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| © 2008 Tui Communications |
To order volumes of Pacific Voices Talk Story
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| "Pacific Voices Talk Story will be an explosion!" |
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| - George Kahumoku, Jr. of A HAWAIIAN LIFE |
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| "Congratulations on a great job. Very interesting interviews even though I have never been further in the Pacific than Ocean Beach in San Francisco." |
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| - Prof. Mark Riley, Languages, CSUS |
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| "It's wonderful work you are doing . . ." |
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| - Ryan Yip, Filmmaker |
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Since 1988 ~ Tui Communications
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Vintage collectibles, ephemera, arts 'n crafts, old & new books with a focus on the myth (Children of Paradise) & reality (Invisible Minority) of Islanders transplanted in the mainland USA. With you in mind, welcome to unique online shopping that takes you back & welcomes you "home on the range" or wherever you are!
Don't forget: Your purchase (or see CONTRIBUTION category) supports Pacific Voices Talk Story: Conversations of American Experience, a book series of oral histories by Islanders living the American Dream (or not).
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WHY DRIVE? Shop VINTAGE Right Here! ~ FREE SHIPPING!
Travel the Pacific right here at Tui Communications. You'll find a trove of books & collectibles to transport you WEST of California, EAST of Samuel Johnson, floating on oceanic musings.
THANK YOU, HAWAIIANA & PACIFICANA COLLECTORS! The San Francisco Aloha Festival, Aug. 2-3, was sooo successful, I've finally caught up w/ marking *S*O*L*D* the many books & collectibles snatched up over the BEAUTIFUL weekend! NOT to worry, I have lots MORE one-of-a-kind Pacific & Hawaii treasures to list. Grab them when you see them, because when they're gone, they're gone!
While you're here, may I suggest you snatch up Pacific Voices Talk Story, Vol. 1? Why? Because there are only SIX (6) LEFT!! That's right. Say "byebye" to the 1st volume of the groundbreaking Pacific Voices Talk Story series that put "talk story" on the textual map in 2001.
Of course, tuicom.com is MORE than Islanders' talk story. It's about how the Pacific has influenced America in more ways than America acknowledges. After all, Tiki Power was born w/ us, and I, for one, am happy to see it absorbed into Americana which keeps it alive, accessible, NOT so scary, and FUN! Yet Islanders believe there's always that DANGER of spiritual insult to the gods who will have their proud way in the end. Keep this in mind!
For those of you deep in thought & contradiction like me, come on in. I hunt over the rainbow for interesting, funky Pacific items and non-Eurocentric* books to expand your OCEANIC CONSCIOUSNESS ... because we are floating, my friend! Drifting further and further away from the shores of global de-volution. Enter a beach on the Island of Tuicom & wander the rugged landscape.
Detailed write-ups accompany each book & item. And listings of ISLANDS & SUBJECT AREAS are improved & better than ever! You'll easily spot what you want, what you need. You'll also delight in excellent personal service, secure payment-processing, and always FREE Shipping.
Pls e-mail margo@tuicom.com with any Qs. I'm here 24/7, most of the time. Or call 707.451.8788 at a decent hour PST. Want GIFT CERTIFICATES? No problem, call 707.451.8788 & talk to me.
I'm blank about who first told me (pretty defiantly), "Islanders don't read!" but I DO. Right, born & raised in Hawai'i w/ Polynesian DNA (& hair), I'm the rara avis reading-kind Islander. And there's nothing "laid-back" about me.
Strange truth is I prefer to read more than anything in the world, especially if I can do something else simultaneously, like eat, drive (tsk, tsk), make love or dance (in altered states). Ah, to be dazed on the page!
Lemme tell you what books I'm kissing in bed (after decades of marriage, kissing Malcolm means he's already asleep) ... here's my little stack: Ludlum's The Bourne Ultimatum , Miller's Prisoners of Childhood , Handlin's (ed.) Children of the Uprooted , Jones' (ed.) A Book of Days for the Literary Year, and my Bible, Chopra's The Book of Secrets. I fall asleep after having hit at least three of this selection, plus having written in my journal. Joan Didion said, "I don't know what I think until I write it down." It seems reading & writing go hand-in-hand. Something to do w/ questioning one's place in the world. Non-stop.
By the time I awake, Malcolm's already settling into BART, whereas my office surrounds me. If I don't have 50 pushups to do, I sit at our garden table in our sunny kitchen of real-maple floors, coffee-up & read. Here's what's on the glass top: Masters' The Mushroom Years, Bakhtin's The Dialogic Imagination, Indiana's Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story, and my kitchen-table Bible, Makaryk's (ed.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory. Just the right mix of lessons to start the day.
Then, from this table-stack of concept & structure, I descend upon my library where shelves of Pacific books need to be catalogued & put up for sale at tuicom.com. Of course, I have to read through them and make descriptive notes to capture your interest. There's not just books to read & catalogue, either, but ephemera. Reading a variety of stuff keeps being in the library all day interesting. Then, suddenly, it's time to feed the cats & make dinner.
Real quick look in the bathroom, I'll tell you I had just finished George Carlin's Brain Droppings. Two days later, he's gone from this earth. Man, I was sad! What a linguistic revolutionary he was! My favorite misanthrope next to Florence King (no relation, but should be!). RIP, Mr. Carlin.
The day awaits. More coffee, then this Islander's off to read ... it's what I do. See ya, margo
*Check out what I'm auctioning on eBay for Euro-etc. interests. |
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