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A boy is suspended from Punahou School for cutting clazz and must face the wrath of his father. He runs away from home to avoid a beating and is taken in by a family in Waimanalo.

Julia Daniels, a Moloka'i pioneer woman of mixed blood, invites her grandsons Jeff and Ben to spend summers with her at her ranch on the east end. She shares the ranch with Chipper, an alcoholic war hero with a life estate bordering the swamp. The brothers roam a paradise of fishponds, waterfalls, pristine valleys, and mountains with herds of deer. Jeff meets the Kahuna Woman who freezes pictures of her enemies, the TS who seduces the Chief of Police, the man who refs cock fights in Kaunak...

Tony and Evo escape from Malpaso Ranch with Judith and her daughter Sarah. Evo spots a hobbling golden retriever on the side of the road—it's Cosmo!They all make the Cali-Oregon border and continue on into Medford. Their goal is to make it up to Crater Lake before nightfall. They are turned back from a direct path to the lake by a Medford park ranger who claims they will 'meet their Maker' if they continue. Forced to head into K Falls, Tony is warned by a drifter at the K Falls ref...

George and Kirby are unhappy dorm dwellers at CU-Boulder's Baker Hall. Both have received poor midterm grades, and both are sick of the weather after being hit by a series of snowstorms. George suggests a road trip in his Pontiac Catalina. Kirby likes the idea, and the duo sets out for parts unknown in the west. They encounter challenges in rough and tumble Grand Junction and greasy spoons that harken back to the Wild West, on their way to Las Vegas. From there, the journey becomes a cross...

Growing up in Honolulu isn't all it's cracked up to be for Jeffrey Gill. After he gets into prestigious Punahou School, his rite of passage includes losing the babe of his dreams to a creep, surviving Killahaole Day, and getting pushed around by the school bully. In the world of academics, Jeff knows he's hardly Stanford material. Uncle Sharkey teaches Jeff the sweet science and he beefs his arch enemy at Waialae Golf Course. He salvages his senior year by getting into a mainland college a...

Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga are dead. So is the President. Psytrance parties rage as Palm Springs burns. Police and fire departments are gone. Marital Law is imposed to deal with the riots but the military is overwhelmed when Mexicans storm the border to reclaim California. Warlords battle private security forces for control of coastal towns.Power, gas, and water are luxuries. Hummers and Motor Coaches are obsolete. The internet and cells are inoperative. Wifi is history. Stores hav...

This is the Memorial Booklet handed out at the Memorial Service for Harold S. Wright on September 4th, 2010 at Diamond Head Memorial Park.It includes the original poem "The Hurdler" as well as family photos.

This collection of flash and poetry explores the secret interior worlds of characters dealing with intense emotional landscapes. Some of the pieces flash back in time to reveal the underpinnings of feelings of inadequacy, such as the narrator in "Butterfly Season," who recalls a lost love in high school and beatings as a boy. The flashes drive this book foward with intense relationship moments as couples either battle the odds to stay together or throw in the towel. There's even a flash ba...

Prose, Poetry, and Photos set in China and Hong Kong.

Keoni didn't look like his parents. His mother was so white she'd blister hanging out the wash. His father's face was as red as a tomato. Keoni was a husky kid with a baby face and an olive complexion. If he spent time in the sun, he just got darker. Keoni could polish off a dozen malasadas in five minutes and Ben said that proved he had Portuguese blood. Keoni seemed more sophisticated than my other clazzmates. He discovered a secret path through the kuku weeds from the rectory over to th...

See the little girl clutching the Teddy Bear?Take an excursion into her childhood to see how she was affected when her parents divorced.