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On Her Own Terms
Publisher Fact Sheet The life of an explorer, amateur naturalist, philanthropist, & pioneer in the field of science.
The Arts of Kingship
"The Arts of Kingship" offers a sustained and detailed account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the nativist and cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. Stacy Kamehiro provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum - drawing them together in a common historical, political, and cultural frame. Each articulated Hawaiian national identities and navigated the turbulence of colonialism in distinctive ways and has endured as a key cultural symbol.These cultural projects were part of the monarchy's concerted...
Sailing for the Sun
Sailing for the Sun celebrates in 1989 the bicentenary of the arrival of the first Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1789, the Islands had not yet been united as a kingdom under Kamehameha; the various Islands were ruled by high chiefs for several more years. The Islands, "discovered" just a scant 11 years before by the British Captain James Cook, were a beautiful chain of lush lands, soaring volcanic mountains, with a moderate climate and a relatively sparse population.
Perspectives in Motion
Focusing on visual approaches to performance in global cultural contexts, Perspectives in Motion explores the work of Adrienne L. Kaeppler, a pioneering researcher who has made a number of interdisciplinary contributions over five decades to dance and performance studies. Through a diverse range of case studies from Oceania, Asia, and Europe, and interdisciplinary approaches, this edited collection offers new critical and ethnographic frameworks for understanding and experiencing practices of music and dance across the globe.
‘Ike Ulana Lau Hala
The weaving of lau hala represents a living tradition borne on the great arc of Pacific voyaging history. This thriving tradition is made immediate by masters of the art who transmit their knowledge to those who are similarly devoted to, and delighted by, the smoothness, softness, and that particular warm fragrance of a woven lau hala treasure. The third volume in the Hawai‘inuiākea series, ‘Ike Ulana Lau Hala is an intriguing collection of articles and images about the Hawaiian tradition of ulana lau hala: the weaving, by hand, of dried Pandanus tectorius leaves. ‘Ike Ulana Lau Hala considers the humble hala leaf through several, very different lenses: an analysis of lau hala items t...
Creation
A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankind's creative impulse. Some fifty thousand years ago, on an island in modern-day Indonesia, an early human used red ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a native pig on a limestone cave wall. Around the same time, across the globe in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from an old fire and sketched four galloping horses. It was like a light turning on in the human mind. Our instinct to produce images in response to nature allowed the earliest Homo sapiens to understand the world around us, and to thrive. Now, the art historian John-...
History and Human Flourishing
"What is the value of history for life? And how, if at all, might historians and their work contribute to human flourishing and well-being? Those are the straightforward, if capacious, questions that the distinguished contributors to this volume were asked to consider. The essays gathered here represent their responses. Each essay considers the value of history for life and its connections to human flourishing from a different standpoint and perspective. The answers are often deeply personal, but collectively they concur in affirming history and the historical craft as tremendous resources for human well-being and of vital importance for our times"--
Diamonds – Als wir nach den Sternen griffen
Glamour, Glanz und Raffinesse: Der Schwesternroman »Diamonds – Als wir nach den Sternen griffen« von Louise Bagshawe jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Die Fetzen, die hier fliegen, sind allesamt Designerware ... Die vier Chambers-Schwestern Diana, Juno, Athena und Venus genießen ein bequemes Leben im Luxus, finanziert von ihrem schwerreichen Onkel. Doch als sie zum alljährlichen Familientreffen auf seinem Anwesen zusammenkommen, erwartet sie dort an der Seite des bisher so eingeschworenen Junggesellen die wunderschöne, aber skrupellose Bai-Ling ... die ihre Konkurrentinnen bereits aus dem Testament verdrängt hat. Müssen die Schwestern nun etwa ihr schönes Leben aufgeben und gewöhnlichen Jobs nachgehen? Nicht mit ihnen! Gemeinsam schmieden die Chambers-Frauen einen perfiden Plan, um die Verlobte ihres Onkels von ihrem allzu pompösen Thron zu stoßen ... Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der rasante Roman »Diamonds – Als wir nach den Sternen griffen« von Louise Bagshawe wird Fans von Danielle Steele und Barbara Taylor Bradford begeistern. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.
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