Book Review + Event: Buildings of Hawaii

by Alex on January 17, 2012
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[gn_quote]The intermingling of [people, political shifts, religion, the socioeconomics of plantation life and its aftermath, and the recent acceleration of human travel] has inexorably led to a distinctive architectural tapestry found nowhere else in the United States.[/gn_quote]

In Hawaiʻi, we …

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Cookbook review & event info: “A Sweet Dash of Aloha”

by Misty on January 12, 2012
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Happy New Year!

I’ll admit, it’s pretty easy for me to rationalize poor eating habits during the holidays. Really, it takes me no effort at all to come up with 101 reasons why I need to eat a different Christmas …

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Book Review – Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii

by Alex on December 17, 2011
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[gn_quote] Decades after the August AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and its sister cities, Pliny the Younger chronicled how his beloved neighborhood had disappeared into the earth.  Frances Kakugawa is Pliny the Younger to a modern Pompeii called Kapoho.…
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Local Book Puts Modern Spin on Hawaiian Legends

by Misty on December 8, 2011
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Don’t Look Back: Hawaiian Myths Made New (Watermark Publishing, 2011) is a compilation of short stories and excerpts from local authors inspired by Hawaiian legends. Edited by Christine Thomas with a Foreword by Puakea Nogelmeier, Don’t Look

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Book Review: Up Among the Stars

by Alex on November 23, 2011
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Up Among the Stars (Mutual Publishing, 2011) is the sequel to Matthew Kaopio’s debut novel, Written in the Sky.  For more on his first novel, you can read my review here: [Book Review: Written in the

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Keiki book review: On Vacation with Tutu

by Misty on November 22, 2011
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On Vacation with Tūtū (Mutual Publishing, 2011) by Lynne Wikoff is a new keiki book about a bunch of energetic children who think that vacation with Tūtū will be a breeze–just wild fun and games with no parents …

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eBook Review: Murder in Waikiki

by Alex on November 18, 2011
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When a tourist is found dead on the shuttle ride between the airport and the Ainahau Hotel, it’s up to Honolulu police detectives Steven Keʻaloha Shaw, the Hero of Hotel Street, and his partner Aaron Tusitala to solve the mystery.  …

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Book Review – Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior

by Misty on November 16, 2011
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“Should I stay, or should I go?” It’s a question every young person from Hawaiʻi struggles with–a question Alex and I still ponder. Should I stay here with friends, family and a place that is as much a part of …

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Book Review: Oh! A mystery of ‘mono no aware’

by Alex on November 15, 2011
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[gn_quote]I’ve found that not many people have heard of mono no aware. I’m still trying to understand it myself. But it’s about our emotional response to things and events. Being able to see, to feel, the true or deeper…
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Keiki book review: Moon Mangoes

by Misty on November 10, 2011
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 Moon Mangoes is a new kids book by first time Maui author, Lindy Shapiro. BeachHouse Publishing just released it for fall 2011 but it’s already a classic.

In the book, Mama and Anuenue are sitting on the lanai watching the …

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November is Book Review Bonanza month

by Alex on November 2, 2011
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October was our vacation month, as we have been quick to mention in multiple posts the past few weeks.  But November is something very different.  November is special.  November is going to be our Book Review Bonanza.

We’ve received a …

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