Kiana: a Tradition of Hawaii
Kiana: a Tradition of Hawaii by James Jackson Jarves is available here as the complete text, split into 633 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Kiana: a Tradition of Hawaii
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
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- Kiana
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