Books of Hawaiʻi nei! In this section of the shop, we aim to continuously provide “Change We Must” by Emma Veary, ʻLimu: an Ethnobotanical Study of Some Hawaiian Seaweeds” by Isabella Aiona Abbot, “Kaimukī” by Hitoshi Hida, ʻThe Mailbox Conspiracy” by Ali Silvert, Claire Chaoʻs “Remembering Shanghai,” and “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family caught between two worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto.
The photo of this category is of Isabella Aiona Abbot, a great mind whose work as the first kanaka Maoli ethnobotanist and great mentor, will live forever, if we are lucky.
We share a small group of Hawaii-based books but there are many…if you would like to find them, please visit Da Shop or Native Books, both of whom share a fabulous collection of books focused on these islands, our people and our history. Mahalo for your interest in reading about these endlessly fascinating subjects!
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‘Change We Must’ by Nana Veary, Paperback Change We Must : My Spiritual Journey This book is written by local legend Nana Veary. Though she has passed, her wisdom and insights light the future, preserved here in written form. It is published by the Institute of Zen Studies, seventh printing, 2001 with photographs by…
‘Remembering Shanghai’ A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars & Scoundrels About the Author Claire Chao is the daughter of Shanghai-born Raymond Chao (赵梅溪; 趙梅溪; 1923–2012), an advertising executive, and Isabel Sun Chao (赵孙树莹; 孫樹瑩; born March 21, 1931 in Shanghai), cultural affairs specialist at the US Consulate General in Hong Kong. She attended Kennedy Road Junior…
Throughout her career, Abbott discovered more than 200 species of algae, many of which are named after her, like the Abbottella or “Little Abbott”- a genus of red algae. She also published more than 50 papers, eight books and received a multitude of awards, including the Darbaker Prize (1969) and the Gilbert Morgan Smith medal (1997), the highest award in marine botany, from the National Academy of Sciences. Abbott was named a Living Treasure of Hawai’i by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in 2005 and in 2008 received a lifetime achievement award from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources for her studies of coral reefs.
Abbott, often referred to as the “First Lady of Limu”, was offered the opportunity to name the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research ship, calling it The Hi’ialakai, translated as “embracing or searching the pathways of the sea” in Hawaiian.
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