Making Peoples left off, taking the story of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the end of the twentieth century. It ... Read more

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  • Hercules

    by Fred Van Lente ...
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    Hercules battled gods, men and monsters in a lifetime of violence and destruction. Today, Hercules is best known for his 'twelve labours', a series of near-impossible tasks assigned to him as punishment for the killing of his wife and children. During those tasks, he slew the multi-headed hydra, wrestled with Cerberus, hound of the underworld, and stole the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the ... Read more

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  • Ripped Apart

    by Tony Farrington ...
    During earthquakes that destroyed Christchurch (New Zaland) the city’s Mayor, Bob Parker, inspired its people similarly to the way in which New York’s Mayor, Rudi Giuliani, did after 9/11. Parker’s story is a text book of how to cope with catastrophe. A riveting read, goes behind the scenes and vividly describes living through hundreds of quakes and the bravery and heroism of the city’s people. ... Read more

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  • Early Queensland Ghosts and Hauntings

    Ghost Tales of the Past Series

    by Trudy Toohill ...
    Series Book 1 - Ghoist Tales of the Past
    This publication contains 10 Queensland Ghost Stories, some you may have heard of, others have been long forgotten and bought back to life within these pages.This is book 1 in the ‘Ghost Tales of the Past’ series. This series tells the historical tales of Australia’s ghosts, poltergeists and hauntings.Are these stories true? Perhaps? Perhaps not? But the victims of these terrifying experiences, ... Read more

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  • Curatorial Conversations

    Cultural Representation and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

    Edited by Olivia Cadaval, Sojin Kim, Diana Baird N'Diaye ...
    WINNER OF THE 2017 SMITHSONIAN SECRETARY’S RESEARCH PRIZESince its origins in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has gained worldwide recognition as a model for the research and public presentation of living cultural heritage and the advocacy of cultural democracy. Festival curators play a major role in interpreting the Festival's principles and shaping its practices.Curatorial Conversations ... Read more

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  • A Mermaid's Tale

    A Personal Search For Love and Lore

    by Amanda Adams ...
    From the seas of antiquity to the city streets of today, A Mermaid's Tale explores the myth and meanings of the mermaid. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence, Amanda Adams goes on to describe the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki or Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their ... Read more

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  • New Zealand's London

    A Colony and its Metropolis

    by Felicity Barnes ...
    Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi tourists—throughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and the colonial center that many New Zealanders once called home. Exploring the relationship between a colony and its metropolis from ... Read more

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