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Hawaii   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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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, $8.95)
  Hawaiian Islands Map
 

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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)
 
 
Knopf Mapguide Hawaii  •   Knopf Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the islands, featuring fold-out maps. (HWI200, $10.95)
 
 
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  •  (HWI246, $11.99)
 
 
Top Trails Maui  •  Sara Benson   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN FEBRUARY  •  Maps, milestones and access are covered in this roundup of 37 Day hikes and overnight adventures. (HWI243, $17.95)
 
 
Volcanoes in America's National Parks  •  Robert & Barbara Decker   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A geophysicist at Dartmouth and former scientist-at-charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Robert Decker writes winningly of the formation, diversity and allure of volcanoes from Yellowstone to Hawaii and Alaska in this compact, illustrated guide featuring 255 color photographs and 28 outstanding maps. (USW514, $24.95)
 
 
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, $18.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Pearl Harbor Ghosts, The Legacy of December 7, 1941  •  Thurston Clarke   • HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Ka'a'awa, A Novel about Hawaii in the 1850s  •  O. A. Bushnell   • LITERATURE  •  Bushnell evokes the island and people of Oahu a century ago, in this beloved novel, spiced with the rhythms of of Hawaii and comic flair. (HWI201, $24.95)
 
 
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, $16.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Atlas of Hawaii  •  James O. Juvik  •  Sonia P. Juvik   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A sourcebook of outstanding interest for the curious traveler, this abundantly illustrated atlas, with contributions by dozens of scholars, includes not just maps but lively essays on the nature, culture and society of the archipelago. (HWI01, $51.99)
 
 
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  •  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, $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  •  A superbly photographed, authoritative guide. (HWI235, $19.99)
 
 
Hawaii Fishwatcher's Field Guide  •  Idaz 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, An Introduction to Familiar Species  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  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  •  Idaz 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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