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81) Vulcan's forge
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Geologist Philip Mercer struggles to prevent a catastrophe as powerful figures battle to control a volcanic island two hundred miles from Hawaii that was formed by a secret deep-sea nuclear detonation by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : map
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Storm Kayama attends an O'ahu North Shore surfing competition where her distant cousin Nahoa Pi'ilani is competing and finds herself researching a local legend to stop a killer who's threatened Nahoa with an ancient Hawaiian artifact.
83) Fire prayer
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Storm Kayama and her partner Ian Hamlin are looking forward to getting away to Molokai for the weekend. But when Storm's old friend Jenny Williams is found dead, Storm races to protect Jenny's son from the killers. At the same time, Ian is investigating the disappearance of Brock Liu, the son of an Oaahu shipping magnate. Storm and Ian begin to suspect their cases are related, and they believe they could be connected to a ten-year-old homicide tied...
Author
Series
Ian Ludlow thriller volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn't an accident. Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn't imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done...and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live. Ian goes...
85) Hula: a novel
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to...
Author
Series
Cheney Duvall M.D volume 7
Language
English
Description
Cheney and Dr. Walker Baird, her colleague from St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco, arrive in Hawaii to try to convince Shiloh Irons to return with them. Though Shiloh believes the Winslows might be his long-lost family, Cheney has discovered some disturbing facts about Bain Winslow and has traveled all this way to warn her friend.
She and Walker set out to help Shiloh unravel the mysteries that seemingly surround the Winslows' determination to...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawai'i who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be...
89) Total bravery
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Determined to prove himself, Raul, the newest recruit at Search and Protect, is put to the test when he falls in love with the woman he has been hired to protect from an international kidnapping ring.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (36 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
April 1, 1946 - an enormous tsunami wave strikes Hilo, Hawai'i, causing death and destruction. Even those islanders who are fortunate to have survived find their lives forever altered. Young Kimo loves his grandfather very much - they go everywhere together, sharing island stories and experiences. But there is one story his grandfather has yet to share and that is the reason behind their yearly pilgrimage to Laupahoehoe Point. Here, in silent remembrance,...
91) Show me
Author
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After years of dealing with a heart condition and an overprotective mother, Airin Delaney is finally having her first taste of freedom in Waikiki--and it's intoxicating. But it's nothing compared to the out-of-this-world attraction between her and astronaut Hunter Bryce. Airin is determined to shoot for the stars and experience her first real kiss. All Hunter has ever wanted is to explore the universe. That is, until a certain black-haired, wide-eyed...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
x, 261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed for her beloved Sisterchicks novels, multiple Christy Award winner Robin Jones Gunn launches the Hideaway series with this poignant tale. Expecting to enjoy her empty nest years, Carissa suddenly loses her job. To make matters worse, her husband's burgeoning counseling business now requires him to spend three nights a week away from home. Feeling alone and unloved, she takes advantage of an unusual Maui vacation opportunity to sort out her...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While camping out on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Hank and his best friend, James, hear loud explosions. Suddenly, Japanese planes fill the sky. Pearl Harbor is under attack! James wants to hide, but Hank wants to capture the battle on his trusty camera.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on December 8, 1941, lasted a mere six and 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 comfort...
97) Bikini
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B, S.A
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1a edición.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Kim, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii, disappears and LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller, gets a shocking visit that pushes him into an impossible--to-resist deal with the devil in this heart-pounding story of beauty and murder.
"Una espectacular top-model desaparece en Hawai, donde estaba trabajando en una sesion de fotos. Sus padres, alertados por una...
98) Project Namahana
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""An enthralling tale of disappearances, deaths, dark secrets, and corporate evil." -Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling co-author of the Agent Pendergast series Nothing stays hidden forever... Two men, unified by a string of disappearances and deaths, search for answers-and salvation-in the jungles of Kaua'i. Together, they must navigate the overlapping and complicated lines between a close-knit community and the hated, but economically-necessary corporate...
Author
Series
Wind riders volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
105 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles.
100) The picture bride
Author
Description
"'Your husband is a landowner,' they told her. 'Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees. 'You will be able to go to school.' Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who...