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In the summer of 1942, as SS troops continued with their systematic extermination of Jews, Gypsies and other minority groups, a small convoy of caravans makes its way through a dense forest. Bernardo, a young Gypsy boy, goes in search of food at a nearby farm but as he returns to the camp he witnesses the terrible sight of his family being murdered by German soldiers. Alone and vulnerable, he finds a place in an orphanage where conditions are ...

In the summer of 1942, as SS troops continued with their systematic extermination of Jews, Gypsies and other minority groups, a small convoy of caravans makes its way through a dense forest. Bernardo, a young Gypsy boy, goes in search of food at a nearby farm but as he returns to the camp he witnesses the terrible sight of his family being murdered by German soldiers. Alone and vulnerable, he finds a place in an orphanage where conditions are ...

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Ali lives on a small island in the Philippines with his mother. Zeena. Zeena is one of the town's prostitutes. Ali works in the market and quite often pimps for his mother. Zeena is losing her looks due to her volatile lifestyle and beatings from abusive customers. One night Ali robs and stabs an old jeweler with his kitbag filled with the week's takings and bars of gold and silver. The police are chasing him. He escapes to the mountains and l...

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Standing in a twenty-foot fishing boat as a White Pointer shark charges and caves the bottom to the boat in. The shark is almost as long as your Boat What happens next. Many interesting stories which are similar, with divers meeting sharks while working. Interesting fishing stories and tales from the land and opal fields.

Bernado's Circus follows the plight of a nine-year old Polish Gypsy lad who witnesses his parents and clan being exterminated by the SS during WW2. Bernado finally is caught stealing to try to survive and is sent to an orphanage where conditions are foul beyond belief. Bernado is attacked by one of the priests on numerous occasions. He stabs this priest in the eye and escapes. After working clearing bombed building sites. He starts to find str...

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Bernado hides in the shrubs as his parents and clan are systematiclly killed by a troop of Nazi soldiers during WW2. He wathches as his clan are dumped into a deep grave hidden in a glade in the forest. Bernaado finds his way to a small town where he is lucky to meet up with an old Gypsy woman who was friends with his parents. Zelda lives in a small tumbledown cottage with a menagerie of animals she has saved from being shot. Zelda is a healer...

The Opal Dragon' Starts in the Philippines. Ali the Dragon is a small time thief who stabs and robs an old jeweler of his bag and money. Ali's mother is a prostitute. The police are chasing him. He goes to his aunt in the mountains where he live an almost normal life. He has met a nice girl . Rebels attack their village and kill Alis girlfrien and aunt.. He finds the young rebel butchering kind Sasha's goat, Sasha is inside the house dying. Al...

A three year drought has a disastrous effect on South Australian farmers. The Nickols family are to have their farm sold by the bank. Crops and sheep are dying . John and his son travel to Coober Pedy , where their neighbours have found enough opal to pay off their debts. John and Tony hire a drill to drill for opal on a claim next to Bert and Harry. The hopeless attitude prevails while drilling until late in the day the drill brings up some t...

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Many stories of fishermen meeting Great White and other sharks. No one gets eaten. Many are reticent about going out on or diving into the ocean for quite a while after meeting man eating sharks face to face. Stories of fishermen having other problems. Interesting tales of truck driving during WW2. Arguments with feisty farm animals who usually win. Opal Mining at Coober Pedy. Plenty of thieves present. Some accidently fall down unused 90 foot...

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Examines how Shakespeare dramatizes the strategies people use to deal with death's inevitability, discusses the nature of Shakespearean tragedy, and also looks at the theme of immortality.

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