Books published by Trotamundas Press

Vanuatu is a country with 83 islands in the South Pacific between Australia and Fiji. Its one of the few countries in the world which has preserved traditions passed from generation to generation for thousands of years.In this book the author describes her experiences and the people she met during the four years that she lived in Vanuatu and also talks about the culture and traditions of the country which have existed for more than three thousand years.Active volcanoes, traditional jumps with many thousand years history that precede the bunji jumping, dances and rituals belonging to the past, superstitions and magic, cannibalism…This book takes us back to a period of long ago through histories that occurred in more recent times and it helps us to understand the soul of Melanesia, both eternal and modern.The meaning of Vanuatu is "Our eternal land" and the ni-Vanuatu consider themselves as the guardians of the earth that they have to pass on to future generations.

Joy Adamson was not only a pioneer for the preservation of wildlife, but also a very courageous individual who faced many challenges in her life. She learned to adapt herself to live in different countries, learn different traditions and languages and she developed her unique personality with her beautiful paintings of African people, flowers and animals and also with her dedication to fight the abuse of wild animals taken away from their natural habitat. She wrote inspiring books about Elsa the lioness and other wild animals which she cared for before releasing them back into the wild.In this book we read about the experiences which led this extraordinary woman to write about the animals and the wild life she cared so much for and also for her final legacy to help preserve wild life for the generations to come. Her story is amazing and her legacy is a great gift.