books about: hawaii (succeeding eyewitness mysteries)

books about: hawaii

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Map of Hawaii: The Big Island : Reference Maps of the Islands of Hawaii (Reference Maps of the Islands of ...

14 reviews
James Allen Bier

University of Hawaii Press, 2002

Big Island Map
Purchased this map for our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii and found it to be most helpful!

No Worries Hawaii: A Vacation Planning Guide for Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island

14 reviews
Jerry Sprout, Janine Sprout

Diamond Valley Company, 2007

Delivers!
This guide with its inviting cover arrived on my birthday in January, a present from my wife who had been wanting to visit Hawaii for years. We planned every aspect of our vacation with it and are glad we did. These authors are a rare combination of experienced travel writers and athletes so you get to the heart and soul of the island from the ground up. All the practical information inside ...

Hawaii: A Novel

105 reviews
James A. Michener

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

Fantastic Fictional Tour of Historical Hawaii
Mr. Michener's wonderful historical novel on the 50th state masterfully weaves together many smaller individual stories that allow the reader to appreciate this amazing and diverse island group. Hawaii was settled in waves, and book begins with the original human settlement by brave seafarers who could read the waves and locate dots of land in a vast seascape. The reader experiences the later ...

Frommer's Hawaii 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

10 reviews
Jeanette Foster

Frommers, 2007

Outstanding help
I relied on this book heavily for advice while I honeymooned in Hawaii and it delivered. It was comprehensive and informative. I would recommend it to all vacationers who like a packed, encompassing, and active vacation

So You Want to Live in Hawaii: The Guide to Settling and Succeeding in the Islands (Second Edition)

33 reviews
Toni Polancy

Barefoot Pub, 2005

Great book!
Wow - My mother purchased this book for my husband and I when we were in Hawaii getting married earlier this year. It is a fantastic book that focuses not only on the good, but also the negatives of moving to such a beautiful place. I agree with one of the other writers who left a comment - if only every place had a guide book like this!

Fodor's Hawaii 2009 (Full-Color Gold Guides)
Fodor's

Fodor's, 2008

Fodor?s. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor?s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you?re at the helm, Fodor?s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It?s like having a friend on Hawaii! ? Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor?s full-color guide paints an ...

Hawaii The Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (Hawaii the Big Island Revealed)

240 reviews
Andrew Doughty

Wizard Publications Inc., 2008

This is simply the best guidebook available!
I compared it with three other guidebooks, and this one is hands down by far the best. I also like his sense of humor, and his ability to give us foreigners a realistic taste of the local culture. It is down to earth, not superficial, and it must have been a lot of work to write this guide! The first thing I did when I arrived in Oahu for the second segment of my trip was to go to the bookstore ...

High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28)

9 reviews
Mary Pope Osborne

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003

Read in an Hour
My 7-year-old read this in a matter of a couple hours. He loved it. He loved all the Magic Treehouse books. He even read a few of them two or three times. Excellent book. Wish they were a little longer so he couldn't zip through them so fast. :D

Hawaii (Regional Guide)

20 reviews
Jeff Campbell

Lonely Planet, 2007

Great Lonely Planet Guide
I can very much reccomend this book to everyone planning to go to Hawaii. It has a section about every Hawaian Island open to travellers. You find general background information about the islands as well as very detailed information about things to do and see, lodging, dining and activities. It also picks out places that are usually less crowed than the major tourist accumulations. Lonely Planet ...

Fodor's Hawaii 2008 (Fodor's Gold Guides)

4 reviews
Fodor's

Fodor's, 2007

Hawaii Essentials
Two books that I recommend reading before going to Hawaii are Fodor's Hawaii 2008 and No Worries Hawaii. I read both cover to cover and really got alot out of them. Each provides what the other has left out.

