New Books This Fall from Bess Press

by Alex on September 26, 2010
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Next month will be a great time for new and interesting Hawaii books!  Hawai’i publisher Bess Press (www.besspress.com) will be releasing six new books on October 1, 2010.  The books range from a keepsake journal featuring beautiful Hawaiian …

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Riding Mountains–A review of some surf related books

by Misty on January 14, 2010
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Coming out of the recent 25th Eddie Aikau Memorial Surf Competition and the Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009, this surf season’s swells are still making headlines. Most recently it’s the 30ft monsters making their way to the North Shore that are …

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Book Review – Kāneʻohe: A History of Change

by Alex on December 14, 2009
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There is a great sense of preservation at Kaneohe Library.  When speaking with Thomas Churma, we felt that under his management the library had a strong sense of safeguarding its past by balancing it with technology of the present.  There …

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Library Challenge Book Review: The Musubi Man chronicles

by Alex on September 30, 2009
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As a part of our Hawaii Public Library Challenge Tour, we ask each librarian for one book recommendation for us to read and review.  For Diane Masaki from Aiea Library, we talked about a number of books, but she …

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Rec-Fest Book 6/8: The Musubi Man

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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Well, we are fast approaching Hour 6 here at Barnes & Noble Kahala.  The First Book Oahu gang are here helping to  promote the cause and we are still here, closing in on accomplishing our “8 books in 8 hours …

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Rec-fest book 1/8: Hina and the Sea of Stars

by Misty on August 8, 2009
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posted by M.L. Sanico

Here is the first book review in our 8/8 Rec-fest to support  First Book-Oahu’s Book Fair Fundraiser this weekend at Barnes & Noble Kahala. All of the books reviewed in this series are available from Barnes …

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Keep passing um on!

by Alex on July 24, 2009
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posted by A.Alba

Pass On, No Pass Back!

Pass On, No Pass Back! is the award-winning collection of nine short stories by local author Darrell H.Y. Lum.  Lum is well known for providing a prominent voice to the art of …

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Book deals straight from the publisher!

by Misty on June 5, 2009
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If there’s anything we love more than books here at HBB, it’s books on sale! And you don’t necessarily have to lurke around used book stores or wait for the Friends of the Library of Hawaii annual booksale to get …

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Bess Press celebrates 30 years in the islands!

by Misty on May 10, 2009
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One of Hawaii’s largest independent publishers turns 30 this year! Bess Press has been printing books in the islands and greater Pacific region since 1979 giving many local authors a chance to have their voices heard. They donate to and …

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