Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, edited by Maxine Hong Kingston

September 20th, 2009

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace is a harvest of creative, redemptive storytelling—nonfiction, fiction, and poetry—spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by it.

For more than fifteen years, National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume—combat veterans, medics, and others who served in war; gang members, drug users, and victims of domestic violence; draft resisters, deserters, and peace activists—are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art. On Friday, May 25, [...]
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Inner Gold: Understanding Psychological Projection, by Robert A. Johnson

September 19th, 2009
Robert A. Johnson, bestselling author of He, She, We, and other psychology classics, shares a lifetime of insights and experiences in this easy-to-read book on psychological projection — seeing traits in others that are, in fact, our own. Drawing on early Christianity, medieval alchemy, depth psychology, and the myths of The Flying Dutchman and The Once and Future King, he also explores the subjects of loneliness, fundamentalist religion, and the spiritual dimensions of psychology.
“The healing power of Robert's writing is palpabl [...]
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On That Day Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti, by Margaret Trost

September 19th, 2009

“This small, polished gem of a book is one compelling answer to many questions about how to inject meaning in our lives....” — from the Foreword by Dr. Paul Farmer, cofounder of Partners In Health

Following her husband's untimely death, Margaret Trost visited Haiti to heal her broken heart through service. Struggling to make sense of the extreme poverty and touched by the warmth and resilience of those she met, she partnered with a local community and together they developed a program that now serves thousands of meals a week to [...]
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Under Maui Skies and Other Stories, by Wayne Moniz

September 19th, 2009

"One of the most engaging works of fiction to come out of Hawai‘i in a long while." - San Francisco Chronicle

In Under Maui Skies and Other Stories, Wayne Moniz offers seven tales of his island home, each in a different genre—love, detective, adventure, war, science fiction, and ghost stories, and a Western, each historically researched and creatively expressed. “In all of my plays, stories, poems, and lyrics,” Moniz writes, “I try to express my love for the land and people of Hawai‘i, to preserve the [...]
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Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i, rev. ed. by Tom Coffman

September 18th, 2009

America’s long century of imperial adventures began with the illegal occupation of Hawai‘i. As the nineteenth century waned, Hawai‘i’s missionary descendants and America’s diplomatic representatives incessantly pressured the royal government for ever-increasing control, eventually overthrowing Hawaii’s monarch. In Nation Within, journalist/historian Tom Coffman tells the heartfelt story of Hawaii’s resistance to annexation, both in Washington and Honolulu, and the role of Theodore Roosevelt and others who fueled America [...]
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