5/22/2023 0 Comments Book the source james michener![]() ![]() A book cannot tell you how a Polynesian acts or how he talks." Taylor said, "The things you want are not in books.all this material you want has to come out of my head. Taylor, explained customs, language, family names, and nuances of Hawaiian culture to Michener. His technical adviser, noted Hawaiian scholar Clarice B. ![]() Each section explores the experiences of different groups of arrivals.įor Hawaiian history, Michener researched at the Hawaiian-Mission Historical Library and consulted experts on island history, volcanoes, botany, pineapples, and Chinese culture. The story begins with the formation of the islands themselves millions of years ago and ends in the mid-1950s. It is written in episodic format, like many of Michener's works, and narrates the stories of the original Hawaiians who sailed to the islands from Bora Bora, the early American missionaries and merchants, and the Chinese and Japanese immigrants who traveled to work and seek their fortunes in Hawaii. ![]() The historical correctness of the novel is high, although the narrative about the early Polynesian inhabitants is based more on folklore than anthropological and archaeological sources. It has been translated into 32 languages. Michener published in 1959, the year that Hawaii became the 50th U.S. Wikiquote has quotations related to James Michener's “Hawaii”. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Their continuing story finds Miller and Olivia on the run -only to be called back for a family emergency that will find our couple in another struggle with Miller’s past. REVIEW: UNVEILED is the third and final installment in Jodi Ellen Malpas’s adult, contemporary One Night erotic, romance trilogy focusing on billionaire businessman Miller Hart and the love of his life coffee barista Olivia Taylor. Her world spinning out of control, Livy finds herself caught between the rapture of an all-consuming love-and a deadly obsession that could destroy them both. As the truth of Livy’s family legacy unravels, an unsettling parallel between past and present comes to light. But his dark history isn’t the only thing that threatens their future together. Miller will do anything to keep Livy safe, even if it means risking his own life. He knows her innermost thoughts, drawing her ever deeper into his dangerous world. The gorgeous Miller Hart captivates her, seduces her, and worships her in deliciously sinful ways. Livy has never known pure desire like this. One Night: UNVEILED (One Night Trilogy 3) by Jodi Ellen Malpas-a reviewĪ / Barnes and Noble / KOBO / The Book DepositoryĪBOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 29, 2015 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She goes on to examine children as both creators of culture and objects of cultural concern in America, evident in the strange contemporary fear of and fascination with child abduction, child murder, and parental kidnapping. Fass begins by considering the role of the school as a fundamental component of social formation, particularly in a nation of immigrants like the United States. Globalization, privatization, the rise of the "work-centered" family, and the triumph of the unregulated marketplace, she argues, are revolutionizing the lives of children today. Fass, a pathbreaker in children's history and the history of education, turns her attention in Children of a New World to the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. ![]() ![]() She is presently working on a monograph about the antifeminist men’s rights movement in India following a 2013-14 Fulbright Fellowship to conduct fieldwork with MRAs across Indian cities. ![]() Some recent articles on masculinity, law, marriage and violence appear in anthologies including 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume of Contributions to Indian Sociology (2019), Men and Feminism in India (2018), Sexuality Studies: Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society (2013), New South Asian Feminisms: Paradoxes and Possibilities (2012), and the journals Feminist Anthropology, QED, Journal of Indian Law and Society, Canadian Journal of Women and Law, and Economic and Political Weekly. She is the author of the monographs The Trouble with Marriage: Feminists Confront Law and Violence in India (University of California Press, 2015) and She Comes to Take Her Rights: Indian Women, Property and Propriety (SUNY Press, 1999), editor of Dowry and Inheritance (Women Unlimited, 2005) , and co-editor (with Lucinda Ramberg) of Conjugality Unbound: Sexual Economy and the Marital Form in India (Women Unlimited, 2014). from Ohio State University in Cultural Studies/ Anthropology/ Women's Studies, and her teaching, research and community work interests include Global Feminisms, Law, Gender-Based Violence, Social Movements, Methodologies, and Masculinities. ![]() ![]() ![]() Srimati Basu is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology, and a member of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky. Pumla Dineo Gqola Reflecting Rogue is the much anticipated and brilliant collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and South African culture by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, author of the bestelling Rape: A South African Nightmare. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Survival by Julie E. Czerneda![]() Czerneda has long been my favorite sci-fi author, and amazing, funny, awkward, compassionate characters like Esen are a big part of why I recommend her books so often. I have to say, even though I loved how the first trilogy ended, I had a true booknerd freakout when I heard there was another Esen novel in the works. ![]() GoodreadsĬan I fanigirl a minute over a new Esen novel? □□ What none of them realize is the price of success will be the most terrible choice of all. Esen, to search for the rest of her Web-sister while helping Evan stop a war. Lesy’s “signature,” left on all her creations. Unfortunately, the artifact he brought in trade holds its own distracting secret. To have a hope of stopping it, Evan Gooseberry needs answers. A crisis in the Dokeci System is about to explode into violence. Before he can convince Esen to help him search, a friend shows up to use the Library. But what matters? Paul’s father has gone missing. First is Paul’s family, who’d mourned his supposed death years ago. They’re prepared for clients to arrive, but trouble comes knocking instead. She and her Human friend Paul Ragem have opened the doors to their greatest accomplishment, the All Species’ Library of Linguistics and Culture. ![]() The Overview: Esen’s back! And the dear little blob is in trouble again. