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2) Hawai'i
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Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of the Aloha State.
3) Hawai'i
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An exploration of the Hawaiian islands, including the flora, fauna, weather and history.
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"The Racial Justice in America: AAPI Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Virginia Loh-Hagan to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach our history with open eyes and minds. Colonization of Hawai'i explores the events in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way"--...
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"Nani learns that there is more to being a princess than fine clothes when a real Hawaiian princess comes to save the town of Hilo from Mauna Loa's volcanic lava flow. Based on the historical events of the 1880-1881 eruption of Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawai'i"--
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2022
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Hawaï, un endroit de rêve pour se marier. D'ailleurs, les heureux fiancés pourraient bien ne pas être les seuls à succomber à l'amour...
Hawaï, un lieu de détente idyllique. Sauf pour Gabi, qui risque de laisser échapper un important contrat – et met en péril sa carrière – en participant au mariage de son frère. Mais, alors qu'elle délaisse les cocktails pour son ordinateur, elle est bientôt détournée de son travail par un...
Hawaï, un lieu de détente idyllique. Sauf pour Gabi, qui risque de laisser échapper un important contrat – et met en péril sa carrière – en participant au mariage de son frère. Mais, alors qu'elle délaisse les cocktails pour son ordinateur, elle est bientôt détournée de son travail par un...
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El lujoso hotel hawaiano se convirtió en escenario de una luna de miel inesperadamente apasionada...
Cuando Lana Hale le pidió al magnate hotelero Kal Bishop que se casara con ella, él se sintió incapaz de defraudar a su amiga. Para evitar que trasladaran a la sobrina de Lana a un hogar de acogida, Lana necesitaba un marido.
Antes de que se dieran cuenta, el papel de enamorados que estaban interpretando se volvió real, y cuando ya no había necesidad...
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Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai'i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective. From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston's...
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Famous for its lush beauty and inviting beaches, Hawai'i also boasts a rich theatrical history dating back to the mid-19th century and spanning its years as a kingdom, U.S. territory, and a state. Its warm, tropical climate and social, cultural, and ethnic diversity contributed to the variety of theatres unique to the islands--from simple, rural plantation theatres on the neighbor islands, to neighborhood movie houses in exotic styles, to an incomparable...
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Alexander Cartwright, who invented the game of baseball in New York in the 1840s, soon took his bag of tricks to Hawai'i-where adoption of the pastime predates most other American locales. Pineapple plantation teams played rival sugar refinery clubs with Chinese, Korean and Japanese teams. Barnstorming big-leaguers landed during the winter, and Pearl Harbor brought the biggest names in the sport to paradise: Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, John...
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Harlequin
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2022
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Hawaï, un endroit de rêve pour se marier. D'ailleurs, les heureux fiancés pourraient bien ne pas être les seuls à succomber à l'amour...
Hawaï, un paradis sur terre. Sauf pour Amy, qui a plutôt l'impression d'être arrivée en enfer. Bien sûr, elle est heureuse de s'être rendue au mariage de ses amis, mais, pour ne pas gâcher leur bonheur, elle va devoir faire croire à tous que son mari Devlin et elle filent le parfait amour – alors...
Hawaï, un paradis sur terre. Sauf pour Amy, qui a plutôt l'impression d'être arrivée en enfer. Bien sûr, elle est heureuse de s'être rendue au mariage de ses amis, mais, pour ne pas gâcher leur bonheur, elle va devoir faire croire à tous que son mari Devlin et elle filent le parfait amour – alors...
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During the early 1800s, about two dozen men of African descent lived in Hawai'i. The most noteworthy was Anthony D. Allen, a businessman who had traveled around the world before making Hawai'i his home and starting a family there in 1810. The 25th Black Infantry Regiment, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, arrived in Honolulu at the Schofield Barracks in 1913. They built an 18-mile trail to the summit of Mauna Loa, the world's largest shield volcano,...
15) El antiguo Hawái: Una guía fascinante de la historia humana de Hawái, desde la llegada de los poline
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¿Le interesa la historia de uno de los reinos más aislados de la Tierra? Entonces este libro es para usted.
Cuando la mayoría de las personas escuchan la frase «antiguo Hawái», se desprende un cierto aire de misterio e intriga. Algunos pueden pensar en tribus tatuadas que navegan por el vasto vacío del océano Pacífico bajo la luz de la luna, que bailan alrededor de hogueras para conectar con sus dioses o que viven en las laderas de los volcanes....
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Nani siempre ha soñado con ser una princesa. Cuando una princesa de la vida real de Hawái visita a su pueblo en Hilo, Nani se viste con sus mejores ropas. Pero, mientras observa a la Princesa Luka, quien ha venido a salvar al pueblo de Mauna Loa de la lava volcánica, Nani aprende que hay algo más que ser una princesa con ropas finas. Beth Greenway entrelaza la importancia de la amabilidad y la generosidad a través de esta increíble historia,...
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"Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father. As her father soon becomes the No. 1 murder suspect, Leilani must find the real killer and somehow safeguard her ill mother, little sisters, and grandmother while also preserving a...
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From the maelstrom of Cape Horn to murder on the high seas. From cutthroats in Zanzibar to death temples in Tahiti. And finally to seething intrigues in Maui. This epic story ricochets from lust and danger to betrayal and love.
Each in pursuit of their own separate and perilous quest-correspondent/adventuress Samantha Swift and rogue secret agent Jack Dancer cross paths in the "hellhole of the Pacific" only to find themselves in the middle of...
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It's island time on Hawai'i's Garden Isle of Maui. Learn about the ancient Polynesian ways of the outrigger canoe and the ceremonies at Black Rock. Explore Maui's whaling history and sugar-cane past in Lahaina. Chill in Banyan Tree park and on the beaches. Head inland to a garden cooperative to learn how Maui is becoming food sustainable. Try all the local garden foods, and see the kids pick a harvest to cook at the hotel kitchen that night. Then...
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A boundary-bridging novel that will surprise, captivate, and move readers who thought they knew Hawaiʻi; an age-old story of healing a seared heart and finding home. Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawai'i is a gripping tale of clashing passions-science and spirituality, vengeance and compassion, fear and courage-set atop Hawaiʻi's 14,000-foot Mauna Kea, realm of revered goddesses and star-wise explorers. A young vagabond running from America's turmoil is...
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