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Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray, Love “What a cool and fascinating ride. Leigh Ann Henion has tackled one of the great questions of contemporary, intelligent, adventurous women: Is it possible to be a wife and mother and still explore the world? Her answer seems to be that this is not only possible, but essential. This story shows how. I think it will open doors for many.” Heartfelt and awe-inspiring, Leigh Ann Henion’s Phenomenal is a moving tale of physical grandeur and emotional transformation, a journey around the world that ultimately explores the depths of the human heart. A journalist and young mother, Henion combines her own varied experiences as a parent with a panoramic tour of the world’s most extraordinary natural wonders. Phenomenal begins in hardship: with Henion deeply shaken by the birth of her beloved son, shocked at the adversity a young mother faces with a newborn. The lack of sleep, the shrinking social circle, the health difficulties all collide and force Henion to ask hard questions about our accepted wisdom on parenting and the lives of women. Convinced that the greatest key to happiness—both her own and that of her family—lies in periodically venturing into the wider world beyond home, Henion sets out on a global trek to rekindle her sense of wonder. Henion’s quest takes her far afield, but it swiftly teaches her that freedom is its own form of parenting—one that ultimately allows her to meet her son on his own terms with a visceral understanding of the awe he experiences every day at the fresh new world. Whether standing on the still-burning volcanoes of Hawai‘i or in the fearsome lightning storms of Venezuela, amid the vast animal movements of Tanzania or the elegant butterfly migrations of Mexico, Henion relates a world of sublimity and revelation. Henion’s spiritual wanderlust puts her in the path of modern-day shamans, reindeer herders, and astrophysicists. She meets laypeople from all over the world, from all walks of life, going to great lengths to chase migrations, auroras, eclipses, and other phenomena. These seekers trust their instincts, follow their passions, shape their days into the lives they most want to lead. And, somewhere along the way, Leigh Ann Henion becomes one of them. A breathtaking memoir, Phenomenal reveals unforgettable truths about motherhood, spirituality, and the beauty of nature. Oprah.com "Part travel memoir, part parenting manifesto and part inquiry into those 'fleeting, extraordinary glimpses of something that left us groping for rational explanations in the quicksand of all-encompassing wonder.'"
A former PR exec is out to save the world from evil in this paranormal fantasy steeped in Ancient Hawaiian lore by the author of The Obsidian Mirror. After saving the world once, Sierra Carter has earned a little sun, surf, and sand in Hawaii. With her boyfriend away on business, she’ll make do with the company of her friends Chaco, also known as Coyotl the trickster, and Fred, a mischievous mannegishi with the power to disappear at will. But when the motley crew is swept overboard during a whale watching trip, they are plunged into a new adventure that will test their magical mettle—and suddenly Hawaii is anything but a day at the beach. Pulled ashore on the island of Molokai, Sierra finds hospitality and powerful friends. When she is asked to prevent the construction of a potentially disruptive energy plant, she is drawn into a tangle of supernatural proportions. But the machinations of the ancient gods can be opaque at best—and sometimes downright lethal for mortals.
Follow the adventures of Keikilani, the singing donkey, as she travels from the mountains to the sea on the big island of Hawaii.
Captain Bliven Putnam returns, venturing into the Pacific to fight pirates in Malaya and match wits with the royals in Hawaii, in this next installment of award-winner James L. Haley's gripping naval saga. Following the naval victories of the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War, the United States is finally expanding its navy to take a place of prominence in world affairs. Bliven Putnam, now Captain of the sloop of war Rappahannock, has come into his own as a leader and is ordered to the Pacific. But with this new tour of duty to last more than two years, his patient wife, Clarity, unwilling to accept such a brief time together, at last puts her foot down. If she can't keep Putnam with her, then she'll just have to go with him. As Putnam sets sail for his new home port in Honolulu, Clarity joins a new missionary effort from Boston to Hawaii. On their respective paths, the Putnams encounter a new breed of pirate and meet an unexpected force of nature: Kahumanu, the formidable queen of the Hawaiian Islands. Inspried by the real-life Olowalu Massacre and the famed Congregationalist missoin of 1819, this third outing will be unlike any adventure the Putnams have faced before.
