On July 30, 1889, Robert W. Wilcox mounted a failed attempt to overthrow the Cabinet of the time, and return the throne to powers that had been diminished through the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887, which had stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of its power. Ka Buke Mo‘olelo o Honorable Robert William [...]
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Donald Abbott wrote his first account of Hawaiian ascidians in 1941, as an undergraduate at the University of Hawaii. That essay grew into this book on ascidians. A. Todd Newberry added to and enlarged the introductory sections with additional revision and enlargement of the species accounts in most [...]
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Kaua Kuloko 1895 was printed in the same year of the famous civil battle between the patriots of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republican forces that had overthrown the constitutional monarchy. The goal of the failed rebellion was to return Queen Lili‘uokalani to the throne. This is the only known [...]
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Reverend Ephraim Weston Clark's arrival in Hawai‘i in 1828 was the beginning of 35 years of missionary service in the islands. Clark's work included the publishing of Hawaiian language texts; his translation of this Bible dictionary in 1872 was the last of many such publications. In He Buke Wehewe [...]
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A collection of nearly 300 songs that were popular and widely sung during the last decades of the 19th century. Prominent political figures and well loved ali‘i composers, such as Lili‘uokalani, Leleiohoku, and Kalakaua, are nicely represented in this group, which includes love ballads, tributes [...]
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Buke ‘Oihana Lapa‘au, first printed in Honolulu in 1895, a vlauable collection of information on Hawaiian medical practices, based on the writing of the honorable ‘Elia Helekunihi. In addition, it presents select ali‘i genealogy and a detailed chronological description of significant dates i [...]
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Like love and other things, writing lessons are where you find them. For example, want to read some good dialogue, and learn from it? Look no further than my favorite coffee mug.

The mug, which was my favorite Christmas present last year, features text from UrbanDictionary.com.  To illustrate the phrase “moo point,” there’s this dialogue from an episode of Friends:

Joey: All right, Rach. The big question is, “does he like you?” All right? Because if he doesn’t like you, this is all a moo point.

Rachel: Huh. A moo point?

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The marine red algae of the Hawaiian Islands, and indeed of the islands and parts of the continents of the Pacific, are presented in this comprehensive volume. There are 343 descriptions and illustrations of Rodopohyta referenced as well as keys and remarks about them. Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott is a [...]
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This is the first and only book with a complete set of monthly star charts and unique constellation overlays made specifically for Hawai‘i's latitudes. A sky tour accompanies each chart, bringing the stars to life with Hawaiian and Greek myths, interesting binocular objects, astronomical facts, an [...]
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This book was prepared to fill a gap of explaining ecological methodology for biodiversity assessment in island ecosystems.  It details methods for systematic sampling and monitoring of the biological diversity in terrestrial, aquatic, coastal, and marine ecosystems for tropical island environments [...]
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