Each day, from small villages on islands throughout the Pacific, fishermen set out in search of the day's catch. It is a hard, uncertain, and always dangerous life, which often lacks the respect or status commensurate with the significant contributions these men make to the village economy. Yet there is profit in fishing, and it regularly lures in new men, often with deadly effect. Here is a memorable collection of vividly told tales of the trials of Pacific Isles fishermen. These exciting and often blood chilling stories are strikingly real depictions of the hardships and triumphs of village...

This compelling and true tale is set in the 1790's Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha the Ghttp: //www.google.com/webhp?rls=igreat, having conquered the Island of Hawaii, is marshalling his forces for an attack on the leeward islands of Maui, Oahu and Kauai. His main rivals, the Maui Brotherhood of Chiefs, fight among themselves on the island of Oahu fully aware of the threat from the east, but unable to quell their bitter internal rivalries. When the English trading captain William Brown sails his ship Jackal into the harbor of what is now Honolulu in 1794 he could not have foreseen the terrible...

The year is 1971. President Richard Nixon has been promising a rapid wind-down of the Vietnam War for years. Yet day after day young men die and are maimed in battle. Ugly scenes of death, body bags, bloody wounded, and terrible confusion flow endlessly onto the TV screens of American homes. The nation agonizes, protests and seems ready to break apart. The draft churns on, the lottery a gimmick to divert American attention, while the war's terrible toll continues to mount. The 'losers' of the draft lottery wander off to graduate schools, secure jobs, and life unchanged. The 'winners' find...