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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $94, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXHWI46)		  
National Geographic Hawaii  • 
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES
A guidebook to Hawaii, published by National Geographic in their attractive, visual style. The guide features many photographs, maps and good information on history, nature, culture and travel. (HWI87, $22.95)		   National Geographic Hawaii
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii  •  Mark Twain
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1989 •  PAPER  • 298 PAGES
The young journalist Mark Twain's letters home, observant and often wildly hilarious. Written before his first novel, the letters already show Twain's famous wit. His 1866 trip was sponsored by the Sacramento Union. (HWI170, $17.99)		   Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
Hawaii, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES
An all-around field guide intended for the curious traveler, this handbook features color illustrations of commonly-encountered birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and coral reef creatures. It also includes a good introduction to Hawaii, its natural history and conservation. It's a well written overview of just about everything natural you are likely to see, which like the other volumes in the series, showcases the author's ostentatiously bad sense of humor. It's rife with puns. (HWI50, $27.95)		   Hawaii, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Travelers' Tales Hawai'i True Stories  •  Rick Carroll
ANTHOLOGY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 394 PAGES
A revised anthology of terrific writing on the nature and culture of Hawaii by Paul Theroux, John McPhee, Maxine Hong Kingston and others. (HWI91, $18.95)		   Travelers' Tales Hawai'i True Stories
Hawaiian Islands Map  •  Nelles
MAP
A map of all the individual Hawaiian islands, featuring maps of O'ahu, Kaua'i, Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i at 1:150,000 and of Hawai'i at 1:330,000. Includes an inset map of Waikiki. Two Sides. 20x36 inches. (HWI42, $13.95)		   Hawaiian Islands Map



Also Recommended

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed topo map at a scale of 1,100,000. (HWI247, $11.95)
 		  
Reference Map of Kaua'I  •  James A. Bier    •  The seventh edition of this informative, full-color map of the Garden Isle at a scale of 1:600,00. With beautiful topographic detail, it includes city and town insets, points of interest and an index. (HWI85, $3.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Hawaii  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An on-the-ground guide to the Hawaiian Islands -- handsome, comprehensive and superb. (HWI46, $23.00)
 		  
Hawaii By Cruise Ship  •  Anne Vipond   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With hundreds of color photographs and a pull-out map, this excellent guide covers all the major islands and ports-of-call. With pre and post-cruise suggestions for hotels on Oahu and Maui and detailed information on suggested shore excursions. (HWI241, $19.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Hawaii  •  Lonely Planet Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Compact, llustrated guide to underwater sites around Oahu, the Big Island, Maui and beyond. (HWI95, $24.99)
 		  
Michelin Hawaiian Islands, Must Sees  •  Alis Coupe   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to sights and activities, organized thematically. (HWI246, $11.99)
 		  
Moon Handbook Big Island of Hawaii, Including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  •  Robert Nilsen   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN JULY  •  This comprehensive practical guide focuses on the big island of Hawaii and Volcanoes National Park, combining an overview of history, culture and nature with how-to information for travelers. (HWI186, $19.95)
 		  
Oahu Revealed  •  Andrew Doughty   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Candid, comprehensive and well illustrated, this up-to-date local guide covers the nature and culture of the island as well as adventures and activities. (HWI244, $16.95)
 		  
Top Trails Maui  •  Sara Benson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Maps, milestones and access are covered in this roundup of 37 Day hikes and overnight adventures. (HWI243, $17.95)
 		  
Aloha Betrayed  •  Noenoe K. Silva   • HISTORY  •  Silva draws on newspapers, books, letters and contemporary accounts in Hawaiian for this eye-opening account of popular resistance to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. (HWI250, $23.95)
 		  
Island World, A History of Hawai'i and the United States  •  Gary Y. Okihiro   • HISTORY  •  Okihiro gives the history of Hawaii and the United States a lucid retelling -- he focuses on the island's impact on the country, rather than the reverse, with beautifully written chapters on Hawaiian arts and culture, missionaries, the gold rush, Hawaiian emigrants and other topics. (HWI216, $21.95)
 		  
Land and Power in Hawaii  •  Gavan Daws  •  George Cooper   • HISTORY  •  A local classic, providing an introduction to the political history of Hawaii. The character of politics and power in Hawaii are described, explained, and criticized. (HWI37, $24.95)
 		  
