Kiana

Kiana
Author: James Jackson Jarves
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1857
Genre: Hawaii
ISBN:

Kiana; A Tradition of Hawaii

Kiana; A Tradition of Hawaii
Author: James J. Jarves
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2023-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368369504

Reproduction of the original.

Kiana: a Tradition of Hawaii

Kiana: a Tradition of Hawaii
Author: James Jackson Jarves
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Kiana: A Tradition of Hawaii" is an 1857 book by James Jackson Jarves, an American newspaper editor and art critic. It is a beautiful historical description of the Hawaiian customs, traditions, and religious beliefs, accompanied by picturesque descriptions of the island's nature.

The Healthy Ancestor

The Healthy Ancestor
Author: Juliet McMullin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315418320

Weaving a complex story of Native Hawai’ian health in its historical, political, and cultural context, Juliet McMullin shows how traditional practices that integrated relationships of caring for the land, the body, and the ancestors are being revitalized both on the islands and in the indigenous diaspora.

Leilani's Hero

Leilani's Hero
Author: Elle James
Publisher: Twisted Page In
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2023-12-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1626955433

Disillusioned by the government running the country he loves, Navy SEAL Angelo “Angel” Cortez leaves the only job he knew to join the civilian world working for Brotherhood Protectors as they staff the Hawaiian branch of Hank Patterson’s brainchild. His first assignment literally lands in his lap when a local tour guide slips from a rocky ledge as she guides a tour group at a local waterfall. Leilani is desperately working multiple jobs to earn enough money to rebuild the business her family had owned and operated for over 100 years. Fires decimated buildings and inventory, but not her spirit. Now big businesses want to claim the real estate when natives can no longer make a living on their own property. Some big businesses are more aggressive in their tactics to force out locals. Angel and Leilani navigate turbulent waters while trying to save her family heritage and expose the source of its sabotage. Int the process, they reveal a growing attraction neither anticipated and neither may survive to take it to the next level.

All Her Loved Ones, Encoded

All Her Loved Ones, Encoded
Author: Michael Keefe
Publisher: Running Wild, LLC
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1960018272

All Her Loved Ones, Encoded is a story of personal struggle set against global climate collapse, as one woman risks everything in order to preserve her family.In 2057, near California's Central Coast, desalination plant worker Kiana Olsen is digging a grave for Javi, her terminally ill husband. Three years earlier, as their daughter Anza succumbed to spectral fever, Kiana and Javi uploaded her mind to Level Up, a virtual worldbuilding program. Now, Kiana is desperate to do the same for Javi. But the government has outlawed consciousness uploads and throttled the internet. When Kiana turns to the black market for the technology she needs, she is arrested and jailed. Her daring escape during a blackout begins her Odyssean journey through the night: a collapsing roof, a confrontation with an armed killer, a Level Up sex party in a condemned mansion, security androids, multiple injuries, and a nocturnal wilderness hike, all with the police on her trail.As Kiana struggles to make her way home to Javi, she finds solace and connection in the virtual histories she has created for her ancestors: a woodland standoff between her great-great-grandfathers in World War Two, her great-grandmother's escape from Cold War East Berlin, her grandparents' meet cute in an ambulance, and her mother's own flight from the law.An intimate narrative that resonates globally, Michael Keefe's All Her Loved Ones, Encoded, is both an urgent warning of our imperiled future and a heartbreaking tale of love beyond the limits of place and time.

Sex in Silicon Valley

Sex in Silicon Valley
Author: Kiana Tower
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2001-11-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0595208487

Take an intimate peek into the Silicon Valley social scene. San Francisco Bay Area residents share true stories about dating, relationships and sex in the tech capital of the world.Here’s a small sample:“There are so many intelligent, creative ‘engineer’ types who apply the same type of inventiveness to sex. There are amazing men sitting behind computers thinking about sex all day—hot and ready to go!” Yasmine, 32“Each phone call had me peeling off my clothes little by little. I would be in my underwear by the time the phone call ended and I wouldn’t sleep all night.” Faith, 33“We just couldn’t wait any longer and ran into some Chinese dive bar in the Tenderloin. We went downstairs and screwed our brains out ‘til the bar owner came and almost knocked the door down.” Lucky, 32“My friend suggested I go out and have a fling, so I thought I’d give it a shot. But where would I find someone to fling me?” Nicole, 30“My boss’s daughter was always walking around in tight skirts and low cut blouses. We ended up going down on each other, leaning right up against the copy equipment!” Stephanie, 24

The Pirate Fairy

The Pirate Fairy
Author: A.J. Llewellyn
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786514389

Denny Derrick Dalton is the most feared pirate on the high seas, but he's not a bad guy. He's just having a very bad day... It's 1841 and the high seas are a dangerous place for anybody. Denny Derrick Dalton's the most feared pirate in the choppy waters, but his risky reputation takes a hit when a wicked old witch curses him and gives him a pair of fairy wings. It's hard to boss your crew around when you look ridiculous. Not only that, he has no idea how to fly. Denny's depressed. The witch, hiding as sweet Princess Fortunata, has left his ship and taken her brother, Prince Merritt, the man Derrick deeply loves, with her. Can his luck get any worse? Oh yes, it can. His crew mutinies and sells him to a slave ship. But it's not just any slave ship. This one's bewitched, and Denny's soon taken to a magical court where he must explain his rotten behavior and fight for his life. But can he save himself to rescue Merritt, who's at the mercy of his wicked sister's magic?

Shark Dialogues

Shark Dialogues
Author: Kiana Davenport
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2010-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 143919243X

“An epic saga of seven generations of one family encompasses the tumultuous history of Hawaii as a Hawaiian woman gathers her four granddaughters together in an erotic tale of villains and dreamers, queens and revolutionaries, lepers and healers” (Publishers Weekly).

Beyond the Reef

Beyond the Reef
Author: A.J. Llewellyn
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2013-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781848742

Tony takes a shower one day and finds a naked man fondling his loofah. Frank's a sex machine who knows Tony's deepest desires...and won't go away. Wannabe actor Tony Kaven's career hasn't just stalled—it's in reverse—so he jumps at the chance of being a personal assistant to mercurial movie star Rufus Roscoe on location in Maui, Hawaii. Tony wants to do well, except that, from the moment he arrives, everything goes wrong. Roscoe hates everything about him, even his blue suede shoes. Somebody on Facebook told Tony that Rufus is a big Elvis fan so Tony couldn't resist splurging on the shoes. Wrong information. Rufus hates Elvis, blue suede shoes and overweight, overwrought personal assistants. It looks like he's about to get canned when a mysterious man named Frank shows up naked in Tony's shower and tells him he is the man of his dreams. His true love. Who is this guy? And how is it that when Frank is around, everything has a way of going right? Tony finds that true love means taking a leap of faith, but he finds more than that it also means rolling with the punches, but leading with your heart.