Dating her husband isn’t on Lani’s to-do list... Staunchly single Lani Kalama is the only member of the Never a Bride club who’s managed to stay that way. What her fellow bridesmaids and best friends don’t know is that Lani has a secret—she’s already married. That pesky detail didn’t seem relevant when her husband lived on the other side of the country and she hadn’t seen him in six years, but then Reed Bennet walks back into her life and all bets are off. The moment Lani sees Reed she has to admit that he may have moved away, but she never moved on. Reed thought Lani would follow him when he left Santa Barbara to pursue his dream of becoming a great writer, but it didn’t turn out that way. He’s never forgotten the woman he married—she’s even the inspiration for his bestselling children’s book series. Running into Lani on a book tour reveals that six years hasn’t erased their chemistry. Now Reed doesn’t want to just write about Lani, he wants her back in his life. Can he prove to her that you can’t hurry love? Readers of Emily Giffin and Jasmine Guillory will love this full-length, stand-alone book in the steamy, funny series about four bridesmaids in a society Santa Barbara wedding who form a pact to be Never a Bride. Binge the complete series now! Can't Help Falling in Love (Book 1) Can't Make You Love Me (Book 2) Can't Fight This Feeling (Book 3) Can't Hurry Love (Book 4)
An introductory course of Hawaiian language, with guided practice in pronunciation, and stories and songs about the islands of Hawaii.
The complete Never a Bride collection is here! Binge these funny, sexy stories about four reluctant bridesmaids who each find their happily ever after in an unlikely place. Nicole, bride-to-be and wannabe matchmaker, has assembled Rosie, Ophelia, Kate, and Lani to be bridesmaids for her society Santa Barbara wedding. Besides throwing the wedding of the decade, she wants to see her favorite gals as settled and happy as she is... only catch is each of these four ladies has vowed never to walk down the aisle herself. One by one, each bridesmaid finds herself falling for the man of her dreams. Workaholic doctor Rosie thinks Gus is perfect for a staycation fling, but it turns out the sexy gardener has his eye on a more permanent relationship in Can’t Help Falling in Love. Children’s librarian Ophelia doesn’t see her best friend Jamie as dating material... until she does. Pining Jamie does his best to win her over in this friends-to-lovers tale: Can’t Make You Love Me. Podcast producer Kate thought her chance to have a family died when her fiancé was tragically killed. Turns out fate has other plans when she and her one-night-stand, restauranteur Oliver, find out they’re going to be parents in Can’t Fight This Feeling. Steadfastly single Lani is the last bridesmaid standing when Reed, the husband she forgot to tell her best friends about, comes back into her life. Watch them get a second chance in Can’t Hurry Love. This set includes four interconnected, stand-alone, full-length novels: Can’t Help Falling in Love Can’t Make You Love Me Can’t Fight This Feeling Can’t Hurry Love and a BONUS prequel short story: Can’t Hardly Wait Binge the complete series now!
From Shamu the dancing whale at Sea World to Hawaiian lu'au shows, Staging Tourism analyzes issues of performance in a wide range of tourist venues. Jane C. Desmond argues that the public display of bodies—how they look, what they do, where they do it, who watches, and under what conditions—is profoundly important in structuring identity categories of race, gender, and cultural affiliation. These fantastic spectacles of corporeality form the basis of hugely profitable tourist industries, which in turn form crucial arenas of public culture where embodied notions of identity are sold, enacted, and debated. Gathering together written accounts, postcards, photographs, advertisements, films, and oral histories as well as her own interpretations of these displays, Desmond gives us a vibrant account of U.S. tourism in Waikiki from 1900 to the present. She then juxtaposes cultural tourism with "animal tourism" in the United States, which takes place at zoos, aquariums, and animal theme parks. In each case, Desmond argues, the relationship between the viewer and the viewed is ultimately based on concepts of physical difference harking back to the nineteenth century.