Aloha with Love


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From the screenwriter of Rescuing Madison and A Lesson in Romance on Hallmark Soon to be a Motion Picture Produced by Oren Kamara/Fade to Black Films, Brian Bird of When Calls the Heart (Hallmark), and Branscombe Richmond. Starring Trevor Donovan and Tiffany Smith After a tough week that includes losing a big job opportunity and being dumped by her long-term boyfriend, Jenna Burke receives word that her beloved Aunt May passed away. Traveling back to her Hawaiian hometown for the reading of the will, Jenna discovers she and her sister have inherited May's dilapidated Victorian home on desirable beachfront land. The sisters can do whatever they want with the property, but there's one catch: the house must be renovated before it can be sold, and Jenna has to oversee the work. Their Aunt even stipulated the contractor for the job--Ben Fletcher--who has a gift for making things beautiful again. He also has another skill: driving Jenna crazy. Jenna vows to sell the property the moment the job is done. But as Aunt May's broken old house starts to feel like home again, Jenna is torn between the life she's been chasing in the city, and the one she'd left behind.




Fuck You-Aloha-I Love You


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This book of "documentary poetics" is by an important up and coming female experimentalist.




Live Love Aloha


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May-December Romance Novella Kia raised her children and successfully sent them off to college. Now it's her turn to live! After securing a job as a university professor in Hawaii, she takes a chance, packs it all up, and relocates to paradise. At the age of 45, she is finally free to pursue her dreams and find happiness. A house with an ocean view, the breeze in her hair, and a new career are the only things that she is counting on in her new life. Love is not on the menu. Without warning, happiness happens to present itself in the form of a 25 year old Ph.D. student named Ki-Yong. The very first moment that Ki-Yong lays eyes on the new curvy professor, she took his breath away. Before that very moment, he had always believed that it took time to really fall for someone. Yet, when their eyes met for the first time, he glimpsed the truth. In the blink of an eye, he didn't belong to himself any longer, not entirely. And then the love began. This is an Asian Men Black Women (AMBW) Interracial Romance novella - 20,000 words. If you love a beautiful love story download and start reading today. Contemporary, African American Woman, Asian Man, Multicultural, BBW, International, HEA, Kindle Short Reads, Kindle Unlimited, BWWM, Beaches, Second chances, Wedding, Light Intimacy




The Aloha Spirit


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The spirit of aloha is found in Hawaii’s fresh ocean air, the flowers, the trade winds . . . the natural beauty that smooth the struggles of daily life. In 1922 Honolulu, unhappy in the adoptive family that’s raised her, Dolores begins to search for that spirit early on—and she begins by running away at sixteen to live with her newlywed friend Maria. Trying to find her own love, Dolores marries a young Portuguese man named Manolo His large family embraces her, but when his drinking leads to physical abuse, only his relative Alberto comes to her rescue—and sparks a passion within Dolores that she hasn’t known before. Staunch Catholics can’t divorce, however; so, after the Pearl Harbor attack, Dolores flees with her two daughters to California, only to be followed by both Manolo and Alberto. In California, Manolo’s drinking problems continue—and Alberto’s begin. Outraged that yet another man in her life is turning to the bottle for answers, Dolores starts to doubt her feelings for Alberto. Is he only going to disappoint her, as Manolo has? Or is Alberto the embodiment of the aloha spirit she’s been seeking?




Aloha


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Four Romances at a Hawaiian Hideaway.




The Aloha Shirt


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Beautifully illustrated with more than 700 images, The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands tells the colourful stories behind the marvellous Hawaiian shirts: as cultural icons, evocative of the mystery and the allure of the Islands; as collectibles, valued by professional collectors and by the millions of tourists who still cherish the shirts hanging in their wardrobes; and as a lifestyle - casual, relaxed and fun. Drawing from hundreds of interviews, newspaper and magazine archives, and personal memorabilia, the author evokes the world of the designers, seamstresses, manufacturers and retailers of the Golden Age of the Aloha shirt (from the 1930s to the end of the 1950s), who created the industry and nurtured it from its single-sewing-machine shop beginnings to an enterprise of international scope and importance. Here are the fun-loving 1960s; interviews with collectors who preserve these shirts as fine works of art; and insights into the roles of coconut buttons, matched pockets, woven labels and exotic fabrics in the evolution of the Aloha shirt.




