Survival and preparedness guides have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, becoming a part of pop culture with the broadcast of reality shows like Doomsday Preppers and apocalyptic dramas like The Walking Dead. The Hawaiian Survival Handbook (Watermark Publishing, 2014) by Brother Noland has all the necessities of a mainstream survival guide, […]
The scenic islands of Hawai‘i have long been the subject and location of many television and movie productions. Ed Rampell and Luis I. Reyes have compiled a unique reference book for screen enthusiasts in The Hawai‘i Movie and Television Book: Celebrating 100 Years of Film Production Throughout the Hawaiian Islands (Mutual Publishing, 2013). It’s their third collaboration […]
You don’t see many local chapter books for children published regularly, so anytime Misty and I come across one, we are always eager to see how well it stands up and helps advance the genre. Cacy & Kiara and the Curse of the Kiʻi by Roy Chang is an intense yet fun and humorous children’s […]
No plot, no problem! 30 days to a complete manuscript! Publish your own Kindle bestseller! I’m no stranger to the market of these writing/publishing guide books. In the ever-long quest to improve my word-smithing skills I’ve purchased, borrowed, downloaded and read through my fair share of books on the craft. Books with lengthy chapters on […]
In the final, dramatic pages of Kamehameha: The Rise of a King (Kamehameha Publishing, 2013) author David Kāwika Eyre elegantly writes what the last moments of life may have been like for Kamehameha I–the beloved chief’s parting words of wisdom and guidance for his people summarizing all that he fought to accomplish. However, it was these words […]
2013 has produced some visually stunning local books and the most strikingly hypnotic of them is from Legacy Isle Publishing (an imprint of Watermark Publishing). Honolulu Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific: 125 Years of Covers by A. Kam Napier, Kristin Lipman, Michael Keany and Erik Ries. 125 Years of Covers is an interesting retrospective of […]
This new, eye catching book from Mutual Publishing is one of my favorite releases this year and it just came out in November. I could write sonnets about how much I love this but my other books might get jealous. Timeline Hawaii: An Illustrated Chronological History of the Islands by Daniel Harrington with Bennett Hymer, […]
*As originally read in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, with some additional comments and personal views. Hawaii island author Darien Gee takes us to Avalon, a small Illinois town with no shortage of drama, in her latest novel, The Avalon Ladies Scrapbook Society (Ballantine, 2012). Even though her last book, Friendship Bread, was also set in […]
Abridged from the original in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser 11/25/12 Hawaii writer Chris McKinney is often praised for his gritty portrayal of the darker side of paradise, the underbelly of a rapidly changing community. His previous work — Mililani Mauka (2009), Bolohead Row (2005) and The Tattoo (1999) — has shown that McKinney excels at writing about the disconnected and […]
Spring is on it’s way and if you’re like me and my family you’re eager to resume eating those scrumptious sweets you gave up for Lent or New Year’s diet resolution. Check out Hawai’i Bakes, a new-ish cookbook from Mutual Publishing for some fresh dessert ideas. There aren’t as many pictures as I usually […]
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Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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