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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Set in Hawaii in aftermath of its annexation by the United States and in Wyoming during the twilight of the "Wild West," Aloha Rodeo uncovers the hidden history of the native Hawaiians who challenged the West's greatest cowboys—and returned home American legends.
In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world’s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and...
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Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart...
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English
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From the bestselling author of "The Wordy Shipmates" comes an examination of Hawaii's emblematic and exceptional history, retracing the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
A Japanese war map, a midget submarine, and evactuation orders are all part of the story of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. By examining these and other artifacts, readers feel like they are witnesses to the attack that brought the United States into World War II. Open this imaginary time capsule and learn!
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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A narrative history of Hawaii profiles its former existence as a royal kingdom, recounting the wars fought by European powers for control of its position, its adoption of Christianity, and its annexation by the United States.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then known as "Keiko" did not speak English when she entered...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Hunter S. Thompson's and Ralph Steadman's most eccentric book "The Curse of Lono" is to Hawaii what "Fear and Loathing" was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, "The Curse of Lono" features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which the Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph...
Publisher
BMG Strategic Marketing Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley made television and entertainment history with his Elvis, aloha from Hawaii concert television special. The concert was beamed live via satellite to over 10 countries. Aloha from Hawaii presents Elvis Presley at the pinnacle of his superstardom, giving one of the most outstanding concert performances of his career; includes booklet with liner notes by Todd Morgan.
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Japanese war map, a midget submarine, and evactuation orders are all part of the story of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. By examining these and other artifacts, readers feel like they are witnesses to the attack that brought the United States into World War II. Open this imaginary time capsule and learn!
11) Hawaii
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Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Hawaii"--
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Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"She's never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii, and they run a lot deeper than escaping a harsh Michigan winter. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline; even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets of his own. But Eva's past--and the future she's trying to create--means that...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on December 8, 1941, lasted a mere six and a half minutes. But his words and tone - in a monologue that would later be named the Infamy Speech - sent ripples into a nation and a world that continue even today. The historical implications that emerged from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were unprecedented, launching America not only into the depths of a dangerous war, but forever altering the safety and...
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Frommer Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Comprehensive and fully updated after the pandemic lockdowns, Frommer's Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rainforests to authentic luaus and everywhere in between.
Frommer's only works with expert, seasoned journalists, and on this title, both know every inch of the islands and they're not afraid to tell the truth. With their reliable, straight-shooting advice, you'll be snorkeling in...
15) Whispers
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Glenbrooke series volume 2
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Language
English
Description
Teri, a young teacher spending the summer with her sister and brother-in-law in Hawaii, relies on her Christian beliefs for guidance when she finds she must choose between three very different men.
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Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
Description
"Regime change" did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but has been part of U.S. foreign policy for more than one hundred years. Starting with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and continuing into our own time, the United States has not hesitated to overthrow governments that stood in the way of its political and economic goals. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the latest, though perhaps not the last, example of the dangers...
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Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Memorializing Pearl Harbor examines the challenge of representing history at the site of the attack that brought America into World War II. Analyzing moments in which history is re-presented--in commemorative events, documentary films, museum design, and educational programming.--Geoffrey M. White shows that the memorial to the Pearl Harbor bombing is not a fixed or singular institution. Rather, it has become a site in which many histories are performed,...
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Prisoners of the empire volume 3
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Over a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Tomi's father and grandfather, Tomi and his friends, battling anti-Japanese-American sentiment in Hawaii, try to find a way to salvage his father's sunken fishing boat.
19) Pearl Harbor
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the Japanese attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, resulting in the deaths of more than 2,000 American officers and servicemen.
20) The right thing
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Publisher
Integrity Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When a U.S. nuclear submarine collided with a Japanese fishing vessel in the spring of 2001, the story made national headlines. Navy Commander Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S.S. Greeneville, was at the center of the controversy. This is the first-hand, never-before-published account of that fatal moment and the heart-breaking avalanche of events that followed.