by MJ Harden

240 pages, 55 black and white photos. Text and photos richly reproduced in duotone on the highest quality art paper stock. Size: 7 1/2 x 11.

		MARGARET MACHADO: a woman whose healing hands have produced “miracle” cures for decades .
LANAKILA BRANDT: a priest of Lono who has lifted death curses placed by black magic sorcerers; he has nearly died from these threats himself.
		LYDIA MAI‘OHO: the keeper of the bones—a woman descended from great chiefs whose family has long been caretakers of the bones of Hawaii’s royalty.
KEKUNI BLAISDELL: a medical doctor, first dean of medicine at the University of Hawa‘i, who radically, yet elegantly, proposes that Hawai‘i should be its own sovereign nation.
	ISABELLA ABBOTT: a world-famous seaweed expert, a Ph.D. professor from Stanford, who grew up in a tiny Maui village and currently teaches Hawaiian students about their ancient culture.
GEORGE NA‘OPE: a famous hula master, now in his eighties, who trained early in this century with the greatest dancers of modern times.
	NAINOA THOMPSON: the greatest hero in Hawai‘i—a quiet man who reinstituted Polynesia’s canoe tradition by becoming the first Polynesian navigator in recent history.

The 24 Hawaiians interviewed in Voices of Wisdom are kahuna— the experts, in the old days considered the best in their fields. All are leaders of the cultural renaissance that awakened the Hawaiian spirit in recent decades. These are people who have led lives that matter, and what matters most to them is to keep lit the flame of a culture that nearly died. Through their efforts, Hawaiian culture will live on into the next century. And, through Voices of Wisdom, we too can share their knowledge and wisdom.