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Book Review: Vile conspiracy take-down

• “Big Sky” by Kate Atkinson (Little Brown) Former soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie, who last appeared nine years ago in “Started Early, Took My Dog,” makes his long-anticipated return in Kate Atkinson’s new novel, “Big Sky.” Although the book is billed as the fifth ...

Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 2. “Summer of ’69” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 3. “City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead) 4. “Unsolved” by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown) 5. “Tom Clancy: Enemy Contact” by Mike Maden (Putnam) 6. “Mrs. Everything” by Jennifer Weiner (Atria Books) 7. “The Oracle” by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 8. “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong (Penguin) 9. “Redemption” by David Baldacci (Grand ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago 1919 — Mlle. Cecyl Holiday has composed a poem especially for the Maui High School, beginning “We have come, dear Maui High School/In our days of youth/Here to find our joy and pleasure/In the search for truth.” 75 Years Ago 1944 — Approximately 200 photographs of the men in the Armed Forces from the West Maui district are being displayed in the show window of the Lahaina Store in conjunction with the present Fifth War Loan Drive to raise $60,000 for the district. 50 Years Ago 1969 — Absentee ownership of Wailuku business district lands hinders ...

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 242-6343. • 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, 970 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 986-8050, Tuesday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. New and used construction material. • Kala Iki Thrift Store, Kula Hospital, 204 Kula Highway, Kula, 878-1221, ...

Eclectic visions

Incredulous mountainous waves, curling over themselves as if executing the most lithe acrobatic tumble, unfurling towards the beach at Peahi on Maui’s North Shore, along with visions of mother whales frolicking in ocean waters with their young calves have become ubiquitous images people ...

In the Loop

Ebb & Flow Arts will present a multimedia show that includes four short films, a stage composition and dramatic readings at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at ProArts Playhouse in Azeka Shopping Center Makai in Kihei. Featured films include “Unfolding Presence” by Carlin Ma, with music by Danny ...