The Kona Stories travel group will discuss “Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before” by Toni Horwitz at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Keauhou.
The Kona Stories travel group will discuss “Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before” by Toni Horwitz at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Keauhou.
Two centuries after Cook’s epic voyages of discovery, Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the captain’s adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today’s Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of “Confederates in the Attic,” works as a sailor aboard a replica of Cook’s ship, meets island kings and queens, and carouses the South Seas with a hilarious and disgraceful travel companion, an Aussie named Roger. He also creates a brilliant portrait of Cook: an impoverished farmboy who became the greatest navigator in British history and forever changed the lands he touched.
Kona Stories community bookstore offers many choices of book clubs. Groups meet monthly to discuss books of fiction, travel and nonfiction. The fiction group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month; the travel group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month; and the nonfiction group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.
Book groups are free if books are purchased from Kona Stories, or a $5 donation is appreciated. Bring a pupu or beverage to share and come prepared to discuss books. Kona Stories is located in the Keauhou Shopping Center.
For more information, call Brenda or Joy at 324-0350 or visit www.konastories.com.