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Words & Wine
Tuesday, August 1 @ 6pm
Join us for light pupu, refreshments, talk story, and short talks from these local authors:
Jill Scott:
Hawai'i's Kōlea:
The Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-Plover
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Susan Scott
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Oscar "Wally" Johnson, the undisputed world expert on Pacific Golden-Plovers, and Susan Scott, a popular-science writer, have combined their knowledge and enthusiasm to create a book for everyone who admires the exceptional birds known as Kōlea in Hawaiian. With easy-to-understand, yet scientifically accurate, text and outstanding color photographs, Hawai'i's Kōlea is a handy, reliable source of information for both general readers and ornithology specialists.
Rochelle delaCruz: Hawai`i Ways
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Rochelle delaCruz
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Hawai`i Ways is a collection of short, humorous observations that were first written for and aired on public radio stations in Hawai`i and Washington. Now revised for reading, Rochelle's stories describe her dilemmas while living with one foot in a small town on a remote island and another in a high-tech city on the continent. Rochelle delaCruz was born in Hilo, taught at Seattle Central Community College for twenty-eight years, and has now retired and returned to Hawaii.
Tricia Gunberg: Say Yes to Who You Are to Create Fitness
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Tricia Gunberg started her love affair with Numerology in 2011. She received her Level II Reiki Certification in February 2013. Throwing herself into the body/mind connection with no intent other than personal growth, she soon began combining Numerology, Reiki and her intuitive abilities to help friends and family. She can now give her clients the messages they need most, when they need them, allowing personal healing on a deeper level.
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Our Book clubs are fun and friendly!
Read the book, bring either a pupu or beverage, and enjoy a lively discussion.
Our Fiction group:
The After Party
by Anton DiSclafani
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From the bestselling author of
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
comes a story of lifelong female friendship set within a world of wealth, beauty, and expectation. Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Devoted to Joan since childhood, Cece Buchanan is either her chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on whom you ask. But when Joan's radical behavior escalates the summer they are twenty-five, Cece considers it her responsibility to bring her back to the fold, ultimately forcing one provocative choice to appear the only one there is.
We will discuss on Tuesday, August 8 @ 6:30pm.
Our Non-fiction group: In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
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In the Kingdom of Ice
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On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack.
We will discuss this spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth on Tuesday, August 22 @ 6pm.
Our Travel group will take a break until October. It should come as no surprise that the readers who attend this group like to travel! So we're taking a break for the summer and will resume our reading and discussions Tuesday, October 17, 2017 when we will discuss
Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka by John Gimlette.
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Hours:
Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm;
Saturday: 10am-5pm;
Sunday: 11am-5pm
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