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Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler Synopsis Around 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook. Deftly weaving... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover 
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Waking Up in Eden: In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island by Lucinda Fleeson Publisher Comments Like so many of us, Lucinda Fleeson wanted to escape what had become a routine life. So, she quit her big-city job, sold her suburban house, and moved halfway across the world to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman Staff Pick A fascinating work of history about a cruel response to a misunderstood disease, The Colony vividly recounts the saga of the leprosy colony on Molokai and the community once forcibly interred there. Tayman crafts a gripping, and at times horrifying... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i by Garrett Hongo Publisher Comments Part memoir, part Japanese American family chronicle, part luminous work of natural history, Volcano tells what happened when Hongo returned to his birthplace in Hawai'i, as a young man, to reclaim its dreamlike landscape and his own elusive past. A... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hawai'i: A History of the Big Island (Making of America) by Robert Oaks Synopsis Although its soils are the youngest in the Hawaiian chain, the Big Island's chronicles are at times epic, tragic, and heroic, but always fascinating. Modern Hawai'i is filled with tradition and mythology, accommodating influences as diverse as its... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii by William Pil Chiles Publisher Comments Hawaii -- a place all the world knows as paradise and one of the most remote places on earth -- may hold a clue for all humanity during our very defining moment in history. Pila explains why Hawaii is the crossroads of all our mysteries. The Hawaiian... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, and Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust by Samuel P King Publisher Comments Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--"known as Bishop Estate--"to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Na Kua Aina: Living Hawaiian Culture by Davianna Mcgregor Publisher Comments The word kua'ā ina translates literally as back land or back country. Davianna McGregor grew up hearing it as a reference to an awkward or unsophisticated person from the country. However, in the context of the Native Hawaiian cultural renaissance... (read more) List Price $30.25 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Isles of Refuge: Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by Mark J Rauzon Publisher Comments "A fascinating, lively publication....While Rauzon, a biologist, packs the book with lots of scholarly information, his lyrical writing style, keen observations and adept story-telling will capture readers. His clear photography and beautiful... (read more) List Price $49.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Preserving Paradise: Opportunities in Volunteering for Hawaii's Environment by Kirsten Whatley Synopsis There are struggles to keep Hawaii's coastlines from being developed, and there are the tireless folks who wake up with fears of losing a cherished piece of wilderness, an underwater sanctuary, or one of the multiple species in danger of falling off the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Aloha: Cultural Tourism and the Negotiation of Tradition by Heather A Diamond Publisher Comments At the 1989 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, throngs of visitors gathered on the National Mall to celebrate Hawai'i's multicultural heritage through its traditional arts. The edu-tainment spectacle revealed a richly complex Hawai'i few tourists ever see... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Honor Killing: How the Infamous "Massie Affair" Transformed Hawai'i by David Stannard Publisher Comments In the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of racial and sexual hysteria, but the case against the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Portrait of Hawaii by Cliff Hollenbeck Publisher Comments This brilliant collection of images takes you on a tour of the islands from the most luxurious resorts to the most secluded yet remarkable natural treasures.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travels in Hawaii by Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher Comments This book presents a collection of little-known essays and stories written about Hawaii during Stevenson's travels through the Hawaiian Islands. It includes a series of letters discussing the treatment of lepers in the Islands, and Stevenson's famous... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Leper Priest of Moloka'i: The Father Damien Story by Richard Stewart Synopsis In May 1873, Father Damien De Veuster voluntarily became the first resident clergyman and part-time physician for the leper colony on Moloka'i's remote Kalaupapa peninsula. This volume traces the life of Father Damien from his boyhood in rural Belgium to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Farewell, My Tani by Virginia T Parsons Synopsis Farewell, My Tani is Virginia T. Parsonss account of the life of her close friend, Tani Bishops. A direct descendant of King Kamehameha I, conqueror and unifier of all Hawaii, Tani was an extraordinary, spirited woman who contributed much to the... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Princess Ka'iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People by Sharon Linnéa Publisher Comments ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Land of Aloha: The Hawaiian Islands by Cheryl Tsutsumi Synopsis Brace yourself for a breathtaking experience of the spectacular islands of Hawai'i. Experience O'ahu, Maui, the Big Island, and Kaua'i through colorful photographs and rich words, leading you to a window with a view of Hawai'i's best — simply... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $5.98 Used - Hardcover
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No Footprints in the Sand: A Memoir of Kalaupapa by Henry Kal Nalaielua Synopsis When Henry Nalaielua was diagnosed with Hansens disease in 1936 and taken from his home and family, he began a journey of exile that led him to Kalaupapathe remote settlement with the tragic history on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. During its century... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Under a Maui Sun: The Valley Island by Cheryl C Tsutsumi Synopsis Maui no ka 'oi - Maui is the best! Discover for yourself why the Valley Isle has earned its reputation as the best island in the world. Legends and historical accounts of Maui's past combine with descriptive text highlighting the beauty and magic of this... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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