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This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the Tongan numbers 1-12. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to teach their children more about the language of the Tongan people.
This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the SAMOAN numbers 1-10. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to teach their children more about the language of the Samoan people.
This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the Hawaiian numbers 1-10. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to teach their children more about the language of the Hawaiian people.
This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the numbers 1-12 in Fijian. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to teach their children more about the language of the Fijian people.
This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the Chamorro numbers 1-12. Each page is designed with beautifullly simple and colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to teach their children more about the language of the Chamorro people.
Melanie, a beautiful young Peace Corps volunteer, is murdered one October night in the Kingdom of Tonga. For young American Charlotte Thornton, the killing sets off an unnerving cascade of questions. Charlotte can't help but wonder if she'll be able to survive and work in the tense postmurder atmosphere. She plunges into her job as a public relations officer for a Tongan noble. But during her off hours, she drinks too much at the Coconut Club and awkwardly tries to adapt her sexually bold inclinations to Polynesian customs. After getting thrown out of a party for cavorting naked with Melanie's ex-lover, she retreats-embarrassed, depressed, and haunted by Melanie's death-to her Tongan family. She then falls in love with Gabriel Bonner, a married Peace Corps psychologist. When Gabriel abruptly leaves and an earthquake rocks the area, Charlotte's life seems as if it is about to collapse. How will she navigate her way through this tropical ordeal, night blind and 9,000 miles away from home? "Night Blind gets under your skin and won't go away, like an old lover returned when you least expect it.The events of this book are so painful and so vivid, so picturesque and so lasting, and its purpose so anti-nostalgic that it almost does the opposite, makes you never want to leave, reminding you of the huge cost of growing up." -Phil Weiss, author of American Taboo
The author's account of her arrival on Vavaʻu Island; her job as the headmistress of the girls' secondary school and her subsequent marriage to Farquhar Matheson, a Scots doctor who was working in the Vavaʻu Hospital.
Teach Me Tongan is an educational bilingual learning resource to educate children about 31 different action words in Tongan. In addition to learning action words, they have the resources to learn more complex sentences using these words. We've designed over 50 pages in a modern yet simple layout.
An innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories Our Voices, Our Histories brings together thirty-five Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives, and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and beyond. This volume is unique in exploring Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s lives along local, transnational, and global dimensions. The contributions present new research on diverse aspects of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s history, from the politics of language, to the role of food, to experiences as adoptees, mixed race, and second generation, while acknowledging shared experiences as women of color in the United States. Our Voices, Our Histories showcases how new approaches in US history, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, and Women’s and Gender studies inform research on Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Attending to the collective voices of the women themselves, the volume seeks to transform current understandings of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories.
Since the late 1960s Tongans have been leaving their islands in large numbers and settling in many different nations. Tongans Overseas is a timely look at their settlement experiences as they relate to cultural identity, particularly among the younger generations raised outside Tonga. What does being Tongan mean to these young people? Why do some proudly proclaim and cherish their Tongan identities while others remain ambivalent, confused, or indifferent? Helen Morton Lee's innovative research offers insights into these and many other questions, revealing the complexities of identity construction in the context of migration and the varied ways in which individuals seek a sense of belonging. Using both traditional ethnographic fieldwork and newly popular Internet discussion forums, where young Tongans speak their minds and describe their experiences, Lee has produced the most comprehensive study of Tongan migrants to date. Throughout the book diasporic Tongans speak eloquently about their lives, and case studies of families and individuals bring the analysis to life. Lee explores tensions within overseas communities, especially the intergenerational conflicts that are contributing to the alienation of many young Tongans today.
