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All About Hawaiian
• Albert Schutz
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A short, lively tour of the Hawaiian language.
(HWI40, $7.95)
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At Dawn We Slept, The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
• Gordon W. Prange
• HISTORY
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A massive account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(HWI183, $22.00)
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Atlas of Hawaii
• James O. Juvik
• Sonia P. Juvik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A primer on the natural and cultural features of Hawaii. The breadth and clarity of the presentation make this sourcebook of outstanding interest for the curious traveler.
(HWI01, $49.95)
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Autobiography of Protest in Hawaii
• Robert H. Mast
• Anne Mast
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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35 progressive activists explore Hawaii's social and economic fabric, covering issues from sovereignty to environment, to housing and land use. A personal glimpse into the social forces now shaping Hawaii.
(HWI10, $19.95)
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Beyond Paradise: Encounters in Hawaii Where the Tour Bus Never Runs
• Peter S. Adler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A clear-sighted account of rambles and adventures in Hawaii.
(HWI182, $20.00)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Guide to Hawaii
• Rick Soehren
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to the top birding spots throughout the Hawaiian islands.
(HWI29, $19.95)
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Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
• Tony Horwitz
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A vivid tale of modern adventure, history and fun in the wake of Captain Cook. Horwitz paints a broad picture of the explorer and his time, capturing the places and personalities Cook encountered in his daring voyages around the world.
(EXP31, $15.00)
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Born in Paradise
• Armine von Tempski
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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The autobiographical tale of childhood on a Maui ranch in the early part of this century. A classic account of old Hawaii, warm-spirited and evocative.
(HWI21, $14.95)
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Captain Cook, A Legacy Under Fire
• Vanessa Collingridge
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This eloquent, persuasive book resurrects the long forgotten George Collingridge and his evidence that not the venerable Captain Cook but Portuguese navigators got to Australia first.
(PAC125, $14.95)
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Chasing Lava, A Geologist's Adventures at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Wendell A. Duffield
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An abundantly illustrated and lively overview of volcanoes, volcanism, plate tectonics, hot spots and field work from a geologist at Kilauea.
(HWI184, $16.00)
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Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
• Kirkpatrick Sale
• EXPLORATION
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A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god.
(USA134, $15.95)
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Compass Guide Hawai'i
• Moana Tregaskis
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide features hundreds of color photographs, maps and illustrations along with plenty of practical travel information. With excerpts from the writings of Mark Twain, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson and others.
(HWI45, $22.95)
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The Cruise of the Snark
• Jack London
• EXPLORATION
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Jack London's remarkable account of his ambitious 1906-7 cruise, in which he set out from San Francisco with his wife and two crew, and sailed to Hawaii, the Marquesas and the Solomon Islands.
(PAC17, $13.00)
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Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business
• Virginia Drachman
• HISTORY
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Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century.
(GEN317, $39.95)
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Eye of the Albatross, Visions of Hope and Survival
• Carl Safina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A passionate tribute and clarion call for the albatross.
(BRD14, $17.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Hawaii
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An on-the-ground guide to the Hawaiian Islands -- handsome, comprehensive and superb.
(HWI46, $20.00)
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Fodor's Escape to the Hawaiian Islands
• Robert Holmes
• Paul Wood
• GUIDEBOOK
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Part of Fodor's acclaimed "Escape" series, this guide highlights 20 exquisite places to explore in Hawaii.
(HWI66, $20.00)
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From Here to Eternity
• James Jones
• LITERATURE
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One of the finest books on the army and World War II, this powerful tale is set among the soldiers at the US Army base at Diamond Head in 1941. While the army is the primary subject of the book, it's also a vivid portrait of Hawaii just before Pearl Harbor.
(HWI16, $17.00)
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day, the American Armed Forces in World War II
• D. Clayton James
• HISTORY
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A clear and concise introduction to the strategy, personalities and campaigns of World War II.
(WAR51, $10.95)
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Gilead
• Marilynne Robinson
• LITERATURE
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A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00)
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Graveyards of the Pacific, From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Atoll
• Robert D. Ballard
• Michael Hamilton Morgan
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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An exploration of Pacific battle and nuclear testing sites, focusing on the sunken ships and downed airplanes scattered across the surrounding ocean floor.
