Flowers of the islands in the sun

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Flowers of the islands in the sun
Clarence E Hall
Manufacturer: A. S. Barnes
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FLOWERS OF THE ISLANDS IN THE SUN
Graham Gooding
Manufacturer: A.S. Barnes
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FLOWERS OF THE ISLANDS IN THE SUN. BERMUDA. BARBADOS. BAHAMAS. CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. HAWAII.
C. & G. Gooding Hall
Manufacturer: A. S. Barnes and Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQ74X8

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The fourth edition of the Rough Guide to Hawaii is all you need to guarantee getting the most of a trip to this glamorous and diverse group of islands. Whether you''re going for a short visit or a longer stay, to the popular island of Oahu or remote and sleepy Molokai, for watersports or wildlife, the Rough Guide is the complete companion for your trip. There are vivid accounts of each of the six major islands and in-depth reviews of hundreds of resorts, hotels, restaurants and nightlife options - to suit every taste and budget. The authors also give expert advice on exploring Hawaii''s dramatic scenery up close - from the volcanic landscapes to the lush rainforests and idyllic beaches.

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Typical Rough Guide Lacking Somewhat on Insight But Still a Solid Tour Book of the Islands.......2006-09-12

As guidebooks to Hawaii go, the Rough Guide is a reasonably comprehensive resource with solid, middle-of-the-road information about all the islands. The challenge in covering the whole state within a single tome is that author Greg Ward has to pitch his research at a necessary cursory level and spends approximately 60-70 pages on each island. Consequently, if you choose to focus on one or two islands, as most travelers do, the book ends up being somewhat lacking on the details that really can separate a good vacation from a great one.

Beyond the color maps in the middle, the book is all text, so it does require concentration to absorb much of the information presented. However, Ward provides helpful information on preparing for your trip, choosing accommodations and eateries, and exploring the more popular attractions. What's missing is the off-the-beaten path insight that, for example, Andrew Doughty provides in spades in his book, "Maui Revealed". The other gap is a vivid perspective on what the must-do activities are. Consequently, this is not an all-encompassing resource but one that needs to be complemented by other books that specialize on the islands you visit or the personal research you need to conduct on your own. Regardless, it's still a solid resource.

best general Hawaii guidebook.......2004-05-15

My wife and I spent a couple weeks driving around Hawaii, and kind of went crazy on the historical sites, museums, and hikes. We found this book the most helpful because it was fairly complete (it does try to cover an entire state in one book) and current. Additionally, it provided a lot of historic context, allowing you to understand why each site was intersting. This is especially important if you visit some out of the way sites on the big island (like south point, or the birthplace of Kamehmeha... hope I got the spelling right) that don't provide a lot of information at the sites.

This was my favorite of the Hawaii guidebooks (and maybe my favorite travel guide ever) BECAUSE it was so opinionated. So many guidebooks just rattle off long lists of places to see, eat, and stay, and don't really tell you how interesting, authentic, or nice any of them are. I find that an unopinionated travel book is not too useful, and reads like a set of ads. This book provides enough information or context for you to decide for yourself whether or not you share the author's taste, so you can easily choose which recommendations to follow or ignore. On the whole, we found the restaurant and hotel recommendations pretty accurate.

an ok guidebook........2003-06-02

THe rough guide hawaii is an ok guidebook, it does leave out some sights and things, but what i don't particularly like about it, is how critical the author is. he is very opinionated, he seems not to like lu'aus or the bigger resorts, and alot of the more popular landmarks he thinks arent worth visiting. although the book does have alot of information, i don't really like the "criticalness" of the author. having been to hawaii 6 times, The best guides for hawaii i can reccomend, are wizard publication's "big island/maui/kauai revealed" guidebooks, as they are written by people whom actually live in hawaii.

Very good overview, but not the best.......2003-02-06

This is a comprehensive guidebook for all the Hawaiian islands. It covers a lot of history and a lot of the sites. It also provides some basic information about hotels and restaurants. The pictures are somewhat lacking, but the text provides excellent descriptions. If you need one guidebook, this may be it, but it leaves out some stuff that is worth seeing or doing.

Handy Travel Book.......2000-05-03

A well-organized book that does a very good job of detailing what there is to see and do on the major islands of Hawaii. Especially useful are the cross-reference notes found within the margins, and various "favorite" lists found within each section. Greg never steered us wrong. Also, an excellent reference for those who wish to camp or hike.

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Searching for the stoic Indian

Native Americans Live in a Universe

Excellent synopsis of the shamanic practices of the Ojibwe.

The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
John A. Grim
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding: Paperback
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Searching for the stoic Indian.......2007-03-29

I compliment the author for the amount of work put into this book and the attempt to represent shamanism. However, it is rather patronizing in its presentation.

