Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo

November 20th, 2009

FORTHCOMING DECEMBER 2009

Originally serialized in the Hawaiian language newspaper Kuokoa Home Rula from January 1909 to April 1910, this new edition of Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo presents Ho‘oulumahiehie's text in modernized Hawaiian with notes and an introduction by Native Hawaiian scholar Hiapokeikikane Kichie Perreira.

Ho‘oulumahiehie's telling of the Kawelo story is the longest and most comprehensively written in Hawaiian on this larger-than-life hist [...]
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Surfing: Historic Images from Bishop Museum Archives

October 23rd, 2009

Surfing is worldwide, but its roots are in Hawaii. From its island home, the sport has spread internationally in the last one hundred years. As surfing has grown, so has the interest in its history. Bishop Museum Archives in Honolulu holds the largest collection of historic photos in Hawaii. From this unparalleled resource comes this selection of surfing images, some familiar and others never before published.
$14.95 isbn 978-1-58178-043-7 softcover, 7 x 10, 156 pp.
Available at Bishop Museum's Shop Pa [...]
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Ka 'Oihana Lawai'a: Hawaiian Fishing Traditions

October 23rd, 2009

Written by Daniel Kaha'ulelio, a native fisherman of the Lahaina region, this is perhaps the most detailed narrative pertaining to fishing customs, sources of fish, and methods of procurement. It appeared in 1902 as a series of articles in the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Kaha'ulelio provides readers with a vast knowledge of locations, practices, methods, and beliefs of the native fisher-people of Maui.

Daniel Kaha'ulelio was a respected judge of Lahaina, Maui, and o [...]
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Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii

October 23rd, 2009

Kepelino, like native Hawaiian historians Malo, Kamakau, and Papa 'I'i, worked in the mid-19th century to record Hawaiian historical, cultural, and religious knowledge for future generations. He wrote during a time of great intellectual ferment among Native Hawaiians, creating the bulk of his work between 1860 and 1870. It was in 1868 that Kepelino produced the text, "Mooolelo Hawaii," what we now refer to as Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii.

This book is divided into five sections. The first section [...]
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Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior

October 23rd, 2009

For centuries, Hawaiian warriors practiced the martial art of lua under a veil of secrecy. They were as expert, renowned, and revered as the military special forces of today. With the changing times, the number of those extensively trained in lua declined and it became a lost art. By the late 1980s, few knew that a unique Hawaiian martial art still existed.

Now for the first time ever, Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior offers an introduction to the history, philosophy, techniques, weapons, and [...]
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'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings

October 23rd, 2009

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 aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal ever deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawaii and its people, but all of humanity. Since the sayings carry the imm [...]
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Sublime Beauty: Hawaii's Trees

September 18th, 2009

This rich photographic collection celebrates the majestic beauty that some of the most vital members of our natural environment--the trees--have brought to the diverse habitats and landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands.

Through stunning scenic shots and close-ups, author and photographer Jim Wageman introduces readers to the extraordinary variety of trees that may be found within Hawai‘i's unique ecological system. Experience exquisite endemic and indigenous species that journeyed to th [...]
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Pulelehua and Mamaki

September 18th, 2009
‘E ola hou, e malama kekahi i kekahi. This is new life, a time to take care of one another.
In the lush Hawaiian rainforest, beneath a canopy of ‘ohia trees, native flora and fauna live in harmony. As her time draws near, lovely Pulelehua discovers the mamaki that sheltered her as a child and leaves a newborn egg on one of its leaves. Follow along as the wise mamaki nurtures Ke Li‘i through his stages of life, from a tiny black caterpiller to a magnificent Kamehameha Butterfly.
Beauti [...]
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Naupaka

September 18th, 2009

Have you ever wondered why the delicate white flowers of the naupaka grow the way they do?

Long, long ago, a love blossomed between two young villagers--Naupaka, a kind and beautiful Hawaiian princess, and Kau‘i, a handsome and gentle commoner. Alas, society's ancient ways did not allow them to be together. Follow along on their journey as they seek to find approval from the gods and discover the fate that befalls them.

Lovingly told by Native Hawaiian cultural treasure Aunty Nona Beame [...]
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Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced Plants

September 18th, 2009

Native Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. When the Polynesian settlers arrived, they encountered many plants that they did not know before. Over the course of generations, the Hawaiian people learned how to use the native flora to meet their needs. Along with the crops that the settlers introduced from the South Pacific, native plants became the basis for Hawaiian society and economy.
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