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March 3, 2013
3 for the PRICE of ZERO
3 FREE eBooks from the remote island of Maui! March 7 - 11 at Amazon.com
An excerpt from the book "In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans"
The bartender, his Tahitian goddess girlfriend Sandy and a host of eccentric Maui hippies enjoy adventure and magic at the annual Happy Rainbow Sunshine Festival
PLUS images from other exciting books!
FREE HERE on March 7 -11
An excerpt from the book "Tiwaka Goes to Waikiki"
Tiwaka, our favorite adventurous macaw leaves the Maui Tiki Bar as he re-learns to fly. Unfortunately, he gets sucked up into a tropical storm that deposits him on another island, in Waikiki. There he becomes the true hero of all the captive street birds of this Hawaiian resort town.
PLUS images from other great books!
FREE HERE on March 7 - 11
A "30 minute" read!
This is a chapter from the book: "In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans".
A short story about murder, marijuana and growing up on Maui.
PLUS BONUS 7 Tiki Drink Recipes as well!
FREE HERE on March 7 - 11
An excerpt from the book "In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans"The bartender, his Tahitian goddess girlfriend Sandy and a host of eccentric Maui hippies enjoy adventure and magic at the annual Happy Rainbow Sunshine Festival
PLUS images from other exciting books!
FREE HERE on March 7 -11
An excerpt from the book "Tiwaka Goes to Waikiki"Tiwaka, our favorite adventurous macaw leaves the Maui Tiki Bar as he re-learns to fly. Unfortunately, he gets sucked up into a tropical storm that deposits him on another island, in Waikiki. There he becomes the true hero of all the captive street birds of this Hawaiian resort town.
PLUS images from other great books!
FREE HERE on March 7 - 11
A "30 minute" read!This is a chapter from the book: "In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans".
A short story about murder, marijuana and growing up on Maui.
PLUS BONUS 7 Tiki Drink Recipes as well!
FREE HERE on March 7 - 11
February 22, 2013
NEW in AUDIO
Amazon.com, Audible.com, iTunes6 hrs.
It's no surprise that Candace is dreading returning to her 'real' life. When her days for the past month have been filled with the sun's caress and the smell of plumeria, it is impossible to imagine she'll be leaving that kind of magic behind. Especially when the life waiting for her holds nothing nearly as exciting as Adrian, the bartender who serves her drinks at Tiwaka's Tiki Bar and Grill. But it's not just the promise of romance that is making the thought of leaving painful. There is something peculiar and wonderful about the island. Candace feels it all around her and especially when she meets Bucky, an older man on the verge of homelessness who seems to recognize her, and a woman crying on the beach to whom she's oddly drawn. With Adrian and Bucky's help, Candace discovers the truth of why she feels so at home on that island, but, most importantly, she learns that love has no boundaries - not even those of time.
February 14, 2013
FREE - "Death by Volcano"
FREE today and the next 4 on Amazon.com"Death by Volcano"
A vacationing soldier in Hawaii...
Earth's most active volcano, anxious to repeat itself...
Two murders involving love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, and the great hereafter...
DEATH BY VOLCANO by Everett Peacock
(also sold as Death by Facebook)
REVIEW:
A wildly inventive story about love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, murder and the great hereafter all in a vivid tropical setting. It is funny, fascinating and touching. If you have never been to the Big Island, this book will make you want to go. If you have been there, this will make you feel like you have returned.
The perfect book for a hammock and a tall drink.
February 13, 2013
School Teacher Audio
Big Island school teacher, Linda Jones, makes her AUDIO DEBUT today with "The Man From T.I.K.I." at Amazon and Audible.com$6 gets you a nice lunch time listen to this funny take on the mystic of TIKI.
SUPPORT your TEACHERS!
February 10, 2013
A Nice Review from Snow Country
5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful story, February 9, 2013By Anne S. Hickok (Pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME) Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)This review is from: The Parrot Talks in Chocolate (The Life and Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar #1) (Kindle Edition)This is such a wonderful story. The title grabbed me right away but the story itself kept me reading. Such a beautiful use of language. In the midst of a northwest Pennsylvania winter, I took this wonderful armchair vacation to Maui and I didn't want it to end. I recommend this book to everyone.
