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Our monthly local author gathering will be Tues, Nov. 7 @ 6pm. Come and talk story, enjoy refreshments, and listen to book talks will feature these local authors:
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Dr. Sandra Bonura:
Light in The Queen's Garden: Ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawai'i's Daughters:
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Sandra E. Bonura
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This historical account of a woman from the heartland of America who landed in the Kingdom of Hawai`i at the end of the 19th century, includes newly discovered primary sources that flesh out and enliven the historical account of the 1893 Hawaiian Revolution that happened literally outside Pope's boarding school's windows. Dr. Sandra Bonura lives in Southern California and teaches in higher education. She is a frequent storyteller and lecturer on the importance of using a multitude of primary sources to gain perspectives on historical events.
Happiness is a Choice: The Art of Soulful Living
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Robert Frutos
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Robert's new book affords opportunity and time-proven techniques towards creating and bringing more and more real and lasting joy into your life. He will share... how to allow happiness to increasingly become a part of your everyday reality... then to expand that happiness by sharing it with others. Robert has created a unique body of work woven together from a broad spectrum of training and varied experience - a spiritual educator, an avid explorer and hiker, counselor, professional nature photographer, kahu (minister), teacher, presenter, and healing practitioner.
Michael Foley: Hair of the Barista
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Michael Foley
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In small town coffee shops and long walks in rural Hawaiʻi, Hair of the Barista, acknowledge the person behind the counter and finds meaning in everyday life. The author sets out to bridge the seen and the unseen around the old sugar plantation towns he calls home, where the questions and conflicts of self, other, and the world of headlines demand attention in the midst of beauty. This book sings in conversational tones to the power of the ordinary. Michael has worked backstage at London's West End, been an English teacher, and has been published in numerous publications.
Peggy Barnes Budd presents:
Alice Barnes, American Activist
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Peggy Budd
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Alice Barnes: American Activist is a book first published in 1982 to celebrate Alice's 75th birthday, has recently been reprinted. This reissued, revised volume is of special interest to individuals and organizations that value social justice, as Alice did. She worked with advocates for farm workers, women, Native Americans, domestic workers, janitors, and Hmong immigrants. She also opposed nuclear power and military buildup. Between the ages of 67 to 87, she participated in countless demonstrations and marches.
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| The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu |
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Salt to the Sea by
Ruta Sepetys
Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, and war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept.
Tues, Nov.14 @ 6:30pm
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
by Joshua Hammer
"Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey....Joshua Hammer writes with verve and expertise" (The New York Times Book Review) about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world's greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction. With bravery and patience, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali.
Tues, Nov. 28 @ 6pm
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Our Travel Group:
Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin.
Tues, Nov. 21 @ 6:30pm
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Read or re-read a classic:
Due to popular demand for more time to read this great book, we have moved this discussion to Wednesday, January 17th.
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 
Several of us in our Fiction book club decided we wanted to read and discuss
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. I haven't read it since high school (this is Joy) and I'm looking forward to seeing what my adult self thinks of this book that I loved in high school. If you want an excuse to read or re-read a classic, you've got some time. We will meet to discuss on
Wednesday, January 17 at 5 pm over happy hour at Kenichi's.
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" 5 Classic Works That Became Awesome Comic Books" from Bookstr. We regularly carry "Moby Dick" because we often get 8-10 year olds who want to read the book. Since the full-on book is intimidating even for adults, graphic novels are a great solution.
Mahalo and a hui hou,
Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Noble and Chloe (Cats)
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