Native Americans Live in a Universe.......2003-02-04

Thourough account of shamanism in the Ojibwe society, but applicable to the phenomenon as a whole. A great researcher, Mr. Grim provides perspectives from other areas of the world such as Siberia to exhibit similarities of human experience both in the shamanic realm and in the human psyche.

Excellent synopsis of the shamanic practices of the Ojibwe........1999-04-26

The author wisely places the practices of shamanism within the cultural context. At no point does the author make the mistake of reducing the shamanic practices to deities and such but correctly emphasizes the "forces" and movements of nature of which the shaman is an "expression." Excellent read for anyone generally interested in shamanism or specifically in the Ojibwe practices of the Mide society.

Mishomish Book : The Voice of the Ojibway

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A Must Read
wounderful book

Mishomish Book : The Voice of the Ojibway
Edward Benton-Banai
Manufacturer: Indian Country Communications
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1893487008

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A Must Read.......2000-08-03

Great book to read with children to explain the Ojibwe creation story and other stories.

wounderful book.......1999-07-04

This book is great. I have read it to my children and they love it as much as I do. I would recommend it to anyone. It is well worth it.

The Traditional History And Characteristic Sketches Of The Ojibway Nation

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The Ojibway Nation

The Traditional History And Characteristic Sketches Of The Ojibway Nation
George Copway
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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ASIN: 1428607919

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"A sketch of my nation's history, describing its home, its country, and its peculiarities, and...its traditional legends," written by George Copway, (also known as Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, Chief of the Ojibway Nation), and first published in England, in 1850. A thorough examination of Ojibway Indian history, culture, traditions, and beliefs, by a chief who had one foot in the life of his tribe and the other in the white world. Includes discussions of Indian writing and language, along with illustrations depicting various symbols used in picture writing. Copway offers one of the earliest arguments for Indian reservations. George Copway (1818-ca.1863), was an Ojibwa Indian chief, educated in Illinois, who produced important translations into the Chippewa language. He lived and worked mostly in Michigan, but was also connected with the New York press, and he toured and lectured widely in Europe.

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The Ojibway Nation.......2004-01-16

Born near Trenton, Ontario, George Copway, despite limited formal education, became a minister in the Methodist church, and advocate on the behalf of all Native Americans. The Ojibway Nation is one of several books that he wrote, in which he attempted to inform Euro-Canadians/Americans about the history and culture of the Ojibway people. Included are chapters dealing with the Ojibway language, government and religious practices, as well as their conflicts with the Souix and Iroquois. He speaks of the Ojibway as a noble and dignified people who have risen to become one of the great Indian nations. Yet he is a man influenced by his association with Europeans, and is not above referring to Natives in general as "backward heathens" for resisting attempts at Christianization and continuing to hunt instead of becoming agriculturalists. Copway rightly believed, however, that by this time (the 1850s) it was clear that European colonization was irreversable, and that in order for Indians to survive, they had to settle their differences and unite. He proposed that land should be set aside between the north bank of the Missouri river and the state of Wisconsin. Here all the Indian peoples of North America could settle; the territory would be barred to Europeans to allow for the Indians to educate themselves and form a government. When this was accomplished, the territory would them petition to enter the union as a state. A bold but logical plan, but as we all know, the American government had other plans for the West. Although this last aspect revolves more around the United States, the majority of the book deals with Canada, in particular the Ojibway of Canada West (how Ontario). The Ojibway Nation is therefore an important piece of Canadiana.

History of the Ojibway People (Borealis Books Reprint)

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History of my ancestors!
The American Indian; Raw and Uncensored.
Ojibwa history by one of their own
A "primary" historical text on early Ojibway History

History of the Ojibway People (Borealis Books Reprint)
William W. Warren
Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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ASIN: 087351162X

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During the early period of white settlement, William Warren-the son of a white man and an Ojibway woman-recorded the oral traditions of the Ojibway Indians of the Upper Mississippi and Lake Superior regions. His vivid descriptions include Ojibway customs, family life, totemic system, hunting methods, and relations with other tribal groups and with the whites. First published in 1885.

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History of my ancestors!.......2006-11-02

I found this book to be most facinating, and helped me to gain some knowledge of how my ancestors lived. Four generations of my relatives were born into the L'Anse Band of Chippewa and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Indians, but I had no history of how they lived. This book helped me have some insight on their lives and their parents lives. I have given each of my children a copy of this book so that they too can have some knowledge of what their native american relatives lives were like. A most interesting read!!