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February 4, 2013
New Cover! TIKI TRILOGY
A new cover graces the TRILOGY de TIKI ~ "The Life and Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar". If anyone has had more fun than me with this series of stories, I'll buy them a Coco Loco Moco!
Writing is often hard work: stirring plot around pace and mixing in danger and success for the characters. Those who have read this series understand I spend less time doing that than most. However, the value rests, if I may suggest in the texture of the story - the ambiance.
These books aim to take you to a place you have not been - in a long while or perhaps even ever. Comfortable, safe and exotic. Just make sure that before you start reading, you've freed your toes from your shoes, relaxed your back in a hammock and covered your eyes with a shady hat. A cool refreshing drink wouldn't hurt either.
Tiwaka, and the crew from Tiwaka's Tiki Bar & Grill would love to sing to you as you read as well! Check out "Radio Tiwaka" online at peacock.fm
January 20, 2013
January 18, 2013
BOOK REVIEW by D.C.
Posted by DC at Friday, January 18, 2013
Aloha!
Have you come for a Coco Loco Moco? You haven't? Oh, you are here for The Parrot that Talks in Chocolate then? Yes? Ah, my friend, you have come just in time. Tiwaka has just left the last one to question him dumbfounded, with infinite wisdom pouring into his mortal mind.
No questions for the bird, you say, just here to watch? *smiles, while polishing a glass with a rag* Well, here's a question for you. Are you really thirsty?
... And so goes on the night, with our unnamed yet popular (and mysterious) surfer-bartender, as he takes care of one customer after the other. (Customers who, no matter what, always order a second Coco Loco Moco after having their first.)
As you sit in the bar-stool, amazed at the intelligent bird while watching-but-not-watching the sexy pareo-wearing beauties, you begin to breathe in a tinge in the air. Is it the smell of the barbecued grass-fed organic beef (that's so good vegetarians had to reaffirm their faith in its presence)? Is it the scent of the chocolate cashews, beckoning you to hand it over to the all-knowing parrot? Is it even the faint musk of to-be lovers, meeting for the first time in this secluded bar and leaving for the very rustic cabanas in the area?
No, my friend. I believe its the Tiki magic working its way on you.
This book of connected-yet-separate anecdotes features to us the life of one who grew up on The Island. An island where an active volcano lets out its Vog every so often to agitate the spirits of its residents. An island where pineapple pickers long for the blue, blue sky. An island where choice surfing spots abound, stretched out as so as if each was designed to be shared by only two people.
An island among the islands of Hawaii.
It can't be anything but Tiki magic that sprinkles the words here, words of a simple man living a simple life in a curious island. It dusts his daily living with different incidents he doesn't bother to think about - only to feel about and let happen. While he talks about his memories of his old beloved Ococ, the feel of his dried hair while surfing the wave, and the unattainable apple of his eye, he talks too of ghosts, of connected spirits, and of the Great Cosmic Gift Giver. And he lets them hover in the air, not bothering to explain anything.
(Let's not forget the interesting parrot as well, whose current tap of the toes - now at 1, 3, 6 - signify the 136th song on the portable media player. Lo and behold, it's the perfect song to signify the current mood. And he does it every single time.)
No, don't come in if you're looking for an unscrupulous joint selling nothing more than ice tea and moonshine. Turn and leave if you expect therapy, and not escapism. Don't try to find this place if you don't have faith. This is a Tiki bar, through and through. (It even has the parchment paper certificate guaranteeing that it has passed the standards for authenticity of the 1958 TIKI Convention!)
While this book seems like a bunch of well-written (and slow-paced) stories, it holds much more than that. It has the promise of green turtles that snort as they save your life, it has the promise of dreamy vacation landscapes with unique and captivating locals, it has the promise of sun-kissed love.
Don't rush, feel the wind against your hair, and relax. You've got some minutes of escape at your fingertips. Enjoy, and aloha.
