Every Monday after the 2nd Sunday in May, families in Samoa celebrate 'Manuia le Aso o Tina' or Mother's Day. It's a holiday for everyone. Miriama makes a special gift for her mother."--Publishers description.
Nearly three-quarters of a century following the reprehensible cover-up of the worst US naval disaster at sea emerges an unparalleled account of survival from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis CA-35. But this time, it's not the story of the ship that went under or of the innocent captain blackballed by fellow brass; instead, it's the inspiring true story of a young sailor's unsinkable faith in God to do the impossible despite the inevitable. Introducing Indy navigator Robert "Bob" P. Gause, QM1, the survivor who discovered the gruesome half-eaten sailor described by Captain Quint in the original movie Jaws. In this riveting biography, Gause chronicles the details of his days adrift as a survivor of one of the most chilling sagas born out of the greatest generation. Torpedoed in the dead of night by a Japanese submarine, the crew of the Indy is forced to abandon ship. Over the next three days, their situation rapidly deteriorates as mayhem sets in. By day four, death and deliria have consumed most of the crew. Dependent upon spent life jackets that are threatening to take them under, Bob and the dwindling group of survivors realize their hours are numbered. If help doesn't find them soon, there won't be anyone left to tell of their unimaginable plight in the deep. More than an incomprehensible tale of hope, Bob's memoirs from the Indy amass a story so unfathomably true-you'll swear its fiction. Unsinkable; it's what you become when ending up on the bottom of the ocean is not an option! *A portion of all book sales will be donated to organizations dedicated to helping our servicemen and women, active and veteran, in the battle against PTSD.
Coconut palms grow 30 metres tall, producing 60-100 coconuts each year for 80 years. There are hundreds of uses for the coconut palm. Where do all the coconuts go?"--Publishers description.
Mana describes his life on Aitutaki and community preparations for celebrating Gospel Day, when church groups join together to sing hymns, and perform dramas and dance.
Hope, who lives in the village of Moamoa, near Apia, describes how she helps her mother sell fruit in the the market. Includes some Samoan words, a glossary and a recipe for fa'ausi esi.
Pururangi lives in Aitutaki and this year at Christmas time its the turn of her village to travel around the island and dance for the people in the other villages.
The mango trees in Ketty's village are being felled and replaced by concrete power poles. Ketty and her friends pick as many mangoes as they can before the trees are cut down"--Publisher's website.
Maimai describe how he and his family prepare and use the bark fibres of the fau tree in Samoa to make string, costumes, toys, and animal bedding. Includes instructions for making your own titi fau.
Fa'afisi is nervous because this is his first time to serve the 'apap fafano or hand washing bowl, to the Women's Committee who have finished lunch after their meeting"--Publisher's website.
Each Pacific island nation developed their own traditional dishes and they found ways of preserving food for the times when food was short. People in the Pacific cooked their food in pots on open fire or wrapped in leaves to bake in earthern ovens.
Pururangi lives in Aitutaki and this year at Christmas time, it's the turn of her village to travel around the island and dance for the people in the other villages.
Fa'amatala makes sweet-smelling oil from the flesh of a coconut. On prize-giving night she rubs the oil on her skin before she dances"--Publisher's website.
In Tonga, Tuni and Sipu grow sugar cane in their backyard but in Fiji hundreds of fields of sugar cane are grown for processing into sugar"--Publisher's website.
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