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Bess Press

Nancy Bo Flood — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:23 +0000

Think tropical … island nations, high and low islands. Feel the sun’s warmth, the stir of a gentle breeze clattering palm fronds high overhead. Escape winter, cold, snow, white, ice. How?
In a book. Open one of the many books published by Bess Press, one of the first independent publishers located in Honolulu. Their books cover history and culture, war and peace in the Pacific, the many cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia (meaning small islands, there are over 10,000 islands in Micronesia) and Melanesia (the dark islands).

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Fried Rice and Ohana

Vicki Palmquist — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:00:16 +0000

Imagine a cluster of smiling keikis, (kids), sitting around a calabash filled with mouth-watering Hawaii local-style fried rice. Sharing delicious food from a calabash serving bowl is a Hawaii tradition. As it does everywhere around the world, not just in Hawaii, eating meals together creates common bonds for everyone, children and adults alike, solidifying the feeling of ohana, or family.… more

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Skinny Dip with Polly Carlson-Voiles

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 18 May 2016 12:00:52 +0000

Today we welcome author Polly Carlson-Voiles to Bookology. Her book, Summer of the Wolves, has been a favorite adventure story with middle grade readers, a recent contender for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award.
Which celebrity, living or not, do you wish would invite you to a coffee shop?
Jane Goodall.
Which book do you find yourself recommending passionately?… more

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Secret Destination

Lisa Bullard — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:00:24 +0000

If I hadn’t made the trip myself, I don’t think I would believe how quickly you can travel from the curious world of the Las Vegas Strip to what seems to be its diametrical opposite: the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Red Rock is composed of desert and rock formations, the kind of place that inspired one website to urge visitors to leave news of their intended destination with a “responsible party” before they journey into its mysteries.… more

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The Quest

Lisa Bullard — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:00:50 +0000

My one visit to Hawaii might best be defined by an afternoon quest.
I was there to say goodbye to my cousin, who was coming to the end of her battle with cancer. I discovered she had developed a singular ambition: to find a pair of size 11 ruby slippers. She took great pleasure in the thought of giving them as a gag gift to a male colleague originally from Kansas.… more

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