The American Indian; Raw and Uncensored........2006-01-25

During the 1850s, William Whipple Warren, an Ojibway "Half BReed," a member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature and frequent correspondent for the "Minnesota Democrat" (a newspaper out of Saint Paul), spoke to all the elders, story tellers and medicine men of the Ojibway Nation and wrote a book. Unfortunately, he died of tuberculosis before finishing it, a fact that has many historians cursing their rotten luck. But what he achieved was priceless. His book tells the story of the Ojibway Nation's migrations, their battles against other tribes (like the Dakota, the Fox, and the Mundua), and how they first came to know the white man. FOr those who, like myself, went to public schools which portrayed the Indians as peaceful children of nature, this book explodes like a nuclear warhead on all misconceptions. Pre-Columbian America was a very brutal and VERY bloody place. Warren details the Ojibway's torure of captives, their vigilante approach to justice, and their vicious blood feuds against other tribes. THis book is NOT for the squeamish. Parts of it make Herbert Asbury's "THe Gangs of New York" look, well, kind of like a kid's game. Do NOT read this book if you posess a weak stomache. But it also proves that the history of the AMerican Indian is far too complex to fit with anyone's politically motivated attempts to push it into a box. I, for one, am deeply disapointed that Mr. Warren died before coming even close to completing his projected 7 volumes of work on the Ojibway Nation. There is much in this book already, though, to fascinate the reader and fill several film scripts. Therefore, this is a book that I recommend strongly for anyone with a strong stomache. William Warren, I salute you!

Ojibwa history by one of their own.......2000-09-15

An excellent book covering the history of the Ojibwas primarily in the Northern Wisconsin/Minnesota area. William Warren did a fine job of badgering the tribal elders till he received the information he sought. Written in the 1880's, Warren writes of the different clans and their interactions, the introduction to the white men they liked (French) and hated (British), and the constant warring with other tribes (mostly Sioux) over prime hunting lands which took the lives of many. According to Warren, "Ojibwa" means "to roast until puckered", needless to say, he's not talking about dinner. If just one book on the Ojibwas is in your plans, this should be the one. I myself would prefer to read a book written by someone who actually talked to these tribal elders over 100 years ago, not someone who attempts to do so nowadays, generations (and clouded memories) later.

A "primary" historical text on early Ojibway History.......1998-04-25

This book (which I have not read in entirerty) is probably the first history book written about the Ojibway. Most importantly and interestingly, the author was half Ojibway and half French and was intimate with many of the Ojibway elders he interviews. The authors biography is worthwhile in its own right. I cannot recommend a better book to gain a first hand perspective on colonial Ojibway customs, politics, culture, and the like. While the author (though Indian himself) does deplore Indian's lack of civilization, that really only adds to the book by revealing western society's rascist attitudes to the Indians. The author has been educated and christianized and his rascism is in respect to these institutions. In most other regards he has great respect for his Ojibway family.

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (We Are Still Here : Native Americans Today)

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The Sacred Harvest

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (We Are Still Here : Native Americans Today)
Gordon Regguinti
Manufacturer: Lerner Publishing Group
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0822596202

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The Sacred Harvest.......2000-06-01

Very good and clear to know how to harvest wild rice and what wild rice means to American Indian.

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very pleased
Ojibway Heritage

Ojibway Heritage (Basil Johnson Titles)
Basil Johnston
Manufacturer: Bison Books
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0803275722

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Rarely accessible to the general public, Ojibway mythology is as rich in meaning, as broad, as deep, and as innately appealing as the mythologies of Greece, Rome, and other Western civilizations. In Ojibway Heritage Basil Johnston introduces his people's ceremonies, rituals, songs, dances, prayers, arid legends. Conveying the sense of wonder and mystery at the heart of the Ojibway experience, Johnston describes the creation of the universe, followed by that of plants and animals and human beings, and the paths taken by the latter. These stories are to be read, enjoyed, and freely interpreted. Their authorship is perhaps most properly attributed to the tribal storytellers who have carried on the oral tradition that Johnston records and preserves in this book.

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very pleased.......2005-09-11

I recieve the book in a timely matter. It was in good shape and it was how it was described.

Ojibway Heritage.......2000-05-13

I read this book for an essay and I LOVED it. Johnston's use of stories beautifully revealed the spirituality of the Anishnabe-so much so that I discovered my own spirituality and place in this world by reading it. I wish to get my own copy to share with my children, which is what led me to search this website for the first time.I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the sacred worldview of the Ojibway, whose simple ,honorable views of all things is quite universally held by most N.American First nations groups.This book is extremely readable and I would recommend it for all age groups!

