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This Is Paradise

Author : Kristiana Kahakauwila
Publisher : Hogarth
ISBN 13 : 0770436250
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book This Is Paradise written by Kristiana Kahakauwila and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, brutal, and profound—this magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy. In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self, This Is Paradise provides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island. In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death. Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.

Paradise Island

Author : Sam Golbach
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 1682619508
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Island written by Sam Golbach and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four best friends—Check. One unforgettable week in Kauai—Check. Sun, surf, and hula girls in bikinis—Check. A creepy mansion on the forbidden side of the island…. Check? Sam and Colby’s vacation in paradise goes from enchanting, to weird, to deadly, when Trey, an old acquaintance, insists they can’t leave without a visit to the legendary Nā Pali Coast. It turns out Trey has been living at the infamous Belle Estate, owned by a wealthy and eccentric widow—who locals believe is a witch. The only thing odder than how a twenty-three-year-old college kid from Utah ended up living in a remote and isolated mansion on the North Shore of Kauai is that he is romantically involved with a woman old enough to be their grandmother. Belle Estate’s walls hold an eerie sway over all who enter, and a dark, shadowy presence seems to be following them around the grounds. When an unfavorable change of plans forces them to stay overnight, Sam and Colby are in for the most terrifying encounter of their lives.

Out of Line

Author : Margaret Maynard
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 9780868405155
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Out of Line written by Margaret Maynard and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how Australian women have created their own sense of national and regional identity through their dress and in so doing puts a new slant on the history of Australian women's fashion in the twentieth century. This book argues that Australian women's fashions may be superficially derivative, but that there are patterns of dress.

The Swimsuit

Author : Christine Schmidt
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0857851241
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book The Swimsuit written by Christine Schmidt and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion. It emphasizes the relationship between fashion, media, celebrity, sport and the cultivation of the modern body. This fascinating book provides an historical, sociological and cultural context in which to view how the swimsuit - and Australia, the country that significantly influenced its modern form - migrated from the cultural and colonial periphery to the centre of international attention. In addition, the book offers new perspectives on national histories of the swimsuit and investigates how traditional European fashion centers have opened up to new markets and modes of living, bringing together influences from around the globe. The Swimsuit is essential reading for students, scholars, and the general reader interested in fashion, popular culture, history, media, sport, and gender studies.

Ladies Or Gentlemen

Author : Jean-Louis Ginibre
Publisher : Filipacchi Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1933231041
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Ladies Or Gentlemen written by Jean-Louis Ginibre and published by Filipacchi Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Greek drama through vaudeville and modern cinema, nothing in the theatrical experience has ever guaranteed a laugh like a man in a dress. This spectacular pictorial history examines the grand tradition of male cross-dressing in the movies through more than 700 photos, more than half of which are previously unpublished. The screen's greatest stars, from comedians like Buster Keaton and Peter Sellers to "serious" actors like Marlon Brando and Max von Sydow, are pictured in everything from bustiers to ball gowns. Just as in real life, the cinematic motives for cross-dressing are complex, ranging from plot device (I Was a Male War Bride) and social commentary (Tootsie) to the simple sight gags of Laurel and Hardy. The book explores these and myriad other reasons actors are coaxed out of dress suits and into dresses. By turns provocative, serious, and silly, Ladies or Gentlemen is a delightful study of a seldom-explored facet of cinema history.

Treasure in Paradise

Author : Kathi Daley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635111910
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Treasure in Paradise written by Kathi Daley and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tj Jensen and her family head to Turtle Cove Resort for summer vacation, but their plans for rest and relaxation are thwarted when they find a dead treasure hunter in the attic of the resort's main house. Initially vowing not to get involved, Tj quickly changes her tune when the Gull Island deputy on the case closes it after a bare bones investigation. All evidence points to foul play, and Tj's determined to uncover what the deputy wants to keep hidden. With the help of her best friend and a chatty parrot, Tj digs up a centuries old legend, a hidden map, and secrets buried deeper than a pirate's treasure."--Amazon.com.

The Girl with the Gold Bikini

Author : Lisa Walker
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 1743056877
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Girl with the Gold Bikini written by Lisa Walker and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever I see a girl with a gold bikini, I think of Princess Leia. Here on the Gold Coast, gold bikinis are common, so I think of Princess Leia a lot. Eighteen-year-old Olivia Grace has deferred her law degree and ducked out of her friends' gap-year tour of Asia. Instead, she's fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a private investigator, following in the footsteps of Nancy Drew and Veronica Mars - who taught her everything she knows, including a solid line in quick-quipping repartee, the importance of a handbag full of disguises, and a way of mixing business with inconvenient chemistry. Playing Watson to the Sherlock of her childhood friend, detective agency owner Rosco (once the Han Solo to her Princess Leia), Olivia pursues a routine cheating husband case from the glitzy Gold Coast to Insta-perfect Byron Bay, where she faces yoga wars, dirty whale activism, and a guru who's kind of a creep. Olivia Grace is a teenage screwball heroine for the #metoo era, and The Girl with the Gold Bikini>/em> is a body-positive detective romp, rich with pop-culture pleasures.