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Frank miller 300 art![]() Well, everything from the Persian Empire and the Greek Empire is a real study in how the course of the world - of civilizations and the power therein - could be changed so radically. ![]() What’s interesting to you about the Persian Empire? Yeah, that’s a lot to cover in just a few issues. The overarching theme of this is the rise and fall of the Persian Empire and the rise of Alexander. The piece I’m working on right now deals with his heir, Darius. The story goes beyond the life of Xerxes. So, people are a little confused about the title, since Alexander the Great wasn’t contemporaneous with Xerxes. It chronicles the travails of the titular figures but, as he told Vulture, not in the way you might expect. Following a successful film adaptation, a less-successful film sequel, and years of delays, Miller has returned to the world of 300 with a spinoff series called Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander. But the master of comic-book violence was never more forceful than in his 1998 historical graphic novel 300, which told the story of a group of Spartan warriors who held off the hordes of Persia in a suicide mission that altered the course of civilization. The writer and artist has had a truly remarkable career, having crafted one masterwork after another: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil: Born Again, and Sin City, just to name a few. ![]() Comics icon Frank Miller could have retired in comfort and acclaim decades ago, but like the Spartans at Thermopylae, he refuses to give in. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Melissa foster maybe we should![]() It's going to take more than a little trust to beat the ghosts of her past and claim the future they both deserve. But as sweet as that feels, Cait knows how quickly good things can turn bad. As Brant works his magic, Cait's walls come down. Brant is Cait's opposite in every way, but he's drawn to everything about the sexy newcomer-from the quiet strength that rivals the caution in her mossy-green eyes to her tough facade that he can't wait to strip away. If only the sexy charmer would take the hint. The trouble is, Cait lives in the shadows of a dark past, and she can't afford complications that might cause her to lose the family she's only just found-complications like blue-eyed boatbuilder Brant Remington, who is as open as she is guarded. With two half sisters she never knew existed, a group of friends she adores, and a devastatingly charming admirer who flirts with her at every turn, she's ready to figure out her next steps. ![]() Melissa Etheridge and ex-partner Julie Cyphers 21-year-old son Beckett has died. After spending years wondering who she was, tattoo artist Cait Weatherby finally found her answers on the sandy shores of Silver Island. Now DA wants to see if they should file a complaint. Read full overviewĪn emotional and sexy novel about guarded hearts, finding love, and families lost and found by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will. After spending years wondering who she was, tattoo artist Cait Weatherby finally f. ![]() ![]() An emotional and sexy novel about guarded hearts, finding love, and families lost and found by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Mosley little green![]() Rawlins, drunk and behind the wheel of a car on the Pacific Coast Highway, passes three cars before swerving onto the shoulder to avoid a collision with a truck. After all, the woman he loved, Bonnie, had decided to marry an African priest. ![]() Perhaps it was time for Rawlins to depart. Rawlins had spent years solving murders, finding people and raising children left on his doorstep, all while dealing with the racism of post-World War II Los Angeles. Mosley, the author of more than 50 books of fiction and nonfiction spoke about “Devil in a Blue Dress” at the library as a part of the One Book, One Michiana community reading event that ends on Sunday. “I enjoyed it, but I felt that I was repeating myself.” “‘Blonde Faith’ was a very romantic novel in a way and I really liked that,” he said. ![]() ![]() Joseph County Public Library that he didn’t know where to take Rawlins, the black World War II veteran private eye whom the world first met in “Devil in a Blue Dress.” So after 11 Easy Rawlins novels since “ Devil in a Blue Dress” debuted in 1990, Mosley decided to allow Rawlins to have a fatal accident at the end of “Blonde Faith” in 2007. SOUTH BEND - At the end of the novel “ Blonde Faith,” Walter Mosley decided that Easy Rawlins, his most famous character, had to die. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Raven leilani luster![]() ![]() Otherwise, I have not had much success with men. Women look over my shoulder and smile, and I let them believe he is mine. I save the photo to my phone so I can look at it on the train. His face in the mirror, stern with quiet scrutiny. The dirty tile and the soft recession of steam. His profile pictures are candid and loose-a grainy photo of him asleep in the sand, a photo of him shaving, taken from behind. ![]() ![]() In his first message, he points out a few typos in my online profile and tells me he has an open marriage. The idea that someone in the office, with that sweet, post-lunch-break optimism, might come across the thread and see how tenderly Eric and I have built this private world. The thrill of a third pair of unseen eyes. Of course I worry about IT remoting into my computer, or my internet history warranting yet another disciplinary meeting with HR. The empty text field is full of possibilities. He is fond of words like taste and spread. His messages come with impeccable punctuation. He tells me what he ate for lunch and asks if I can manage to take off my underwear in my cubicle without anyone noticing. He is uptown processing a new bundle of microfiche and I am downtown handling corrections for a new Labrador detective manuscript. The first time we have sex, we are both fully clothed, at our desks during working hours, bathed in blue computer light. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite![]() ![]() ![]() They hung out in filthy, ill-lit clubs, wore black rags and had messy hair and crashed in abandoned houses and churches, sleeping on stained mattresses and consorting intimately with a variety of partners, usually all in a New Orleans of perfume and rot. This approach was something horror mostly lacked in the era, concerned as it was with middle American families, or children and teenagers.Ī teenager herself when her stories were being published in The Horror Show magazine in the mid 1980s, Brite's characters were the misfit kids, part of subcultural movements that I was familiar with and sympathetic to-punk and goth and whatever the mixture of the two beget. She was concerned not with morality but with sensuality and brought a sort of fin de siecle decadence to the genre just as its paperback popularity seemed to be fizzling out. Brite's first stories, collected in Wormwood, there is no real sense of good or evil, just the aesthete's pose of worldliness and boredom. Horror's purview is one of good versus evil, obviously, but that's one battle which doesn't interest me much in fiction I do not think art has to be didactic or proselytize to be effective. ![]() |