(This is almost! a 5-star read for me. While I can't quite rate it with 5 stars, it's awesome! I lost myself almost completely to this world. Note that this is my first foray into Hawaii- / Tiki-related books :) Great read!)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
View all my reviewssource review here
Aloha!Have you come for a Coco Loco Moco? You haven't? Oh, you are here for The Parrot that Talks in Chocolate then? Yes? Ah, my friend, you have come just in time. Tiwaka has just left the last one to question him dumbfounded, with infinite wisdom pouring into his mortal mind.
No questions for the bird, you say, just here to watch? *smiles, while polishing a glass with a rag* Well, here's a question for you. Are you really thirsty?
... And so goes on the night, with our unnamed yet popular (and mysterious) surfer-bartender, as he takes care of one customer after the other. (Customers who, no matter what, always order a second Coco Loco Moco after having their first.)
As you sit in the bar-stool, amazed at the intelligent bird while watching-but-not-watching the sexy pareo-wearing beauties, you begin to breathe in a tinge in the air. Is it the smell of the barbecued grass-fed organic beef (that's so good vegetarians had to reaffirm their faith in its presence)? Is it the scent of the chocolate cashews, beckoning you to hand it over to the all-knowing parrot? Is it even the faint musk of to-be lovers, meeting for the first time in this secluded bar and leaving for the very rustic cabanas in the area?
No, my friend. I believe its the Tiki magic working its way on you.
This book of connected-yet-separate anecdotes features to us the life of one who grew up on The Island. An island where an active volcano lets out its Vog every so often to agitate the spirits of its residents. An island where pineapple pickers long for the blue, blue sky. An island where choice surfing spots abound, stretched out as so as if each was designed to be shared by only two people.
An island among the islands of Hawaii.
It can't be anything but Tiki magic that sprinkles the words here, words of a simple man living a simple life in a curious island. It dusts his daily living with different incidents he doesn't bother to think about - only to feel about and let happen. While he talks about his memories of his old beloved Ococ, the feel of his dried hair while surfing the wave, and the unattainable apple of his eye, he talks too of ghosts, of connected spirits, and of the Great Cosmic Gift Giver. And he lets them hover in the air, not bothering to explain anything.
(Let's not forget the interesting parrot as well, whose current tap of the toes - now at 1, 3, 6 - signify the 136th song on the portable media player. Lo and behold, it's the perfect song to signify the current mood. And he does it every single time.)
No, don't come in if you're looking for an unscrupulous joint selling nothing more than ice tea and moonshine. Turn and leave if you expect therapy, and not escapism. Don't try to find this place if you don't have faith. This is a Tiki bar, through and through. (It even has the parchment paper certificate guaranteeing that it has passed the standards for authenticity of the 1958 TIKI Convention!)
While this book seems like a bunch of well-written (and slow-paced) stories, it holds much more than that. It has the promise of green turtles that snort as they save your life, it has the promise of dreamy vacation landscapes with unique and captivating locals, it has the promise of sun-kissed love.
Don't rush, feel the wind against your hair, and relax. You've got some minutes of escape at your fingertips. Enjoy, and aloha.
(This is almost! a 5-star read for me. While I can't quite rate it with 5 stars, it's awesome! I lost myself almost completely to this world. Note that this is my first foray into Hawaii- / Tiki-related books :) Great read!)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
View all my reviewssource review here
January 11, 2013
FREE Promo Book on Amazon
FREE on AmazonJanuary 12, 13, 14, 15
It’s no surprise that Candace is dreading returning to her “real” life. When her days for the past month have been filled with the sun’s caress and the smell of plumeria, it is impossible to imagine she’ll be leaving that kind of magic behind. Especially when the life waiting for her holds nothing nearly as exciting as Adrian, the bartender who serves her drinks at Tiwaka’s Tiki Bar and Grill.
But it’s not just the promise of romance that is making the thought of leaving painful. There is something peculiar and wonderful about the island. Candace feels it all around her and especially when she meets Bucky, an older man on the verge of homelessness who seems to recognize her, and a woman crying on the beach to whom she’s oddly drawn.
With Adrian and Bucky’s help, Candace discovers the truth of why she feels so at home on that island, but, most importantly, she learns that love has no boundaries…not even those of time.
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