Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Lideweij Bosman
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 3752820438

Lideweij is thousands of miles away from her true love. They'd been inseparable for years, fighting Hodgkin Lymphoma side by side, until Lideweij make the excruciating decision not to be at his side when he passes away. She leaves for Hawaii, the place where only then months earlier Sander had proposed to her and told her about the legend of the Naupaka flower. Her journey helps her to work through the deep sorrow. Tears are gradually replaced by inspiring insides and new dreams. Grazia Magazine gave Naupaka 4 stars. Daily newspaper de Volkskrant mentioned Naupaka the most controversal novel of the year.

Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Puakea
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1663215278

As a pregnant Kapukini stands on a precipice at the edge of an ancient volcano in the middle of the pacific where the sky meets the sea, she faces the winds of an uncertain future. With her hands resting on her swollen belly, she decides to comfort her child by sharing the story of their family, how they came to be, and the love that is the roots of this blossom. While Kapukini is present with her unborn child for this one last eternal moment, the tale of an ancient Hawaiian chief’s family lineage unfolds, depicting a forbidden royal romance. Within three generations of love stories creatively retold, the myth about the origin of the native Naupaka flower comes to life as Kapukini returns to ancient Hawaii where gods slide down rainbows to find beautiful maidens, men battle sharks to prove their devotion, women dance hula to share stories and passions, and lovers send kisses on the moonlight to communicate their affections. Naupaka: A Hawaiian Love Story shares fantastical tales about Hawaiian culture, love, family, courage, compassion, adventure, loyalty, mystical realms, and above all, aloha.

Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Linda Lee
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2021-11-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662441940

In Naupaka Emmalee Gray Denning is trying to cope with the death of her husband. Burying herself in work, her children and the Lodge. She believes she is finding peace in her new existence until a documentary showcasing her as an artist appears on a local television station bringing with it danger. She chooses to flee life as she knows it, in order to protect her children and family. Can she find solace and safety in the new life she is trying to make for herself?

Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Gabrielle Ahulii
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2016-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781933067797

Part of a new series called Hawaiian Legends for Little Ones, Naupaka introduces kids ages 0-4 to one of Hawaii's best-known love stories that explains why the native plant naupaka--which can be found on the beach and in the mountains--blooms only half a flower. In simple, poetic language, this origin story gives small kids a taste of Hawaii's rich history of storytelling. Three other titles in the series are: Hina, Pele Finds a Home, and Maui Hooks the Islands--all legends that will give kids a wider view of Hawaiian culture, history, and its natural world.

Naupaka: The Time with You

Naupaka: The Time with You
Author: Vincent Rivers
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2022-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

After accidentally getting lost on the 3rd floor of the school, Mason Pierce finds himself returning day after day outside the music room of his high school. He sits outside in the hallway, listening to music coming out from the locked room and enjoying every minute of it. Despite someone being inside, Mason never had a chance to meet the person inside until one day, he found it slightly open. He opened the door and found himself with something different in his despairingly controlled lifestyle. From the problems with his father to his belittling towards himself, Mason will find that there was more than one way to live and to feel towards himself and other people.

Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Winona Desha Beamer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

The Hawaiian gods decide that star-crossed lovers Princess Naupaka and Kaui, a commoner, must live apart, in this bilingual story that explains why the naupaka blossoms of the mountains and the sea bloom in perfect halves.

Growing Native Hawaiian Plants

Growing Native Hawaiian Plants
Author: Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst
Publisher: Bess Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2005-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781573062077

Detailed instructions for growing native Hawaiian plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, etc., and basic landscape maintenance. Also explains the plants' importance in Hawaiian culture.

Hawaiian Heritage Plants

Hawaiian Heritage Plants
Author: Angela Kay Kepler
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780824819941

Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In a series of essays, the author weaves cultural and biological, historical and geographic, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of Hawaiian ecology into non-technical accounts of 32 plants important to early Hawaiians.

Naupaka

Naupaka
Author: Puakea
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781663215291

As a pregnant Kapukini stands on a precipice at the edge of an ancient volcano in the middle of the pacific where the sky meets the sea, she faces the winds of an uncertain future. With her hands resting on her swollen belly, she decides to comfort her child by sharing the story of their family, how they came to be, and the love that is the roots of this blossom. While Kapukini is present with her unborn child for this one last eternal moment, the tale of an ancient Hawaiian chief's family lineage unfolds, depicting a forbidden royal romance. Within three generations of love stories creatively retold, the myth about the origin of the native Naupaka flower comes to life as Kapukini returns to ancient Hawaii where gods slide down rainbows to find beautiful maidens, men battle sharks to prove their devotion, women dance hula to share stories and passions, and lovers send kisses on the moonlight to communicate their affections. Naupaka: A Hawaiian Love Story shares fantastical tales about Hawaiian culture, love, family, courage, compassion, adventure, loyalty, mystical realms, and above all, aloha.

Plants and Animals of Hawaii

Plants and Animals of Hawaii
Author: Susan Scott
Publisher: Bess Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1991
Genre: Animal introduction
ISBN: 9780935848939

A thorough treatment of the many plant and animal species found in Hawai'i.