Hawaii The Big Island Trailblazer: Where to hike, snorkel, surf, bike, drive

40 reviews
Jerry Sprout, Janine Sprout

Diamond Valley Company, 2007

If you love the Big Ilsand
YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK. We have traveled to the big island many times, but still have not discovered or seen everything. This book reaches beyond of the general guide books and one of the other more popular reads about the island. Great for those who are into hiking and especailly for driving tours. Snorkelers will like some of the off the beaten path places to go.

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

111 reviews
Stephen Kinzer

Times Books, 2007

History we should know
Those high school and college history classes that cast the USA in a glowing llight are called to question by Kinzer. Here we find the extent to which commercial interests have dominated foreign policy. To this domination we add a huge dose of stupidity and a ton of arrogance. This will give the recipe for USA regime change operations in foreign lands. Details are included along with excellent ...

Hawaii's Fishes : A Guide for Snorkelers, Divers, and Aquarists

16 reviews
John P. Hoover

Mutual Publishing, 2002

A good way to ID all those little fishies on the reef
I recently went to Hawaii and decided to do some snorkeling for the first time in my life. What a blast!! The variety and colors of fishes and corals are truly stunning and if your are like me you may not be satisfied with just seeing all the pretty colors, you may in fact want to identify the things you are seeing. If thats the case then this book is hands down the most affordable and ...

Oahu Revealed: The Ultimate Guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & Beyond (Oahu Revisited)

116 reviews
Andrew Doughty

Wizard Publications Inc., 2007

Highly Recommend
I highly recommend this series of guidebooks. This guy really knows what he's talking about. We used the book for Oahu and for Kauai. Never got lost, found everything he talked about. Great books.

Hawaii (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

14 reviews
Bonnie Friedman

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2007

Pre Trip Evaluation
This book is easy to read, concise and to the point. Seems to contain all of the sites a first time visitor would want to see. I purchased two other books on Hawaii but this will be our main guide. The others will serve if we want more details about the sites. I know others who have used this book in Hawaii and they highly recommend it.

Ancient Hawaii

9 reviews

Kawainui Press, 1998

Trip to the Past
Before the grand hotels and resorts, before crowded beaches, before paved roads and cars... there was sacred Hawai'i of old. Herb Kawainui Kane allows you through his words and mostly through his artwork to revisited old Hawai'i in its truest and purist form. It's a visual journey that details even the smallest things. Herb Kane does an excellent job at retelling a story almost forgotten... a ...

Good Night Hawaii (Good Night Our World series)

2 reviews
Adam Gamble

Our World of Books, 2007

Maika'i
This is a great book! My daughter was born there and we wanted to have something for her to learn about the culture. We also have Good Night Boston. The pictures are beautiful and information is accurate. We have to read this book everynight before bed. There are a lot of little nuances that we are able to fill in for her to really maximize her learning and understanding of Hawaii. For example, ...

The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii: A Call to the Soul

36 reviews
Pila, Pila Chiles, ...

HCI, 1995

Between the lines
The book is written in an easy to read fashion... But don't be fooled! Even if you gobble the words down like a good meal.. there is much more you will me digesting... The essence remembering Joy is something that will forever remain in my heart..!

Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (Maui Revealed)

327 reviews
Andrew Doughty

Wizard Publications Inc., 2007

This series of books is absolutely awesome!
These books are great. My husband and I had the Big Island book and Kauai revealed and loved them. Add this to the list! These books are super informative, full of great tidbits and honest information. Great for people that like to get a feel for the off the beaten path sights and background on what locals like to do.

Hawaii: The Big Island (Regional Guide)

11 reviews
Luci Yamamoto, Conner Gorry

Lonely Planet, 2008

caution
whatever you do, don't substitute the Hawaii Revealed guide for this book. Lonely Planet Hawaii has everything in it. It contains no fluffy puff stuff or downer opinions. Our copy is worn from four weeks on the road and although pretty beat up, we deem it gospel. Traditionally the Lonely Planets are written by real travelers who are objective and write really well. They have no bones to pick. ...