(PAC111, $45.00)
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Hanahana: An Oral History Anthology of Hawaii's Working People
• Michi Kodama-Nishimoto
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The simple and personally told stories of 12 working people in Hawaii.
(HWI11, $22.00)
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Hawaii Volcano Watch, A Pictorial History, 1779-1991
• J. D. Griggs
• Taeko Jane Takahashi
• Thomas L. Wright
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A colorful and comprehensive introduction to Hawaii's legendary volcanoes.
(HWI180, $24.95)
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Hawaii's Fishes, A Guide for Snorkelers, Divers, and Aquarists
• John P. Hoover
• FIELD GUIDE
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A colorful and thorough introduction to the fishes living off Hawaii's shores. Color photographs of over 250 local species, with common names in English and Hawaiian.
(HWI26, $16.95)
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Hawaii, On-the-Road Histories
• John H. Chambers
• HISTORY
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This thoroughly illustrated history of the Hawaii begins with the volcanic origins of the islands, covers the exploration of Captain Cook, and continues up through modern times and statehood.
(HWI198, $20.00)
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Hawaiian Heritage Plants
• Angela Kay Kepler
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illusrtated, anecdotal guide
(HWI77, $34.95)
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Hawaiian Insects and Their Kin
• William P. Mull
• Francis G. Howeth
• FIELD GUIDE
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Creepy-crawlies in paradise; a field guide and overview.
(HWI181, $19.95)
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Hawaiian Mythology
• Martha Warren Beckwith
• LITERATURE
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A classic study of Hawaiian ethnography and folklore.
(HWI168, $21.95)
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Honolulu/Oahu Map
• Nelles
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A folded topographic map of Oahu and Honolulu.
(HWI74, $6.95)
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Hotel Honolulu
• Paul Theroux
• LITERATURE
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A satirical novel from the irrepressible travel writer Paul Theroux. Set in his part-time home of Hawaii, Theroux's novel features a full cast of eccentrics who reside in and visit a fleabag hotel on the coast of Oahu.
(HWI72, $14.00)
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey
• James Houston
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California.
(PAC45, $14.95)
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Insight Guide Hawaii
• Hans Johannes Hoefer
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of Hawaii with essays on its attractions, history, nature and culture.
(HWI49, $22.95)
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Isles of Refuge, Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Mark Rauzon
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A comprehensive, well-illustrated account of the wildlife, ecology and history of Hawaii's Leeward Islands.
(HWI178, $19.95)
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Ka Po'e Kahiko: The People of Old
• Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A description of 19th-century Hawaiian life, by a leading historian of that time. Taken from a series of Hawaiian-language newspaper stories from the 1860s, the book tells of the daily activities, religion, and class structure of Hawaiian life.
(HWI19, $19.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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Legacy of the Landscape: An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Sites
• Patrick Vinton Kirch
• Therese Babineau
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Hawaii is rich with some remarkably well preserved archeological sites. This is a handbook that serves as a guide to the 50 most important sites, handsomely produced and profusely illustrated.
(HWI25, $20.00)
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Hawaii Map, the Big Island
• Univ Hawaii
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With cartography by James Bier, this detailed, full color reference map shows the Big Island and its topography at a scale of 1:262,000.
(HWI169, $4.95)
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The Life of Captain James Cook
• John C. Beaglehole
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The definitive biography of perhaps the greatest of the European explorers.
(PAC01, $36.95)
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Lonely Planet Oahu
• Ned Friary
• Glenda Bendure
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guidebook to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
(HWI69, $16.99)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Many-Splendored Fishes of Hawaii
• Gar Goodson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A field guide to the fishes of Hawaii.
(HWI179, $6.95)
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Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific
• Sea Grant Alaska
• Pieter Folkens
• FIELD GUIDE
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This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals.
(ALA143, $8.95)
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Maui Map
• Univ Hawaii
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A map of Maui at a scale of 1:155,000.
(HWI65, $3.95)
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Maui's Floral Splendor
• Angela Kay Kepler
• FIELD GUIDE
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350 species of native plants and flowers, expertly organized.
(HWI30, $16.75)
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Midway, The Battle that Doomed Japan
• Mitsuo Fuchida
• HISTORY
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A groundbreaking account of the Battle of Midway told from the Japanese perspective.
