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Crocanthropus is an absurdist humorous short novel that proposes an evolutionary mistake that produces a crocodile-ancestored creature taking hominid form. The creature brings grief to all that encounter it. It combines the horrific legacy of a reptilian past, a feral child, and narcissist personality. It barks. It eats human flesh. It is wild, uneducated, nasty and mean. The novel also pokes fun at the reviews for over the top praise for good...

Would you like a dragon for a friend? A fantasy story set in an unspecified land, a long time ago when magic was still strong in the world. It tells how a young peasant girl desperately aspires to become a princess so that she and her family can enjoy a better life. Her desire becomes overwhelming, so when she hears that there is a dragon that may help her realise her dream, she resolves to seek him out and ask for his help. She journeys alo...

Was prostitution the inevitable byproduct of increasingly complex human societies? Prostitution: Recent and Unstoppable addresses two largely unknown and unexplored aspects of sex work: its origins and its future. In linking the anthropological and historic past with contemporary and future cultures and societies, Dr. Ian Walters seeks to inspire new discussion into what is commonly known as "the world's oldest profession." As a reflection of ...

This book addresses analyses of various topics in anthropology using a statistical approach. The objective is to demonstrate for readers, via discussion of a range of simple examples which illustrate the theme, that statistical thinking can provide useful and important insights into interpretation of patterns of the cultural past or the social present.

Princess of Chaos... This is a tale about a protagonist with small-scale regal ambitions to dominate. It deals with chaos, mayhem, anti-order, and system-wrecking, as well as being a document to bullying, emotional violence and self concern at all costs. A sweet girl who suffers badly in the upbringing stakes, beginning life in poverty and neglect, comes to adulthood bearing features that reflect her origins. It is a tale of deceit, addiction ...

Can things begin by cross species reproduction? Can a horse have such an influence on a woman and her consequent offspring? Can nature be violated in this way? A strange tale of a Centaur-like creature born of woman, living with pain and disadvantages, easing them with cheap sherry and poetry writing. When working days are done, life on a park bench takes form. The old being's end comes with an even stranger creature, Princess Darnergy, who us...

Hanh Dien is a novel set in Vietnam at the turn of the millennium. The eponymous protagonist is addicted to gambling and power. For her these incorporate key motifs of fear and misery, both of which she aspires to bring to those upon whom she turns her torch. Caught in her lights, we see antagonists' life plans destroyed as their hopes and dreams descend into misery and death.

A boys growing up book. Twins face the world of baby boom Australia and the family prison. Everything seems to be relatives. One twin goes to university, the other to a combat tour in Vietnam. The latter returns, his ideas & theories widely known, as the twentieth century's first celebrity scholar. A rollicking ride of whimsy, memory, travail and even triumph, of theories & ideas, philosophy and fun. Jokes abound. Parody also. And in the end: ...

A masterpiece of political speculation... Walters gives us an Australian government elected in 2013 that proves itself vastly unpopular. Fearing electoral defeat in 2016, various forces in and around the government conspire to abort the impending election. Dictatorship ensues. Concerned citizens flee north, establishing a breakaway province, and eventually the world's newest nation state, Aricia. Stark modern politics? Fanciful history? Parody...