Pumpkins in Paradise

Author : Kathi Daley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635110920
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Pumpkins in Paradise written by Kathi Daley and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival, and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school coach, teacher, and choir director, Tj Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair. When the handsome new deputy closes the case without so much as a "why" or "how," Tj turns her attention from chili cook-offs and pumpkin carving to complex puzzles, prophetic riddles, and a decades' old secret she seemed destined to unravel"--Page 4 of cover.

Touring Pacific Cultures

Author : Kalissa Alexeyeff
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1922144266
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Touring Pacific Cultures written by Kalissa Alexeyeff and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism is vital to the economies of most Pacific nations and as such is an important site for the meaningful production of shared and disputed cultural values and practices. This is especially the case when tourism intersects with other important arenas for cultural production, both directly and indirectly. Touring Pacific Cultures captures the central importance of tourism to the visual, material and performed cultures of the Pacific region. In this volume, we propose to explore new directions in understanding how culture is defined, produced, experienced and sustained through tourism-related practices across that region. We ask, how is cultural value, ownership, performance and commodification negotiated and experienced in actual lived practice as it moves with people across the Pacific? ‘This collection is a welcome addition to tourism studies, or perhaps we should say post- or para-tourism. The essays bring out many facets and experiences too quickly bundled under a single label and focused exclusively on “destinations” visited by “outsiders”. Tourism, we see here, actively involves many different populations, societies, and economies, a range of local/global/regional engagements that can be both destructive and creative. Western outsiders aren’t the only ones on the move. Unequal power, (neo)colonial exploitation and capitalist commodification are very much part of the picture. But so are desire, adventure, pleasure, cultural reinvention and economic development. The effect, overall, is an attitude of alert, critical ambivalence with respect to a proliferating historical phenomenon. A bumpy and rewarding ride.’ — James Clifford, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz

Fortune

Author : Henry R. Luce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortune written by Henry R. Luce and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Finding Florida

Author : T. D. Allman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802193730
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Finding Florida written by T. D. Allman and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in twenty-first-century America. In Finding Florida, T. D. Allman reclaims the remarkable history of Florida from the state’s mythologizers, apologists, and boosters. Allman traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida, its transformation from a swamp to “paradise.” Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived. The product of a decade of research and writing, Finding Florida is the first modern comprehensive history of this fascinating place. “A take-no-prisoners account . . . Extremely timely and relevant.” —The New York Times Book Review “The Seminole Wars, the Civil War, various massacres, Reconstruction, a second Reconstruction, Disney World, the Marielitos, voter suppression—it’s all here, and even Carl Hiaasen couldn’t make it up.” —Booklist, starred review

Towards a Sociology of the Coast

Author : Nick Osbaldiston
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137486805
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Towards a Sociology of the Coast written by Nick Osbaldiston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to understand the coast as a place that has deep significance both historically and sociologically. Using several case studies in Australia, the author uses Max Weber’s approach to rationalisation to understand the different ways coasts have been interpreted throughout modern history. While today, coastal places are known for their aspects of lifestyle or adventure, their histories, underpinned by colonialism and industrialization, are vastly different. The author examines the delicate dichotomy between the alternative experiences the coast provides today, versus the ideals and values imposed upon it in times gone by. The author makes an ethical argument about the ways in which we use and experience the coast today will adversely affect the lives of future generations in an attempt to generate further discussion amongst students and scholars of the sociology of place, as well as coastal managers and stakeholders.

Clive

Author : Sean Parnell
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743098162
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Clive written by Sean Parnell and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cliver Palmer, MP, leader of the Palmer United Party and big-spending billionaire: now here's the true story behind the larger-than-life Queenslander. Read the real story behind the larger-than-life Queenslander: MP, leader of the PUP and big-spending billionaire.He's bought a football team, helped create a political party, added robot dinosaurs to a luxury golf resort and is set to recreate the 'titanic'. But are these just fanciful splurges or something more calculated? the reality is that Clive Palmer uses his immense mining wealth (which some estimates put at over $6 billion) in a proactive (if sometimes eccentric) global way. His personal story is just as colourful and intriguing: Clive spent time as a child in China and writes poetry. He is well-known for attention-grabbing statements that send the media into a spin. Shortly after Clive was named a National Living treasure, he claimed that the CIA was secretly backing green groups in a bid to kill the Australian coal-mining industry. In true Clive fashion, in May 2012 he announced that he was building a luxury cruise liner - the 'titanic II' - and his political feuds are legendary. In this part business book, part political-insider profile and all rollicking tale, journalist Sean Parnell reveals what makes Clive Palmer tick.'this brilliant debut biography goes a long way towards capturing the eccentric, enigmatic and downright hysterical character of Clive Palmer.' - the Australian

