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Completing our acclaimed Discover America State by State series is A is for Aloha: A Hawaii Alphabet.The landscape of Hawaii is as exotic as its history and people.Written and illustrated by native Hawaiians, U'ilani Goldsberry and Tammy Yee, A is for Aloha is a lovingly created introduction to one of the most-visited places on Earth.

From the meaning of the word aloha to the plight of the state bird author U'ilani Goldsberry answers questions that most Malihinis have about the lush multi-island paradise. ... Read more

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Grows with your child.
This is a beautifully illustrated book with both simple stories for the young child and more detailed information as the child grows and learns.

A big hit for kids as well as adults
Bought this book to be given from my children to their grandparents who live in Hawaii.Illustrations are BEAUTIFUL!Also love that it can be read different ways - each letter has both a short rhyme as well as a longer informational section.My kids loved hearing the book read with the rhymes for each letter, "A is for..."The grandparents loved (in addition to reading the book to their grandkids) learning new and interesting facts about their state and commented often, "I didn't know that!"
Overall very pleased with this book and this series in general!

A is for Aloha: A Hawai'i Alphabet Edition
We ordered this book for our grandson to give as a gift on our return trip from Hawaii.We had vacationed on two of the islands for 2 weeks.
The book was such a delight.It was fun for us to review the things that we saw and be able to share it with our boys through the book.The book was very factual, colorful and our grandsons loved it.

A is for Aloha... good for all ages
What a great book!This one, written by U'Ilani Goldsberry and illustrated by Tammy Yee, is a nice addition to the Discover America State By State series.The alphabet is focused on Hawaiiana, of course.There are details of the alphabetized words ("A is for aloha") that make it appropriate for all ages, and I found them quite interesting.

There were a few things that irritated me."Leis" is a weird word, since there is no "s" in the Hawaiian alphabet to mix with the Hawaiian word "lei".And "Zoning" for "z"... what's this about?Nevertheless, Goldsberry's text, and of course Tammy Yee's exquisite watercolors, make this a wonderful gift for that special person who is a kid at heart. ... Read more

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We do not see empty figures and outlines; we do not move in straight lines. Everywhere we are surrounded by dapple; the geometry of our embodied lives is curviform, meandering, bi-pedal. Our personal worlds are timed, inter-positional, and contingent. But nowhere in the language of cartography and design do these ordinary experiences appear. This, Dark Writing argues, is a serious omission because they are designs on the world: architects and colonizers use their lines to construct the places where we will live. But the rectilinear streets, squares, and public spaces produced in this way leave out people and the entire environmental history of their coming together. How, this book asks, can we explain the omission of bodies from maps and plans? And how can we redraw the lines maps and plans use so that the qualitative world of shadows, footprints, comings and goings, and occasions--all essential qualities of places that incubate sociality--can be registered?

In short, Dark Writing asks why we represent the world as static when our experience of it is mobile. It traces this bias in Enlightenment cartography, in inductive logic, and in contemporary place design. This is the negative critique. Its positive argument is that, when we look closely at these designs on the world, we find traces of a repressed movement form. Even the ideal lines of geometrical figures turn out to contain traces of earlier passages; and there are many forms of graphic design that do engage with the dark environment that surrounds the light of reason. How can this "dark writing"--so important to reconfiguring our world as a place of meeting, of co-existence and sustaining diversity--be represented? And how, therefore, can our representations of the world embody more sensuously the mobile histories that have produced it?

Dark Writing answers these questions using case studies: the exemplary case of the beginnings of the now world-famous Papunya Tula Painting Movement (Central Australia) and three high-profile public place-making initiatives in which the author was involved as artist and thinker. These case studies are nested inside historical chapters and philosophical discussions of the line and linear thinking that make Dark Writing both a highly personal book and a narrative with wide general appeal. ... Read more

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Inspiring book
Inspiring book -engaged in the current discourse on mapping and shift in the cartographic field.Written from a personal perspective, the author rants on a bit about his problem with Enlightenment thinking, but it seems to fuel a lot of interesting angles on his subject. One of the most creatively conceived books I've encountered in academe. ... Read more

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Examines the geography, history, natural resources, people, and recreational activities of Hawaii. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more