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Nuremberg and Beyond: The Memoirs of Siegfried Ramler
By Siegfried Ramler
Ahuna Press, Kailua, Hawai'i, 128 pp, $25 (hardcover)

"Nuremberg and Beyond: The Memoirs of Siegfried Ramler" traces the author's remarkable life from childhood in Austria, experiencing annexation by Nazi Germany, escape to England via Kindertransport, life in London during the World War II blitz and his role at war's end as an interrogator and simultaneous interpreter at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, which placed him in contact with Nazi leaders in the defendants' dock. Marriage to a Hawaiian court reporter on the Nuremberg staff led to a move to Hawai'i and the beginning of a long career at Punahou School as teacher, administrator and founding director of the Wo International Center. His career in international education brought him to his current affiliation with Hawai'i's East-West Center. Siegfried Ramler highlights his collaboration with educational leaders and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. The book is available at www.sigramler.com.

Ride the Thunder - A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
By Richard Botkin '74
WND Books, Los Angeles, 600 pp, $29.95 (hardcover)

"Ride the Thunder - A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph" takes a different look at the history of the Vietnam War through the experiences of three American Marine officers who served as advisors to the Vietnamese (South) Marine Corps. Also chronicled is a view and detailed perspective of the war as experienced by U.S. allies. The story is meant to affirm those who served honorably, and expose the reader to a history of the war that few are familiar with.

Richard Botkin is a 1974 Punahou graduate and former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer. The book is available at all major bookstores and at www.amazon.com.

The Little Lima Bean
By Dr. Brent Bing Yee Ching '91
Watermark Publishing, Honolulu, 16 pp, $9.95 (hardcover)

Author Brent Ching '91 is a Honolulu-based pediatric dentist with a private practice in Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children. Ching's first children's book, "The Little Lima Bean" is a tale of a little lima bean who wished he could grow bigger. His perseverance in his dream to grow big pays off, and one day, he sprouts. A wonderful lesson for children, teaching that with a little patience, even someone small can have big dreams and can succeed. "The Little Lima Bean" comes with a set of lima bean seeds and instructions for growing them. The book is available at bookstores, www.amazon.com and at Watermark's Web site, www.bookshawaii.net.

The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little
By Clark Little '87
Clark Little Photography, 180 pp, $100, Limited Signed Edition; $350, Collector's Edition (hardcover)

Waimea shorebreak surfer turned art photographer Clark Little '87 has compiled a collection of his popular photos as well as new images capturing the power and beauty of O'ahu's North Shore waves from the inside out. Forewords written by Jack Johnson and Kelly Slater introduce the reader to "The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little," which features full page spreads of Little's ocean photography with captions that share the stories behind the photos. Those who enjoy one-of-a-kind ocean vistas with the close-up clarity and perspective of a "wave insider," sans the accompanying danger, will enjoy a unique experience. Little's book also includes a biographical history with early pictures of his Punahou experience. Available in select bookstores and galleries and at www.ClarkLittlePhotography.com.

Maunahele
By Jacques "Leokane" Pryor '82
Naupaka Productions, exclusively distributed by Mountain Apple Company, Hawai'i, $15.98

Born on O'ahu and raised under the famed rainbows of Manoa Valley emerges one of Hawai'i's most exquisite falsetto singers: Leokane Pryor '82, named Leokaneokalani - the "Voice of the Heavens." Pryor now resides in heavenly Hana, Maui. Maunahele combines Pryor's colorful arrangements with his angelic falsetto to put a sparkle on old traditional favorites and excite the listener with two new originals. As Wayne Harada writes, "He's blessed with a gorgeous falsetto that soars where rainbows arch the skies. ..." A limited release of Maunahele in 2001 created quite a stir in the Hawaiian music world. Mountain Apple Company is proud to re-release the CD and share the talents of this exciting vocalist with fans new and old. Available at www.leokane.com.

Sea of Change: Ernest Hemingway and the Gulf Stream, A Contextual Biography
By Mark Ott
Kent State University Press, 151 pp, $29 (hardcover, cloth)

Former Punahou English faculty member Mark Ott explores Hemingway's life in Key West as he became increasingly involved in big game fishing. The book draws heavily on Hemingway's unpublished fishing logs, demonstrating how they were a renewable source for his fiction. Ott shows how scenes from "To Have and Have Not" and "The Old Man and the Sea" were inspired by Hemingway's actual experience fishing in the Gulf Stream, and how this intimate contact with the natural world transformed not only his aesthetic vision, but also his understanding of his role as a sportsman. No other book on Hemingway has drawn on these fishing logs, and no other book has presented a coherent vision of how Hemingway's contact with the Gulf Stream shaped his work. Available from www.amazon.com and Kent State University Press.

In the Company of Strangers
By Michelle Cruz Skinner
Bamboo Ridge Press, 180 pp., $18 (softcover)

"Sixteen deceptively simple stories comprise Michelle Cruz Skinner's much-anticipated follow-up to 'Balikbayan' and 'Mango Seasons,' many of them about Filipinos tongue-tied and alienated in the motherland, or scattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness in the company of strangers called countrymen, family, lovers. A book of quiet gems definitely worth the wait," writes R. Zamora Linmark, author of "Prime Time Apparitions" and "The Evolution of a Sigh." Born in Manila and raised primarily in Olongapo City, Philippines, Skinner lives in Hawai'i with her husband and two children and teaches Academy English at Punahou School. The book is available at local bookstores or from Bamboo Ridge Press.