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  Hawaii

  by James A. Michener

  In Hawaii , Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Michener weaves the classic saga that brought Hawaii’s epic history vividly alive to the American public on its initial publication in 1959, and continues to mesmerize even today. The volcanic processes by which the Hawaiian Islands grew from the ocean floor were inconceivably slow, and the land remained untouched by man for countless centuries until, little more... (more)
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  Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

  by Liliuokalani

  Possibly the most important work in Hawaiian literature, Hawai'i's Story is a poignant plea from Hawaii's queen to restore her people's kingdom. Mutual Publishing has been reprinting Hawai'i's Story since 1990, now in 2004, we are re-releasing it in a larger, easier to read format.
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  Mauri Ola

  Whetu Moana II: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English

  by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, Robert Sullivan

  Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English is a follow-up volume tot he highly acclaimed Whetu Moana, the first anthology of Polynesian poems in English edited by Polynesians. The new book includes poetry written over the last 25 years by more than 80 writers from Aotearoa, Hawai'i, Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Tahiti and Rotuma--some living in these islands and some dispersed around the... (more)