(HWI58, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Hawaii
• J.D. Bisignani
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide, jam-packed not only with travel necessities, but also with a good overview of history, flora and fauna and geology.
(HWI34, $24.95)
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Moon Handbook Maui
• Robert Nilsen
• J.D. Bisignani
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense guidebook, jam-packed not only with tourist necessities, but with a thorough introduction to Maui's flora, fauna and geology.
(HWI64, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook O'Ahu
• Robert Nilsen
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering Honolulu, Waikiki and other destinations on Oahu, this guide is a compact introduction to the history, culture, nature and attractions of the island.
(HWI73, $17.95)
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National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers
• National Geographic
• REFERENCE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An informative and colorful guide to the U.S., state by state and region by region.
(USA93, $24.95)
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Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands
• Douglas L. Oliver
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A digest of the author's scholarly work on the cultures of the Pacific before contact with Europeans. It's a brief and illuminating overview of native cultures, featuring good descriptions of family life, food, travel, and social relations.
(PAC08, $20.00)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $40.00)
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Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition)
• Alice Kessler-Harris
• HISTORY
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A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States.
(GEN318, $24.95)
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Pearl Harbor Commemorative Map
• National Geographic
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A three-dimensional relief map, featuring archival photographs, short descriptions of events, and locations of key ships, created for the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
(HWI70, $17.95)
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts, The Legacy of December 7, 1941
• Thurston Clarke
• HISTORY
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A well-researched and evocative look at the bombing of Pearl Harbor by a veteran travel writer. Clarke compares and contrasts the social life and culture of Hawaii on the day of the bombing and sixty years later, enumerating the changes wrought by WWII.
(HWI68, $19.00)
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Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher
• Joan Reardon
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992.
(GEN316, $15.00)
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The Price of Paradise: Lucky We Live in Hawaii?
• Randall W. Roth
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A lighthearted look at some of the serious issues facing modern Hawaii.
(HWI12, $14.95)
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
• Phillip Hoose
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00)
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The Rarest of the Rare, Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
• Diane Ackerman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This collection of six marvelous essays includes Ackerman's visit to the Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, home to the world's only remaining population of wild golden lion tamarin. She also includes chapters on the Hawaiian monk seal, short-tailed albatross and monarch butterfly.
(BST26, $12.95)
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Reference Map of O'ahu
• James A. Bier
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The best local map available, and a bargain at that.
(HWI05, $4.95)
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Remains of a Rainbow, Rare Plants and Animals of Hawai'I
• David Liitschwager
• Susan Middleton
• W.S. Merwin
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A collection of 300 full-color photographs of rare and endemic plants and animals of Hawai'i, along with an account of each species.
(HWI67, $30.00)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Roughing It
• Mark Twain
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Twain's classic work on the American West, written as he was abandoning the peripatetic life and settling down in the 1870s. Funny, irreverent, acutely observed this is vintage Twain, covering his travels in California, Nevada and Hawaii. With all 304-first edition illustrations, specially prepared maps, facsimile manuscript pages and commentary.
(HWI14, $15.00)
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Shells of Hawaii
• E. Alison Kay
• Olive Schoenberg-Dole
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim but colorful (and erudite) volume on Hawaii's shells, both marine and freshwater. Features color photographs of more than 300 species of mollusks.
(HWI28, $12.95)
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Shore Fishes of Hawaii
• John Randall
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to all the reef fishes that a casual snorkeler or diver is likely to see in Hawaii. The book covers 342 species, many illustrated by several color photographs.
(HWI55, $19.95)
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The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
• Paddy Ryan
• Peter Atkinson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $19.95)
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Song of the Exile
• Kiana Davenport
• LITERATURE
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This novel follows the fate two lovers in Hawaii, New Orleans and Paris -- interweaving much of the history and flavor of Hawaii from the war to statehood in 1953.
(HWI51, $14.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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Target: Pearl Harbor
• Michael Slackman
• HISTORY
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Great background on Pearl Harbor for anyone planning to visit Honolulu.
(HWI22, $23.00)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
• Maurice Krafft
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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This illustrated pocket encyclopedia in the Discoveries series, featuring hundreds of full color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992).
(GEO06, $12.95)
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