Bikini Story

Author : Patrik Alac
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 178310726X
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Bikini Story written by Patrik Alac and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to ‘undress’ women’s bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom were featured in bikinis that accentuated their own curvaceous contours. More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general. This book investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution in the perception of women in society, as women regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.

Recreational Tourism

Author : Chris Ryan
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781873150566
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Recreational Tourism written by Chris Ryan and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A decade after the first edition of this book established itself as one of the major books that covered the nature of the demand for tourism, and the implications of that demand, this second edition represents a significant updating of material that reflects contemporary thinking."

Roads, Tourism and Cultural History

Author : Rosemary Kerr
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845416708
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Roads, Tourism and Cultural History written by Rosemary Kerr and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation’s history and culture, but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody multiple layers of history, mythology and symbolism. Drawing on Australian travel writing, diaries and manuscripts, tourism literature, fiction, poetry and feature films, this book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road touring beyond urban settings: from Aboriginal ‘songlines’ to modern-day road trips. It also tells the stories of iconic roads, including the Birdsville Track, Stuart Highway and Great Ocean Road, and suggests alternative approaches to heritage and tourism interpretation of these important routes. The ongoing impact of the colonial past on Indigenous peoples and contemporary Australian society and culture – including representations of the road and road travel – is explored throughout the book. The volume offers a new way of thinking about roads and road tourism as important strands in a nation’s cultural fabric.

Bikinis in Paradise

Author : Kathi Daley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635110975
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Bikinis in Paradise written by Kathi Daley and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm a huge fan of Kathi's books. I think I've read every one. Without a doubt, she's a gifted cozy mystery author and I eagerly await each new release " - Dianne Harman, Author of the High Desert Cozy Mysteries "Daley's characters come to life on the page. Her novels are filled with a little mystery and a little romance which makes for a murderous adventure." - Tonya Kappes, USA Today Bestselling Author of Fixin' To Die "Daley's mysteries offer as much sizzle and pop as fireworks on a hot summer's day." - Mary Kennedy, Author of The Dream Club Mysteries "Intriguing, likeable characters, keep-you-guessing mysteries, and settings that literally transport you to Paradise...Daley's stories draw you in and keep you glued until the very last page." - Tracy Weber, Agatha-Nominated Author of the Downward Dog Mysteries "Daley really knows how to write a top-notch cozy." - MJB Reviewers "Kathi Daley writes a story with a puzzling cold-case mystery while highlighting...the love of home, family, and good friends." - Chatting About Cozies When the Tropical Tan Corporation descends on Maggie's Hideaway, the lakeside resort where Tj Jensen lives, she must juggle a bikini contest, a BBQ cook-off, a missing model, and a dead chaperone while her father is out of town. Lead Deputy Dylan Caine is on vacation while his sister is visiting, leaving Assistant Deputy Roy Fisher in charge. When Roy asks Tj for her help, they find there may be more going on than anyone realized. With Kyle and Jenna's help, they dig into the lives of those involved, only to find a mystery more complex than anything they could ever have imagined. Related subjects include: cozy mysteries, women sleuths, murder mystery series, whodunit mysteries (whodunnit), book club recommendations, amateur sleuth books, small town. Books in the Tj Jensen Mystery Series: PUMPKINS IN PARADISE (#1) SNOWMEN IN PARADISE (#2) BIKINIS IN PARADISE (#3) CHRISTMAS IN PARADISE (#4) PUPPIES IN PARADISE (#5) HALLOWEEN IN PARADISE (#6) TREASURE IN PARADISE (#7) April 2017 Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all... Author Bio: Kathi Daley lives with her husband, kids, grandkids, and Bernese mountain dogs in beautiful Lake Tahoe. When she isn't writing, she likes to read (preferably at the beach or by the fire), cook (preferably something with chocolate or cheese), and garden (planting and planning, not weeding). She also enjoys spending time in the water, hiking, biking, and snowshoeing. Kathi uses the mountain setting in which she lives, along with the animals (wild and domestic) that share her home, as inspiration for her five cozy mystery series: Zoe Donovan, Whales and Tails Island, Tj Jensen, Sand and Sea Hawaiian, and Seacliff High Teen.