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Book The Bones of the Kuhina Nui

Download or read book The Bones of the Kuhina Nui written by Michael Herr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations on The Big Island of Hawai'i a family has guarded the secret hiding place of the bones of the Kuhina Nui, the favorite wife of King Kamehameha. But now jealousy and envy couple with greed to produce murder. The family is torn apart and may never be whole again.

Book The Old Queen s Murder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael A. Herr
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2007-02-18
  • ISBN : 1430316519
  • Pages : 190 pages

Download or read book The Old Queen s Murder written by Michael A. Herr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second book in the Kohala Coast Thriller series about the Pono family. The Pono family has, for generations, guarded the secret hiding place of the bones of King Kamehameha's favorite wife, Queen Ka'ahumanu. Having just recently endured the loss of three family members, the Pono Family finds even more of a threat when a serial killer arrives in the islands and picks the matriarch of the family as his next victim.

Book The Old Queen and the Maui Maiden

Download or read book The Old Queen and the Maui Maiden written by Michael Herr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this 5th book of the Kohala Coast Mystery/Thriller series, Teri Pono is sent to Maui by the spirit of Queen Ka'ahumanu to intervene on behalf of a long-dead Maui Maiden. Teri's efforts to put the Maiden to rest are opposed by others who see the mummified Maiden as a source of great wealth. In this story, Teri comes closer to death than ever before. As if she doesn't have enough to worry about, Teri's mother, Haunani, seems to be descending even further into the black hole of Alzheimer's disease. A thrilling addition to this series.

Book THE OLD QUEEN and THE KING

Download or read book THE OLD QUEEN and THE KING written by Michael Herr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief love affair produces a child. A child that later brings tremendous grief to her mother. The mother seeks out the murderer of her only child and in doing so travels from Kauai over to the Big Island. There the women of the Pono family get involved by trying to help the mother find her daughter's killer.

Book The Old Queen s Treasure

Download or read book The Old Queen s Treasure written by Michael A. Herr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 3rd book in the Kohala Coast Thriller series. Ka iwi, the bones of ancestors, bring the Pono Family together with outsiders who do not share their reverence for the departed. Greed and ambition lead to murder most foul.For maximum enjoyment, read all three books (so far) in this series and prepare yourself for the next book "The Old Queen's Guardian", due out Spring, 2009.

Book Maui H S

    Book Details:
  • Author : Payton Lee
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 1435708369
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Maui H S written by Payton Lee and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quincy Burke is sent to Maui as a Department of Homeland Security. Her new computer program is on the high tech edge of combating terrorist activity. The Koreans have a mole in the NSA and they are after Quincy and her program. A powerful Mana is also after Quincy and the two sources direct her into a deadly trap. Another DHS chief is out to protect Quincy from the Koreans, but he can't protect her from a powerful Mana. Instead, he is led by the same force and another Maui myth may be created with the blessings of Pele and the wisdom of Ka'ahamanu.

Book The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms

Download or read book The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first study from an archaeological perspective of the elaborate systems of Polynesian chiefdoms presents an original account of the processes of cultural change and evolution over three millennia.

Book The Arts of Kingship

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  • Author : Stacy L. Kamehiro
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2009-07-27
  • ISBN : 0824832639
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book The Arts of Kingship written by Stacy L. Kamehiro and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2009-07-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arts of Kingship" offers a sustained and detailed account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the nativist and cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. Stacy Kamehiro provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum - drawing them together in a common historical, political, and cultural frame. Each articulated Hawaiian national identities and navigated the turbulence of colonialism in distinctive ways and has endured as a key cultural symbol.These cultural projects were part of the monarchy's concerted effort to promote a national culture in the face of colonial pressures, internal political divisions, and declining social conditions for Native Hawaiians, which, in combination, posed serious threats to the survival of the nation. Kamehiro interprets the images, spaces, and institutions as articulations of the complex cultural entanglements and creative engagement with international communities that occur with prolonged colonial contact. Nineteenth-century Hawaiian sovereigns celebrated Native tradition, history, and modernity by intertwining indigenous conceptions of superior chiefly leadership with the apparati and symbols of Asian, American, and European rule." -- Book cover.

