The Timor Chronicles

Princess Amira grew up in a paradisiacal land called Timor, filled with wondrous music and beautiful creatures. Dancing daily with her mother, The Queen, Amira lived an idyllic life, only to have it torn apart by a cruel curse. Thrust into a life of abuse and denial, Amira takes on a new identity and becomes Georgia, and must try to get back to Timor and her true mother, communicating through their common language of dance. In the face of neglect, ridicule, and abuse, Amira And The Queen learn that to get back To The wonderful life they barely remember, they must have determination and infallible hope. Georgia dances to escape from her pain and refuses to give in to despair. The Queen is betrayed by the man she loves and turns to prostitution. In the magical world of Timor, The King is left to his grief and slowly falls into deep despair, pining for his wife and daughter. It is up to Amira's unyielding spirit to break the curse and restore her family to its original happy existence. In a story of sadness, loss, freedom, and hope, author Georgia Sky shows that there are heroes all around who wake up every day with a heavy heart and have only a spark of hope for companionship. Amira is one of these heroes. Discover Timor with Amira, see her struggles, and test your own Unyielding Spirit. Georgia was born in the Greek-American community of Astoria, New York. She studied professionally at Callina's School of Classical Ballet. She has always been passionate about books and literature. Georgia has cherished her time both as a medical technologist and teacher. She is currently working on another adventure in Timor and studying the dance form of Raks Sharki.

Colonial legacies -- Invasion and genocide -- Occupation and resistance -- Mobilizing the militias -- Bearing witness, tempting fate -- The vote -- A campaign of violence -- Intervention -- Justice and reconciliation.

WINNER OF THE 2014 ACT BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD At the stroke of midnight on 20 May 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the first new nation of the 21st century. From that moment, those who fought for independence have faced a challenge even bigger than shaking off Indonesian occupation: running a country of their own. Beloved Land picks up the story where world attention left off. Blending narrative history, travelogue, and personal reminiscences based on four years of living in the country, Gordon Peake shows the daunting hurdles that the people of Timor-Leste must overcome to build a nation from scratch, and how much the international community has to learn if it is to help rather than hinder the process. Family politics, squabbles, power struggles, old romances, and even older grudges are woven into life in this land of intrigue and rumours in the most remarkable ways. Yet above all, Beloved Land is a story about the one million East Timorese who speak nearly 20 different languages, and who are exuberantly building their nation. Written with verve and deep affection, the book introduces a set of colourful Timorese and international characters, and brings them to life unforgettably. PRAISE FOR GORDON PEAKE ‘Besides being a political diagnosis, it’s an absorbing piece of travel writing, vivid and full of well-turned character sketches … The mixture of forthrightness and warmth, and knowledge, makes this book not simply informative but in a quiet way exemplary.’ The Saturday Age ‘Peake’s book is a poignant and invariably deadpan mix of anecdote and analysis, and in my view is the best thing written in English about the country in many a long year.’ The Edge Review

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This original volume examines the collaboration between East Timorese and international staff in the rebuilding of the education sector during the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) 1999-2002. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles and reports from UN sources and the World Bank, the book enables a comprehensive analysis of Timorese agency. Examining choices made by the Timorese and drawing comparison with other former Portuguese colonies, the text considers the power of the Timorese elite, the role of nepotism and corruption, the preservation of the Indonesian curriculum and the selection of Portuguese as the medium of instruction and official language - together with Tetum. Concluding with a contemporary discussion on the educational achievements for East Timorese children during UNTAET compared with those of today, Rebuilding the Education Sector in East Timor during UNTAET will be of interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of post-conflict studies, post-colonial education and language policy as well as East Timor more specifically. This book will also benefit graduate students and scholars in teacher education. Trina Supit completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the UNTAET Division of Education.