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Designers of hotel spaces have traditionally tended to favor either theatrical flair (baroque finishes and opulent flourishes) or the opposite: a low-key insouciance consisting of neutral, contemporary furniture and acres of beige-ness. That’s changing. Now, many designers are looking to ...

Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books) 2. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’’ by Charlie Mackesy (Harperone) 3. “Lost” by Patterson/Born (Little. Brown) 4. “The Guardians’’ by John Grisham (Doubleday) 5. “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano (Dial Press) 6. “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 7. “The Silent Patient’’ by Alex Michaelides (Celadon) 8. “Moral Compass” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 9. “A Long Petal of the Sea” by Isabel Allende (Ballantine) 10. “Agency” by ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago 1920 — Maui people were surprised on Monday by the unannounced arrival of an airplane with two passengers from Honolulu. The machine landed easily in the County Fairgrounds, and after about two hours of rest sailed away home again. 75 Years Ago 1945 — The USO will continue to function until the last man has been demobilized after the war, but when that happens, Maui probably will gain at least the Wailuku USO club as a community center. 50 Years Ago 1970 — After more than half a century as an official guide for the Haleakala National Park, Frank P. Freitas, ...

Thrift Stores

The following is a listing of nonprofit organizations that sell an assortment of used and donated goods. For changes or new listings, call 242-6335. • Goodwill Retail Thrift Store, 250 Alamaha St., Ste. N-9, Kahului, 442-8989, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothing, household goods, electronics, collectibles, toys and more. • Habitat for Humanity, Maui’s ReStore, 1162 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 242-1140, Monday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Furniture, new and used building materials. • Kala Iki Thrift Store, Kula Hospital, 204 Kula Highway, Kula, ...

Small home living: not ‘downsizing’ but ‘right-sizing’

With the current trend toward de-cluttering and downsizing, there are plenty of books about how to winnow down possessions to the few that are truly necessary and loved. This book shows how you can live well once that’s done. In “Downsize: Living Large in a Small House” (2019, The ...

Jackfruit catches on as meat substitute

If you’ve never heard of jackfruit, keep your eyes open: You’ll start noticing it everywhere. Jackfruit is a very large tropical fruit often used as a meat substitute. It packs some nutritional wallop, and the fact that you can cook, chunk or shred it like chicken or pork makes it a ...