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Book End: Weekend of July 29, 2011

by Alex on July 29, 2011
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.

Ongoing:

The Borders liquidation sale is still ongoing, with discounted prices up to 40% off.  The last …

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“Captain Cooked” Returns to the Islands

by Alex on July 28, 2011
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News Release

S.P. Grogan, the author of Captain Cooked: Hawaiian Mystery of Romance, Revenge… and Recipes!, will be returning to Hawaii for a special book signing tour from August 10 through August 15, 2011.

This past May, Captain

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Event Recap: Hawaiian Surfing

by Misty on July 24, 2011
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If you’ve never been to one of the fantastic events at Native Books – Nā Mea Hawaiʻi, then auwē! You have no idea what you’re missing out on. A couple weeks ago, we went to the book launch …

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Book End: Weekend of July 22, 2011

by Alex on July 22, 2011
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.

A Giant Sleeps

Probably the biggest literary news this past week has to do with the nationwide …

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Book Review + Event – Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past

by Alex on July 16, 2011
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[gn_quote]Surfing is Hawaiʻi’s gift to the world.  Actually, board sports are Hawaiʻi’s gift to the world, so that includes surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, kite surfing, windsurfing—basically anything that’s done on a board, the concept came out of Hawaiʻi and went around…
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Mahalo! HBB Birthday Giveaway Winners

by Alex on July 16, 2011
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A big MAHALO to everyone who sent us well wishes for Hawaii Book Blog’s third birthday!

We took all of the comments we received, assigned them a number and went to random.org to select three winners.  These three people …

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Book End: Weekend of July 15, 2011

by Alex on July 15, 2011
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.

Now on to the events…

Friday, July 15

  • Zumba Gold Demonstration – Ida Patykula, a local Zumba
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Political Talk Story w/ Former Senator Fred Rohlfing

by Alex on July 14, 2011
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News Release

Former senator Fred Rohlfing will hold a presentation and discussion on past and current Hawai‘i politics within the context of his memoir, Island Son: The Life and Times of  Hawai‘i’s Republican Reformer, at the Kaunoa Senior Center

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Help Tiki Tales Sale!

by Alex on July 13, 2011
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A few weeks ago we heard about yet another unfortunate casualty of the book publishing industry.  Readers like ourselves not only suffered with the loss of a number of bookstores in the area when Borders began closing down nationwide, but …

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Mokuhali lewa lipo

by ʻŌlelo on July 10, 2011
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Space shuttle

Ua hānau ʻia ʻoe ma ka mokuhali lewa lipo? … No ke aha maila? No ka mea, aia ʻoe ma waho o ka honua!
Were you born on a space shuttle? … Why? …

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Noʻonoʻo hāiki

by ʻŌlelo on July 9, 2011
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Noʻonoʻo hāiki

Narrow-minded

Mai noʻonoʻo hāiki. ʻAʻole pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi.
Don’t be narrow-minded. All knowledge is not taught in the same school.…

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