The respected chronicler of Hawaiian culture, Mary Kawena Pukui, once said that, in Hawaii, unrequited love makes the best stories; hence, most of the old Polynesian legends and myths are tragic in nature. Aptly then, seven of the stories in Bones of Love are tragic, though they each express elements of love's sublimity; the eighth, "Bones of Love," is the eternal tale, Hawaiian style, of how ultimately, true love triumphs over tragedy. For the old Hawaiians, love and bones were intimately intertwined, and so these stories too, are woven of the two themes, love and bones.

Newly revised 2017 Plan your trip to the Big Island before you come Here are the top 22 beaches on the Big Island, ranked by a beach lover, a beach connoisseur, who intimately knows the beaches of this magical isle. From a secluded beach at the bottom of the world's most active volcano, accessed only by hiking a desolate frozen lava trail, to a white sand crescent moon beach with a 5-star hotel, designated one of the five most beautiful beaches in the world, you'll find the beach of your dreams here Want to camp on a rugged beach in an uninhabited valley, and sleep to the sound of wild...

"Some say we choose our own destinies, to fulfill some cosmic purpose, and some say we earn them, by our past actions. Some say life is just chaos, and has no real meaning; some say we are all evolving back to Godhead and life is just a learning school. I don't know. But one thing for sure, just as the Buddha taught, there's a lot of suffering on this Earth. Maybe this Earth we're on is the cry room of the Universe. God's cry room. Or somebody's cry room." Here then, are seven thought provoking and singular stories exploring the silhouettes of small sufferings: The Sage, Starry, The Caldera,...