Book Dismembering Lahui

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2002-06-30
  • ISBN : 0824845404
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Dismembering Lahui written by Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Osorio investigates the effects of Western law on the national identity of Native Hawaiians in this impressive political history of the Kingdom of Hawaii from the onset of constitutional government in 1840 to the Bayonet Constitution of 1887, which effectively placed political power in the kingdom in the hands of white businessmen. Making extensive use of legislative texts, contemporary newspapers, and important works by Hawaiian historians and others, Osorio plots the course of events that transformed Hawaii from a traditional subsistence economy to a modern nation, taking into account the many individuals nearly forgotten by history who wrestled with each new political and social change. A final poignant chapter links past events with the struggle for Hawaiian sovereignty today.

Book Captive Paradise

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  • Author : James L. Haley
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2014-11-04
  • ISBN : 0312600658
  • Pages : 447 pages

Download or read book Captive Paradise written by James L. Haley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of Hawaii profiles its former existence as a royal kingdom, recounting the wars fought by European powers for control of its position, its adoption of Christianity, and its annexation by the United States.

Book Hawaii  A History

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  • Author : Ruth M. Tabrah
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 1984-12-17
  • ISBN : 0393243699
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Hawaii A History written by Ruth M. Tabrah and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1984-12-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most Americans, Hawaii means ukuleles and native dancers, Waikiki and Diamond Head. Hawaii is a romantic image learned from travel posters and the movies, and much of it, surprisingly, is true. But Hawaii is more than that. The people who have come here from Polynesia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas have made it a crossroads culture and a testing ground for fundamental American principals.

Book History of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Download or read book History of the Hawaiian Kingdom written by Norris Whitfield Potter and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Chapters covering unification of the kingdom, contact with westerners, the Mahele, the influence of the sugar industry, and the overthrow of the monarchy, rewritten for easier readability - New color illustrations, including paintings by Herb Kawainui K ne, never-before-published portraits of the monarchs, vintage postcards, and then and now photographs - Photographs, drawings, and primary source documents from local archives and collections - Challenging vocabulary defined in the text margins - Appendixes covering the formation of the islands, Hawai'i's geography, and Polynesian migration - A timeline and a bibliography

Book Kaho  lawe Island

Download or read book Kaho lawe Island written by Kahoʻolawe Island Conveyance Commission (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Queen Ka  ahumanu of Hawaii

Download or read book Queen Ka ahumanu of Hawaii written by Thomas W. Goodhue and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Kamehameha the Great had 30 wives. Ka'ahumanu (c.1768-1832) was his favorite. Descended from Oceanian voyagers, she grew up in a society completely isolated from the rest of the world, her life enmeshed in dynastic wars and constrained by an elaborate system of taboos. In 1778, she was shocked by the arrival of alien ships, followed by an influx of foreigners. In their wake came devastating epidemics. Seizing power after the King's death, Ka'ahumanu overturned those taboos and guided her nation through revolutionary change, crucial to the Hawaiian Islands' unification. Through sicknesses, romances, infidelities, murders, rebellions, pardons, travels, missionary work, and more, her story challenges many beliefs about American history, Christianity, and gender. Further, it has implications for current debates about immigration, sexuality, and religious diversity. Drawing on seldom-analyzed French and Russian sources, this biography covers neglected aspects of Ka'ahumanu's life. The many spouses and lovers she and Kamehameha had, the roles played by Central Europeans, African-Americans, Catholics and Unitarians in her realm, and struggles with religious pluralism are all included.

Book Emma

    Book Details:
  • Author : George S. Kanahele
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780824822408
  • Pages : 474 pages

Download or read book Emma written by George S. Kanahele and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her reign as queen, Emma both helped Kamehameha IV prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian people during the end of colonial rule and dedicated much of her philanthropic efforts to Hawai'i's education and health care.

Book Sharks upon the Land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Seth Archer
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2018-04-26
  • ISBN : 1316800644
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book Sharks upon the Land written by Seth Archer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Seth Archer traces the cultural impact of disease and health problems in the Hawaiian Islands from the arrival of Europeans to 1855. Colonialism in Hawaiʻi began with epidemiological incursions, and Archer argues that health remained the national crisis of the islands for more than a century. Introduced diseases resulted in reduced life spans, rising infertility and infant mortality, and persistent poor health for generations of Islanders, leaving a deep imprint on Hawaiian culture and national consciousness. Scholars have noted the role of epidemics in the depopulation of Hawaiʻi and broader Oceania, yet few have considered the interplay between colonialism, health, and culture - including Native religion, medicine, and gender. This study emphasizes Islanders' own ideas about, and responses to, health challenges on the local level. Ultimately, Hawaiʻi provides a case study for health and culture change among Indigenous populations across the Americas and the Pacific.