The March 2011 tsunami danger in Hawai‘i brings to mind an important reference published late last year: Living on the Shores of Hawai‘i: Natural Hazards, the Environme [...]
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Just try talking about Hawai‘i’s cultural history without talking about food. No can. We love eating and talk story about local food. On Saturday Nov. 6, Hawaii’s Plantation Village in Waipahu will celebrate both taste and talk with Arnold Hiura, author of Kau Kau — Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands.

The free reading/discussion/eating event, 10 a.m. to noon, will get under way with a quick historical overview of kau kau — our all-purpose pidgin word for food. The book’s timeline starts with Hawaiians then continues with whalers and sailors, plantation immigration, World War II and post-war Hawai‘i, the “Hawaiian Renaissance” movement and wraps up with the contemporary food scene.

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Learn more about Hawai‘i’s famous “Go for Broke” soldiers of the 442nd and 100th with these popular titles from UH Press:
Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd, by Masayo Umezawa Duus; translated by Peter Duus
“A fascinating and highly readable slice of history which should be told, and told repeatedly. If ever a group of Americans had been driven to the point of despair and rebellion, it was the Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II. . . . Unlikely Liberators vividly portrays in remarkable realism the officers and men with whom I served. Every American should read Masayo Duus’ book to better understand the true spirit of America which sustains its greatness.” —former U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga

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This Ka Palapala Po‘okela award-winning guidebook increased the general public's awareness of O‘ahu's ancient sites for the first time in the early 1990's. Now an entirely updated, full-color edition of the book includes numerous additional sites and expanded site descriptions. Although many rem [...]
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This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their 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 covers intertidal and deep subtidal habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the main Hawaiian Islands. Many new species and records of distribution in the Hawaiian Islands are described, with 61 species of brown algae and 105 species of green algae. This book provides a comprehen [...]
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Restoring Bishop Museum's Hawaiian Hall: Ho‘i Hou Ka Wena Kaiwi‘ula (Dawn's golden glow returns to Kawai‘ula) gives a sneak peek into the newly renovated Hawaiian Hall at Bishop Museum. It consists of a collection of essays from various people within the community who had a hand in the hall's [...]
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Centuries of evolution have produced Indonesian outrigger canoes that are superbly functional and beautifully crafted. These canoes are fashioned of natural materials and because of their flexible design, can withstand the continual punishment of wind and waves. This authoritative volume discusses [...]
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One of the last surviving authentic traditional Hawaiian dwellings was reconstructed at the turn of the century (1902) and is preserved at Bishop Museum. The posts and rafters are from an abandoned house built before 1800 in Miloli‘i Valley, Kaua‘i. Other materians used in the house are from var [...]
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