 | Yankees in Paradise: The New England Impact on Hawaii by Bradford Smith
Buy used from: $8.20 A history of those who have come before you
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 | So You Want to Live in Hawaii by Toni Polancy
Buy used from: $0.01 Sobering details on the practicalities
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 | Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $1.11 good general history, a bit on the old side.
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 | Let's Speak Hawaiian E Kama'ilio Hawai'I Kakou by Dorothy M. Kahananui
Buy used from: $2.72 A guide to language learning
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 | Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution by Alan C. Ziegler
Buy new: $44.11 / Used from: $39.37 Getting you up to speed on the natural history
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 | Hawaii's Beautiful Birds by H. Douglas Pratt
Buy new: $10.95 / Used from: $4.45 An introductory guide to brids that doesn't cost US$50
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 | The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii's Culinary Heritage (Kolowalu Books) by Rachel Laudan
Buy new: $15.39 / Used from: $2.99 Getting you up to speed on loko-moko
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 | Atlas of Hawaii by Sonia P. Juvik
Buy new: $36.03 / Used from: $13.80 The definitive atlas
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 | Lonely Planet Honolulu & Oahu (Lonely Planet City Maps)
Buy used from: $41.93 A decent guide book to get you started
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 | To Steal a Kingdom: Probing Hawaiian History by Michael Dougherty
Buy used from: $1.98 more recent and politically aware than Daws, but with a more focused chronological scope
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 | Hawaii Looking Back by Glen Grant
Buy new: $60.18 / Used from: $45.00 A super big, super detailed coffee table book
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 | Ancient Hawaii
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.89 Herb Kane on Hawaii's ancient history
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 | Island Fire: An Anthology of Literature from Hawai'i by Cheryl A. Harstad
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $13.95 An anthology of literature to get you up to speed on the scene.
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 | Place Names of Hawaii (Revised) by Mary Kawena Pukui
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $7.68 A well-known list of place names to explain what everything means
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 | A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants by John L. Culliney
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $16.98 for your own little patch of green
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