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Excellent!
Modern folktales and short stories of the Ojibwa Nation

Ojibway Tales (Basil Johnson Titles)
Basil Johnston
Manufacturer: Bison Books
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The Ojibway Indians' sense of humor sparkles through these stories set on the fictional Moose Meat Point Indian Reserve, connected by a dirt road to the town of Blunder Bay. If some of them seem "farfetched and even implausible," Basil L. Johnston writes, "it is simply because human beings very often act and conduct their affairs and those of others in an absurd manner."

These twenty-two stories were originally collected under the title Moose Meat and Wild Rice. Among the most memorable of the stories is "They Don't Want No Indians," in which all attempts are made to circumvent bureaucratic red tape and transport a dead Indian to his home for burial. One of the funniest is "Indian Smart: Moose Smart," which pits a moose in a lake against six Moose Meaters in two canoes. "If You Want to Play" and "Secular Revenge" are the result of misunderstanding or imperfect communication. Still other stories, like "What Is Sin?" and "The Kiss and the Moonshine," reveal the clash of different cultural approaches. All show the warm-heartedness and good will of the Ojibway Indians. If they are gently satirized, so are the whites who would change them, and with good reason. Government ineptitude and rigid piety are foisted on the Moose Meaters, who have only thirty thousand acres to move around in.

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Excellent!.......1999-02-15

Basil Johnston has a uniquely captivating way of storytelling. Whether he's dealing with Ojibway tales or the story of his personal childhood in "Indian School Days", Johnston can be deemed a great First Nations author.

Modern folktales and short stories of the Ojibwa Nation.......1997-01-14

This book deals with the side-splitting to the somber tales of some of the Ojibwa (also called Chippewa) Nation, by creating a non-existent (today) reservation and sub-tribe, and giving an excellent view of life on-reservation for one of the most relaxed groups of Natives you'll ever meet. This book will make you giggle and cry, all at once!

Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer (We Are Still Here Native Americans Today)

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Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer (We Are Still Here Native Americans Today)
Sandra King
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The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway (Basil Johnson Titles)

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Wonderful
Excellent reading!

The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway (Basil Johnson Titles)
Basil Johnston
Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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ASIN: 0873514114

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These are the stories of the manitous--the spirits who inhabit the supernatural world of the Ojibway (the Native American tribe of the Great Lakes and central Canada region). Harvested by an eminent expert from an ancient oral tradition, these sacred stories introduce wily tricksters, fearsome giants, timorous tree spirits, seductive maidens, and wise grandmothers. Here, a coward masquerading as a hero becomes one; a powerful warrior is riled and routed by a younger sibling with a gift for dancing and disguises; and the ever-hungry evil weendigos--evil manitous--haunt the land. In spellbinding and hypnotic fashion, the creation and flood legends are told, and the origin stories of corn, spruce, and tobacco are revealed. Comic, erotic, dramatic, and tragic, these engrossing tales are a window into the heart of an ancient culture, an important contribution to Native American literature, and a fascinating source of spiritual guidance for the many followers of New Age mysticism.

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Wonderful.......2002-04-24

Basil Johnson is a master story teller and writer. The legends are all deeply meaningful. He really transmits the spirit of the Anishinaubae in a vivid way. I hope he writes down a lot more of these haunting legends and that his hopes for the recovery of the Anishinaubae language and cultural traditions come to full realization.

Excellent reading!.......2000-04-07

This book is written in such a way to document the historical value and so interestingly you don't even realize you are learing all along the way. I found the book accurate as to the stories as I remember the old people telling them.

People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan

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People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan
James Clifton , James McClurken , and George Cornell
Manufacturer: Gritc Pub
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Ideas are timeless and useful for more than just Letterhead........2004-01-13

There is something about this book that is intriguing. I purchased it a year and a half ago and I find it to be one of the most inspirational books to turn to when I want ideas for print design, web graphics, or just something refreshing to look at. It has everything from colorful modern corporate design, to dark, industrial Nine Inch Nails type of artwork.

I constantly use this for reference and I highly recommend it for anyone designing Letterhead, Business Cards, or people who want a book to flip through for artistic inspiration.

Great Idea Source book.......2000-07-21

Another great book from the series. Loads of ideas varying in imagery, logos, paper types and printing techniques. Definitely eye-opening on the amount of design options on all business cards, letterheads, and don't forget the envelopes ... always picked up in our studio for ideas and to kick those those creative juices into action!

Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design (Fresh Ideas, 4)

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Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design (Fresh Ideas, 4)
Gail Deibler Finke
Manufacturer: How Design Books
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Letterhead and business cards are staple projects for graphic designers, who are continually searching for fresh ideas. This book presents more than 100 inspiring examples from studios around the country and the world--designs that communicate a strong business identity in creative and cost-efficient ways.

The work is presented in four sections, focusing on clever uses of image, type, small budgets, and special production techniques. Each project includes firsthand insight on design concepts and production specs.

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