The Girl in the Moon Circle

Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

Where We Once Belonged

The Thief Fleet: Unwanted, unwilling, unruly, they will lay the foundations of a worldwide empire... (The Alchemy of Distance)

This 2nd Revised Edition paperback is published on better quality paper with a shiny semi-gloss ink throughout including the 62 illustrations which enable for a clearer and somewhat glossy effect for the photographs and design work. Actually, now the illustrations just 'pop' off the page! This 2nd Revised Edition has won a Bronze Award in History from the Nonfiction Author's Association and the first revised edition is 'on call' at the Library of Congress in the Jefferson and Adams Reading Rooms in Washington, D.C. Plus, a positive review has been given by Kirkus Reviews which states: "A simple, uniquely intimate gateway resource into the early history of American Samoa as well as the influences of colonialism."This Title showcases 55 rare historical black and white professional photographs/illustrations circa 1910 of Samoan culture, people, places and buildings plus 7 other illustrations also included pertaining to the subject matter. The illustrations/photographs include buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Register. The collection of photographs were passed down to the author by three generations of her grandmothers and an aunt saved in a lightly leather bound family photo album with short descriptions underneath. A freelance graphic designer made double negatives and enhanced each photograph in order to make digital illustrations of them. The original 'Ata Mai Samoa' 4 x 6 album rests at the Records of the Government of American Samoa/National Archives. The majority of the photos were taken in American Samoa, a territory of the United States by unknown professional photographer(s) circa 1910. The photographs also depict the forming of the new Naval Guardsman on Island known as the Fitafita made up of Chiefs (Matai) which can refer to an Ali'i or Tulafale. Taupou's and Siva Dancers are also presented within the backdrop in some instances of Pago Pago Harbor where the U.S. Naval Station, Tutuila, once resided.

PICTURES OF CHANGE IN PARADISE in American Samoa (circa 1910)

This is an engaging autobiographical account of an American woman's life in her Samoan husband's native home. After an unconventional courtship and an atypical American wedding, Fay Calkins and Vai Ala'ilima, a descendent of Samoan chiefs, set out for Western Samoa, where Fay was to find a way of life totally new and charming, if at times frustrating and confusing

My Samoan Chief

Samoan chief, Luao Nuulua, is seeing the impact of America’s cultural revolution in his small village of Mu. His rivals want to open up Mu to development. Nuulua resists them, fearful of outside influence. When his son murders an American, his rivals find a way to destroy him. Nuulua’s world quickly unravels when his best friend and daughter-in-law side with his enemy. Behind the scene, Mu’s priest rallies the village for a showdown. Forced into a conflict, Nuulua must choose between following the warrior ways of his ancestors’ akua or his Christian faith. The path he takes has costly consequences.

Akua: A Novel of Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson gives an eyewitness account of the battle of three Western nations (Britain, the United States, and Germany) for control of Samoa. Not only is this a fine analysis of late-nineteenth-century colonialism, it is also a rollicking good yarn in the best Stevenson tradition.

A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa

The body of a young woman is found in a dump in American Samoa. Then the prime suspect in her death is found half-eaten by sharks. Natural justice? Native justice? Or something else entirely? Lieutenant Han, a Korean-American homicide detective on loan to this remote South Pacific island nation, is also its only trained investigator. Born in one culture, raised in another, married into a third and now working in a fourth, Han takes nothing for granted about why people kill each other. Even so, these two deaths make no sense. Meanwhile, Han's estranged Japanese wife is back in Samoa, apparently more interested in an American ecologist than her husband, and the woman doctor Han fell for in his wife's absence seems to be falling for the hospital's new pathologist, a long-distance ocean sailor from South Africa with some unique experience in third-world killing fields. As the answers to Han's questions emerge from the cultural chaos like the ghosts that haunt Samoan forests, he discovers that the last blind spot is his own. And it may kill him.

A Bird in the Hand: A Samoan Mystery

From lagoon swimming in the Cook Islands to witnessing the race of the banana bearers in the Heiva i Tahiti festival, travelers will find the best of the South Pacificboth popular and obscurein this guidebook. Moon Handbooks South Pacific provides in-depth coverage of outdoor recreation, with specifics on swimming, diving, yachting, kayaking, biking, hiking, camping, climbing, caving, and horseback riding. Complete with helpful maps, photographs and illustrations, as well as useful advice on practicalities such as food, entertainment, shopping, visas, money, health, packing, and inter-island travel, this guidebook offers the tools you need for a uniquely personal experience."

American Samoa

The Girl in the Moon Circle

Sia Figiel

Where We Once Belonged

Sia Figiel

The Thief Fleet: Unwanted, unwilling, unruly, they will lay the foundations of a worldwide empire... (The Alchemy of Distance)

James Talbot

PICTURES OF CHANGE IN PARADISE in American Samoa (circa 1910)

John Enright

My Samoan Chief

Fay G. Calkins

Akua: A Novel of Samoa

Daniel Pouesi

A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson

A Bird in the Hand: A Samoan Mystery

Lynn Stansbury

Moon Handbooks South Pacific

David Stanley