Research Guides: New Books in the Library 2016: Week of August 29th

NEW TITLES

The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species by Scott Weidensaul
Call Number: QL82 .W45 2003

The naturalist author shares stories of the rediscovery of species previously believed extinct, discussing such topics as the Indian forest owlet, the thylacine of Tasmania, cloning laboratories, and the mysterious black panthers of England.

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman
Call Number: TD170.15 .F54 2014

The author offers readers an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide the briefing needed to comprehend the 21st century.

Growing Native Hawaiian Plants by Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst
Call Number: SB439.24.H3 B67 2005 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

Publication Date: 2005-04-01

A how-to guide for the gardener with detailed instructions and beautiful photos. This revised edition includes updated information and over two dozen new native Hawaiian plants.

New DVDs

The Mask You Live in by The Representation Project
Call Number: DVD 0381

Publication Date: 2015

This film follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. The Mask You Live In ultimately illustrates how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men.
Ua Mau Ke Ea = Sovereignty Endures: An Overview of the Legal & Political History of Hawaiʻi by Pūʻā Foundation
Call Number: DVD 0382

Publication Date: 2011

Evolution of absolute rule -- Government reform -- U.S. seizure of the Hawaiian Islands -- Prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau by ESPN Films
Call Number: DVD 0383

Publication Date: 2013

Explore the remarkable life and power of Eddie Aikau, the legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer and native son whose dynamic life and heroic death served as an inspiration to an entire spiritual movement.

HAWAII PACIFIC COLLECTION

Paniolo by Joseph Brennan
Call Number: DU625 .B74 1995

Paniolo is the Hawaiian word for cowboy. Ranching became an important industry in Hawaii and this was largely possible through the skills of the paniolo who learned them well from their Mexican tutors.
No Mākou Ka Mana: Liberating the Nation by Kamanamaikalani Beamer
Call Number: DU627.2 .B43 2014

Asserts that the founders of the Hawaiian Kingdom exercised their own agency and were not just acted upon by foreign powers. The ruling ali'i selectively appropriated tools and ideas from the West-including laws, religion, educational models, protocols, weapons, printing and map-making technologies, seafaring vessels, clothing, names, and int'l alliances...
The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawai'i by Sydney L. Iaukea
Call Number: DU627.5 .I38 2012

In this exposé Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawaii's crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawaii's historical archives. E-BOOK VERSION
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Call Number: G420.C65 H67 2003

Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Confederates in the Attic, works as a sailor aboard a replica of Cook's ship, meets island kings and beauty queens, and carouses the South Seas with a hilarious and disgraceful travel companion, an Aussie named Roger.
Pele and Hi'iaka: A Tale of Two Sisters
Call Number: GR385.H3 V375 2011

One of the great epics of Hawaiian mythology is the story of Pele, goddess of Hawai`i's volcanoes, and her youngest sister, Hi`iakaikapoliopele. This is a passionate story of love, healing, betrayal, and reconciliation, culminating in the reunion of parted lovers...
Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku by David Davis
Call Number: GV838.K35 D38 2015

Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America's first superstar Olympic swimmer...
Nā Hulu Kūpuna O Hula = The Cherished Elders of Hula by Dr. Ishmael Worth Stagner II
Call Number: GV1796.H8 S734 2015

Dr. Ishmael Stagner, "Uncle Ish," is counted among a revered segment of island society know through the ages as po'e Hula--ardent keepers of Hawai'i dance traditions.
How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments by Jim Widess
Call Number: ML476.7.H36 W35 2002

Now, for the first time, the manufacturing processes of eighteen traditional Hawaiian musical instruments are documented with carefully researched instructions and step-by-step photographs in an easy to follow craft guide.
Hānau Ka Ua: Hawaiian Rain Names by Collette Leimomi Akana
Call Number: PL6449 .A43 2015

This is the fullest record of Hawaiian rain names and their lore to date, drawing on oral tradition and literature, including approximately three hundred ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi primary sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries containing chants, songs, laments, and narratives. The existence of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of rain and wind names is evidence of the value our kūpuna attached to these forces.
Practical Folk Medicine of Hawaii by Likeke R. McBride
Call Number: QK99 .M33 2014

The author combined his talents as a thorough researcher and botanical illustrator with a life-long interest in folk medicine to produce this book of extraordinary value for students of natural medicines and Hawaiiana.