Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 162681404X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai’i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective. From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston’s exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.
Hawai'i One Summer
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 162681404X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai’i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective. From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston’s exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 162681404X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai’i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective. From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston’s exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.
China Men
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679723285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679723285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land.
Fierce Heart
Author: Stuart Holmes Coleman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312384513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
"Although Makaha is a small, isolated town on the Western coast of O'ahu, it has produced some of the most intriguing Hawaiians of the twentieth century: world-class surfers Buffalo Keaulana and his sons Rusty and Brian; beautiful skin diver and surfing pro Rell Sunn; and larger-than-life singer and songwriter Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. What connects them is a love for their culture, their people, and water sports. Fierce Heart combines stories of exciting surfing competitions, dramatic water rescues, and deep friendships with a look at the history and origins of one of the world's most thrilling extreme sports." --
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312384513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
"Although Makaha is a small, isolated town on the Western coast of O'ahu, it has produced some of the most intriguing Hawaiians of the twentieth century: world-class surfers Buffalo Keaulana and his sons Rusty and Brian; beautiful skin diver and surfing pro Rell Sunn; and larger-than-life singer and songwriter Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. What connects them is a love for their culture, their people, and water sports. Fierce Heart combines stories of exciting surfing competitions, dramatic water rescues, and deep friendships with a look at the history and origins of one of the world's most thrilling extreme sports." --
I Heart Hawaii (I Heart Series, Book 8)
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008236879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Escape with best friends Angela and Jenny to the balmy beaches of Hawaii in this hilarious, heartwarming romantic comedy.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008236879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Escape with best friends Angela and Jenny to the balmy beaches of Hawaii in this hilarious, heartwarming romantic comedy.
Ten Days in Hawaii
Author: Dr. Carolan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971533349
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Counting to ten becomes a fun adventure with Dr. Carolan's delightful rhymes and Joanna Carolan's whimiscal illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971533349
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Counting to ten becomes a fun adventure with Dr. Carolan's delightful rhymes and Joanna Carolan's whimiscal illustrations.
Meet Me in Hawaii
Author: Georgia Toffolo
Publisher: HQ
ISBN: 9780008375881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: HQ
ISBN: 9780008375881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Hawai'i Calls
Author: Marjorie Nelson Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781578690923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A compelling story of family, heartache and transformation told in prose as intoxicating as the 1930s and 40s Honolulu that is its indelible backdrop." -Meg Lukens Noonan, author of The Coat Route
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781578690923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A compelling story of family, heartache and transformation told in prose as intoxicating as the 1930s and 40s Honolulu that is its indelible backdrop." -Meg Lukens Noonan, author of The Coat Route
Bulletin
Author: Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Literary News
Author: Frederick Leypoldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
National Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description