Bishop Museum Press
Established in 1892, Bishop Museum Press remains a leader in the publishing of trade and scholarly works on topics related to Hawaii and the Pacific. We specialize in developing and producing works, for young and old alike, which celebrate our collective understanding and appreciation of Hawaii’s rich cultural and natural history.
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Naupaka
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Pulelehua and Mamaki
Ka Palapala Po'okela Award - Excellence in Children's Literature
Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced Plants
Ka Palapala Po'okela Award - Excellence in Natural Science
Ka Buke Mo‘olelo o Honorable Robert William Wilikoki (The Biography of the Honorable Robert William Wilcox)
August 30th, 2010
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 Wilikoki is the account of that one-day battle, of the legal trials that followed, and of the man who led the only armed rebellion during the Hawaiian monarchy.Thomas K. Nakanaela
Foreword by M. Puakea Noglemeier
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Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawai‘i
August 30th, 2010
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 families. Kendal Morris's drawings come directly from specimens of most taxa.Edited by Gretchen Lambert
$19.95
isbn 978-0-930897-94-9
softcover, 7x10, 62pp.
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Kaua Kuloko 1895
August 30th, 2010
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 text where the information and the sequence of events of that unforgettable period are gathered together and published in the Hawaiian language.Edited by Thomas P. Spencer
Foreword by M. Puakea Noglemeier
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He Buke Wehewehe Hua‘olelo Baibala (A Dictionary of Biblical Words)
August 30th, 2010Reverend 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 Wehewehe Hua‘olelo Baibala, not only words and meanings are presented, but quotes and verses where the word can be found are also included.
Translated by E.W. Clark
Foreword by M. Puakea Noglemeier
$18.95
isbn 978-1-58178-012-3
softcover, 5.5x8.5, 408pp.
Available at Bishop Museum's Shop Pacifica and other fine bookstores throughout the islands.
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Ka Buke Mele o na Himeni Hawai‘i(The Lyric Book of Hawaiian Choral Songs)
August 30th, 2010
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, playful mele, and compositions with cultural and historical comment.Edited by E.C. Holstein
Foreword by M. Puakea Noglemeier
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Buke ‘Oihana Lapa‘au me na ‘Apu Ia‘au Hawai‘i (Book of Medical Practices and Hawaiian Prescriptions
August 30th, 2010
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 in Hawaiian history from the time of Liloa through 1893.Edited by Thomas P. Spencer
Foreword by M. Puakea Noglemeier
$12.95
isbn 978-1-58178-021-5
softcover, 5.5x8.5, 144pp.
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Marine Red Algae of the Hawaiian Islands
August 27th, 2010
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 phycologist and an ethnobotanist. For her various publications, she recieved the National Academy of Science G.M. Smith Medal in 1997. She is an honorary research associate at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum and a member of the Museum's Board [...]
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Legend of the Gourd
August 27th, 2010
In the district of Ka‘u, spread across the Kama‘oa Plain, live the Children of the Gourd. This magical tale delves into the past to reveal how the people of this region came to be named.During the old days of Hawai‘i, a young man and woman fell in love. Though both were descended from chiefs, their relationship was looked down upon. And so the young couple ran away together, accompanied by many who cared for them. They crossed the Kama‘oa Plain, along the flank of Mauna Loa, where they settled near the shore and t [...]
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Mai Pa'a I Ka Leo: Historical Voice in Hawaiian Primary Materials, Looking Forward and Listening Back
August 27th, 2010
In just over a century, from 1834 to 1948, Hawaiian writers filled 125,000 pages in nearly 100 different newspapers with their writings. The contents of those papers span a period when noted historians, expert genealogists, skilled storytellers, and cultural specialists were numerous, and their knowledge was intentionally recorded in writing for their contemporaries and for generations of the future.Though scholars have generated entire books of history and legend with what they've extracted from these papers, only a tiny fraction, [...]
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The Sky Tonight: A Guided Tour of the Stars Over Hawai‘i
August 25th, 2010
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, and more. A comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to our island skies, The Sky Tonight has become an essential companion for Hawai‘i star gazers of all ages and for amateurs and professionals alike.$29.95
isbn 978-0-930897-93-2
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Biodiversity Assessment of Tropical Island Ecosystems: PABITRA Manual for Interactive Ecology and Management
August 25th, 2010
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.The oceanic island network PABITRA (Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect) requires some special methodological considerations. From inland mountains to the sea, island ecosystems vary from cloud forests, agro-ecosystems, coastal and near-sh [...]
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A Tropical Garden Flora
August 25th, 2010
A Tropical Garden Flora: Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and Other Tropical Places describes more that 2,100 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants, provides brief descriptions and keys for identification, and weaves together the origin, uses, biology, landscape properties, and practical tips for propagating and growing each species.The plant descriptions and keys are augmented with Anna Stone's line drawings of more that 400 species, a comprehensive illustrated glossary of botanical terms, derivations of genus and spe [...]
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Mammals in Hawai‘i
August 25th, 2010
This new and completely revised edition of Dr. Tomlich's classic 1969 volume is a considerably expanded and comprehensive study of all the mammal species found in our island state.Ecological, behavioral, and historical information is presented in a lucid and readable style, making this book as much a delight for the casual reader as an essential sourcebook for scientific study. The suthor's intense involvement and long experience in the islands is expressed in the detailed treatment of each species and the exhaustive bibliography.
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Butterflies of the Bulolo-Wau Valley
August 25th, 2010
This convenient field guide, lavishly illustrated with color photographs, is the first modern book on butteflies of Papua New Guinea. It describes and illustrates all 373 butterfly species in the Bulolu-Wau Valley, home to about two-thirds of mainland Papua New Guinea's butterflies.$24.95
isbn 978-0-930897-61-1
softcover, 5x9, 262pp.
Available at Bishop Museum's Shop Pacifica and other fine bookstores throughout the islands.
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Heiau of the Island of Hawai‘i: A Historic Survey of Native Hawaiian Temple Sites
August 23rd, 2010
This book presents the results of the first major archaeological survey of Hawaiian heiau, carried out by John F.G. Stokes in 1906-1907 with the guidance of William Brigham, Bishop Museum's first director. Stokes work has long been valued by scholars for its descriptions, and these are augmented here with redrawn copies of the original maps and numerous historical photographs.A new introduction, pieced together from typed and handwritten notes at Bishop Museum, shows that Stokes wanted to add detail and precision to traditional accou [...]
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