Wise Secrets of Aloha


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A guide to the indigenous healing modality of Lomilomi from a native Hawaiian shaman, includes practical exercises for mental and physical wellness. Harry Uhane Jim is one of the last Kahuna of Lomilomi, Keeper of the Deep Mysteries of authentic Hawaiian esoterica. He shares the secrets of this ancient oral tradition with readers for the first time in Wise Secrets of Aloha. Recognizing that the world is in great peril, Kahuna Harry was blessed by the Halau Guardians who instructed him to share the true teachings and tools of Lomilomi for the practice of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. He writes: “Now is the time to share aloha with humanity. ‘Aloha’ means the Breath of God is in our Presence. It is time to reveal the profound Lomilomi secrets of the kahunas for personal and planetary peace.” Wise Secrets of Aloha is as simple as it is profound, as contemporary as it is ancient. It is true to Hawaiian esoteric teachings and available to all who bring the right attitude. Aloha calls. Listen in—the splash of waves, in the breeze—the air is filled with aloha. All the abundance, joy, and freedom from old wounds readers have ever yearned for can be found by adopting the aloha spirit.




Aloha Kitchen


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From a Maui native and food blogger comes a gorgeous cookbook of 85 fresh and sunny recipes reflects the major cultures that have influenced local Hawaiʻi food over time: Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Filipino, and Western. IACP AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND LIBRARY JOURNAL In Aloha Kitchen, Alana Kysar takes you into the homes, restaurants, and farms of Hawaiʻi, exploring the cultural and agricultural influences that have made dishes like plate lunch and poke crave-worthy culinary sensations with locals and mainlanders alike. Interweaving regional history, local knowledge, and the aloha spirit, Kysar introduces local Hawaiʻi staples like saimin, loco moco, shave ice, and shoyu chicken, tracing their geographic origin and history on the islands. As a Maui native, Kysar’s roots inform deep insights on Hawaiʻi’s multiethnic culture and food history. In Aloha Kitchen, she shares recipes that Hawaiʻi locals have made their own, blending cultural influences to arrive at the rich tradition of local Hawaiʻi cuisine. With transporting photography, accessible recipes, and engaging writing, Kysar paints an intimate and enlightening portrait of Hawaiʻi and its cultural heritage.




Try Easy


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Take a trip back to 1968 and fall in love with the Hawaiian Islands, a heroic surfer, and the tourist he can’t resist. When love is on the line, there’s no easy way out. Keoni Makai is famous in Hawaii for his big-wave surfing and his risky ocean rescues. He has been raised with the Hawaiian tradition of aloha, but after a tragedy strikes, his heart is no longer full to overflowing. Keoni clings to the disappearing threads of his culture, fiercely guarding his homeland and his heart to the invasion of tourists. Lou Hunter is a good girl. She's lived a sheltered life in Seattle and has always done what's expected of her. She has a decent job, a boyfriend who is marriage material, and a photography hobby that ignites her soul. She thought passion was only something she felt while looking through her camera lens until she took a trip to Hawaii and fell in love with the magic of the land and a man who embodied its rugged spirit. Lou has always strived to be perfect, but Keoni makes her want to quit trying so hard and try easy instead.




Punky Aloha


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Meet Punky Aloha: a girl who uses the power of saying "aloha" to experience exciting and unexpected adventures! Punky loves to do a lot of things--except meeting new friends. She doesn't feel brave enough. So when her grandmother asks her to go out and grab butter for her famous banana bread, Punky hesitates. But with the help of her grandmother's magical sunglasses, and with a lot of aloha in her heart, Punky sets off on a BIG adventure for the very first time. Will she be able to get the butter for grandma? Punky Aloha is a Polynesian girl who carries her culture in her heart and in everything she does. Kids will love to follow this fun character all over the island of O'ahu.