Check it out: BeachHouse Publishing is the first Hawaii publisher to bring you local children’s books available on your iPhone and iPod Touch, produced locally in Hawai’i by Bluewater Media. In addition to the colorful, whimsical illustrations and text in …
We recently reviewed mythology surrounding the legend of Maui (see “Book Review- How Maui Slowed the Sun”). Let’s stay with the Valley Isle and focus on its culinary delights and local cuisine. One of the most enjoyable aspects …
Artist and author Monika Mira recently sent us a copy of the latest edition of The Complete Hawaiian Reef Fish Coloring Book (Lucid Publishing) now printed on recycled paper! As a long time diver and artist, Mira put …
Happy Aloha Friday everyone! We here at Hawaii Book Blog hope you have a wonderful weekend. Here on Book End, we provide you with a list of the weekend’s literary/library events for you to decide.
Don’t forget to check out …
A wise songwriter dubbed him the “Hawaiian Superman” and immortalized one of his tales into a hit song—one cultural icon singing about another. The songwriter was Israel Kamakawiwo’ole and the “Hawaiian Superman” is the mythological hero, Maui.
Living in Hawaii …
Well, it’s a new year and one of our blog resolutions was to finally change the layout of Hawaii Book Blog. We’ve been running the simple “default” template since the beginning of Hawaii Book Blog (HBB) back in 2008. You …
Sick as dogs…no, worse, we have been sick as sloths the past week. And no, I don’t mean the types of sloths that would hire a dog to burn down a hospital; I’m talking about the laid back, slow-moving mammals …
Coming out of the recent 25th Eddie Aikau Memorial Surf Competition and the Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009, this surf season’s swells are still making headlines. Most recently it’s the 30ft monsters making their way to the North Shore that are …
It’s 2010 and we are finally back! All of the holiday business and distractions we’ve had ended today, and I begin the year by bringing back our weekly Book End after a two week hiatus.
Hope everyone had a great …
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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