Lost Kingdom  •  Julia Flynn Siler   • HISTORY  •  Royalty and rogues, sugar barons, politicians and missionaries all figure in Siler's riveting tale of Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. (HWI254, $30.00)
 		  
Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands  •  Gavan Daws   • HISTORY  •  A vivid, scholarly history of Hawaii, from Cook's first visit to the islands in 1778 through statehood. A classic, well-told history, first published in 1968. (HWI02, $20.99)
 		  
Unfamiliar Fishes  •  Sarah Vowell   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • NEW  •  Tracking the Americanization of Hawaii from the arrival of the first missionaries in 1820 to the annexation in 1898 (Queen Liliuokalani was in Washington lobbying to save her nation during the McKinley inauguration), Vowell shows the complex interplay of god, business and tradition with her usual acerbic wit (and research). (HWI248, $16.00)
 		  
Born in Paradise  •  Armine von Tempski   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  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)
 		  
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen  •  Liliuokalani   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this important history and poignant plea for sovereignty, Queen Liliuokalani herself, deposed by the United States in 1893, tells the story of her islands. (HWI20, $8.95)
 		  
The Hawaiian Archipelago  •  Isabella Bird   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A reprint of the intrepid Bird's "Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands," originally published in 1875. (HWI249, $28.95)
 		  
Travels in Hawaii  •  Robert Louis Stevenson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The famous writer brings his wonderful gift for storytelling to bear in this account of the islands. There is real emotion in these essays, which were written during a particularly romantic period in the author's life. (HWI171, $20.00)
 		  
From Here to Eternity  •  James Jones   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Hawaii  •  James A. Michener   • LITERATURE  •  A romantic, fictional overview of the islands' history, people and culture from prehistoric times to statehood in 1959. (HWI17, $17.00)
 		  
Shark Dialogues  •  Kiana Davenport   • LITERATURE  •  Riveting and rich in local imagery, this acclaimed novel follows the lives and loves of seven generations of Hawaiian women. (HWI03, $18.00)
 		  
Sleeping Beauties  •  Susanna Moore   • LITERATURE  •  A fine novel featuring some beautifully rendered passages on the islands. It's the story of a young runaway, her eccentric aunt (an expert on local lore), and an opportunity to escape island life. (HWI18, $13.00)
 		  
Tales of the Pacific  •  Jack London   • LITERATURE  •  Jack London spent the last year and a half of his life in and around the Hawaiian Islands. This collection of tales, skirting the line between fiction and non-fiction, is some of his last and best writing, richly evoking the islands. (PAC02, $12.00)
 		  
The Descendants  •  Kaui Hart Hemmings   • LITERATURE  •  The bittersweet tale of a storied Hawaiian family in crisis, adapted for the Alexander Payne movie starring George Clooney. (HWI255, $15.00)
 		  
Chasing Lava, A Geologist's Adventures at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory  •  Wendell A. Duffield   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An abundantly illustrated and lively overview of volcanoes, volcanism, plate tectonics, hot spots and field work from a geologist at Kilauea. (HWI184, $16.00)
 		  
Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth  •  Maurice Krafft   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992), this pocket guide features hundreds of full-color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. (GEO06, $15.95)
 		  
A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific  •  H. Douglas Pratt   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This landmark field guide with chapters on the islands and habitats features superb color plates by Pratt and a checklist of birds. (HWI32, $45.00)
 		  
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawaii  •  Jim Denny   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Superbly photographed by the author and Jack Jeffrey, two of Hawai'i's best nature photographers, this compact guide covers 170 species, each with a full page and color photographs of the bird and its habitat. (HWI235, $19.99)
 		  
Hawaii Fishwatcher's Field Guide  •  I. Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, laminated card featuring full color illustrations of 60 common and spectacular denizens of Hawaiian coral reefs. (HWI53, $7.50)
 		  
Hawaii Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered birds, mammals and other critters of Hawaii. (HWI245, $5.95)
 		  
Hawaiian Marine Invertebrates, Shells of Hawaii  •  I. Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient laminated double-sided card featuring full color illustrations of cowries, cones and other shells, crabs, corals and other invertebrates. (HWI54, $7.50)
 		  
Shore Fishes of Hawaii  •  John Randall   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket field guide to all the reef fishes that a casual snorkeler or diver is likely to see. (HWI55, $19.99)
 		  
 
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