My fifth book of quotes and witticisms I have heard throughout the years. Humorous, enlightening and nonsensical thing ordinary people have said. A friend, Mark Moore said of my first book You're Just Like Me..."It's amazing...you pick this book up and read it and you start laughing...and everybody likes to laugh." I hope that is still the result of reading this latest work of Love and Laughter.
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Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved in struggles for decolonization, self-determination, and recognition of their rights, and the Maori of Aotearoa-New Zealand are no exception. Now that nearly 85% of the Maori population have their main place of residence in urban centres, cities have become important sites of affirmation and struggle. Grounded in an ethnography of everyday life in the city of Auckland, Being Maori in the City is an investigation of what being Maori means today. One of the first ethnographic studies of Maori urbanization since the 1970s, this book is based on almost two years of fieldwork, living with Maori families, and more than 250 hours of interviews. In contrast with studies that have focused on indigenous elites and official groups and organizations, Being Maori in the City shines a light on the lives of ordinary individuals and families. Using this approach, Natacha Gagné adroitly underlines how indigenous ways of being are maintained and even strengthened through change and openness to the larger society.
Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved in struggles for decolonization, self-determination, and recognition of their rights, and the Maori of Aotearoa-New Zealand are no exception. Now that nearly 85% of the Maori population have their main place of residence in urban centres, cities have become important sites of affirmation and struggle. Grounded in an ethnography of everyday life in the city of Auckland, Being Maori in the City is an investigation of what being Maori means today. One of the first ethnographic studies of Maori urbanization since the 1970s, this book is based on almost two years of fieldwork, living with Maori families, and more than 250 hours of interviews. In contrast with studies that have focused on indigenous elites and official groups and organizations, Being Maori in the City shines a light on the lives of ordinary individuals and families. Using this approach, Natacha Gagné adroitly underlines how indigenous ways of being are maintained and even strengthened through change and openness to the larger society.
A handsome stranger on her doorstep!Texas, 1876. Maura Taggart is an outcast. She is the daughter of a hangman and tainted by association - no reputable man would ever want her as his wife. And now she is homeless, along with her sister and the group of children in their care. But Maura has grit. She finds a nearby mission where the nuns agree to take them in and set up an orphanage. But trouble is just around the corner . . .The Calhoun brothers are identical twins but on opposite sides of the law. Cutter is a deputy Marshal, Jonas an outlaw. When Cutter attempts to break his brother out of a notorious gang, they are shot, and Maura finds one of them wounded, close to the mission - but which brother is it?As the stranger regains his strength under Maura's care an attraction between them grows, but there's a question over his identity. Can he be trusted and why has his presence brought danger to their door? With the orphanage under threat can Maura trust this handsome stranger both with their safety and with her heart?
The Maury Island UFO Incident is a bizarre mystery case spanning several months in the summer of 1947 in the Northwest and involved the Air Force's first military plane crash. This book presents new evidence, new news articles and never seen before photos of the military and the figures involved including Capt. Davidson, 1st Lt. Brown, Harold Dahl and Tacoma Times reporter Paul Lantz. This book presents a first ever interview with a local who was first on the crash scene and a newly discovered news photo of the crash site, believed to be the only photo available of the historical crash and what has been called the "Roswell of the Northwest".The Northwest mystery occurred two weeks before Roswell and involved three facets: Harold Dahl's story of UFOs seen over Maury Island, Kenneth Arnold's sighting of UFOs over Mt. Rainier and the tragic crash of a B-25 Bomber and the deaths of two military intelligence officers. As the Air Force separated from the Army August 1st 1947, this would become the first historical plane crash and fatalities of the Air Force. "When I met Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson in 2007, I found them to be enthusiastic researchers who were energetically pursuing and impartially sifting through the facts about the Maury Island incident. This book is the result of their efforts. It presents new evidence and new analysis, and every reader will find it intriguing and informative." - Larry Haapanen, Ph.D., the last UFO investigator for the Fourth Air Force." I just finished the book on the Maury Island incident and loved it. It filled in a lot of gaps for me about that incident, and the chronological framework was very helpful." - Kelly Head, Librarian and UFO researcher.
The Maui Magical Mystical Tour is an entertaining, heartwarming story about a single mother, Katie who has aspiring dreams outside of her workaday office job, who longs to write her first book and be an artist on Maui. Turns out God has a strange sense of humor and grants Katie her wishes in unexpected ways. Her California suburban dream dissolves overnight into a living nightmare, after discovering her fianc Richard had been cheating on her with a fresh-faced barista from the local coffee shop. Her life now capsized, Katie escapes the mainland and books a one-way ticket to the shores of Maui. There she goes on a spiritual quest, discovering the healing power of love, and reawakening her creative spirit as she is thrust into the middle of one of Hawaii's most mystical enclaves where gifts are presented daily. This is a laugh-out loud jungle trip, where a woman coming of age rediscovers her youth, swears off sex and re-virginizes at forty-seven. For Katie, the journey is not as simple as it sounds, especially when she ends up booking a room at one of the most sexually charged spiritual spots on Maui. Will she keep her vows in this amazing setting in the middle of the Pacific where all women are considered Goddesses? Katie encounters a blue-faced guru, a mystic, two yoga teachers both named Shiva, and Thomas the potential love of her life, amid an island full of temptations. Life is stranger than fiction and so are the colorful castaways that Katie meets that inspire her to pray, play, and love the Hawaiian style way.
